Other awardees are Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa, Sudha Murty, S. Subbaraman, Khadar Valli Dudekula, Imudiyanda Rani Machaiah, P. Munivenkatappa, Shah Rasheed Ahmed Qadri
Former Karnataka Chief Minister S.M. Krishna, who announced retirement from active politics earlier this month, was chosen for the second highest civilian award Padma Vibhushan, philanthropist and Infosys founder N.R. Narayana Murthy’s wife Sudha Murty and noted writer Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa were chosen for Padma Bhushan, on Wednesday. Krishna served as the State’s CM from 1999 to 2004. Later, he served as the 19th Governor of Maharashtra from 2004 to 2008 and then as the Minister of External Affairs from 2009 to October 2012. He joined the BJP after leaving Congress in March 2017.
