31. Aruna Asaf Ali – 1997

32. Gulzarilal Nanda – 1997

33. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam – 1997

34. M.S. Subbulakshmi – 1998

35. C. Subramaniam – 1998

36. Jayaprakash Narayan – 1999

37. Prof. Amartya Sen – 1999

38. Pandit Ravi Shankar – 1999

39. Gopinath Bordoloi – 1999

40. Latha Mangeshkar – 2001
