Thursday, January 28, 2010

Padma Awards 2009

Padma Awards, the country’s highest civilian awards, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.  The awards are given in all disciplines/ fields of activities, viz. art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. 
‘Padma Vibhushan’ is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service.
‘Padma Bhushan’ for distinguished service of high order.
‘Padma Shri’ for distinguished service in any field.
 This year (2009) the President has approved 130 awards including 13 in the category of Foreigners/ NRIs/ PIOs. These comprise 6 Padma Vibhushan, 43 Padma Bhushan and 81 Padma Shri awards.  There are 17 ladies among the awardees.
List of Padma Vibhusan 2009 awardees:
1.      Shri Ebrahim Alkazi (Arts) from Delhi.
2.      Shri Umayalpuram K.Sivaraman (Arts) from Tamilnadu.
3.      Smt. Zohra Segal (Arts) from Delhi.
4.      Dr. Yaga Venugopal Reddy (Public Affairs) from Andhra Pradesh.
5.      Dr. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (science & Engineering) from UK.
6.      Dr. Prathap Chandra Reddy (Trade & Industry) from Tamilnadu.
For complete list of Padma Bhusan & Padma Shri awardees download here.

4 comments:

pavan said...

Hi Varun,

Please suggest 2 best books out the below mentioned, which will be helpful for self test purpose and also let me know atleast how many full length tests I need to take before my exams on 21st feb' (allahabad po) and 7th mar' (SBI po).Also let me know if there is any online content available for download.

1.Bank probationary officers Exam
- V.V.K.Subburaj

2.Bank probationary officers exam
-V.V.K Subburaj

3 Bank PO & Specialist Officer Exam-R.Gupta
4. State Bank Probationary Officers Exam

5. Upkar State Bank Probationary Officers Examination (solved Papers)- Upkar

6. Pearson Guide to Bank Probationary Officer Recruitment Examinations -Vandana Thorpe

7. Oswaal Chapter-Wise Solutions of BANK P.O. (10 Years Solved Papers)

8. Rames Bank P.O. Officers Examination Guide-RPH Editorial Board

9 .Upkars State Bank Probationary Officers Examination-T.S.Jain
10.Ramesh Bank P. O. Prev. Solved Papers-RPH Editorial Board

11. Upkars Quantitative Aptitude Test for Bank P.O. Cadre
Dr. M. B. Lal

12. Bank Probationary Officer Exam Preparation Question Bank CD

13. Upkar – Banks Probationary Officer Exam-T. S. Jain

14. Bank Probationary Officer’s Guide-Ravi Chopra

Varun Reddy said...

All books are same...All books having same model papers..!!
For SBI...goto Upkar state bank probationary officer.
For allahabad previous papers..you can find in monthly magazines of feb or march issue..
Minimum two full length test papers must be solved before exam..this give you boost..for the exam..!!

Atul singh said...

these awards are given in 2010 not in 2009..........

Varun Reddy said...

Atul singh...
Awards are given this year only....!!!But the awards have chosen for the year 2009 not for 2010.