Narayana Murthy, Tata, get Padma Vibhushan
Business Standard — January 25, 2008

Arcelor-Mittal chief LN Mittal, Infosys chief mentor NR Narayana Murthy, hotelier PRS Oberoi and the man behind the Nano, Ratan Tata are among those from trade and industry who have been honoured with the Padma Vibhushan this year.

RK Pachauri, a co-winner of the Nobel prize this year, has also been honoured with the Padma Vibhushan.

SK Neotia, a promoter of Gujarat Ambuja; Baba Kalyani heads one of the biggest auto component companies, ICICI chief K V Kamath, IT major Shiv Nadar, and Citigroup chief Vikram Pandit have been honoured with the Padma Bhushan.

Economists Meghnad Desai and Kaushik Basu have also been awarded the Padma Bhushan.

Economist Nirupam Bajpai, the Indian face of the World Economic Forum, Collette Mathur and secretary general of Ficci Amit Mitra have been awarded the Padma Shri.

Doctors, artists and educationists are among largest number of those who have been awarded the Padma Shree, including three journalists: Rajdeep Sardesai, Vinod Dua and Barkha Dutt.