Padma Vibhushan Award Winners in Science & Engineering

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Published Sep 9, 2026 Updated Sep 9, 2026 1 min read

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Name	Padma Vibhushan
Type	Civilian Awards
Award For	Exceptional and Distinguished Service
Award By	Goverment of India
First	1954
Last	26th January 2026
Status	Active
Country	India

About Padma Vibhushan Award Winners in Science & Engineering

The Padma Vibhushan is the second-highest civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is given for "exceptional and distinguished service". All persons without distinction of race, occupation, position or sex are eligible for these awards.

History of Padma Vibhushan Award Winners in Science & Engineering

India's Padma Vibhushan has honored many distinguished scientists and engineers: physicist Satyendra Nath Bose (1954), astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1968), space program pioneer Vikram Sarabhai (1972), aerospace scientist Satish Dhawan (1981), chemist C.N.R. Rao (1985), missile scientist and former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (1990), nuclear scientist Rajagopala Chidambaram (1999), and Nobel laureate structural biologist Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (2010), recognizing groundbreaking contributions spanning quantum physics, space research, nuclear science, chemistry, and molecular biology across seven decades of Indian scientific achievement.

Padma Vibhushan Award Winners in Science & Engineering Winners List

This Winners List features 36 winners of the Padma Vibhushan Award Winners in Science & Engineering, from 1954 to 2023.

Year	Recipient Name	Gender	State, Country	Fields

2023	Prof. Srinivasa Varadhan Also won: Padma Bhushan	male	Tamil Nadu, India	Science & Engineering
2021	Dr. Narinder Singh Kapany (Posthumous, Non-citizen)	male	Punjab, India	Science & Engineering
2017	Prof. Udipi Ramachanda Rao Also won: Padma Bhushan , Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology	male	Karnataka, India	Science & Engineering
2016	Dr. Vasudev Kalkunte Aatre Also won: Padma Bhushan	male	Karnataka, India	Science & Engineering
2015	Prof. Malur Ramaswamy Srinivasan	male	Tamil Nadu, India	Science & Engineering
2014	Dr. Raghunath Anant Mashelkar Also won: Padma Bhushan , Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology	male	Maharashtra, India	Science & Engineering
2013	Prof. Roddam Narasimha Also won: Padma Bhushan , Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology	male	Karnataka, India	Science & Engineering
2013	Prof. Yash Pal Also won: Padma Bhushan	male	Uttar Pradesh, India	Science & Engineering
2011	Dr. Palle Rama Rao Also won: Padma Bhushan , Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology	male	Andhra Pradesh, India	Science & Engineering
2010	Dr. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (Non-citizen)	male	Tamil Nadu, India	Science & Engineering
2009	Anil Kakodkar Also won: Padma Bhushan	male	Maharashtra, India	Science & Engineering
2009	G. Madhavan Nair Also won: Padma Bhushan	male	Karnataka, India	Science & Engineering
2008	Viswanathan Anand Also won: Padma Bhushan	male	Delhi, India	Science & Engineering
2008	Dr. Rajendra Kumar Pachauri Also won: Padma Bhushan	male	Delhi, India	Science & Engineering
2007	Dr. Ennacal Chandy George Sudarshan Also won: Padma Bhushan	male	Texas, United States	Science & Engineering
2006	Prof. Obaid Siddiqi Also won: Padma Bhushan , Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology	male	Karnataka, India	Science & Engineering
2006	Dr. Norman E. Borlaug (Non-citizen)	male	Texas, United States	Science & Engineering
2006	Charles Correa	male	Maharashtra, India	Science & Engineering
2004	Prof. Jayant Vishnu Narlikar Also won: Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar , Padma Bhushan , Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology	male	Maharashtra, India	Science & Engineering
2001	Prof. Manmohan Sharma Also won: Padma Bhushan , Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology	male	Maharashtra, India	Science & Engineering
2001	Dr. Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao Also won: Padma Bhushan , Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology	male	New York, United States	Science & Engineering
2000	Dr. Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan Also won: Padma Bhushan , Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology	male	Karnataka, India	Science & Engineering
1999	Varghese Kurien Also won: Padma Bhushan , Ramon Magsaysay Award	male	Gujarat, India	Science & Engineering
1999	Dr. Rajagopala Chidambaram	male	Maharashtra, India	Science & Engineering
1991	Dr. Indraprasad Gordhanbhai Patel	male	Gujarat, India	Science & Engineering
1990	Avul Pakir Jinalabdeen Abdul Kalam Also won: Padma Bhushan	male	Tamil Nadu, India	Science & Engineering
1989	Dr. Monkombu Sambasiva Swaminathan Also won: Padma Bhushan , Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology , Ramon Magsaysay Award	male	Tamil Nadu, India	Science & Engineering
1985	Prof. Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao Also won: Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology	male	Karnataka, India	Science & Engineering
1981	Dr. Satish Dhawan Also won: Padma Bhushan	male	Karnataka, India	Science & Engineering
1976	Dr. Kalpathi Ramakrishna Ramanathan Also won: Padma Bhushan	male	Kerala, India	Science & Engineering
1976	Salim Ali Also won: Padma Bhushan	male	Uttar Pradesh, India	Science & Engineering
1975	Dr. Raja Ramanna Also won: Padma Bhushan , Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology	male	Karnataka, India	Science & Engineering
1973	Dr. Daulat Singh Kothari Also won: Padma Bhushan	male	Chişinău, Moldova	Science & Engineering
1972	Dr. Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai Also won: Padma Bhushan , Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology	male	Gujarat, India	Science & Engineering
1968	Dr. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (Non-citizen)	male	Illinois, United States	Science & Engineering
1954	Dr. Satyendra Nath Bose	male	West Bengal, India	Science & Engineering

Padma Vibhushan Award Winners in Science & Engineering Award Chart by Gender

This chart groups 36 Padma Vibhushan Award Winners in Science & Engineering winners by Gender, across 1 distinct entry — male leads with 36 wins.

Padma Vibhushan Award Winners in Science & Engineering Award Chart by Fields

This chart tracks Padma Vibhushan Award Winners in Science & Engineering winners by year from 1954 to 2023, spanning 28 years, with the most wins (3) recorded in 2006.