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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Ajai Chowdhry</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Ajai_Chowdhry.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Ajai Chowdhry" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Ajai_Chowdhry.jpg/220px-Ajai_Chowdhry.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="241" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Ajai_Chowdhry.jpg/330px-Ajai_Chowdhry.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Ajai_Chowdhry.jpg 2x" data-file-width="335" data-file-height="367" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Ajai Chowdhry</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1950-08-29</span>) </span>29 August 1950<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 74)</span><br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Mount_Abu" title="Mount Abu">Mount Abu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rajasthan" title="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a>, India</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data category">Indian</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alma mater</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jabalpur_Engineering_College" title="Jabalpur Engineering College">Jabalpur Engineering College</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Founder, HCL, Chairman: National Institute of Foundry and Forge Technology (NIFFT), Ranchi, IIIT -Naya Raipur</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Padma_Bhushan" title="Padma Bhushan">Padma Bhushan</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Ajai Chowdhry</b> (born 29 August 1950) is one of the six founding members of <a href="/wiki/HCL_Technologies" class="mw-redirect" title="HCL Technologies">HCL</a> (Hindustan Computers Limited).<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is currently the Chairman-Board of Governors at <a href="/wiki/National_institute_of_foundry_and_forge_technology" class="mw-redirect" title="National institute of foundry and forge technology">National Institute of Foundry and Forge Technology</a> (NIFFT), Ranchi, International Institute of Information Technology, and Naya Raipur. Chowdhry is also a member of India Semiconductor Mission's advisory board.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ajai_Chowdhry&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The parents of Ajai moved from Pakistan to India along with their six children, during the <a href="/wiki/Partition_of_India" title="Partition of India">Partition of India</a>. They arrived at a camp for refugees in Delhi. Later, in order to obtain the accession to the princely realms, Ajai's father took a work in Mount Abu </p><p>Ajai was born on 29 August 1950, in Mount Abu. The youngest of the seven siblings is Ajai. In 1955, his father joined <a href="/wiki/Indian_Administrative_Service" title="Indian Administrative Service">Indian Administrative Service</a>. </p><p>Ajai Chowdhry attended Christ Church School in Jabalpur for his formal education.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He completed his education in 1966. A Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics and Telecom) degree was awarded to him later from <a href="/wiki/Jabalpur_Engineering_College" title="Jabalpur Engineering College">Jabalpur Engineering College</a>, in 1971. He also completed a programme for executives at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Michigan" title="University of Michigan">University of Michigan</a>, in 1994. Ajai was also nominated by MeitY as India Semiconductor Mission's advisory board member. Chowdhry was a member of the Consultation Group focused on Science, Technology and Innovation by the Niti Aayog<sup id="cite_ref-CommunicationsToday-Power-List_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CommunicationsToday-Power-List-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ajai_Chowdhry&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Beginning his career in 1972, Ajai Chowdhry worked with Delhi Cloth & General Mills (DCM) Data Products where he was a sales trainee, hired at a compensation of INR 600 per month in the electronics division.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1975, he quit his job to start his own company named "Micro comp". </p><p>In August 2009, the Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications & IT and the Government of India constituted the IT Task Force, under the leadership of Ajai Chowdhry<sup id="cite_ref-MIT-Task-Force_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MIT-Task-Force-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The task force warned that the import bill of electronics will be higher than that of oil - thus shaping the electronics policy of the country.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ajai Chowdhry was a member of the National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council (NMCC), which is an apex body providing advisory inputs for shaping government policy.<sup id="cite_ref-NMCC-member_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NMCC-member-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Just_Aspire">Just Aspire</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ajai_Chowdhry&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Just Aspire"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ajai Chowdhry also authored a book titled <i>Just Aspire</i> in 2023 which talks about his own life and also reflects on the journey of India's IT and hardware industry. The book was published by Harper Business.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><a href="/wiki/Scroll_News" class="mw-redirect" title="Scroll News">Scroll</a> published an excerpt from the book, <i>"As one of our later print ads proclaimed, “At HCL, there's only one thing more important than brains. Guts.” We trained our sales team in transactional analysis techniques, which call for an assessment of, and adaptation to, the potential buyer. For instance, when you meet a professor, become a student."</i><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_accolades">Awards and accolades</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ajai_Chowdhry&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Awards and accolades"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>In 2011, the Government of India awarded Ajai Chowdhry with <a href="/wiki/Padma_Bhushan" title="Padma Bhushan">Padma Bhushan</a>, the third-highest civilian award, recognising his consistent contribution to the Indian IT industry.<sup id="cite_ref-CXOtoday-PadmaBhushan_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CXOtoday-PadmaBhushan-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li>In 2014, Ajai Chowdhry was honoured with the Cybermedia Business ICT Award 2013 for Lifetime Achievement in ICT by <a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In 2014, Ajai Chowdhry was awarded Honoris Causa (D.Sc.) by the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design & Manufacturing, Jabalpur in recognition of the significant contribution he has made to the Indian IT industry and thought leadership in the field.</li> <li>In 2010, Ajai Chowdhry was conferred the Honoris Causa, Doctorate of Science, by <a href="/wiki/IIT_Roorkee" title="IIT Roorkee">IIT Roorkee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Business_Standard-Doctorate_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Business_Standard-Doctorate-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li>In 2009, Ajai Chowdhry was ranked third in the "Power List of 75 Most Powerful Brand Builders of India".<sup id="cite_ref-CommunicationsToday-Power-List_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CommunicationsToday-Power-List-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li>In 2009, Ajai Chowdhry was adjudged among "India Inc's Most Powerful CEOs" by The Economic Times.<sup id="cite_ref-ET-Powerful-CEO_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ET-Powerful-CEO-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li>The Foundation of Indian Industry and Economists presented Ajai Chowdhry with the "Best IT Man of the Year" award in 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Reuters-Year-Man_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reuters-Year-Man-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Chowdhry worked as the Chairman of <a href="/wiki/IIITNR" class="mw-redirect" title="IIITNR">IIIT Naya Raipur</a> in 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Chairman of the CII National Committee on Technology.<sup id="cite_ref-CII-NCT_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CII-NCT-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Panellist at the USC Forum on Globalization and Innovation.<sup id="cite_ref-USC-Forum-Panel_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USC-Forum-Panel-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Co-chaired the ‘<a href="/wiki/World_Economic_Forum" title="World Economic Forum">World Economic Forum</a> on Africa in Tanzania.<sup id="cite_ref-WEF_Co-chair_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WEF_Co-chair-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Investor">Investor</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ajai_Chowdhry&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Investor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As an investor, Ajai is on board of Indian Angel Network and has invested in several start ups. He also serves as the chairman of FICCI Startup Committee.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Philanthropy">Philanthropy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ajai_Chowdhry&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Philanthropy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ajai co-founded EPIC Foundation in 2021. The goal of the foundation was to focus on developing electronic products that could be of national importance. Ajai serves as the chairman of the foundation and has works with other expert global advisors.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life_and_family">Personal life and family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ajai_Chowdhry&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Personal life and family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ajai was married in 1977 to Kunkun Chowdhry. He has two sons, Kunal and Akshay.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ajai_Chowdhry&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hi.londonspeakerbureau.com/speaker-profile/ajai-chowdhary/">"Speaker Profile : Ajai Chowdhary - London Speaker Bureau India"</a>. <i>London Speaker Bureau</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Sivathanu Pillai">A. Sivathanu Pillai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._Ramanaidu" title="D. Ramanaidu">D. Ramanaidu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanak_Rele" title="Kanak Rele">Kanak Rele</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._K._Saraswat" title="V. K. Saraswat">V. K. Saraswat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashoke_Sen" title="Ashoke Sen">Ashoke Sen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gayatri_Chakravorty_Spivak" title="Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak">Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._N._Suresh" title="B. N. Suresh">B. N. Suresh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharmila_Tagore" title="Sharmila Tagore">Sharmila Tagore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R._Thyagarajan_(industrialist)" title="R. Thyagarajan (industrialist)">Ramamurthy Thyagarajan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saroja_Vaidyanathan" title="Saroja Vaidyanathan">Saroja Vaidyanathan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2014</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anisuzzaman" title="Anisuzzaman">Anisuzzaman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mrityunjay_Athreya" title="Mrityunjay Athreya">Mrityunjay Athreya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Padmanabhan_Balaram" title="Padmanabhan Balaram">Padmanabhan Balaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dalveer_Bhandari" title="Dalveer Bhandari">Dalveer Bhandari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruskin_Bond" title="Ruskin Bond">Ruskin Bond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anita_Desai" title="Anita Desai">Anita Desai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pullela_Gopichand" title="Pullela Gopichand">Pullela Gopichand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamal_Haasan" title="Kamal Haasan">Kamal Haasan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jyeshtharaj_Joshi" title="Jyeshtharaj Joshi">Jyeshtharaj Joshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._N._Kaul" title="V. N. Kaul">V. N. Kaul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neelam_Kler" title="Neelam Kler">Neelam Kler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M._Mahadevappa" title="M. Mahadevappa">M. Mahadevappa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leander_Paes" title="Leander Paes">Leander Paes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koppillil_Radhakrishnan" title="Koppillil Radhakrishnan">Koppillil Radhakrishnan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anumolu_Ramakrishna" title="Anumolu Ramakrishna">Anumolu Ramakrishna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirumalachari_Ramasami" title="Thirumalachari Ramasami">Thirumalachari Ramasami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Rudolph" title="Lloyd Rudolph">Lloyd Rudolph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susanne_Hoeber_Rudolph" title="Susanne Hoeber Rudolph">Susanne Hoeber Rudolph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vinod_Prakash_Sharma" title="Vinod Prakash Sharma">Vinod Prakash Sharma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulam_Mohammed_Sheikh" title="Gulam Mohammed Sheikh">Gulam Mohammed Sheikh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parween_Sultana" title="Parween Sultana">Parween Sultana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhirubhai_Thaker" title="Dhirubhai Thaker">Dhirubhai Thaker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vairamuthu" title="Vairamuthu">Vairamuthu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._S._Verma" title="J. S. Verma">J. S. Verma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._H._Vinayakram" title="T. H. Vinayakram">T. H. Vinayakram</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2015</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jahnu_Barua" title="Jahnu Barua">Jahnu Barua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manjul_Bhargava" title="Manjul Bhargava">Manjul Bhargava</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijay_P._Bhatkar" title="Vijay P. Bhatkar">Vijay P. Bhatkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swapan_Dasgupta" title="Swapan Dasgupta">Swapan Dasgupta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Frawley" title="David Frawley">David Frawley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Gates" title="Bill Gates">Bill Gates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melinda_French_Gates" title="Melinda French Gates">Melinda French Gates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swami_Satyamitranand" title="Swami Satyamitranand">Swami Satyamitranand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._Gopalaswami" title="N. Gopalaswami">N. Gopalaswami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subhash_C._Kashyap" title="Subhash C. Kashyap">Subhash C. Kashyap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gokulotsavji_Maharaj" title="Gokulotsavji Maharaj">Gokulotsavji Maharaj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saichiro_Misumi" title="Saichiro Misumi">Saichiro Misumi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ambrish_Mithal" title="Ambrish Mithal">Ambrish Mithal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudha_Ragunathan" title="Sudha Ragunathan">Sudha Ragunathan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harish_Salve" title="Harish Salve">Harish Salve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashok_Seth" title="Ashok Seth">Ashok Seth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajat_Sharma" title="Rajat Sharma">Rajat Sharma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satpal_Singh" title="Satpal Singh">Satpal Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shivakumara_Swami" title="Shivakumara Swami">Shivakumara Swami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khadg_Singh_Valdiya" title="Khadg Singh Valdiya">Khadg Singh Valdiya</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2016</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/R._C._Bhargava" title="R. C. Bhargava">Ravindra Chandra Bhargava</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_D._Blackwill" title="Robert D. Blackwill">Robert D. Blackwill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hafeez_Contractor" title="Hafeez Contractor">Hafeez Contractor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indu_Jain" title="Indu Jain">Indu Jain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heisnam_Kanhailal" title="Heisnam Kanhailal">Heisnam Kanhailal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anupam_Kher" title="Anupam Kher">Anupam Kher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sania_Mirza" title="Sania Mirza">Sania Mirza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pallonji_Mistry" title="Pallonji Mistry">Pallonji Mistry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Udit_Narayan" title="Udit Narayan">Udit Narayan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saina_Nehwal" title="Saina Nehwal">Saina Nehwal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yarlagadda_Lakshmi_Prasad" title="Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad">Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vinod_Rai" title="Vinod Rai">Vinod Rai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N._S._Ramanuja_Tatacharya" title="N. S. Ramanuja Tatacharya">N. S. Ramanuja Tatacharya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._V._Rama_Rao" title="A. V. Rama Rao">A. V. Rama Rao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._Nageshwara_Reddy" class="mw-redirect" title="D. Nageshwara Reddy">D. Nageshwara Reddy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dayananda_Saraswati_(Arsha_Vidya)" title="Dayananda Saraswati (Arsha Vidya)">Dayananda Saraswati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barjinder_Singh_Hamdard" title="Barjinder Singh Hamdard">Barjinder Singh Hamdard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_V._Sutar" title="Ram V. Sutar">Ram V. 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Nagaswamy">Ramachandran Nagaswamy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laxman_Pai" title="Laxman Pai">Laxman Pai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arvind_Parikh" title="Arvind Parikh">Arvind Parikh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharda_Sinha" title="Sharda Sinha">Sharda Sinha</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2019</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_T._Chambers" title="John T. Chambers">John T. Chambers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sukhdev_Singh_Dhindsa" title="Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa">Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pravin_Gordhan" title="Pravin Gordhan">Pravin Gordhan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dharampal_Gulati" title="Dharampal Gulati">Dharampal Gulati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darshan_Lal_Jain" title="Darshan Lal Jain">Darshan Lal Jain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashok_Laxmanrao_Kukade" title="Ashok Laxmanrao Kukade">Ashok Laxmanrao Kukade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kariya_Munda" title="Kariya Munda">Kariya Munda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Budhaditya_Mukherjee" title="Budhaditya Mukherjee">Budhaditya Mukherjee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohanlal" title="Mohanlal">Mohanlal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nambi_Narayanan" title="Nambi Narayanan">Nambi Narayanan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuldip_Nayar" title="Kuldip Nayar">Kuldip Nayar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bachendri_Pal" title="Bachendri Pal">Bachendri Pal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V._K._Shunglu" title="V. K. Shunglu">V. K. Shunglu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hukmdev_Narayan_Yadav" title="Hukmdev Narayan Yadav">Hukmdev Narayan Yadav</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2"><div># Posthumous conferral <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(1954%E2%80%931959)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1954–1959)">1954–1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(1960%E2%80%931969)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1960–1969)">1960–1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(1970%E2%80%931979)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1970–1979)">1970–1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(1980%E2%80%931989)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1980–1989)">1980–1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(1990%E2%80%931999)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1990–1999)">1990–1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(2000%E2%80%932009)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (2000–2009)">2000–2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(2010%E2%80%932019)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (2010–2019)">2010–2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(2020%E2%80%932029)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (2020–2029)">2020–2029</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?useformat=desktop&type=1x1&usesul3=0" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; 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