Tehemton Erach Udwadia

Indian surgeon and gastroenterologist (1934–2023)

Tehemton Erach Udwadia

Udwadia in 2017

Born| (1934-07-15)15 July 1934

Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India

Died| 7 January 2023(2023-01-07) (aged 88)

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Occupation| Gastroenterologist
Known for| Gastroenterology
Parent(s)| Erach Rustomji
Perin Erach
Awards| Padma Shri
Padma Bhushan
Dr. B. C. Roy Award
SAGES Millennium Award
IAGES Lifetime Achievement Award

Tehemton Erach Udwadia (15 July 1934 – 7 January 2023) was an Indian surgeon and gastroenterologist,[1] considered by many as the father of laparoscopic surgery in India.[2][3] He was a general surgeon at two Mumbai hospitals, Breach Candy Hospital[4] and Hinduja Hospital[2] and was the founder president of the Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endo-Surgeons.[5] The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2006[6] and the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan[7] in 2017 for his contributions to Indian medicine.

## Biography

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Born in a Parsi family originating from Udvada to Erach Rustomji and Perin Erach on 15 July 1934 in Mumbai,[citation needed] the capital city of the western Indian state of Maharashtra, Udwadia did his early education at St. Mary's School, Mumbai and Wilson College, Mumbai.[8][9] He graduated in medicine from Mumbai University and started his career as a research fellow at the King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College in 1958, where he stayed till 1962. During this period, he studied for the postgraduate degree (MS) at the same institution, securing it in 1960. Moving to Grant Medical College and Sir Jamshedjee Jeejeebhoy Group of Hospitals in 1963, he worked there till 1994 till his superannuation and continued his association with the institution as an emeritus professor.[9] In between, he also worked as a Hunterian Professor of the Royal College of Surgeons of England during 1984–85 and Sir James Ross Lecturer at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1992.[10]

Udwadia was the founder president of the Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endo-Surgeons and presided over the association from 1993 to 1998.[5] He has served as the president of the Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy of India, Association of Surgeons of India and the Society of Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgeons of Asia.[10] He has been the president of the Indian chapter and the World body of the International College of Surgeons.[4] He has published over 90 articles in peer reviewed journals[11] and is the author of two books, Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy[12] and Laparoscopic Surgery in Developing Countries.[13]

Udwadia received the SAGES Millennium Award from the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons in 2000.[4] The same year, he was awarded the Dr. B. C. Roy Award, the highest Indian award in the medical category, from the Medical Council of India.[10] The Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endo-Surgeons awarded him the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004. In 2006 he was awarded the civilian award of the Padma Shri from the Government of India[4][10] In 2018, he became a laureate of the Asian Scientist 100 by the Asian Scientist.[14]

Udwadia died on 7 January 2023, at the age of 88.[15]

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## References

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1. ^ "Dr. Tehemton Erach Udwadia - Practo". Practo. 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
2. ^ a b "Doctors back surgeon, fear giving advice". Times of India. 22 October 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
3. ^ "MINIMAL ACCESS SURGERY IN INDIA". Surgery Times. 2015. Archived from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
4. ^ a b c d "Four Runners profile". Four Runners Healthcare. 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
5. ^ a b Tehemton E. Udwadia (June 2005). "Laparoscopy in India – a personal perspective". J Minim Access Surg. 1 (2): 51–52\. doi:10.4103/0972-9941.16526. PMC 3004104. PMID 21206645.
6. ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
7. ^ "Mumbai: 'Father of laparoscopic surgery in India' nominated for Padma Bhushan | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". dna. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
8. ^ Sharma, Neetu Chandra (26 January 2017). "Mumbai: 'Father of laparoscopic surgery in India' nominated for Padma Bhushan". DNA India. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
9. ^ a b "Hernia Society of India CV". Hernia Society of India. 2015. Archived from the original on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
10. ^ a b c d "Dr. Tehemton Erach Udwadia (Mumbai)". Indian Med Guru. 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
11. ^ "Prof. Tehemton E Udwadia Chairman CEMAST". CEMAST. 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
12. ^ Udwadia, Tehemton E. (1991). Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195629118.
13. ^ Udwadia, Tehemton E. (1997). Laparoscopic Surgery in Developing Countries. JayPee Medical Publishers. ISBN 9788171794867.
14. ^ "The Asian Scientist 100". Asian Scientist. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
15. ^ "Tehemton Erach Udwadia Passes Away: भारतातील लेप्रोस्कोपीचे जनक डॉ. तेहेमटन उडवाडिया यांचे निधन". marathi.latestly. 7 January 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2023.

## Further reading

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* Udwadia, Tehemton E. (1991). Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195629118.
* Udwadia, Tehemton E. (1997). Laparoscopic Surgery in Developing Countries. JayPee Medical Publishers. ISBN 9788171794867.
* Udwadia, Tehemton E. (2021). More than just surgery : life lessons beyond the OT. London. ISBN 978-0-670-09651-0. OCLC 1308440966.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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Recipients of Padma Shri in Medicine

1950s|

* Bir Bhan Bhatia (1954)
* V. R. Khanolkar (1954)
* Perakath Verghese Benjamin (1955)
* Mahesh Prasad Mehray (1955)
* Murugappa Channaveerappa Modi (1956)
* Chintaman Govind Pandit (1956)
* Isaac Santra (1956)
* Khushdeva Singh (1957)

1960s|

* Hilda Mary Lazarus (1961)
* George William Gregory Bird (1963)
* Hakim Abdul Hameed (1965)
* Ernest Joachim Joseph Borges (1966)
* Robert Brocklesby Davis (1966)
* Jerusha Jhirad (1966)
* Edith Helen Paull (1967)
* Amar Prasad Ray (1967)
* Natteri Veeraraghavan (1967)
* B. K. Anand (1969)
* Ram Kumar Caroli (1969)
* Vulimiri Ramalingaswami (1969)
* Krishna Gopal Saxena (1969)

1970s|

* Ajit Kumar Basu (1970)
* Coluthur Gopalan (1970)
* Perugu Siva Reddy (1970)
* B. N. B. Rao (1971)
* Krishnaswami Srinivas Sanjivi (1971)
* Dorothy Chacko (1972)
* Thayil John Cherian (1972)
* Balasubramaniam Ramamurthi (1972)
* Balu Sankaran (1972)
* K. N. Udupa (1972)
* R. Marthanda Varma (1972)
* Mary Verghese (1972)
* K. T. Dholakia (1973)
* M. K. Krishna Menon (1973)
* J. M. Pahwa (1973)
* Prakash Narain Tandon (1973)
* Jamshed Vazifdar (1973)
* Govindappa Venkataswamy (1973)
* Mani Kumar Chetri (1974)
* Nagarur Gopinath (1974)
* L. S. N. Prasad (1974)
* Kadiyala Ramachandra (1974)
* Reuben David (1975)
* Stanley John (1975)
* Mary Poonen Lukose (1975)
* Kadiyala Ramachandra (1975)
* Durga Deulkar (1976)
* Lucy Oommen (1977)

1980s|

* Jasbir Singh Bajaj (1981)
* P. K. Sethi (1981)
* K. Vardachari Thiruvengadam (1981)
* C. P. Thakur (1982)
* Raj Vir Singh Yadav (1982)
* S. S. Badrinath (1983)
* Raj Baveja (1983)
* Shishupal Ram (1983)
* Purshottam Lal Wahi (1983)
* B. K. Goyal (1984)
* Vera Hingorani (1984)
* K. P. Mathur (1984)
* N. Balakrishnan Nair (1984)
* Hariharan Srinivasan (1984)
* Ramniklal K. Gandhi (1985)
* Samiran Nundy (1985)
* Usha Sharma (1985)
* M. S. Valiathan (1985)
* Gopal Krishna Vishwakarma (1985)
* Santosh Kumar Kackar (1986)
* V. Shanta (1986)
* Prabhu Dayal Nigam (1987)
* Daljit Singh (1987)
* Harbans Singh Wasir (1987)

1990s|

* N. H. Antia (1990)
* M. G. Deo (1990)
* P. K. Rajagopalan (1990)
* M. M. S. Ahuja (1991)
* Sneh Bhargava (1991)
* K. M. Cherian (doctor) (1991)
* G. N. Malviya (1991)
* Shiela Mehra (1991)
* S. C. Munshi (1991)
* M. N. Passey (1991)
* Jai Pal Singh (1991)
* Naresh Trehan (1991)
* Rathin Datta (1992)
* Khalid Hameed, Baron Hameed (1992)
* Anil Kohli (1992)
* Ramesh Kumar (nephrologist) (1992)
* Usha Kehar Luthra (1992)
* J. S. Mahashabde (1992)
* P. V. A. Mohandas (1992)
* E. T. Neelakandan Mooss (1992)
* Kameshwar Prasad (1992)
* Luis Jose De Souza (1992)
* Amrit Tewari (1992)
* G. S. Venkataraman (1992)
* Ranjit Roy Chaudhury (1998)
* K. A. Abraham (1999)
* Raj Bothra (1999)
* Balendu Prakash (1999)
* Devendra Triguna (1999)
* P. K. Warrier (1999)

2000s|

* Mahendra Bhandari (2000)
* Vipin Buckshey (2000)
* Vaidya Suresh Chaturvedi (2000)
* Kirpal Singh Chugh (2000)
* P. K. Dave (2000)
* Mathew Kalarickal (2000)
* Kakarla Subba Rao (2000)
* G. S. Sainani (2000)
* Immaneni Sathyamurthy (2000)
* Jyoti Bhushan Banerji (2001)
* Alaka Deshpande (2001)
* Sharad Kumar Dixit (2001)
* Chittoor Mohammed Habeebullah (2001)
* M. Krishnan Nair (2001)
* Dasari Prasada Rao (2001)
* Laishram Nabakishore Singh (2001)
* Bhupathiraju Somaraju (2001)
* Suresh H. Advani (2002)
* Pradeep Chowbey (2002)
* Vijay Kumar Dada (2002)
* Prakash Nanalal Kothari (2002)
* Harsh Mahajan (2002)
* Vikram Marwah (2002)
* Atluri Sriman Narayana (2002)
* Kamaljit Singh Paul (2002)
* Karimpat Mathangi Ramakrishnan (2002)
* Gullapalli Nageswara Rao (2002)
* D. Nageshwar Reddy (2002)
* Prahlad Kumar Sethi (2002)
* J. S. Guleria (2003)
* Narayana Panicker Kochupillai (2003)
* Rajagopalan Krishnan (2003)
* Ashok Seth (2003)
* Vijay Prakash (2003)
* Sharad Moreshwar Hardikar (2004)
* S. C. Manchanda (2004)
* Ashwin Balachand Mehta (2004)
* S. K. Sama (2004)
* Rajan Saxena (physician) (2004)
* Devi Shetty (2004)
* Gopal Prasad Sinha (2004)
* G. Bakthavathsalam (2005)
* Jitendra Mohan Hans (2005)
* P. N. V. Kurup (2005)
* Veer Singh Mehta (2005)
* Lavu Narendranath (2005)
* Cyrus S. Poonawalla (2005)
* Sanjeev Bagai (2006)
* Mohan Kameswaran (2006)
* Upendra Kaul (2006)
* Tsering Landol (2006)
* Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman (2006)
* Harbhajan Singh Rissam (2006)
* Kamal Kumar Sethi (2006)
* Tehemton Erach Udwadia (2006)
* Harpinder Singh Chawla (2007)
* Narmada Prasad Gupta (2007)
* Ashok Kumar Hemal (2007)
* Atul Kumar (ophthalmologist) (2007)
* C. N. Manjunath (2007)
* Anoop Misra (2007)
* P. Namperumalsamy (2007)
* Mayilvahanan Natarajan (2007)
* K. R. Palaniswamy (2007)
* Mahipal S. Sachdev (2007)
* B. Paul Thaliath (2007)
* Sheo Bhagwan Tibrewal (2007)
* Mohsin Wali (2007)
* S. N. Arya (2008)
* Dinesh K. Bhargava (2008)
* Tony Fernandez (ophthalmologist) (2008)
* Rakesh Kumar Jain (2008)
* Raman Kapur (2008)
* T. P. Lahane (2008)
* Keiki R. Mehta (2008)
* M. C. Pant (2008)
* Arjunan Rajasekaran (2008)
* Malvika Sabharwal (2008)
* Indu Bhushan Sinha (2008)
* Randhir Sud (2008)
* C. U. Velmurugendran (2008)
* Kalyan Banerjee (2009)
* Balswarup Choubey (2009)
* Saibaba Goud (2009)
* Yash Gulati (2009)
* P. R. Krishna Kumar (2009)
* Arvind Lal (2009)
* D. S. Rana (2009)
* Thanikachalam Sadagopan (2009)
* Ashok K. Vaid (2009)
* G. Vijayaraghavan (2009)
* Shaik Khader Noordeen (2009)

2010s|

* K. K. Aggarwal (2010)
* Philip Augustine (2010)
* Anil Kumar Bhalla (2010)
* Kodaganur S. Gopinath (2010)
* Laxmi Chand Gupta (2010)
* Jalakantapuram Ramaswamy Krishnamoorthy (2010)
* Vikas Mahatme (2010)
* B. Ramana Rao (2010)
* Rabindra Narain Singh (2010)
* Arvinder Singh Soin (2010)
* Madanur Ahmed Ali (2011)
* Pukhraj Bafna (2011)
* Mansoor Hasan (2011)
* Indira Hinduja (2011)
* Shyama Prasad Mandal (2011)
* Jose Chacko Periappuram (2011)
* A. Marthanda Pillai (2011)
* Sivapatham Vittal (2011)
* Nitya Anand (2012)
* Mukesh Batra (2012)
* Mahdi Hasan (2012)
* Jugal Kishore (2012)
* V. Mohan (2012)
* J. Hareendran Nair (2012)
* Vallalarpuram Sennimalai Natarajan (2012)
* Jitendra Kumar Singh (2012)
* Shrinivas S. Vaishya (2012)
* Sudarshan K. Aggarwal (2013)
* Rajendra Achyut Badwe (2013)
* Krishna Chandra Chunekar (2013)
* Taraprasad Das (2013)
* T. V. Devarajan (2013)
* Saroj Chooramani Gopal (2013)
* Vishwa Kumar Gupta (2013)
* Pramod Kumar Julka (2013)
* Gulshan Rai Khatri (2013)
* Ganesh Kumar Mani (2013)
* Amit Prabhakar Maydeo (2013)
* Sundaram Natarajan (2013)
* C. Venkata S. Ram (2013)
* Kiritkumar Mansukhlal Acharya (2014)
* Subrat Kumar Acharya (2014)
* Balram Bhargava (2014)
* Indira Chakravarty (2014)
* Ramakant Krishnaji Deshpande (2014)
* Pawan Raj Goyal (2014)
* Rajesh Kumar Grover (2014)
* Amod Gupta (2014)
* Daya Kishore Hazra (2014)
* Thenumgal Poulose Jacob (2014)
* Shashank R. Joshi (2014)
* Hakim Syed Khaleefathullah (2014)
* Milind Vasant Kirtane (2014)
* Lalit Kumar (2014)
* Mohan Mishra (2014)
* Vamsi Mootha (2014)
* Siddhartha Mukherjee (2014)
* Nitish Naik (2014)
* M. Subhadra Nair (2014)
* Ashok Panagariya (2014)
* Narendra Kumar Pandey (2014)
* Sunil Pradhan (2014)
* Ashok Rajgopal (2014)
* Kamini A. Rao (2014)
* Sarbeswar Sahariah (2014)
* J. S. Titiyal (2014)
* Om Prakash Upadhyaya (2014)
* Mahesh Verma (2014)
* Manjula Anagani (2015)
* Yogesh Kumar Chawla (2015)
* Bimola Kumari (2015)
* Randeep Guleria (2015)
* K. P. Haridas (2015)
* Rajesh Kotecha (2015)
* Alka Kriplani (2015)
* Harsh Kumar (2015)
* Dattatreyudu Nori (2015)
* Tejas Patel (2015)
* Raghu Ram Pillarisetti (2015)
* Narendra Prasad (2015)
* Saumitra Rawat (2015)
* Yog Raj Sharma (2015)
* Nikhil Tandon (2015)
* Hargovind Laxmishanker Trivedi (2015)
* Gopi Chand Mannam (2016)
* Praveen Chandra (2016)
* John Ebnezar (2016)
* Daljeet Singh Gambhir (2016)
* A. G. K. Gokhale (2016)
* Murli Manohar Joshi (2016)
* Ravi Kant (2016)
* Shiv Narain Kureel (2016)
* T. K. Lahiri (2016)
* Anil Kumari Malhotra (2016)
* Yarlagadda Nayudamma (2016)
* Sudhir V. Shah (2016)
* Ram Harsh Singh (2016)
* M. V. Padma Srivastava (2016)
* T. S. Chandrasekar (2016)
* Harkishan Singh (2017)
* Suniti Solomon (2017)
* Bhakti Yadav (2017)
* Abhay and Rani Bang (2018)
* Yeshi Dhonden (2018)
* Lakshmikutty (2018)
* M. R. Rajagopal (2018)
* Sanduk Ruit (2018)
* Ilias Ali (2019)
* Omesh Kumar Bharti (2019)
* Mammen Chandy (2019)
* Sudam Kate (2019)
* Ravindra and Smita Kolhe (2019)
* Jagat Ram (2019)
* Ramaswami Venkataswami (2019)

2020s|

* Yogi Aereon (2020)
* Padma Bandopadhyay (2020)
* Sushovan Banerjee (2020)
* Digambar Behera (2020)
* Leela Joshi (2020)
* Arunoday Mondal (2020)
* Shanti Roy (2020)
* Gurdip Singh (2020)
* Sandra Desa Souza (2020)
* Kushal Konwar Sarma (2020)
* Ravi Kannan R (2020)
* Krishna Mohan Pathi (2021)
* Jitendra Nath Pande (2021)
* Himmatrao Bawaskar (2022)
* Prokar Dasgupta (2022)
* Sunkara Venkata Adinarayana Rao (2022)
* Lata Desai (2022)
* Vijaykumar Vinayak Dongre (2022)
* Dr Narendra Prasad Misra (Posthumous) (2022)
* Veeraswamy Seshiah (2022)
* Bhimsen Singhal (2022)
* Balaji Tambe (Posthumous) (2022)
* Kamlakar Tripathi (2022)
* Munishwar Chandar Dawar (2023)
* Ratan Chandra Kar (2023)
* Nalini Parthasarathi (2023)
* Hanumantha Rao Pasupuleti (2023)
* Manoranjan Sahu (2023)
* Gopalsamy Veluchamy (2023)
* Ishwar Chander Verma (2023)
* Prema Dhanraj (2024)
* Radha Krishan Dhiman (2024)
* Manohar Krishana Dole (2024)
* Yazdi Italia (2024)
* Hemchand Manjhi (2024)
* Chandrashekhar Mahadeorao Meshram (2024)
* G Nachiyar (2024)
* Radhe Shyam Pareek (2024)
* Dayal Mavjibhai Parmar (2024)
* Chandrashekar Channapatna Rajannachar (2024)
* Ashok Kumar Mahapatra (2025)
* Budhendra Kumar Jain (2025)
* Hemant Kumar (2025)
* Neerja Bhatla (2025)
* Sheikha Shaikha Ali Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (2025)
* Soniya Nityanand (2025)
* Vijayalakshmi Deshamane (2025)
* Vilas Dangre (2025)

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Padma Bhushan award recipients (2010–2019)

2010|

* Satya Paul Agarwal
* Mohammad Amin
* Sailesh Kumar Bandopadhyay
* M. S. Banga
* Anil Bordia
* Bipan Chandra
* B. K. Chaturvedi
* Sant Singh Chatwal
* G. P. Chopra
* Tan Chung
* Madhusudan Dhaky
* P. R. Dubhashi
* Puttaraj Gawai
* Belle Monappa Hegde
* Ilaiyaraaja
* Jagdish Chandra Kapur
* Shrinivas Khale
* Aamir Khan
* Sultan Khan
* Ram Kumar
* Kumudini Lakhia
* Kuzhur Narayana Marar
* Chhannulal Mishra
* Eledath Thaikkattu Narayanan Mooss
* C. P. Krishnan Nair
* S. P. Oswal
* Akbar Padamsee
* Ramakanta Panda
* Balasaheb Vikhe Patil
* Arogyaswami Paulraj
* A. R. Rahman
* Moosa Raza
* Mallika Sarabhai
* Nookala Chinna Satyanarayana
* Abhijit Sen
* Satya Vrat Shastri
* Noshir M. Shroff
* Kushal Pal Singh
* Bikash Sinha
* Balagangadharanatha Swamiji
* Narayanan Vaghul
* P. K. Warrier
* Fareed Zakaria

2011|

* S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
* Rajashree Birla
* M. N. Buch
* C. V. Chandrasekhar
* Ajai Chowdhry
* Yogesh Chander Deveshwar
* Satyadev Dubey
* T. J. S. George
* Shankha Ghosh
* Kris Gopalakrishnan
* Keki Byramjee Grant
* Shashi Kapoor
* Krishen Khanna
* Khayyam
* Chanda Kochhar
* Dwijen Mukhopadhyay
* Madavoor Vasudevan Nair
* Ramdas Pai
* Dashrath Patel
* Rajendra Singh Pawar
* Suryanarayanan Ramachandran
* Shobhana Ranade
* Gunupati Venkata Krishna Reddy
* Kallam Anji Reddy
* Waheeda Rehman
* Shyam Saran
* Analjit Singh
* Arpita Singh
* Surendra Singh
* R. K. Srikantan
* Raghavan Thirumulpad

2012|

* Suresh H. Advani
* Shabana Azmi
* Homi K. Bhabha
* Shashikumar Chitre
* Khaled Choudhury
* Jatin Das
* Vidya Dehejia
* Dharmendra
* S. N. Goenka
* M. S. Gopalakrishnan
* T. V. Gopalakrishnan
* Buddhadev Das Gupta
* Sunil Janah
* Anish Kapoor
* S. B. Mujumdar
* B. Muthuraman
* Mira Nair
* Arvind Panagariya
* José Pereira
* Mata Prasad
* M. S. Raghunathan
* P. Chandrasekhara Rao
* Ronen Sen
* Devi Shetty
* M. V. Subbiah
* N. Vittal
* N. H. Wadia
* George Yeo

2013|

* Satya N. Atluri
* Maharaj Kishan Bhan
* Jaspal Bhatti
* Rahul Dravid
* Adi Godrej
* Abdul Rashid Khan
* Rajesh Khanna
* Mary Kom
* Nandkishore Shamrao Laud
* Mangesh Padgaonkar
* Hemendra Singh Panwar
* Jogesh Pati
* Shivajirao Girdhar Patil
* A. Sivathanu Pillai
* D. Ramanaidu
* Kanak Rele
* V. K. Saraswat
* Ashoke Sen
* Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
* B. N. Suresh
* Sharmila Tagore
* Ramamurthy Thyagarajan
* Saroja Vaidyanathan

2014|

* Anisuzzaman
* Mrityunjay Athreya
* Padmanabhan Balaram
* Dalveer Bhandari
* Ruskin Bond
* Anita Desai
* Pullela Gopichand
* Kamal Haasan
* Jyeshtharaj Joshi
* V. N. Kaul
* Neelam Kler
* M. Mahadevappa
* Leander Paes
* Koppillil Radhakrishnan
* Anumolu Ramakrishna
* Thirumalachari Ramasami
* Lloyd Rudolph
* Susanne Hoeber Rudolph
* Vinod Prakash Sharma
* Gulam Mohammed Sheikh
* Parween Sultana
* Dhirubhai Thaker
* Vairamuthu
* J. S. Verma
* T. H. Vinayakram

2015|

* Jahnu Barua
* Manjul Bhargava
* Vijay P. Bhatkar
* Swapan Dasgupta
* David Frawley
* Bill Gates
* Melinda French Gates
* Swami Satyamitranand
* N. Gopalaswami
* Subhash C. Kashyap
* Gokulotsavji Maharaj
* Saichiro Misumi
* Ambrish Mithal
* Sudha Ragunathan
* Harish Salve
* Ashok Seth
* Rajat Sharma
* Satpal Singh
* Shivakumara Swami
* Khadg Singh Valdiya

2016|

* Ravindra Chandra Bhargava
* Robert D. Blackwill
* Hafeez Contractor
* Indu Jain
* Heisnam Kanhailal
* Anupam Kher
* Sania Mirza
* Pallonji Mistry
* Udit Narayan
* Saina Nehwal
* Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad
* Vinod Rai
* N. S. Ramanuja Tatacharya
* A. V. Rama Rao
* D. Nageshwara Reddy
* Dayananda Saraswati
* Barjinder Singh Hamdard
* Ram V. Sutar
* Tejomayananda

2017|

* Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
* Deviprasad Dwivedi
* Ratnasundarsuri
* Niranjanananda Saraswati
* Cho Ramaswamy
* Maha Chakri Sirindhorn
* Tehemton Erach Udwadia

2018|

* Pankaj Advani
* Philipose Mar Chrysostom
* Mahendra Singh Dhoni
* Alexander Kadakin
* Ramachandran Nagaswamy
* Laxman Pai
* Arvind Parikh
* Sharda Sinha

2019|

* John T. Chambers
* Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa
* Pravin Gordhan
* Dharampal Gulati
* Darshan Lal Jain
* Ashok Laxmanrao Kukade
* Kariya Munda
* Budhaditya Mukherjee
* Mohanlal
* Nambi Narayanan
* Kuldip Nayar
* Bachendri Pal
* V. K. Shunglu
* Hukmdev Narayan Yadav

# Posthumous conferral

* 1954–1959
* 1960–1969
* 1970–1979
* 1980–1989
* 1990–1999
* 2000–2009
* 2010–2019
* 2020–2029

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