The Indian origin nobel laureate Venkataraman Ramakrishnan, Pratap Reddy (Chief of Apollo Hospitals ) and RBI Governor Y V Reddy were chosen for the Padma Vibushan awards of India government. Music director A R Rahman and Bollywood star Amir Khan was named for the Padma Bushan. It was however notable that there was no one chosen for Bharat Ratna. There has been a total of 130 people who are named for the two awards of which 13 fall under the foreign category, 43 for Padma Bushan and 83 for Padma Shri. Cricketer Virender Sehwag, Sania Nehwal, formula one racer Narain Karthikeyan and Vijender Singh was selected for Padma Shri Awards in the sports section.