Well-known Punjabi litterateur Amrita Pritam [ Images ], noted astronomer Jayant Vishnu [ Images ] Narlikar and former Chief Justice of India [ Images ] M N Venkatachalliah have been selected for the Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian award.

Bengali film director and actor Soumitra Chatterjee, film director Sampuran Singh Gulzar [ Images ], veteran journalist M V Kamath and former Japanese prime minister Yoshiro Mori are among 19 persons to be presented with the Padma Bhushan.

Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly [ Images ] and his deputy Rahul Dravid [ Images ] are among 74 persons to be honoured with the Padma Shri.

No one has been awarded the highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna.

Padma Vibhushan:
Amrita Pritam (Literature & Education), Delhi [ Images ]
Jayant Vishnu Narlikar (Science & Engineering, Astronomy), Pune
M N Venkatachaliah (Public Affairs-Law), Bangalore

Padma Bhushan (third highest civil award)
Alarmel Valli (Art-Dance), Chennai
Bijoy Nandan Shahi (Medicine), Delhi
Prof Ch Hanumantha Rao (Literature & Education), Hyderabad
Chandrashekhar Shankar Dharmadhikari (Public Affairs), Mumbai [ Images ]
Prof Gopi Chand Narang (Literature & Education), Delhi
Prof Govindarajan Padmanabhan (Science & Engineering), Bangalore, Karnataka [ Images ]
Komal Kothari (Art-Music), Jodhpur [ Images ]
Krishna Srinivas (Literature & Education), Chennai
Madhav Vithal Kamath (Literature & Education), Mumbai
Madurai [ Images ] T N Seshagopalan (Carnatic Vocal Music), Chennai
N Rajam (Instrumental, Violin), Varanasi
Poornima Arvind Pakvasa (Social Work), Gujarat
Sampuran Singh Gulzar (Cinema), Mumbai
Prof Sardara Singh Johl (Agricultural Research), Ludhiana
Soumitra Chatterjee (Cinema), Kolkata [ Images ]
T L Sankar, (Civil Service), Chennai
T V Antony
Vishnu Prabhakar (Literature), Delhi
Yoshiro Mori (Public Affairs), Tokyo

Padma Shri awardees:
A K Palanivel (Art-Instrumental Music)
Anil K Gupta (Literature and Education)
Anju Bobby George [ Images ] (Sports-Athletics)
Anupam Kher [ Images ] (Art-Cinema)
Arun Trimbak Dabke (Medicine)
Ashwin B Metha (Medicine-Cardiology)
Asifa Zamani (Literature and education)
Aubakir Dastanuly Nilibayev (Literature and Education)
Bal Samant (Literature and Education)
Batchu Lutchmiah Srinivasa Murthy (Social Work)
Pandit Bhajan Sopori (Art-Music-Instrumental), Delhi
Bharathiraja (Art-Cinema)
Bharati Shivaji (Art-Dance-Mohiniattam), Delhi
Dalip Kaur Tiwana (Art-Literature and Education)
Damodar Keshav Datar (Art-Instrumental Music)
Devi Prasad Shetty (Medicine)
Dilip Kumar [ Images ] Tirkey (hockey player)
Flora Macdeonald (Public Affairs)
Gopal Prasad Sinha (Medicine)
Gowri Ishwaran (Literature and Education)
Gurmayum Anita Devi (mountaineer)
Guru Jayaram Rao (Art-Dance-Kuchipudi)
Hamlet Bareh Ngapkynta (Literature Education)
Hariharan [ Images ] (singer)
Heinrich Freiherr Von Stietencron (Literature and Education)
Heisnan Kanhailal (Art-Theatre)
K Ayyappa Paniker (Literature and Education)
K N Shankara (Science and Engineering-Satellite Technology)
K R Kumaran Nair (Art-Dance-Kathakali)
Kandari Gopalnath (Art-Music-Instrumental)
Kalayathumkuzhi Mathew Beenamol (Sports-Athletics)
Kanhiya Lal Sethia (Literature and Education)
Kanti Bhai Patel (Art-Sculpture)
Krishan Kanhai (Art-Panting)
Kumarpal Desai (Literature and education)
Lalji Singh (Science and Engineering-Life Science)
Liladhar Jaguri (Literature and Education)
Maguni Charan Dast (Art-Dance-Odissi)
Mamannamana Vijayan (Molecular Biophysics)
Manoranjan Das (Art-Cinema)
Meher Banaji (Social Work), Mumbai, Maharashtra [ Images ]
Morup Namgial (Art-Music), Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir [ Images ]
N Neela (Art-Instrumental, Flute), Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Nalini Ranjan Mohanty, (Science & Engineering), Bangalore
Nampally Divakar (Science & Engineering), Hyderabad
Neyyattinkara Vasudevan (Art-Music-Carnatic), Thiruvanthapuram
P Parameswaran (Literature & Education), Thiruvananthapuram
Premlata Puri, (Literature & Education), Delhi
Prithvi Nath Kaula (Literature & Education), Lucknow [ Images ]
Purshottam Das Jalota (bhajan singer)
Queennie Rynjah (Social Work), Shillong, Meghalaya
Rahul Dravid (Cricket), Bangalore, Karnataka
Rajan Saxena (Medicine), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh [ Images ]
Rajpal Singh Sirohi (Science & Engineering), Delhi
Ramesh Chandra Shah (Literature & Education), Bhopal
Sadashiv Nimbalkar (Sports - Yoga), Mumbai, Maharashtra
Samuel Paul (Literature & Education), Bangalore, Karnataka
Satish Kumar Kaura (Science & Engineering), Delhi
Sharad Moreshwar Hardikar (Medicine), Pune, Maharashtra
Sharayu Daftary (Trade & Industry), Mumbai, Maharashtra
Shyam Narain Pandey (Literature & Education), Kanpur
Siddartha Mehta (Medicine-Dentistry), Delhi
Sourav Chandidas Ganguly (Cricket), Kolkata
Subhash Chand Manchanda (Medicine), Noida, Uttar Pradesh
Sudha Raghunathan (Carnatic, Vocal), Chennai
Sudhir Tailang (Journalism), Delhi
Sunita Jain (Literature & Education), Delhi
Surinder Singh (Vocal Music), Delhi
Surinder Kumar Sama (Medicine), Delhi
Syed Shah Mohammed Hussaini (Literature, Education), Gulbarga, Karnataka
Tatyana Yakovlevna Elizarenkova (Literature, Education), Moscow [ Images ], Russia [ Images ]
Tumkur Seetharamaiah Prahlad, (Aerospace), Bangalore, Karnataka
V Kunjumani (Instrumental-Flute), Chennai
Visheshwaraiah Prakash, (Science & Engineering), Mysore