Name	Place	Field
A. Sivasailam	Tamil Nadu	Trade and Industry
Dr. Adya Prasad Mishra	U.P	Literature & Education
Amitav Ghosh	U.S	Literature and Education
Ananda M. Chakrabarty	U.S	Science and Engineering
Dr. (Smt.) Ananda Shankar Jayant	Andhra Pradesh	Art
Dr. Anoop Misra	Delhi	Medicine
Dr. Ashok Kumar Hemal	Delhi	Medicine
Astad Aderbad Deboo	Maharashtra	Art
Dr. Atul Kumar	Delhi	Medicine
Dr. B. Paul Thaliath	U.P	Medicine
Dr. Bakul Harshadrai Dholakia	Gujarat	Literature and Education
Balbir Singh	Delhi	Medicine
Dr. Baldev Raj	Delhi	Science and Engineering
Bharath Balachandra Menon	Kerala	Art
Prof. Devindra Rahinwal (posthumous)	Uttarakhand	Social Work
Prof. (Dr.) Dilip K. Biswas	Delhi	Science & Engineering
Gajendra Narayan Singh	Bihar	Art
Geeta Chandran	Delhi	Art
Giriraj Kishore	U.P	Literature and Education
Rajmata Goverdan Kumarri	Gujarat	Art
Dr. Harpinder Singh Chawla	Chandigarh	Medicine
Jeev Milkha Singh	Punjab	Sports
Dr. K.R. Palaniswamy	Tamil Nadu	Medicine
Khalid Zaheer	Uttarakhand	Social Work
Dr. Kharak Singh Valdiya	Karnataka	Science and Engineering
Kiran Karnik	Delhi	Science and Engineering
Ms. Koneru Humpy	Andhra Pradesh	Sports
Dr. Lalit Pande	Uttarakhand	Environment Protection
Louis Remo Fernandes	Goa	Art
Dr. M. Mohan Babu	Andhra Pradesh	Art
Dr. Mahadev Prasad Pandey	Chhattisgarh	Literature and Education
Dr. Mahipal S. Sachdevl	Delhi	Medicine
Dr. Manjunath Cholenahally Nanjappa	Karnataka	Medicine
Dr. Mayilvahanan Natarajan	Tamil Nadu	Medicine
Ms. Meenakshi Gopinath	Delhi	Literature and Education
Ms. Miriam L'vovna Salganik	Russia	Literature and Education
Dr. Mohsin Wali	Delhi	Medicine
Mujtaba Hussain	Andhra Pradesh	Literature and Education
Prof. Mushirul Hassan	Delhi	Literature and Education
Ms. Naina Lal Kidwai	Maharashtra	Trade and Industry
Dr. Narmada Prasad Gupta	Delhi	Medicine
Smt. Neelamani Devi	Manipur	Art
P. Gopinathan	Kerala	Art
P.R. Thilagam	Tamil Nadu	Art
Shri Pannuru Sripathy	Andhra Pradesh	Art
Dr. Perumalsamy Namperumalsamy	Tamil Nadu	Medicine
Prof. (Smt.) Pratibha Ray	Orissa	Literature and Education
Smt. Pushpa Hans	Delhi	Art
Rabinder Gokaldas Ahuja	Maharashtra	Sea Cadet Corps Management
Rajinder Gupta	Punjab	Trade and Industry
Dr. Ravi Narayan Bastia	Maharashtra	Science and Engineering
Late Shri Ravindra Dayal	Delhi	Literature & Education
Prof. Rostislav Borisovich Rybakov	Russia	Literature and Education
Ms. Runa Banerjee	U.P	Social Work
S. Dhakshinamurthy Pillai	Tamil Nadu	Art
Sister S.M. Cyril	Ireland	Social Work
Smt. Shanti Hiranand	Delhi	Art
Smt. Shashikala Jawalkar	Maharashtra	Art
Prof. (Dr.) Shekhar Pathak	Uttarakhand	Literature and Education
Dr. Sheo Bhagwan Tibrewal	U.K	Medicine
Sonam Skalzang	Jammu & Kashmir	Art
Sonam Tshering Lepcha	Sikkim	Art
Prof. Sudhir Kumar Sopory	Haryana	Science and Engineering
Dr. Sukumar Azhikode	Kerala	Literature and Education
Shri Sushil Gupta	Delhi	Social Work
Dr.(Ms.) Syeda Saiyidain Hameed	Delhi	Public Affairs
T.S. Rangarajan alias Kavingar Vaali	Tamil Nadu	Literature and Education
Ms. Tarla Dalal	Maharashtra	Cookery
Ms. Teesta Setalvad		Public Affairs
Dr. (Smt.) Temsula Ao	Assam	Literature and Education
Dr. Thanu Padmanabhan	Maharashtra	Science and Engineering
Dr. Thekkethil Kochandy Alex	Karnataka	Science and Engineering
Thingbaijam Babu Singh	Manipur	Art
Lama Thupten Phuntsok	Arunachal Pradesh	Social Work
Valayapatti A.R. Subramaniam	Tamil Nadu	Art
Vijaydan Detha	Rajasthan	Literature and Education
Vikram Seth	U.K	Literature and Education
Waman Thakre	Madhya Pradesh	Art
Dr. Yusufkhan Mohamadkhan Pathan	Maharashtra	Literature and Education

 

2006

Name	Place	Field
Sheikh Abdul Rahman Bin Abdullah Al- Mahmoud	Qatar	Public Affairs
Ajeet Cour	Delhi	Literature & Education
Dr.Anil Prakash Joshi	Uttaranchal	Social Work
Aribam Shyam Sharma	Manipur	Art
Bahadur Singh	Punjab	Sports
Dr.Bhuvaraghan Palaniappan	Tamil Nadu	Medicine
Billy Arjan Singh	Uttar Pradesh	Wildlife Conservation
Dr.Bonbehari Vishnu Nimbkar	Maharashtra	Science & Engineering
Dr.Devappagowda Chinnaiah	Karnataka	Medicine
Fatma Rafiq Zakaria	Maharashtra	Literature & Education
Gayatri Sankaran	Tamil Nadu	Art
Dr. Ghanashyam Mishra	Orissa	Medicine
Prof.Hakim Syed Zillur Rehman	Uttar Pradesh	Medicine
Dr. Harbhajan Singh Rissam	Delhi	Medicine
Swami Hari Govind Maharaj	Uttar Pradesh	Art
Dr. Harsh Kumar Gupta	Andhra Pradesh	Science & Engineering
Dr. Ilena Citaristi	Orissa	Art
J.N. Chaudhry	Delhi	Civil Service
Prof. (Dr.) Kamal Kumar Sethi	Delhi	Medicine
Kanaka Srinivasan	Delhi	Art
Kashmiri Lal Zakir	Chandigarh	Literature and Education
Kavungal Chatunni Panicker	Kerala	Art
Dr. Laltluangliana Khiangte	Mizoram	Literature &Education
Dr. Lothar Lutze	Germany	Literature & Education
Madhumita Bisht	Delhi	Sports
Madhup Mudgal	Delhi	Art
Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom	Manipur	Sports
Mehmood Dhaulpuri	Delhi	Art
Dr. Mehmooda Ali Shah	Jammu & Kashmir	Literature & Education
Melhupra Vero	Nagaland	Social Work
Prof.(Dr.)Mohan Kameswaran	Tamil Nadu	Medicine
Mohan Singh Gunjyal	Arunachal Pradesh	Sports
Mrinal Pande	Delhi	Journalism
Prof. Narendra Kumar	Karnataka	Science &Engineering
P.S. Bedi	Delhi	Social Work
Pankaj Udhas	Maharashtra	Art
Prasad Sawkar	Goa	Art
Dr. R. Balasubramanian	Tamil Nadu	Science and Engineering
Rajendra Kumar Saboo	Chandigarh	Social Work
Ustad Rashid Khan	West Bengal	Art
Sania Mirza	Andhra Pradesh	Sports
Dr. Sanjeev Bagai	Delhi	Medicine
Dr. Seyed Ehtesham Hasnain	Andhra Pradesh	Science & Engineering
Shahnaz Husain	Delhi	Trade & Industry
Shobana Chandrakumar	Tamil Nadu	Art
Shree Lal Joshi	Rajasthan	Art
Guru Shyama Charan Pati	Jharkhand	Art
Prof. Sitanshu Yashaschandra	Gujarat	Literature & Education
Sucheta Dalal	Maharashtra	Journalism
Sudha Murthy	Karnataka	Social Work
Sister Sudha Varghese	Bihar	Social Work
Sugathakumari	Kerala	Literature & Education
Suresh Krishna	Tamil Nadu	Trade & Industry
Surinder Kaur	Haryana	Art
Dr. Suwalal Chhaganmal Bafna	Maharashtra	Social Work
Dr. Swaminathan Sivaram	Maharashtra	Science & Engineering
Dr. Tehemton Erach Udwadia	Maharashtra	Medicine
Dr. Tsering Landol	Jammu and Kashmir	Medicine
Prof.(Dr.) Upendra Kaul	Delhi	Medicine
Vasundhra Komkali	Madhya Pradesh	Art
Yashodhar Mathpal	Uttaranchal	Art

2005

Name	Field
Amin Kamil	Literature and Education
Prof. Amiya Kumar Bagchi	Literature and Education
Anil Kumble	Sports - Cricket
Banwarilal Chouksey	Science and Engineering
Bhagavatula Dattaguru	Science and Engineering
Bilat Paswan Vihangam	Literature and Education
Chaturbhuj Meher	Art
Dr. Cyrus Soli Poonawallal	Trade and Industry
Prof. Darchhawna	Literature and Education
Dr. Dipankar Banerjee	Science and Engineering
Dr. G. Bakthavathsalam	Medicine
Gadul Singh Lama	Literature and Education
Gambhini Devi Yumlembam	Art
Ustad Ghulam Sadiq Khan	Art
Gladys Staines	Social Work
Gurbachan Singh Randhawa	Sports
Hema Bharali	Social Work
Indira Jaisingh	Public Affairs
Dr. J.M. Hans	Medicine
Dr. Jagtar Singh Grewal	Literature and Education
K.C. Reddy	Civil Service
Kanaksen Deka	Journalism
Kavita Subramaniam Krishnamurti	Art
Guru Kedarnath Sahu	Art
Komala Varadan	Art
Krishnan Nair Santhakumari Chitra	Art
Kumkum Mohanty	Art
Kunnakkudi R. Vaidyanathan	Art
Kuntgod Vibhuti Subbanna	Art
Rev. (Dr.) Lalsawma	Social Work
Dr. Lavu Narendranath	Medicine
Prof. Madhu Sudan Kanungo	Science and Engineering
Dr. Mahadevappa Madappa	Science and Engineering
Mammen Mathew	Journalism
Manas Chaudhuri	Journalism
Manuel Santana and M. Boyer Aguior	Art
Mehrunnisa Parvez	Literature and Education
Muzaffar Ali	Art
Nana Chudasama	Social Work
Dr. P.N. Vasudeva Kurup	Medicine
Pullela Gopichand	Sports
Puna Ram Nishad	Art
Puran Chand Wadali	Art
Rachel Thomas	Sports
Maj. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore	Sports
Swami Ram Swaroop Sharma	Art
Shah Rukh Khan	Art
Shameem Dev Azad	Art
Dr. Shantaram Balwant Mujumdar	Literature and Education
Shobhana Bhartia	Journalism
Sougaijam Thanil Singh	Art
Dr. Srikumar Banerjee	Science and Engineering
Sunita Narain	Environment Protection
Sushil Sahai	Social Work
Theilin Phanbuh	Social Work
Vasudevan Gnana Gandhi	Science and Engineering
Prof. Veer Singh Mehta	Medicine

2004

Name	Field
Anupam Kher	Cinema
Anju Bobby George	Sports - Athletic
Dilip Kumar Tirkey	Sports - Hockey Player
Gurmayum Anita Devi	Mountaineer
Hariharan	Singer
Purshottam Das Jalota	Bhajan Singer
Sudhir Tailand	Cartoonist
A.K. Panivel	Art - Instrumental Music
Anil K Gupta	Literature and Education
Arun Trimbak Dabke	Medicine
Ashwin. B. Metha	Medicine - Cardiology
Asifa Zamani	Literature and Education
Bal Samant	Literature and Education
Aubakir Datanuly Nilibayev	Literature and Education
Batchu Lutchmiah Srinivasa Murthy	Social Work
Pandit Bhajan Sopori	Art Music Instrumental
Bharathiraja	Art - Cinema
Bharathi Shivaji	Art - dance- Mohiniyattom
Dalip Kaur Tiwana	Art - Literature and Education
Damodar Keshav Datar	Art - Instrumental Music
Devi Prasad Shetty	Medicine
Flora Macdeinald	Public Affairs
Gopal Prasad Sinha	Medicine
Gowri Ishwaran	Literature and Education
Hamlet Bareh Ngapkynta	Literature and Education
Heinrich Freiherr Von Stietencron	Literature and Education
Heisnan Kan Hailar	Art Theatre
Guru Jayaram Rao	Art - Dance- Kuchipudi
K. Ayappa Paniker	Literature and Education
K. N. Shankara	Science and Engineering - Satelite Technology
K. R. Kumaran Nair	Art - Dance - Kathakali
Kadri Gopalnath	Art - Music - Instrumental
Kalayathumkuzhi Mathew Beenamol	Sports - Athletics
Kanhiya Lal Sethia	Literature and Education
Kanthi Bhai Pattel	Art - Sculpture
Krishan Kanhai	Art - Painting
Kumarpal Desai	Literature and Education
Lalji Singh	Science and Engineering- Life Science
Liladhar Jaguri	Literature and Education
Meher Banaji	Social Work
Morup Namgiat	Art - Music
N. Leela	Art - Instrumental Music
Nalini Ranjan Mohanty	Science and Engineering
Nampilly Divakar	Science & Engineering
Neyyattinkara Vasudevan	Art-Music -Carnatic
P. Parameswaran	Literature and Education
Premlata Puri	Literature and Education
Prithvi Nath Kaula	Literature and Education
Queennie Rynjah	Social Work
Rahul Dravid	Sports - Cricket
Rajan Saxena	Medicine
Rajpal Singh Sirohi	Science & Engineering
Ramesh Chandra Shah	Literature and Education
Sadashiv Nimbalkar	Sports - Yoga
Samuel Paul	Literature and Education
Satish Kumar Kaura	Science and Engineering
Sharad Moreshwar Hardikar	Medicine
Sharayu Daftary	Trade and Industry
Shyam Narain Pandey	Literature and Education
Siddartha Mehta	Medicine-Dentistry
Sourav Chandidas Ganguly	Sports-Cricket
Subhash Chand Manchanda	Medicine
Sudha Raghunathan	Art - Carnatic - Vocal
Sunita Jain	Literature and Education
Surinder Singh	Art-Vocal Music
Surinder Kumar Sama	Medicine
Syed Shah Mohammed Hussaini	Literature and Education
Tatyana Yakovlevna Elizarenkova	Literature and Education
Tumkur Seetharamaiah Prahlad	Science and Engineering -Aerospace
V.Kunjumani	Art - Instrumental-Flute
Visheshwaraiah Prakash	Science and Engineering

2003

Name	Field	Place
Aamir Khan	Cinema	Mumbai
Ashok Kumar Barua	Science and Technology	Jadavpur
Ashok Seth	Medicine	New Delhi
Baburao Govindrao Shirke	Science and Engineering	Pune
C.Lalhmingliana	Social work	Aizawl
Danny Denzongpa	Cinema	Mumbai
Francis Dore	Public affairs	Paris
Gopal Chandra Mitra	Science and Engineering	Bhubaneswar
Gopal Purushottam Phadke	Sports	Pune
Gyan Chandra Mishra	Science and Engineering	Pune
J.S.Guleria	Medicine	New Delhi
Jagdish Chaturvedi	Literature	New Delhi
Jahnu Barua	Literature &Education	Guwahati
Jai Bhagwan Chowdhury	Science & Engineering, Bio-technology	Hissar
Jai Pal Mittal	Science and Engineering	Mumbai
Jyotirmoyee Sikdar	Sports athletics	Kolkata
Kanhaiya  Lal Pokhriyal	Sports mountaineering	Pauri Garhwal
Kshetrimayum Ongbi Thouranishabi Devi	Art Indian classical dance	Imphal
Mahendra Singh Sodha	Science and Engineering	Lucknow
Malvika Sarukkai	Classical dance	Chennai
Manthiram Natarajan	Science and Engineering	New Delhi
Manzoor Ehtesham	Literature and Education	Bhopal
Motilal Jotwani	Literature and Education	New Delhi
N.Vedachalam	Science and Engineering	Thiruvananthapuram
N.R Madhava Menon	Public Affairs Law	Kolkata
Nalli Kuppuswami Chettiar	Trade and Industry	Chennai
Nandanoori Mukesh Kumar	Sports hockey	Secunderabad
Narayana Panicker Kochupillai	Medicine	Delhi
Nemi Chand Jain	Theatre	Delhi
Nokdenlmba	Literature and Education	Dimapur
Om Prakash Jain	Art	New Delhi
Pratapsinh alias Balasaheb Jadav	Journalism	Kolhapur
Pritam Singh	Literature and Education	Lucknow
R.Vairamuthu	Literature and education poetry	Chennai
Rajagoplan Krishan Vaidyan	Medicine	Kollam
Rakhee Gulzar	Art cinema	Mumbai
Ram Gopal Bajaj	Art	New Delhi
Ranjana Gauhar	Art Indian classical dance	New Delhi
Rita Ganguly	Art music dance	New Delhi
S.Ramakrishnan	Science and Engineering	Thiruvananthapuram
S.Sukumari	Cinema	Chennai
S.Venkataraghavan	Sports cricket	Chennai
Sadashiv V.Gorakshkar	Museology	Thane
Sarvagya Singh Katiyar	Science and Engineering	Kanpur
Pandit Satish Vyas	Instrumental Music	Mumbai
Ustad Shafaat Ahmed Khan	Instrumental Music	New Delhi
Shailendra Nath Shrivastava	Literature and Education	Patna
Shivaram Baburao Bhoje	Science and Engineering	Kalpakkam
T.M.Soundarajan	Music	Chennai
T.N.Shanbhag	Book publishing	Mumbai
V.R.Khatti	Science and Engineering	Bangalore
Verna Elizabeth Watre Ingty	Social Work	Meghalaya
Vijay Prakash Singh	Medicine gastroenterology	Patna
Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad	Literature and education	Vishakhapatnam

2002
Dr. A.S. Narayana	Smt. Manorama
Ustad Abdul Lateef Khan	Dr. Munirathna Anandakrishnan
Shri Amitav Mallik	Shri Muzaffer Hussain
Dr. Anand Swarup Arya	Prof. N. Balakrishnan
Dr. Apathukatha Sivathanu Pillai	Shri Navaneetham Padmanabha Seshadri
Prof. Ashok Jhunjhunwala	Ms. Norma Alvares
Prof. Ashok Ramachandra Kelkar	Dr. P.K. Sethi
Dr. B.N. Suresh	Prof. Padmanabhan Balaram
Dr. Chaitanyamoy Ganguly	Shri Phillips Talbot
Ms. Darshana Jhaveri	Dr. Pradip K. Chowbey
Ms. Diana Fram Edulji	Dr. Prakash Amte
Prof. Dorairajan Balasubramanian	Dr. Prakash Kothari
Dr. Duvvur Nageshwar Reddy	Smt. Prema Purav
Shri Fazal Mohammad	Smt. Pushpa Bhuyan
Shri Gopal Chhotray	Smt. Raj Begum
Shri Govind Nihalani	Shri Rajan Devdas
Dr. Gullapalli Nageswara Rao	Prof. Ramanath Cowsik
Shri Gyan Chand Jain	Dr. S. Rajaram
Dr. Harsh Mahajan	Ms. Saroja Vaidyanathan
Shri Hirebettu Sadananda Kamath	Dr. Satish Chandra Rai
Dr. Hrashel Sawi Luaia	Dr. Suresh H. Advani
Dr. Idupuganti Venkata Subba Rao	Shri T. Nakoyama
Dr. (Smt.) Indira Goswami	Shri T.H. Vinayak Ram
Shri Jaspal Rana	Shri Turlapaty Kutumba Rao
Shri K. Narayana	Shri V.K. Madhavan Kutty
Dr. (Mrs.) K. Mathangi Ramakrishnan	Prof. Vijay Kumar Dada
Dr. Kamaljit Singh Paul	Dr. Vikram Marwaha
Dr.(Ms.) Kiran Martin	Shri Virendra Kumar Sharma
Smt. Kiran Seghal	Shri Viresh Pratap Chaudhry
Dr. Kota Harinarayana	Shri Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
Shri Madhu Mangesh Karnik	Shri Wannakuwattawaduge Don Amardeva
Smt. Mani Krishnaswami	Dr. Yang- Shik Kim
Shri Mani Ratnam

2001
Shri Aamir Raza Husain	Prof. Dr. (Ms.) Alaka Keshav Deshpande
Prof. Ashoke Sen	Dr. Avadhanam Sita Raman
Dr. Avadhanam Sita Raman	Prof. Bala V. Balachandran
Dr. Bhabendra Nath Saikia	Dr. (Prof.) Bhupathiraju Somaraju
Ms. Bhuvneshwari Kumari	Prof. Bikash Chandra Sinha
Shri Bisweswar Bhattacharjee	Dr. Chandrasekhara Basavanneppa Kambar
Dr. Chandrathil Gouri Krishnadas Nair	Dr. Chittoor Mohammed Habeebullah
Shri Daatla Venkata Suryanarayana Raju	Dr. Dasari Prasada Rao
Dr. Dasika Durga Prasada Rao	Dr. Devagowda Javaregowda
Shri Dhanraj Pillay	Shri Elattuvalapil Sreedharan
Dr. (Smt.) Gouri Sen	Prof. Goverdhan Mehta
Smt. Jeelani Bano	Dr. Jyoti Bhushan Banerji
Shri Kalidas Gupta Riza	Dr. Kallam Anji Reddy
Shri Kandathil Mammen Philip	Shri Keshavkumar Chintaman Ketkar
Shri Keshavkumar Chintaman Ketkar	Dr. (Ms.) Ketayun Ardeshir Dinshaw
Shri Khalid Abdul Hamid Ansari	Dr. Krishna Prasad Singh Varma
Shri Laishram Nabakishore Singh	Shri Leander Adrian Paes
Dr. Madabusi Santanam Raghunathan	Dr. Madhavan Krishnan Nair
Shri Mahesh Bhupati	Shri Manoj Das
Prof. Mohammad Shafi	Lt. Gen.(Retd.) Mohammad Ahmad Zaki
Shri Mohammed Tayab Khan	Shri Mohan Ranade
Dr. Mool Chand Maheshwari	Bishop (Dr.) Mulanakushiyil Abraham Thomas
Dr. Nerella Venumadhav	Smt. Padma Sachdev
Smt. Padmaja Phenany Joglekar	Dr. Paul Ratnasamy
Dr. Prem Shanker Goel	Dr. Ravindra Kumar
Dr. S.T.Gnanananda Kavi	Dr. Sandip Kumar Basu
Dr. Sanjaya Rajaram	Dr. Sharadkumar Dicksheet
Dr. Siramdasu Venkata Rama Rao	Smt. Sobha Naidu
Shri Sripathi Panditharadhyula Balasubrahmanyam	Prof. Suhas Pandurang Sukhatme
Dr. Sunil Manilal Kothari	Ms. Sunita Rani
Dr. Thirumalachari Ramasami	Shri Thota Tharani
Prof. Tiruppattur Venkatachalamurti Ramakrishnan	Ms. Tulasi Munda
Shri Vachnesh Tripathi	Shri Vijay Kumar Chaturvedi
Shri Viswanathan Mohanlal