Famous People with Name Padman

Padmanabh Govind "Nana" Joshi            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Padmanabh Govind "Nana" Joshi: He made his Test debut against England in the first Test at Delhi in 1951-52. In the first innings, he caught two and brilliantly stumped two others, but his errors in the second helped England to save the match. Joshi was replaced by Madhav Mantri for the second Test, who in turn gave way to Probir Sen in the third. Joshi was picked for the fourth and discarded in favour of Sen for the final Test. Here Sen stumped five batsmen and Joshi found himself out of the team to tour England in 1952.

Padmanabhan Palpu            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Padmanabhan Palpu: one of the immortals of the Indian Renaissance. He was by profession a bacteriologist - a fighter of germs. Circumstances made him a social revolutionary - a fighter of manmade social evils. Towards this end he waged a long, heroic and self-less battle, with his mighty pen. It was mainly against the official and priestly sections of the contemporary society. In the face of all their organized opposition and ill-treatment, he stood apart as an apostle of liberty and unfailing champion of the oppressed classes.

Padmanabhan V Sivadas            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Padmanabhan V Sivadas: was an Indian cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman who played for Travancore-Cochin. He was born in Haripad. Sivadas made a single first-class appearance for the team, during the 1951-52 season, against Mysore.

Dudley Gordon Padman            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Dudley Gordon Padman: was a Liberal Party of Australia politician.Padman was elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing the seat of Albury in 1947, and served until 1965. He was made an OBE in 1966.

Thanu Padmanabhan            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Thanu Padmanabhan: an Indian theoretical physicist. He is currently Distinguished Professor at the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, (IUCAA) at Pune, India. His principal fields of research are Cosmology and the interface between Gravity and Quantum theory.Padmanabhan did his schooling in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala and did his B.Sc (1977) and M.Sc (1979) in Physics from University College, Kerala University, securing Gold Medals for his academic brilliance. He published his first research paper (on general relativity) when he was a B.Sc student, at the age of 20. He joined TIFR, Mumbai for PhD and became a faculty member there in 1980 where he continued till 1992. He moved to IUCAA in 1992 and is currently the Dean of Core Academic Programmes.

Thinakkal Padmanabhan            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Thinakkal Padmanabhan: popularly known as T. Padmanabhan, is a short story writer in Malayalam. His major works are Prakasam Parathunna Penkutti (The Girl Who Spreads Radiance, 1955), Oru Kathakrithu Kurishil (A Story Writer being Crucified, 1956), Makhan Singhinte Maranam (The Death of Makhan Singh, 1958) , Kala Bhairavan and Gouri (1993).

Mannathu Padmanabhan            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Mannathu Padmanabhan: was a social reformer and a freedom fighter from the State of Kerala, India. He is recognised as the founder of the organisation called the Nair Service Society. This organisation represents the Nair community which constitutes almost 14.5% of the populat