Nobel Laureate V Ramakrishnan, Cricketer Sehwag and Aamir Khan are among the winners of Padma awards. Nobel laureate of Indian origin Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Apollo hospital chief Pratap Reddy and former RBI Governor Y V Reddy were chosen for the second highest civilian award Padma Vibhushan. Eminent theatre personalities Zohra Segal and Ebrahim Alkazi and noted ‘mridangam’ Carnatic artist Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman are the other three chosen for Padma Vibhushan award by the government
 Padma Bhushan award has been bestowed on Music maestro A R Rahman and Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan. The list of  Padma Bhushan award winners includes noted NRI hotelier Sant Singh Chatwal, eminent neurosurgeon Satya Paul Agarwal and eminent cardiac surgeon Ramakant Panda, who performed ‘beating heart’ surgery on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh last year.
Government of India has named 130 people, including 13 in the category of foreigners, NRIs and PIOs. 43 are Padma Bhushan and 83 are Padma Shri.
Prominent names among the Padma Shri awarees are Cricketer Virendra Sehwag, Hockey national Ignace Tirkey, Formula 1 driver Narain Kartikeyan, Badminton star Saina Nehwal, Boxer Vijender Singh and Sachin Tendulkar’s ‘guru’ Ramakant Achrekar.