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This Year’s Padma Awards announced

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   Padma Awards, the country’s highest civilian awards, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.  The awards are given in all disciplines/ fields of activities, viz. art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc.  ‘Padma Vibhushan’ is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service; ‘Padma Bhushan’ for distinguished service of high order and ‘Padma Shri’ for distinguished service in any field.  The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year.

            The awards are conferred by the President of India at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan sometime around March/ April.  This year the President has approved 130 awards including 13 in the category of Foreigners/ NRIs/ PIOs. These comprise 6 Padma Vibhushan, 43 Padma Bhushan and 81 Padma Shri awards.  There are 17 ladies among the awardees.

Padma Vibhushan


Sl.No.
Name
Discipline
State/ Domicile
1.             
Shri Ebrahim Alkazi
Art
Delhi
2.             
Shri Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman
Art
Tamil Nadu
3.             
Smt. Zohra Segal
Art
Delhi
4.             
Dr. Yaga Venugopal Reddy
Public Affairs
Andhra Pradesh
5.             
Dr. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
Science and Engineering
UK *
6.             
Dr. Prathap Chandra Reddy
Trade and Industry
Tamil Nadu

Padma Bhushan

Sl.No.
Name
Discipline
State/ Domicile
1.             
Shri  Ilaiyaraaja
Art
Tamil Nadu
2.             
Shri Aamir Khan
Art
Maharashtra
3.             
Shri Akbar Padamsee
Art
Maharashtra
4.             
Shri Allah Rakha Rahman
Art
Tamil Nadu
5.             
Pandit Chhannulal Mishra
Art
Uttar Pradesh
6.             
Smt. Kumudini Lakhia
Art
Gujarat
7.             
Shri Kuzhur Narayana Marar
Art
Kerala
8.             
Prof. Madhusudan Amilal Dhaky
Art
Gujarat
9.             
Ms. Mallika Sarabhai
Art
Gujarat
10.          
Prof. (Dr.) Nookala Chinna Satyanarayana
Art
Andhra Pradesh
11.          
Pandit (Dr.) Puttaraj Gavai
Art
Karnataka
12.          
Shri Ram Kumar
Art
Delhi
13.          
Shri Shrinivas Vinayak Khale
Art
Maharashtra
14.          
Ustad Sultan Khan
Art
Maharashtra
15.          
Shri B.K. Chaturvedi
Civil Service
Delhi
16.          
Shri Moosa Raza
Civil Service
Delhi
17.          
Dr. P.R. Dubhashi
Civil Service
Maharashtra
18.          
Shri Fareed Zakaria
Journalism
USA *
19.          
Shri Anil Bordia
Literature and Education
Rajasthan
20.          
Prof. Bipan Chandra
Literature and Education
Delhi
21.          
Shri G.P. Chopra
Literature and Education
Delhi
22.          
Prof. Mohammad Amin
Literature and Education
Delhi
23.          
Prof. Satya Vrat Shastri
Literature and Education
Delhi
24.          
Prof. Tan Chung
Literature and Education
USA *
25.          
Prof. Belle Monappa Hegde
Medicine
Karnataka
26.          
Shri E.T. Narayanan Mooss
Medicine
Kerala
27.          
Dr. Noshir M. Shroff
Medicine
Delhi
28.          
Dr. Panniyampilly Krishna Warrier
Medicine
Kerala
29.          
Dr. Ramakant Madanmohan Panda
Medicine
Maharashtra
30.          
Prof.(Dr.) Satya Paul Agarwal
Medicine
Delhi
31.          
Prof. Abhijit Sen
Public Affairs
Delhi
32.          
Shri Sailesh Kumar Bandyopadhyay
Public Affairs
West Bengal
33.          
Shri Sant Singh Chatwal
Public Affairs
USA *
34.          
Prof. Arogyaswami Joseph Paulraj
Science and Engineering
USA *
35.          
Prof. Bikash Chandra Sinha
Science and Engineering
West Bengal
36.          
Shri Jagdish Chandra Kapur
Science and Engineering
Delhi
37.          
Dr. Balagangadharanatha Swamiji
Social Work
Karnataka
38.          
Shri Eknath Rao alias Balasaheb Vikhe Patil
Social Work
Maharashtra
39.          
Capt. C.P. Krishnan Nair
Trade and Industry
Maharashtra
40.          
Dr. Kushal Pal Singh
Trade and Industry
Delhi
41.          
Shri Manvinder Singh Banga alias Vindi Banga
Trade and Industry
UK *
42.          
Shri Narayanan Vaghul
Trade and Industry
Tamil Nadu
43.          
Shri S.P. Oswal
Trade and Industry
Punjab

Padma Shri

Sl.No.
Name
Discipline
State/ Domicile
1.             
Shri Gulam Mohammed Mir
Public Service
Jammu and Kashmir
2.             
Ms.  Rekha
Art
Maharashtra
3.             
Shri Arjun Prajapati
Art
Rajasthan
4.             
Ms. Arundhati Nag
Art
Karnataka
5.             
Ms. Carmel Berkson
Art
Maharashtra
6.             
Ustad F. Wasifuddin Dagar
Art
Delhi
7.             
Smt. Gul Bardhan
Art
Madhya Pradesh
8.             
Smt. Haobam Ongbi Ngangbi Devi
Art
Manipur
9.             
Shri Hari Uppal
Art
Bihar
10.          
Shri K. Raghavan
Art
Kerala
11.          
Guru Mayadhar Raut
Art
Delhi
12.          
Shri Mukund Lath
Art
Rajasthan
13.          
Shri Nemai Ghosh
Art
West Bengal
14.          
Pandit Raghunath Panigrahi
Art
Orissa
15.          
Shri Rajkumar Achouba Singh
Art
Manipur
16.          
Dr. Ram Dayal Munda
Art
Jharkhand
17.          
Shri Resul Pokutty
Art
Kerala
18.          
Shri Saif Ali Khan
Art
Maharashtra
19.          
Dr. (Smt.) Shobha Raju
Art
Andhra Pradesh
20.          
Ms. Sumitra Guha
Art
Delhi
21.          
Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar
Art
West Bengal
22.          
Shri D.R. Karthikeyan
Civil Service
Delhi
23.          
Dr. Ranjit Bhargava
Environment Protection
Uttarakhand
24.          
Shri Arun Sarma
Literature and Education
Assam
25.          
Prof. Arvind Kumar
Literature and Education
Maharashtra
26.          
Ms. Bertha Gyndykes Dkhar
Literature and Education
Meghalaya
27.          
Prof. Govind Chandra Pande
Literature and Education
Madhya Pradesh
28.          
Prof. Hamidi Kashmiri
Literature and Education
Jammu and Kashmir
29.          
Prof. (Dr.) Hermann Kulke
Literature and Education
Germany *
30.          
Shri Janaki Ballav Shastri
Literature and Education
Bihar
31.          
Dr. Jitendra Udhampuri
Literature and Education
Jammu and Kashmir
32.          
Dr. Lal Bahadur Singh Chauhan
Literature and Education
Uttar Pradesh
33.          
Shri Lalzuia Colney
Literature and Education
Mizoram
34.          
Ms. Maria Aurora Couto
Literature and Education
Goa
35.          
Dr.(Smt.) Rajalakshmi Parthasarathy alias Y.G. Parthasarathy
Literature and Education
Tamil Nadu
36.          
Prof. Ramaranjan Mukherji
Literature and Education
West Bengal
37.          
Dr. Ranganathan Parthasarathy
Literature and Education
Tamil Nadu
38.          
Fr. Romuald D’Souza
Literature and Education
Goa
39.          
Prof. Sadiq - Ur - Rahman Kidwai
Literature and Education
Delhi
40.          
Mr. Sheldon Pollock
Literature and Education
USA *
41.          
Dr. Surendra Dubey
Literature and Education
Chhattisgarh
42.          
Dr. Anil Kumar Bhalla
Medicine
Delhi
43.          
Dr. Arvinder Singh Soin
Medicine
Uttar Pradesh
44.          
Dr. B. Ramana Rao
Medicine
Karnataka
45.          
Dr. Jalakantapuram Ramaswamy Krishnamoorthy
Medicine
Tamil Nadu
46.          
Dr. K.K. Aggarwal
Medicine
Delhi
47.          
Prof. Kodaganur S. Gopinath
Medicine
Karnataka
48.          
Dr. Laxmi Chand Gupta
Medicine
Delhi
49.          
Dr. Philip Augustine
Medicine
Kerala
50.          
Dr. Rabindra Narain Singh
Medicine
Bihar
51.          
Dr. Vikas Mahatme
Medicine
Maharashtra
52.          
Dr. Rafael Iruzubieta Fernandez
Public Affairs
Spain *
53.          
Prof. M.R. Satyanarayana Rao
Science and Engineering
Karnataka
54.          
Prof. (Dr.) Palpu Pushpangadan
Science and Engineering
Kerala
55.          
Prof. Ponisseril Somasundaran
Science and Engineering
USA *
56.          
Prof. Pucadyil Ittoop John
Science and Engineering
Gujarat
57.          
Dr. Vijay Prasad Dimri
Science and Engineering
Andhra Pradesh
58.          
Dr.(Ms.) Vijaylakshmi Ravindranath
Science and Engineering
Karnataka
59.          
Ms. Anu Aga
Social Work
Maharashtra
60.          
Shri Ayekpam Tomba Meetei
Social Work
Manipur
61.          
Shri Deep Joshi
Social Work
Delhi
62.          
Dr. J.R. Gangaramani
Social Work
UAE *
63.          
Shri Kranti Shah
Social Work
Maharashtra
64.          
Dr. Kurian John Melamparambil
Social Work
Kerala
65.          
Baba Sewa Singh
Social Work
Punjab
66.          
Ms. Sudha Kaul
Social Work
West Bengal
67.          
Dr. Sudhir M. Parikh
Social Work
USA *
68.          
Shri Ignace Tirkey
Sports
Orissa
69.          
Kumar Ram Narain Karthikeyan
Sports
Tamil Nadu
70.          
Shri Ramakant Vithal Achrekar
Sports
Maharashtra
71.          
Ms. Saina Nehwal
Sports
Andhra Pradesh
72.          
Shri Vijender Singh
Sports
Haryana
73.          
Shri Virendra Sehwag
Sports
Delhi
74.          
Dr. Alluri Venkata Satyanarayana Raju
Trade and Industry
Andhra Pradesh
75.          
Dr. B. Raveendran Pillai
Trade and Industry
Bahrain *
76.          
Shri Deepak Puri
Trade and Industry
Delhi
77.          
Shri Irshad Mirza
Trade and Industry
Uttar Pradesh
78.          
Brig. Dr. Kapil Mohan
Trade and Industry
Himachal Pradesh
79.          
Dr. Karsanbhai Khodidas Patel
Trade and Industry
Gujarat
80.          
Shri T.N. Manoharan
Trade and Industry
Tamil Nadu
81.          
Shri Venu Srinivasan
Trade and Industry
Tamil Nadu

Note:    * denotes awardees in the category of Foreigners/ NRIs/ PIOs.

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