Former foreign minister SM Krishna, table maestro Zakir Hussain and US-based mathematician Srinivas Varadhan were also conferred with the Padma Vibhushan, the country's second-highest civilian award. Industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla, author Sudha Murty and novelist SL Bhyrappa were among nine awarded Padma Bhushan. Businessman Rakesh Jhunjhunwala was posthumously given the Padma Shri.
