· October 2 is considered as International Non-violence Day. It is also the Birthday of Mahatma Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shashtri
· Russian Prime Minister is Dmitry Medvedev
· Russian President is Vladimir Putin
· Author of the Famous Harry Potter series novels J.K.Rowling’s next novel is “The Casual Vaccancy”, it is a story of ambition and rivalry set in the fictional English village Pagford.
· New Chairman of the BCCI National Selection Committee is Sandeep Patil. This post has a 4 year term and the outgoing chairman is Kris Srikanth
· Saina Nehwal flies in Kiran MK-1 Aircraft
· Nirmal Bharat Yatra- An initiative to spread awareness about sanitation. The Brand Ambassador of this scheme is Bollywood Actress Vidya Balan.
· Cricket Australia appoints Jacquie Hey as its Director. She is the first women director in history of 107 years.
· Koneru Humpy(Female, India) won the Fide women chess Grand Prix in Ankara
· The full name of former Chief Justice of India SH Kapadia is Sarosh Homi Kapadia
· Wrestling world Championships-Geeta kumari of India wins Bronze under the 55kg category. This is held in Edmonton, Canada.
· Airtel Delhi Half Marathon- Kenya’s Edwin Kipyego emerges as Winner.
· Lt Gen K.S.Brar, the Chief of the Blue Star Operation (1984) was assaulted.
· Senior Men’s Hockey Nationals – Air India lost to Punjab. Venue is Bengaluru.
· 77thSenior National Badminton Championships –Men’s Singles title was won by Parupalli kashyap by defeating Ajay Jayram
· Yamaha Launches new scooter for women called “ Ray :”
· Michael Schumacher retires again from F1 race. His age is 43. He raced for Mercedes last season. He is a 7 time world champion. He is a winner of 91 races.
· Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister is Omar Abdullah
· Indian Air force Chief Marshall is NAK Browne
· The famous band Beatles turns 50. Their first single was Love me Do.
· The famous detective James Bond turns 50. The first Bond film was Dr.No(Released in 1962)
· DRDO test fires Dhanush Missile from Odisha coast. It is of 350km Range.
· T20 World Cup won by West Indies. Captain of WI team is Darren Sammy. The Opponent team is Srilanka and its captain is Mahela Jayewardene. It was held in R. Premadesa Stadium, Colombo. Man of the Match was Marlon Samuels and Man of the series is Shane Watson.
· China open Tennis tournament –Victoria Azarenka of Belarus beats Maria Sharapova of Russia to claim title, Men’s Singles Serbia’s Novak Djokovic beat Jo Wilfred Tsonga to claim title.
· Nobel Prize for Chemistry- Robert Lefkowitz and Brian Kobilka of USA for their research on How the body works at Molecular Level
· Nobel Prize for Literature for Mo Yan of China. He is the first Chinese citizen to win the nobel prize for literature. He is best known for his Hallucinatoric realism.
· Nobel Peace Prize to European Union for rehabilitation since World War II
· US Vice President is Joe Biden. He belongs to the Democratic Party.
· US Vice Presidential nominee from the Republican party is Paul Ryan
· Loksabha Bypoll for Jangipur Constituency- Abhijit Mukherjee (Son of Pranab Mukherjee) beats CPI(M) contestant Muzaffar Hussain
· Shanghai Masters Tennis Men’s Doubles-Leander Paes& Radek Stepanek(Czech Republic) beat Mahesh Bhupathi, Rohan Bopanna to Claim title.
· 10thAsia-Europe Finance Ministers Meeting 2012 held in Bangkok.
· G.Akash is the youngest to achieve the National premier Chess Championship. His age is 16 years is 14 days.
· Australia Prime Minister Julia Gillard visits India
· Australia awards Sachin membership to the order of Australia. Previous Indian to receive this honour was Justice Soli Sorabjee.
· Man Booker Prize- An international award for outstanding literature – is awarded to Hillary Mantel for her book “ Bringing up the bodies”. She won her first booker for “ Wolf Hall”
· Saina Nehwal wins Danish Open Badminton Championship by beating Juliane Schenk of Denmark.
· Veteran Hindi filmmaker Yash Chopra passed away due to Dengue. His last film was Jab Tak Hai Jaan.
· Sun Group wins Hyderabad IPL Franchise for Rs.85.05 Crore.
· Film Actor and Comedian Jaspal Batti dies in road accident
· The F1 circuit in India is known as Buddh International circuit. It is Located in Greater Noida.
· Cyclone Nilam Hits Tamilnadu
· Sandy Storm Hits US
· Pratibha Cauvery grounds at Chennai. It was later rescued by Malaviya 21
· India Clinches Nuclear deal with Canada. Canadian PM is Stephen Harper.
· Obama wins US Presidential Polls, claims 303 Electoral Votes. While is Opponent Romney of Republican party claimed 206 electoral votes.
· ATP Tennis World Tour Finals – Mahesh Bhupathi/ Rohan Bopanna pair beats Leander Paes/ Radek Stapanek to claim the title. This was held in London.
· Asian games Gold Medalist Pinki Pramanik is a male
· 2G Auction earns only Rs.9400 Crores.
· Cabinet Reshuffle
· Union Minister for Railways – Pawan kumar Bansal , Congress gets Railways portfolio after 16 years.
· 7 MoS Elevated to Cabinet Rank
· New Cabinet Ministers
· K.Rahman Khan – Minority Affairs
· Dinsha J.Patel – Mines
· Ajay Maken – Housing and Urban poverty Alleviation
· MM Pallam Raju – Human Resource development
· Ashwani Kumar – Law and Justice
· Harish Rawat- Water Resources
· Chandresh Kumari Katoch- Culture
New Ministers of state (Independent Charges)
· Manish Tewari – Information and Broadcasting
· K.Chiranjeevi – Tourism
New Ministers of State
· Shashi Tharoor – Human resources Development
· Kodi Kunnil Suresh – Labour and Employment
· Tariq Anwar – Agriculture and food processing industries
· K.J. Surya Prakash Reddy – Railways
· Ranee Narah – Tribal affairs
· Adhir Ranjan Chowdary – Railways
· A.H. Khan Choudary- Health and family welfare
· Sarve satyanarayana- Road transport and Highways
· Ninong Ering – Minority affairs
· Deepa Dasmunsi – Urban development
· Porika Balram Naik- Social jusitice and empowerment
· Killl Kruparani- Communications and informations technology
· Lalchand Kataria – Defence
Changes in Porfolio of Cabinet Ministers
· Veerappa Moily- Petroleum and Natural gas
· Jaipal Reddy- Science and Technology and earth sciences
· Kanal Nath- Urban development and Parliamentary affairs
· Vayalar Ravi- Overseas Indian Affairs
· Kapil Sibal- Communications and Information Technology
· C.P. Joshi Road Transport and Highways
· Salman Khurshid- External Affairs
· Jairam Ramesh – Rural development
· Kumari Selja- Social justice and empowerment
Changes in Portfolios of MoS Independent Charge
· Jyotiraditya Scindia – Power
· K.H. Micro, small and Medium Enterprises
· Bharatsinh Madhavsinh Solanki- Drinking Water and sanitation
· Sachin Pilot- Corporate affairs
· Jitendra singh- Youth affairs and sports
· October 5 – World Teacher’s Day
· October 8 – Indian Air Force Day
· October 16 – World food Day
· October 21 – World Iodine Shortage Day
G8 2012 was held in Camp David, Maryland, USA
The 39th G8 will be held in United Kingdom 2013
G20 2012 was held in Los Cabos, Mexico
The 8th G20 will be held in Russia 2013
SAARC 2012 was held in Maldives
The 18th SAARC to be held in Nepal
· Savita Halappanavar , a woman of Indian origin, died after refusing termination of her pregnancy in Ireland. Ireland is a Catholic Nation and according to their beliefs termination of pregnancy is not permitted.
· Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi visits India
· Bal thackrey, the Marathi leader died in Mumbai . His age is 86.
· Sunita Williams returns after 125 day stay in space . She safely landed in Kazhakastan.
· James C. Morgan Global Humanatarian Award for Infosys N.R. Narayana Murthy for applying technology in creating ways to improve the human condition.
· November 21- Pakistani terrorist involved in 26/11 Taj Hotel Attacks Ajmal kasab was hanged in Yerawada Jail Pune. He is the first Foreign Terrorist to be executed in India
· Previous Indian to be hanged was Dhanonjoy Chatterjee, for rape of a minor girl.
· This execution of Ajmal Kasab is termed as Operation X.
· Indian terrorist in Pakistan is Sarabjit Singh.
· Sebastian Vettel Becomes the youngest(Age 25) Triple world Champion in Formula One Car race. He belongs to Germany and he races for Red Bull
· Book-Travelling thro Conflict – Author – Hamid Ansari
· Book-Global Crisis Recession and Uneven Recovery – YV Reddy
· Book- Unleashing Earth – Author – Veerappa Moily
· BCCI C.K.Naidu Lifetime Acheivement Award given to Sunil Gavaskar
· BCCI Poly Umrigar Award given to Virat Kohli
· National Security advisor is Shiv Shankar Menon
· Former Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral Passes away.(Was PM during 1997-98)
· Dipika Pallikal Moves to 10th place in squash rankings from 13thplace
· Former England Cricketer Andreww Flintoff turns Boxer.
· First Indian Player to hit Three triple centuries in first class cricket is Ravindra Jadeja (Plays for Saurashtra) –Opponent team is Railways.
· Ricky Ponting retires from International Cricket. He is called Punter in Australia.
· A.R.Rahman and Director Shekar Kapoor launch Qyuki (Social media Platform)
· Infosys Chairman is K.V.Kamath
· Wipro Chairman is Azim Premji
· Book – A bank for the buck – Author – Tamal Bandhyopadhyay
· India Post ties up with Infosys to implement its Banking ande insurance operations
· FDI in retail is favoured in Rajyasabha.
· Sitar Maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar passes away
· Narendra Modi wins Gujarat Polls. Becomes Chief Minister of Gujarat for the Fourth Time
· Sahitya Academy award for Daniel Selvaraj for his novel THOL – which mirrored the true story of Muslim and Daliit workers in the tanneries of Dindugal
· Barrack Obama awards National medal of Technology and Innovation to Dr, Rangaswamy Srinivasan, a man of Indian origin and is also a Lasik Surgery Pioneer.
· Sachin Tendulkar retires from One Day Internationals
· New Prime Minister of Japan- SHinzo Abe
· Ratan Tata retires as Chairman of TATA, the new chairman is Cyrus Mistry
· German ambassador to India Michael Steiner visits India
· Violin Maestro GopalaKrishnan passes away
· Two people of Indian origin elected to the US House of representatives , they are Ami Bera, a Physician and Tulsi Gabbard , a Hindu US Lawyer . She happens to be the first Hindu US Lawyer.
· Brisbane International Tennis tournament, Sania Mirza and Bethanie Mattek Sands(US) beat Anna Lena Gronefeld(Germany) and Kveta Peschke(Czech Republic)
· 11 th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Chief Guest is Mauritian President Rajkeswar Purryag
· Chennai Open Tennis Tournament Men’s Singles – Serbia’s Janko Tipsarevic beat Roberto Bautista of Spain
· Lionel Messi of Argentina wind Ballon d’ Or award . He holds the record for the most goals in a calendar year(91 goals). Previously this record was held by Gerd Mueller of Germany.
· Swami Vivekananda 150th Birth Anniversary
· Bombay Jayashree nominated for Oscars for her song “Pi’s Lullaby” in the movie Life of Pi
· Chief of Army Staff- General Bikram Singh.
· Army man whose head was cut by Pakistan was Martyr Lance Naik Hemraj.
· Rahul Gandhi takes oath as Congress vice President.
· January 20- Obama officially sworn in as President of USA
· Chief Justice of India- Justice Altamas Kabir
· 58thFilmfare Awards
· Best Actor- Ranbir Kapoor for the movie Barfi
· Best Actress- Vidya Balan for the movie Kahani
· Best Male Singer- Ayushman Khurrana for Pani Da song of Vicky Donor
· Best Male Debut – Ayshman Khurrana for Vicky Donor
· Best Female Debut – Ileana D Cruz for the movie Barfi
· President of African Development Bank Donald Kaberuka visits India
·
· 64thRepublic Day Chief guest to India is King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
· Himachal Pradesh- Virbhadra Singh sworn in as Chief Minister
· India and Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) on December finalized the free trade agreement
· WHO approves Indian vaccines made by Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO)
· Ukranian president Viktor Yanukorych visits India. He signed a defence pact with India.
· GSAT-10 Launched from kourou, French Guiana on September 29, 2012
· Jamni river(Madhya Pradesh)-Country’s First river Linking Project in the water scarce Bundelkhand region
· India’s first Food Bank Inaugurated in Delhi as part of India Food Banking Network(IFBN)
· India signs TAPI Gas Pipeline pact with Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan
· India enters Elite ICBM(Inter Continental Ballistic Missile) Club by Agni-V launch from Wheeler Islands – Odissa coast
· India removed from the list of Polio Endemic Countries
· Southern Railway new General Manager is Rakesh Misra
· Book- Conversations with Maniratnam – Author- Baradwaj Rangan
· Book- Life of Pi- Yann Martel
· West Bengal Governor – MK Narayanan
· Union Bank of India New Executive Director- K.Subramanyam
· In Haryana, for the post of junior basic trained teachers there was illegal recruitment, under this Head of Indian National Lok Dal Om Prakash Chautala and his grandson Ajay Chautala sentenced to 10 year jail.
· Pakistani-American LeT terrorist David Headley sentenced to 35 years jail by US court
· Major Anup Joseph Manjali awarded Kirti Chakra, the second highest gallantry award in India
· Uttarakhand CM is Vijay Bahuguna.Shikha Sharma –CEO, MD of Axis bank
· Veteran PlayBacksinger S. Janaki rejected Padma Bhushan
· Australian open- Belarus’s Victoria Azarenka beats Li Na of China to win the women’s singles title
· Ranji trophy Final- Mumbai beat Saurashtra. Mumbai Captain is Ajit Agarkar, MoM- Wasim Jaffer
· Sachin equals Gavaskar’s record of 81 centuries in First class cricket
· Puduchery Governor- Dr. Iqbal Singh
· Parliament Attack Plotter Afzal Guru Hanged in Tihar Jail
· Ranchi Rhinos win Hockey India League. They defeated Delhi waveriders.
· Pope Bendict XVI steps down, cites old age as reason. He is 85 years old.
· BAFTA-British Acadeny Film and Television Awards
· Best Actor-Daniel Day Lewis
· Best Actress- Emmanuelle Riva
· French President Francois Hollande visits India
· Oscar Pistorius held for killing girlfriend
· Twin Blasts in Hyderabad’s Dilsukh Nagar
· Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh played his 100th test match
· PSLV-C20 launched successfully from Satish Dawan space centre in Sriharikota- 23rdmission of PSLV. It placed SARAL(Satellite with Argos and Altica), it is a ISRO-CNES(France) joint venture.Its purpose is to study ocean.
· Life of Pi wins 4 Oscars, Cinematography- Claudio Miranda, Best Director – Ang Lee , Original Score – Mychael Danna , Visual Effects – Bill Westernhofer, Erik Jan De Boer, Donald Elliot, Guillaume Rodeuon
· Oscar for Best Actor- Daniel Day Lewis for the movie Lincoln
· Oscar for Best Actress- Jennifer Lawrence for the movie Silver Linings Playbook
· Oscar for Best Film- Argo
· Oscar for Best Animated feature film- Brave
· Oscar for Best Original Song – Skyfall (Music and Lyrics by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth)
· RAILWAY BUDGET
· Next generation e-ticketing system by end of 2013
· Free Wi-fi to be provided on some trains
· Indian Railways institute of Financial Management to be set up at Secunderabad
· Winners of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and Dhyan Chand awards to get free first class passes
· Special AC Coaches called Anubhuti to be introduced in select Shatabdi and Rajdhani trains
· UNION BUDGET 2013-14
· Leather products get Cheaper
· Mobile phones, dinning out, cigarette, SUVs, motorbikes, set-top boxes get expensive
· Excise duty on cigarettes raised by 18 percent
· Duty free limit for gold raised to Rs. 50,000 in case of a male passenger and Rs.1 lakh for female passenger.
· Tax credit of Rs.2000 for every person who has an annual income upto Rs.5 lakh.
· Rs.14,000 crore Capital infusion into Public sector banks in 2013-14
· PSU banks to have ATMS at all their branches by March 31, 2014
· Defence Allocation increased to Rs. 2.03 lakh crore
· Rs.27,049 crore allocation to Agriculture Ministry in 2013-2014.
· 60th National Film Awards
· Best Actor- Irrfan Khan for the film Paan Singh Tomar. Real life story of an athlete turned dacoit, he shares award with Vikram Gokhale, for the Marathi film Anumati
· Best Actress- Usha Jadhav for the Marathi film Dhag
· Best Director- Lotan Patil
· Jury head was Basu Chatterjee
· Best Tamil Film- Vazakhu Enn 18/9
· Best Makeup- Raja for the film Vazakhu Enn 18/9
· Best Art Director- N. Ilayaraja for the movie Viswaroopam
· Best Choreography- Pandit Birju Maharaj for the movie Viswaroopam
· Best Costume Designer – Poornima Ramaswamy for the movie Paradesi
· Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez passes away.
· The name of the newly elected pope is Jorge Mario Bergoglio
· The Prime Minister of China is Li Keqiang
· The Presidebt of China is Xi Jinping
· Italian Ambassador- Daniele Mancini
· Book- The test of my life- Author- Yuvraj Singh.
· Ebrahim Alkazi, Indian theatre director awarded with France’s Highest cultural award for his contribution in modern theatre in India and preserving treasures of photography.
· 17 day Jal Satya graha, held in Madhyapradesh on ricer Narmadha to reduce the height of Omkareshwar Dam
· Eric Hobsbawm – British Marxist historian passes away
· Rohinton Baria trophy is the trophy name for the inter-university cricket tournament.
· Indian Air force celebrated its 80 th anniversary on 8th October,2012
· Mo Farah(10,000m, 5000m Olympic Champion) is votred as the European Athlete of the year for the second dtraight year
· 14 year old girl Malala Yousufzai attacked by Taliban for her opposition to Taliban on woman education
· Nobel Prize in Physics 2012 awarded to Serge Haroche of France and David WIneland of US for their work in Quantun Physics
· Nobel laureate Mo Yan is the author of Red Sorghum Clan, The Republic of Wine, Life and Death are wearing me out
· Nobel prize in Physiology or medicine 2012 for John B Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka for their research on stem cells.
· China launched two experimental satellites to test its domestically developed components. The name of those satellites are Practice 9A and Practice 9B and they were launched from Taiyan Satellite Launch Centre in China’s North Shanxi Province.
· Norodom Sihanouk the former King of Cambodia died recently(The name of the present king is: Norodom Sihamoni)
· Apple has opened its largest store in Asia. The store is located in Beijing of China.
· King of Spain Juan Carlos I recently visited India
· Host for Women’s Twenty20 Asia cup 2012 is Guangzhou, China
· Leader of opposition party in Bangladesh visited India her name is Khaleda zia.
· ‘Global Action Day for Malala Yousufzai’ in honour of Pakistani teenage rights activist Malala Yousufzai by UN is November 10.
· Prime Minister of Belarus Mikhail Myasnikovich recently visited India.
· Ratu Epeli Nailatikau has sworn in as President of Fiji for second term
· In Goa, “ India for Animals Conference 2012” was held.
· “Women Power Line 1090”, a Police helpline service for women was inaugurated in Uttarpradesh.
· A special train was launched by Railways as a tribute to Rabindranath Tagore on the occasion of his 150th Birth Anniversary is Sanskriti Express.
· Chanda Kochar has been named as the most powerful woman in business in India for the second consecutive year by Fortune Magazine
· 2012 Person of the year by Time Magazine is “Barrack Obama”
· Leslie Claudius (1948,1952,1956) Olympic Hockey Gold Medalist passed away recently.
· National Mathematics day is celebrated in India on December 22
· New US Secretary of state is John Kerry
· 4thWorld Telugu conference is hosted in Tirupati
· Former England Test Cricket Captain Tony creig passed away recently.
· Urjit Patel has been appointed as Deputy Governor of RBI after retirement of Subhir Gokhran
· National Girl Child Day is considered on January 24.
· Maitree Express is an International passenger train which connects India with Bangladesh.
· Facebook introduces “Graph Search”.
· 2012 Nobel prize for Economics to Alvin Roth and Lloyd Shapley of U.S.
· Abdi Farah Shirdon is the new Prime Minister of Somalia
· Surface to surface Ballistic Missile Prithvi-II test fired successfully from Odisha coast. This missile is of range 350kms.
· First National Security Advisor of India, Brajesh Misra passed away.
· National Stock Exchange new CEO and MD is Ms.Chitra Ramakrishna
· India successfully test-fired supersonic interceptor missile.
· Pepsi won five year title sponsorship of IPL by paying Rs.396.8 crore
· Arvind Kejriwal unveils Aam Aadmi Party.
· Ernest Bai Koroma becomes President of Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone is a country in West Africa, it has got lot of iron reserves.
· RBI inks MoU with State Bank of Vietnam to encourage greater co-operation and sharing of supervisory information.
· Czech Republic beat Spain in Davis Cup 2012 finals.
· India’s former defence minister and Planning Commission deputy chairman Krishna Chandra Pant passed away.
· Mohammed Azharuddins life ban lifted by Andhra HighCourt.
· Britain’s first woman Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher dies of stroke.
· World Chess finals will be held in Chennai
· Veteran Actor Pran awarded the Dada saheb Palke award.
· US movie critic Roger Ebert, the first cinema pundit to win a Pulitzer Prize died.
Padma Vibhushan
Raghunath Mohapatra, Art, Orissa
S Haider Raza, Art, Delhi
Prof Yash Pal, Science and Engineering, Uttar Pradesh
Prof Roddam Narasimha, Science and Engineering, Karnataka
Padma Bhushan
Dr Ramanaidu Daggubati, Art, Andhra Pradesh
Sreeramamurthy Janaki, Art, Tamil Nadu
Dr (Smt) Kanak Rele, Art, Maharashtra
Sharmila Tagore, Art, Delhi
Dr (Smt) Saroja Vaidyanathan, Art, Delhi
Abdul Rashid Khan, Art, West Bengal
Late Rajesh Khanna, Art, Maharashtra
Late Jaspal Singh Bhatti, Art, Punjab
Shivajirao Girdhar Patil, Public Affairs, Maharashtra
Dr Apathukatha Sivathanu Pillai, Science, Engineering Delhi
Dr Vijay Kumar Saraswat, Science and Engineering, Delhi
Dr Ashoke Sen Science and Engineering Uttar Pradesh
B N Suresh, Science and Engineering, Karnataka
Prof Satya N Atluri, Science and Engineering, USA
Prof Jogesh Chandra Pati, Science and Engineering, USA
Padma Bhushan
Ramamurthy Thyagarajan, Trade and Industry, Tamil Nadu
Adi Burjor Godrej, Trade and Industry, Maharashtra
Dr Nandkishore Shamrao Laud, Medicine, Maharashtra
Mangesh Padgaonkar, Literature and Education, Maharashtra
Prof Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Literature & Education USA
Hemendra Singh Panwar, Civil Service, Madhya Pradesh
Maharaj Kishan Bhan, Civil Service, Delhi
Rahul Dravid, Sports, Karnataka
H Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom, Sports, Manipur
Padma Shri
Gajam Anjaiah, Art, Andhra Pradesh
Swami G C D Bharti alias Bharati Bandhu, Art, Chhattisgarh
B Jayashree, Art, Karnataka
Sridevi Kapoor, Art, Maharashtra
Kailash Chandra Meher, Art, Orissa
Brahmdeo Ram Pandit, Art, Maharashtra
Vishwanath D Patekar alias Nana Patekar, Art, Maharashtra
R Nageswara Rao alias Surabhi Babji, Art, Andhra Pradesh
Lakshmi Narayana Sathiraju, Art, Tamil Nadu
Jaymala Shiledar, Art, Maharashtra
Suresh Dattatray Talwalkar, Art, Maharashtra
P Madhavan Nair alias Madhu, Art, Kerala
Apurba Kishore Bir, Art, Maharashtra
Ghanakanta Bora Borbayan, Art, Assam
Hilda Mit Lepcha, Art, Sikkim
Sudha Malhotra, Art, Maharashtra
Ghulam Mohammad Saznawaz, Art, Jammu and Kashmir
Ramesh Gopaldas Sippy, Art, Maharashtra
Mahrukh Tarapor, Art, Maharashtra
Balwant Thakur, Art, Jammu and Kashmir
Puran Das Baul, Art, West Bengal
Rajendra Tikku, Art, Jammu and Kashmir
Pablo Bartholomew, Art, Delhi
Shri S Shakir Ali, Art, Rajasthan
S K M Maeilanandhan, Social Work, Tamil Nadu
Nileema Mishra, Social Work, Maharashtra
Reema Nanavati, Social Work, Gujarat
Jharna Dhara Chowdhury, Social Work, Bangladesh
Late Dr Ram Krishan, Social Work, Uttar Pradesh
Late Manju Bharat Ram, Social Work, Delhi
Prof Mustansir Barma, Science and Engineering, Maharashtra
Avinash Chander, Science and Engineering, Delhi
Sanjay Govind Dhande, Science and Engineering, Uttar Pradesh
Prof (Dr) Sankar Kumar Pal, Science, Engineering, West Bengal
Deepak B Phatak, Science and Engineering, Maharashtra
Dr Mudundi Ramakrishna Raju, Science and Engg, Andhra Pradesh
Prof Ajay K Sood, Science and Engineering, Karnataka
Prof Krishnaswamy Vijayraghavan, Science & Engg, Karnataka
Dr Manindra Agrawal, Science and Engineering, Uttar Pradesh
Dr Jayaraman Gowrishankar, Science & Engineering, Andhra Pradesh
Prof Sharad Pandurang Kale, Science & Engineering, Maharashtra
Vandana Luthra, Trade and Industry, Delhi
Rajshree Pathy, Trade and Industry, Tamil Nadu
Hemendra Prasad Barooah, Trade and Industry, Assam
Milind Kamble, Trade and Industry, Maharashtra
Kalpana Saroj, Trade and Industry, Maharashtra
Dr Sudarshan K Aggarwal, Medicine, Delhi
Dr C Venkata S Ram alias Chitta, Venkata Sundara Ram, Medicine, Andhra Pradesh
Dr Rajendra Achyut Badwe, Medicine, Maharashtra
Dr Taraprasad Das, Medicine, Orissa
Prof (Dr) T V Devarajan, Medicine, Tamil Nadu
Prof (Dr) Saroj Chooramani Gopal, Medicine, Uttar Pradesh
Dr Pramod Kumar Julka, Medicine, Delhi
Dr Gulshan Rai Khatri, Medicine, Delhi
Dr Ganesh Kumar Mani, Medicine, Delhi
Dr Amit Prabhakar Maydeo, Medicine, Maharashtra
Dr Sundaram Natarajan, Medicine, Maharashtra
Prof Krishna Chandra Chunekar, Medicine, Uttar Pradesh
Dr Vishwa Kumar Gupta, Medicine, Delhi
Prof (Capt) Dr M Sharaf-eAlam, Literature & Education, Bihar
Dr Radhika Herzberger, Literature & Education, Andhra Pradesh
J Malsawma, Literature and Education, Mizoram
Devendra Patel, Literature & Education, Gujarat
Dr Rama Kant Shukla, Literature & Education, Delhi
Prof Akhtarul Wasey, Literature & Education, Delhi
Prof Anvita Abbi, Literature & Education, Delhi
Nida Fazli, Literature & Education, Madhya Pradesh
Surender Kumar Sharma, Literature & Education, Delhi
Dr Jagdish Prasad Singh, Literature & Education, Bihar
Late Shaukat Riaz Kapoor Alias Salik Lakhnawi, Literature & Education, WB
Prof Noboru Karashima, Literature & Education, Japan
Christopher Pinney, Literature & Education, UK
Premlata Agrawal, Sports, Jharkhand
Yogeshwar Dutt, Sports, Haryana
Hosanagara Nagarajegowda Girisha, Sports, Karnataka
Subedar Major Vijay Kumar, Sports, Himachal Pradesh
Ngangom Dingko Singh, Sports, Maharashtra
Naib Subedar Bajrang Lal Takhar, Sports, Rajasthan
Ritu Kumar, Fashion Designing, Delhi
Dr Ravindra Singh Bisht, Archaeology, Uttar Pradesh.
