The full list is in this press release.
Here are the awards under the Science and Technology category:
- Padma Vibhushan
- Dr. E. Sreedharan
Dr. Rajendra Kumar Pachauri - Padma Bhushan
- Prof. Asis Datta
Prof. Sukh Dev
Mrs. Sunita Williams (USA)
Dr. Vasant Gowarikar - Padma Shri
- Shri Bhavarlal Hiralal Jain
Dr. Joseph H. Hulse (Canada)
Prof. Kasturi Lal Chopra
Dr. Sant Singh Virmani (USA)
Among the other names, I could recognize a few academics: Prof. Kaushik Basu (Cornell economist), Prof. Padma Desai (Columbia economist), and Prof. Srinivasa S.R. Varadhan (NYU mathematician) have a Padma Bhushan each, while Prof. Sukhdeo Thorat (UGC Chairman) has a Padma Shri.
Previous posts on the Republic Day Awards: 2007 and 2006.
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Happy Republic Day, folks!
5 Comments:
abi, the press release link doesn't seem to work.
Thanks, TR, for the alert. When I posted it, the link worked; but within a couple of hours the Press Information Bureau's CMS changed the link to the press release! I have changed it, and let's hope this one will stay. Tomorrow, I will post a link to a somewhat more permanent URL (perhaps the Hindu).
Meanwhile, there is a list here:
http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20080126&fname=awards&sid=1
The award for S.R.S.Varadhan, Kaushik Basu Padma Desai is in 'Literature and Education'.
heh, no problem. i went through a funny few minutes because i know someone you'd listed, so i emailed them effusively, and got a bewildered response since they themselves hadn't heard. so i tried checking the link, and that didn't work!
Dr. Varadhan is awarded the Padma Bhushan while Sachin Tendulkar is recognised with a Padma Vibhushan? Does anybody know what is enormity of Dr.Varadhan's life and work? What has Sachin Tendulkar achieved that Dr.Vasant Gowarikar, Ustad Fahimuddin Dagar, Dr.Kaushik Basu, and a host of others have not? And what no Bharat Ratna for Baba Amte? What a great disappointment! What message do we send our kids. Sachin Tendulkar a very wealthy man, many times over, wouldn't pay the customs duty on his free Ferrari, shamelessly seeking a special dispensation from the Government (with Pramod Mahajan gleefully promising to 'look into the matter'). And what has Dominique Lapierre done that Vidyakar of Udavum Karangal not done?
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