| 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 |
Thirty-one recipients were named in 2009. Shooter Abhinav Bindra, India's first individual Olympic gold medalist, was honored for sport, while telecom pioneer Sam Pitroda and management thinker C. K. Prahalad represented science and literature respectively. Mathematician C. S. Seshadri and playback singer Shamshad Begum were notable arts and science honorees. Stanford engineer Thomas Kailath featured among the foreign-based awardees. Journalist-turned-politician Ramachandra Guha and historian A. Sreedhara Menon added literary weight to a year with a comparatively modest recipient count.
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".
This Winners List features 31 winners of the Padma Bhushan Award 2009, in 2009.
| Image | Year | Recipient Name | Gender | State, Country | Fields |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2009 |
Dr. Isher Judge Ahluwalia
|
female | Delhi, India | Literature & Education |
|
2009 |
Dr. Inderjit Kaur Barthakur
|
female | Meghalaya, India | Public Affairs |
|
2009 |
Shamshad Begum
|
female | Maharashtra, India | Arts |
|
2009 |
Abhinav Bindra
|
male | Punjab, India | Sports |
|
2009 |
Shanta Dhananjayan
|
female | Tamil Nadu, India | Arts |
|
2009 |
V.P. Dhananjayan
|
male | Tamil Nadu, India | Arts |
|
2009 |
Dr. Ramachandra Guha
|
male | Karnataka, India | Literature & Education |
|
2009 |
Shekhar Gupta
|
male | Delhi, India | Literature & Education |
|
2009 |
Lord Khalid Hameed
|
male | Illinois, United States | Medicine |
|
2009 |
Dr. Minoru Hara
|
male | Tokyo, Japan | Literature & Education |
|
2009 |
D. Jayakanthan
|
male | Tamil Nadu, India | Literature & Education |
|
2009 |
Prof. Thomas Kailath
|
male | Illinois, United States | Science & Engineering |
|
2009 |
Dr. Sarvagya Singh Katiyar
|
male | Uttar Pradesh, India | Science & Engineering |
|
2009 |
Dr. G. Krishna
|
male | Andhra Pradesh, India | Arts |
|
2009 |
Prof. R.C. Mehta
|
male | Gujarat, India | Arts |
|
2009 |
Prof. A. Sreedhara Menon
|
male | Kerala, India | Literature & Education |
|
2009 |
Shashi Kant Misra
|
male | Haryana, India | Civil Service |
|
2009 |
Anilkumar Manibhai Naik
Also won:
Padma Vibhushan
|
male | Maharashtra, India | Trade & Industry |
|
2009 |
Lt.Gen. (Retd.) Satish Nambiar
|
male | Delhi, India | Others |
|
2009 |
Kunwar Narain
|
male | Delhi, India | Literature & Education |
|
2009 |
Dr. Naganath Ramchandra Nayakawadi
|
male | Maharashtra, India | Social Work |
|
2009 |
Dr. Kirit Shantilal Parikh
|
male | Delhi, India | Public Affairs |
|
2009 |
Satyan Pitroda
|
male | Delhi, India | Science & Engineering |
|
2009 |
Prof. C.K. Prahalad
|
male | California, United States | Literature & Education |
|
2009 |
Dr. G.S. Randhawa
|
male | Delhi, India | Science & Engineering |
|
2009 |
Dr. Brijendra Kumar Rao
|
male | Delhi, India | Medicine |
|
2009 |
Dr. Bhakta Bhushan Rath
|
male | Odisha, India | Science & Engineering |
|
2009 |
Prof Conjeeveram Srirangachari Seshadri
|
male | Tamil Nadu, India | Science & Engineering |
|
2009 |
Dr. Vaidyanathan Ganapati Sthapati
|
male | Tamil Nadu, India | Arts |
|
2009 |
Vaidya Devendra Triguna
Also won:
Padma Vibhushan
|
male | Delhi, India | Medicine |
|
2009 |
Dr. Sarojini Varadappan
|
female | Tamil Nadu, India | Social Work |
This chart groups 31 Padma Bhushan Award 2009 winners by Gender, across 2 distinct entries — male leads with 26 wins.
This chart groups 31 Padma Bhushan Award 2009 winners by Fields, across 10 distinct entries — Literature & Education leads with 8 wins.
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