Padma Bhushan Award 2002

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Name	Padma Bhushan
Type	Civilian Awards
Award For	Distinguished Service of a High order
Award By	Goverment of India
First	1954
Last	26th January 2026
Status	Active
Country	India

About Padma Bhushan Award 2002

The 2002 Padma Bhushan list honored 25 people, notably tabla maestro Zakir Hussain, Merchant-Ivory filmmaker Ismail Merchant, playback singer K. J. Yesudas, and yoga guru B. K. S. Iyengar. Unusually, it included two sitting members of the US Congress, Frank Pallone and Gary Ackerman, for public affairs, alongside Russian scholars Guri Marchuk (science) and Yevgeni Chelyshev (literature). This made 2002 one of the rare years with multiple serving foreign legislators recognized, reflecting strengthening India-US ties in the early 2000s.

The Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, preceded by the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan and followed by the Padma Shri. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is given for "distinguished service of a high order, without distinction of race, occupation, position or sex".

Padma Bhushan Award 2002 Winners List

This Winners List features 25 winners of the Padma Bhushan Award 2002, in 2002.

Year	Recipient Name	Gender	State, Country	Fields

2002	Congressman Gary Ackerman	male	New York, United States	Public Affairs
2002	Major Hari Pal Singh Ahluwalia	male	Delhi, India	Social Work
2002	Dr. Prabha Atre Also won: Padma Vibhushan	female	Maharashtra, India	Arts
2002	Prof. Sushantha Kumar Bhattacharya	male	Birmingham, United Kingdom	Public Affairs
2002	Chandrakant Gulabrao Borde	male	Maharashtra, India	Sports
2002	Yevgeni Petrovich Chelyshev	male	Moskva, Russia	Literature & Education
2002	Pravinchandra Varjivan Gandhi	male	Maharashtra, India	Trade & Industry
2002	Shobha V. Gurtu	female	Maharashtra, India	Arts
2002	Henning Holck Larsen Also won: Ramon Magsaysay Award	male	Maharashtra, India	Trade & Industry
2002	Zakir Hussain Also won: Padma Vibhushan	male	Maharashtra, India	Arts
2002	Bellur Krishnamachar Sundara Raja Iyengar Also won: Padma Vibhushan	male	Maharashtra, India	Literature & Education
2002	Faquir Chand Kohli	male	Maharashtra, India	Science & Engineering
2002	Prof. Vangalampalayam Chellappagounder Kulandaiswamy	male	Tamil Nadu, India	Science & Engineering
2002	Guri Ivanovich Marchuk	male	Moskva, Russia	Science & Engineering
2002	Jagat Singh Mehta	male	Rajasthan, India	Civil Service
2002	Ismail Merchant	male	Maharashtra, India	Arts
2002	Mario De Miranda Also won: Padma Vibhushan	male	Goa, India	Literature & Education
2002	Congressman Frank Pallone	male	New Jersey, United States	Public Affairs
2002	Ramanujam Varatharaja Perumal	male	Kerala, India	Science & Engineering
2002	Prof. Natesan Rangabashyam	male	Tamil Nadu, India	Medicine
2002	Maharajakrishna Rasgotra	male	Delhi, India	Civil Service
2002	Habib Ahmed Khan Tanvir	male	Madhya Pradesh, India	Arts
2002	Kottayan Katankot Venugopal Also won: Padma Vibhushan	male	Delhi, India	Public Affairs
2002	Nirmal Verma	male	Delhi, India	Literature & Education
2002	Kattassery Joseph Yesudas Also won: Padma Vibhushan	male	Kerala, India	Arts