Name of Awardees for Padma Awards 2011

Following are names of all awardees for Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan Padma Shri Award 2011:

Name of Padma Vibhushan Awardees 2011
Name	Discipline	State/ Domicile
Dr. (Smt.) Kapila Vatsyayan	Art – Art Administration and Promotion.	Delhi
Mrs. Homai Vyarawalla	Art – Photography	Gujarat
Shri A Nageshwara Rao	Art- Cinema	Andhra Pradesh
Shri Parasaran Kesava Iyengar	Public Affairs	Delhi
Dr. Akhlaq-ur-Rehman Kidwai	Public Affairs	Delhi
Shri Vijay Kelkar	Public Affairs	Delhi
Shri Montek Singh Ahluwalia	Public Affairs	Delhi
Shri Palle Rama Rao	Science and Engineering	Andhra Pradesh
Shri Azim Premji	Trade and Industry	Karnataka
Shri Brajesh Mishra	Civil Services	Madhya Pradesh
Prof. (Dr.) Ottaplakkal Neelakandan Velu Kurup	Literature and Education	Kerala
Dr. Sitakant Mahapatra	Literature and Education	Orissa
Late Shri L. C. Jain	Public Affairs	Delhi *
Name of Padma Bhushan Awardees 2011
Shri Satyadev Dubey	Art - Theatre	Maharashtra
Shri Mohammed Zahur Khayyam Hashmi alias Khayyam	Art – Cinema - Music	Maharashtra
Shri Shashi Kapoor	Art – Cinema	Maharashtra
Shri Krishen Khanna	Art – Painting	Haryana
Shri Madavur VasudevanNair	Art – Dance - Kathakali	Kerala
Ms. Waheeda Rehman	Art – Cinema	Maharashtra
Shri Rudrapatna Krishna Shastry Srikantan	Art – Music-Vocal	Karnataka
Ms. Arpita Singh	Art – Painting	Delhi
Dr. Sripathi Panditharadhyula   Balasubrahmanyam	Art – Playback Singing, Music Direction & acting	Tamil Nadu
Shri C.V. Chandrasekhar	Art – Classical Dance-Bharatanatyam	Tamil Nadu
Shri Dwijen Mukherjee	Art	West Bengal
Smt. Rajashree Birla	Social work	Maharashtra
Mrs. Shobhana Ranade	Social work	Maharashtra
Dr. Suryanarayanan Ramachandran	Science and Engineering	Tamil Nadu
Shri S.(Kris) Gopalakrishnan	Trade and Industry	Karnataka
Shri Yogesh Chander Deveshwar	Trade and Industry	West Bengal
Ms. Chanda Kochhar	Trade and Industry	Maharashtra
Dr. K. Anji Reddy	Trade and Industry- Pharmacy	Andhra Pradesh
Shri Analjit Singh	Trade and Industry	Delhi
Shri Rajendra Singh Pawar	Trade and Industry	Haryana
Dr. Gunapati Venkata Krishna Reddy	Trade and Industry	Andhra Pradesh
Shri Ajai Chowdhary	Trade and Industry	Delhi
Shri Surendra Singh	Civil Services	Delhi
Shri M. N .Buch	Civil Services	Madhya Pradesh
Shri Shyam Saran	Civil Services	Delhi
Shri Thayil Jacob Sony George	Literature and Education	Karnataka
Dr. Ramdas Madhava Pai	Literature and Education	Karnataka
Shri Sankha Ghosh	Literature and Education	West Bengal
Late Shri K. RaghavanThirumulpad	Medicine - Ayurveda.	Kerala*
Late Dr. Keki Byramjee Grant	Medicine – Cardiology	Maharashtra *
Late Shri Dashrath Patel	Art	Gujarat *
Name of Padma Shri Awardees 2011
Ms. Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry	Art – Theatre	Chandigarh
Shri Makar DhwajaDarogha	Art- Chhau Dance	Jharkhand
Shri Shaji Neelakantan Karun	Art – Film Direction	Kerala
Shri Girish Kasaravalli	Art – Film making	Karnataka
Ms. Tabassum Hashmi Khan alias Tabu	Art – Cinema	Maharashtra
Shri Jivya Soma Mase	Art - Warli Painting	Maharashtra
Guru (Ms.) M.K. Saroja	Art – Dance- Bharatnatyam	Tamil Nadu
Shri Jayaram Subramaniam	Art – Cinema	Tamil Nadu
Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty	Art – Music-Indian Classical Vocal	West Bengal
Smt. Mahasundari Devi	Art - Mithilia/ MadhubaniPainting.	Bihar
Shri Gajam Govardhana	Art – Handloom Weaving	Andhra Pradesh
Ms. Sunayana Hazarilal	Art – Dance - Kathak	Maharashtra
Shri S.R. Janakiraman	Art - Carnatic Vocal Music	Tamil Nadu
Shri Peruvanam KuttanMarar	Art - Chenda Melam- Drum concert	Kerala
Smt. Kalamandalam Kshemavathy Pavithran	Art – Dance - Mohiniattam	Kerala
Shri Dadi DorabPudumjee	Art – Puppetry	Delhi
Shri Khangembam Mangi Singh	Art – Traditional Music of Manipur (Pena)	Manipur
Shri Prahlad Singh Tipaniya	Art – Folk Music	Madhya Pradesh
Smt. Usha Uthup	Art – Music.	West Bengal
Smt. Kajol	Art- Cinema	Maharashtra
Shri Irfan Khan	Art- Cinema	Maharashtra
Shri Mamraj Agrawal	Social work	West Bengal
Shri Jockin Arputham	Social work	Maharashtra
Ms. Nomita Chandy	Social work	Karnataka
Ms. Sheela Patel	Social work	Maharashtra
Ms. Anita Reddy	Social work	Karnataka
Shri KanubhaiHasmukhbhai Tailor	Social work	Gujarat
Shri Anant Darshan Shankar	Public Affairs	Karnataka
Prof. M. Annamalai	Science and Engineering	Karnataka
Dr. Mahesh Haribhai Mehta	Science and Engineering – Agricultural Science	Gujarat
Shri Coimbatore Narayana Rao Raghavendran	Science and Engineering	Tamil Nadu
Dr. (Mrs.) Suman Sahai	Science and Engineering	Delhi
Prof.(Dr.) E.A. Siddiq	Science and Engineering – Agricultural Science	Andhra Pradesh
Shri Gopalan Nair Shankar	Science and Engineering – Architecture	Kerala
Shri Mecca RafeequeAhmed	Trade and Industry	Tamil Nadu
Shri KailasamRaghavendra Rao	Trade and Industry	Tamil Nadu
Shri Narayan Singh Bhati	Civil Services	Andhra Pradesh
Shri P K Sen	Civil Services	Bihar
Ms. Shital Mahajan	Sports – Adventure Sports- Para Jumping	Maharashtra
Ms. Nameirakpam Kunjarani Devi	Sports – Weightlifting	Manipur
Shri Sushil Kumar	Sports – Wrestling	Delhi
Shri VangipurapuVenkata Sai Laxman	Sports – Cricket	Andhra Pradesh
Shri Gagan Narang	Sports – Shooting	Andhra Pradesh
Smt. Krishna Poonia	Sports – Discus Throw	Rajasthan
Shri Harbhajan Singh	Sports – Mountaineering	Punjab
Dr. Pukhraj Bafna	Medicine - Padeatrics	Chhattisgarh
Prof. Mansoor Hasan	Medicine- Cardiology	Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Shyama Prasad Mandal	Medicine - Orthopaedic	Delhi
Prof. (Dr.) Sivapatham Vittal	Medicine – Endocrinology	Tamil Nadu
Prof. (Dr.) Madanur Ahmed Ali	Medicine – Gastroenterology	Tamil Nadu
Dr. Indira Hinduja	Medicine – Obstetrics and Gynaecology.	Maharashtra
Dr. Jose Chacko Periappuram	Medicine – Cardio-Thoracic Surgery.	Kerala
Prof. (Dr.) A. Marthanda Pillai	Medicine – Neurosurgery	Kerala
Shri Mahim Bora	Literature and Education	Assam
Prof. (Dr.) Pullella Srirama Chandrudu	Literature and Education- Sanskrit	Andhra Pradesh
Dr. Pravin Darji	Literature and Education	Gujarat
Dr. Chandra Prakash Deval	Literature and Education	Rajasthan
Shri Balraj Komal	Literature and Education	Delhi
Mrs. Rajni Kumar	Literature and Education	Delhi
Dr. Devanooru Mahadeva	Literature and Education	Karnataka
Shri Barun Mazumder	Literature and Education	West Bengal
Dr. Avvai Natarajan	Literature and Education	Tamil Nadu
Shri BhalchandraNemade	Literature and Education	Himachal Pradesh
Prof. Riyaz Punjabi	Literature and Education	Jammu and Kashmir
Prof. Koneru Ramakrishna Rao	Literature and Education	Andhra Pradesh
Ms. Buangi Sailo	Literature and Education	Mizoram
Prof. Devi Dutt Sharma	Literature and Education	Uttarakhand
Shri Nilamber Dev Sharma	Literature and Education	Jammu and Kashmir
Ms. Urvashi Butalia #	Literature and Education	Delhi
Ms. Ritu Menon #	Literature and Education	Delhi
Prof. Krishna Kumar	Literature and Education	Delhi
Shri Deviprasad Dwivedi	Literature and Education	Uttar Pradesh
Ms. Mamang Dai	Literature and Education	Arunachal Pradesh
Dr. Om Prakash Agrawal	Others – Heritage Conservation	Uttar Pradesh
Prof. Madhukar Keshav Dhavalikar	Others – Archeology	Maharashtra
Ms. Shanti Teresa Lakra	Others-Nursing	Andaman & Nicobar
Smt. Gulshan Nanda	Others – Handicrafts promotion	Delhi
Dr. Azad Moopen	Social work	UAE *
Prof. Upendra Baxi	Public Affairs -Legal Affairs	United Kingdom *
Dr. Mani Lal Bhaumik	Science and Engineering	USA *
Dr. Subra Suresh	Science and Engineering	USA *
Prof. Karl Harrington Potter	Literature and Education	USA *
Prof. Martha Chen	Social work	USA *
Shri Satpal Khattar	Trade and Industry	Singapore *
Shri Granville Austin	Literature and Education	USA *
Note: * indicates awardees in the category of Foreigners / NRIs/ PIOs/ Posthumous. And # indicates duo case.

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83rd Oscar Award Winners 2011

83rd Oscar Award Winners 2011: Detailed list of nominated winners with their category award. The King’s Speech” won the top Academy Award, for best picture, giving the British royals drama a total of four Oscars.

Award Category	Nominated Winner
Actor in a Leading Role	Colin Firth in The King’s Speech
Actor in a Supporting Role	Christian Bale in The Fighter
Actress in a Leading Role	Natalie Portman in Black Swan
Actress in a Supporting Role	Melissa Leo in The Fighter
Animated Feature Film	Toy Story 3 (Lee Unkrich)
Art Direction	Alice in Wonderland
Best Picture	The King’s Speech (Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers)
Cinematography	Inception (Wally Pfister)
Costume Design	Alice in Wonderland (Colleen Atwood)
Directing	The King’s Speech (Tom Hooper)
Documentary (Feature)	Inside Job (Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs)
Documentary (Short Subject)	Strangers No More (Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon)
Film Editing	The Social Network (Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter)
Foreign-Language Film	In a Better World (Denmark) (defeating Montrealer Denis Villeneuve’s Incendies)
Makeup	The Wolfman (Rick Baker and Dave Elsey)
Music (Original Score)	The Social Network (Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross)
Music (Original Song)	We Belong Together from Toy Story 3 (Music and Lyric by Randy Newman)
Short Film (Animated)	The Lost Thing (Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann)
Short Film (Live Action)	God of Love (Luke Matheny)
Sound Editing	Inception (Richard King)
Sound Mixing	Inception (Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick)
Visual Effects	Inception (Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb)
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)	The Social Network (Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin)
Writing (Original Screenplay)	The King’s Speech (Screenplay by David Seidler)

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Vietnam

Vietnam

AREA	331,114 sq km (127,844 sq miles).
POPULATION	75,355,200 (1996).
POPULATION DENSITY	227.6 per sq km.
CAPITAL	Hanoi.
CAPITAL POPULATION	2,154,900 (1993).
GEOGRAPHY	Vietnam shares borders to the north with the People's Republic of China and to the west with Laos and Cambodia. The South China Sea lies to the east and south. The land is principally agricultural with a central tropical rainforest.
GOVERNMENT	Socialist republic since 1980. Gained independence from France in 1954. Head of State: Chairman Trân Duc Luong since 1997. Head of Government: Prime Minister Phan Van Khai since 1997.
LANGUAGE	Vietnamese is the official language. English, French, Chinese and occasionally Russian and German are spoken.
RELIGION	Buddhist majority. There are Taoist, Confucian, Hoa Hao, Caodaist and Christian (predominantly Roman Catholic) minorities.
STANDARD TIME	GMT + 7.
ELECTRICITY	220 volts AC, 50Hz.

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Vetican City State Holy See

Vetican City State Holy See

AREA	Vetican City State Holy See
POPULATION	1500 (1995).
POPULATION DENSITY	3400.0 per sq km.
CAPITAL
CAPITAL POPULATION
GEOGRAPHY	The Vatican City is situated entirely within the city of Rome, sprawling over a hill west of the River Tiber, and separated from the rest of the city by a wall. Vatican City comprises St Peter's Church, St Peter's Square, the Vatican and the Vatican Gardens.
GOVERNMENT	The State of the Vatican City came into existence in 1929. Head of State and Government: His Holiness Pope John Paul II since 1978.
LANGUAGE	Italian and Latin are the official languages, though most international languages are spoken to some extent.
RELIGION
STANDARD TIME	GMT + 1 (GMT + 2 from last Sunday in March to Saturday before last Sunday in September).
ELECTRICITY	220 volts, 50Hz.

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Vergin Islands US

Vergin Islands US

AREA	347.1 sq km (134 sq miles).
POPULATION	97,120 (1997).
POPULATION DENSITY	280 per sq km.
CAPITAL	Charlotte Amalie (St Thomas).
CAPITAL POPULATION	12,331 (1990).
GEOGRAPHY	The islands are situated 64km (40 miles) east of Puerto Rico and comprise some 50 islands covered with lush tropical vegetation. St Thomas is long and narrow, rising abruptly to a ridge with an excellent deep-water harbour. St John is covered partly in bay forests. St Croix consists of 215 sq km (83 sq miles) of rolling ex-plantation land.
GOVERNMENT	US External Territory (Unincorporated). Gained a measure of self-government in 1954. Head of State: President William Clinton since 1993. Head of Government: Governor Charles Wesley Turnbull since 1999.
LANGUAGE	English is the official language. Spanish and Creole are also widely spoken.
RELIGION	Christian, mainly Protestant.
STANDARD TIME	GMT - 4.
ELECTRICITY	120 volts AC, 60Hz.

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Vergin Island British

Vergin Island British

AREA	153 sq km (59 sq miles).
POPULATION	18,727 (1997).
POPULATION DENSITY	122.3 per sq km.
CAPITAL	Road Town, Tortola.
CAPITAL POPULATION	5000 (1997).
GEOGRAPHY	The British Virgin Islands are an archipelago of more than 60 islands and cays, only 16 of which are inhabited, forming the northern extremity of the Leeward Islands in the eastern Caribbean. They are situated approximately 100km (62 miles) east of Puerto Rico, adjoining the US Virgin Islands. The islands are volcanic in origin, with the exception of Anegada, which is formed of coral and limestone and is the lowest lying. The topography is otherwise mountainous, the highest point being Tortola's Sage Mountain, which rises to 550m (1800ft). There are remnants of a primeval rainforest on Tortola.
GOVERNMENT	British Dependent Territory since 1672. Head of State: HM Queen Elizabeth II, represented locally by Governor David Mackilligin since 1995. Head of Government: Chief Minister Ralph O'Neal since 1999.
LANGUAGE	English
RELIGION	Mainly Methodist and Church of God, but also Anglican, Adventist, Baptist and Roman Catholic congregations.
STANDARD TIME	GMT - 4
ELECTRICITY	110/60 volts AC, 60Hz. American 2-pin plugs are used.

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Venezuela

Venezuela

AREA	912,050 sq km (352,144 sq miles).
POPULATION	22,777,000 (1997).
POPULATION DENSITY	25.0 per sq km.
CAPITAL	Caracas.
CAPITAL POPULATION	3,435,795 (metropolitan area, 1990).
GEOGRAPHY	Venezuela is bounded to the north by the Caribbean, to the east by Guyana and the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by Brazil, and to the west and southwest by Colombia. The country consists of four distinctive regions: the Venezuelan Highlands in the west; the Maracaibo Lowlands in the north; the vast central plain of the Llanos around the Orinoco; and the Guyana Highlands, which take up about half of the country.
GOVERNMENT	Republic. Gained independence from Spain in 1830. Head of State and Government: President Hugo Chávez Frías since 1999.
LANGUAGE	Spanish is the official language. English, French, German and Portuguese are also spoken by some sections of the community.
RELIGION	90% Roman Catholic.
STANDARD TIME	GMT - 4 (GMT - 5 in summer).
ELECTRICITY	110 volts AC, 60Hz. American-style 2-pin plugs are the most commonly used fittings.

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Vanuatu

Vanuatu

AREA	12,190 sq km (4707 sq miles).
POPULATION	177,400 (1997).
POPULATION DENSITY	14.6 per sq km.
CAPITAL	Port Vila (Island of Efaté).
CAPITAL POPULATION	33,700 (1997)
GEOGRAPHY	Vanuatu, formerly called the New Hebrides, forms an incomplete double chain of islands stretching north to southeast for some 900km (560 miles). They are situated approximately 2250km (1407 miles) northeast of Sydney, Australia, and 800km (500 miles) west of Fiji. Together with the Banks and Torres islands, the chains comprise about 40 mountainous islands and 40 islets and rocks. The islands are volcanic in origin and there are five active volcanoes. The Ambrym and Lopevi volcanoes are permanently active and highly dangerous. Lopevi was extinct for many years but became active 50 years ago. Further to the south, on the island of Tanna, is Yasur, cited as the most accessible active volcano in the world and a major tourist attraction. Geophysical activity is under constant monitoring by the French scientific organisation, ORSTOM. Most of the islands are densely forested and mountainous with narrow bands of cultivated land along the coasts.
GOVERNMENT	Republic. Gained independence from the UK/France in 1980. Head of State: President John Bani since 1999. Head of Government: Prime Minister Donald Kalpokas since 1998.
LANGUAGE	Bislama (Pidgin English), English and French are the official languages. This most widely used day-to-day language is a Melanesian mixture of French and English. French and English are widely spoken and both English and French names exist for all towns. There are more than 100 local dialects.
RELIGION	Mostly Christian, including Presbyterian, Anglican, Roman Catholic and several other denominations.
STANDARD TIME	GMT + 11.
ELECTRICITY	220/380 volts AC. Australian 3-pin plugs are in use.

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Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan

AREA	447,400 sq km (172,740 sq miles).
POPULATION	23,667,000 (1997).
POPULATION DENSITY	52.8 per sq km.
CAPITAL	Tashkent.
CAPITAL POPULATION	2,126,000 (1992).
GEOGRAPHY	Uzbekistan is bordered by Afghanistan to the south, Turkmenistan to the west, Kazakhstan to the north, Kyrgyzstan to the northeast and Tajikistan to the east and has a colourful and varied countryside. The south and east are dominated by the Tien-Shan and Pamir-Alai mountain ranges and the Kyzyl Kum desert lies to the northeast. The northwestern autonomous region of Karakalpakstan is bounded by the Aral Sea and the sparsely populated Ustyurt Plateau with its vast cotton fields.
GOVERNMENT	Republic. Declared independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. Head of State: President Islam Karimov since 1990. Head of Government: Prime Minister Utkir Sultanov since 1995.
LANGUAGE	The official language is Uzbek, a Turkic tongue closely related to Kazakh and Kyrgyz. There is a small Russian-speaking minority. Many people involved with tourism speak English. The Government has stated its intention to change the Cyrillic script to the Latin.
RELIGION	Predominantly Sunni Muslim, with Shia (15%), Russian Orthodox and Jewish minorities.
STANDARD TIME	GMT + 5.
ELECTRICITY	220 volts AC, 50Hz. Round 2-pin continental plugs are standard.

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Uruguay

Uruguay

AREA	176,215 sq km (68,037 sq miles).
POPULATION	3,203,000 (1996).
POPULATION DENSITY	18.2 per sq km.
CAPITAL	Montevideo.
CAPITAL POPULATION	1,383,660 (1992).
GEOGRAPHY	Uruguay is one of the smallest of the South American republics. It is bounded to the north by Brazil, to the southeast by the Atlantic, and is separated from Argentina in the west and south by the River Uruguay, which widens out into the Rio de la Plata estuary. The landscape is made up of hilly meadows broken by streams and rivers. There is a string of beaches along the coast. Most of the country is grazing land for sheep and cattle. Montevideo, the most southern point of the nation, accommodates more than half of the population. About 90% of the land is suitable for agriculture, although only 12% is used in this way. Uruguay is known as the 'Oriental Republic' because it stands on the eastern bank of the Rio de la Plata.
GOVERNMENT	Republic since 1967. Gained independence from Spain in 1828. Head of State and Government: President Jorge Batlle since 1999.
LANGUAGE	Spanish. Some English is spoken in tourist resorts.
RELIGION	Roman Catholic.
STANDARD TIME	GMT - 3.
ELECTRICITY	220 volts AC, 50Hz. Plugs are continental flat 3-pin or round 2-pin.

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