Padma Awards – one
of the highest civilian Awards of the country, are conferred in three
categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The Awards
are given in various 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.
India has approved conferment of Padma Awards to 112 persons as per the list
below. The list comprises of 10 Padma Vibhushan, 19 Padma Bhushan and 83 Padma
Shri Awardees. 19 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 10
persons from the category of foreigners, NRIs, PIOs (include one posthumous)
and 4 Posthumous awardees.
Ms. Yamini Krishnamurthi —
Art-Classical dance — Delhi
Shri Rajinikanth — Art-Cinema — Tamil
Nadu
Smt Girija Devi — Art-Classical Vocal
— West Bengal
Shri Ramoji Rao — Literature &
Education-Journalism — Andhra Pradesh
Dr Viswanathan Shanta-Medicine-Oncology-Tamil
Nadu
Shri Shri Ravi Shankar-Others-Spiritualism
— Karnataka
Shri Jagmohan — Public Affairs —
Delhi
Dr Vasudev Kalkunte Aatre — Science
& Engineering — Karnataka
Shri Avinash Dixit(Foreigner)-Literature
& Education-USA
Ambani (Posthumous)-Trade &
Industry-Maharashtra
Shri Anupam Kher — Art-Cinema —
Maharashtra
Shri Udit Narayan Jha — Art-Playback
Singing — Maharashtra
Shri Ram V Sutar — Art-Sculpture —
Uttar Pradesh
Shri Heisnam Kanhailal — Art-Theatre
— Manipur
Shri Vinod Rai — Civil Service —
Kerala
Dr Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad —
Literature & Education — Andhra Pradesh
Prof NS Ramanuja Tatacharya —
Literature & Education — Maharashtra
Dr Barjinder Singh Hamdard —
Literature & Education – Journalism — Punjab
Prof D Nageshwar Reddy —
Medicine-Gastroenterology — Telangana
Swami Tejomayananda-Other-Spiritualism-Maharashtra
Shri Hafeez Contractor-Others-Architecture-Maharashtra
Shri Ravindra Chandra Bhargava —
Public Affairs — Uttar Pradesh
Dr Venkata Rama Rao — Alla Science
& Engineering — Andhra Pradesh
Ms Saina Nehwal — Sports-Badminton —
Telangana
Ms Sania Mirza — Sports-Tennis —
Telangana
Ms Indu Jain — Trade & Industry —
Delhi
Late Swami Dayanand Sarawasati (Posthumous) — Others-Spiritualism — Uttarakhand
Shri Robert Blackwill (Foreigner) —
Public Affairs — USA
Mistry (NRI/PIO) — Trade &
Industry — Ireland
Smt Prathibha Prahlad — Art-
Classical Dance — Delhi
Shri Bhikhudan Gadhvi — Art- Folk
Music — Gujarat
Shri Sribhas Chandra Supakar — Art-
Textile Designing — Uttar Pradesh
Shri Ajay Devgn — Art-Cinema —
Maharashtra
Ms Priyanka Chopra — Art-Cinema — Maharashtra
Pt Tulsidas Borkar — Art-Classical
Music — Goa
Dr Soma Ghosh — Art-Classical Vocal —
Uttar Pradesh
Shri Nila Madhab Panda — Art-Film
Direction and Production — Delhi
Shri SS Rajamouli — Art-Film
Direction and Production — Karnataka
Shri Madhur Bhandarkar — Art-Film
Direction and Production — Maharashtra
Prof M Venkatesh Kumar — Art-Folk
Artist — Karnataka
Ms Gulabi Sapera — Art-Folk Dance —
Rajasthan
Smt Mamta Chandrakar- Art-Folk Music
— Chhattisgarh
Ms Malini Awasthi — Art-Folk Music —
Uttar Pradesh
Shri Jai Prakash Lekhiwal —
Art-Miniature Painting — Delhi
Shri K Laxma Goud — Art-Painting —
Telangana
Shri Bhalchandra Dattatray Mondhe —
Art-Photography — Madhya Pradesh
Shri Dhirendra Nath Bezbaruah —
Literature & Education — Assam
Shri Prahlad Chandra Tasa —
Literature & Education — Assam
Dr Ravindra Nagar — Literature &
Education — Delhi
Shri Dahyabhai Shastri — Literature
& Education — Gujarat
Dr Santeshivara Bhyrappa — Literature
& Education — Karnataka
Shri Haldar Nag — Literature &
Education — Odisha
Shri Kameshwaram Brahma — Literature
& Education -Journalism — Assam
Prof Pushpesh Pant — Literature &
Education-Journalism — Delhi
Shri Jawaharlal Kaul — Literature
& Education-Journalism — Jammu & Kashmir
Shri Ashok Malik — Literature &
Education — Delhi
Dr Mannam Gopi Chand —
Medicine-Cardio Thoracic Surgery — Telangana
Prof Ravi Kant — Medicine-Surgery —
Uttar Pradesh
Prof Ram Harsh Singh — Medicine-
Ayurveda — Uttar Pradesh
Prof Shiv Narain Kureel — Medicine-
Paediatric Surgery — Uttar Pradesh
Dr Sabya Sachi Sarkar — Medicine
-Radiology — Uttar Pradesh
Dr Alla Gopala Krishna Gokhale —
Medicine-Cardiac Surgery — Andhra Pradesh
Prof TK Lahiri — Medicine-Cardio
Thoracic Surgery — Uttar Pradesh
Dr Praveen Chandra —
Medicine-Cardiology — Delhi
Prof (Dr) Daljeet Singh Gambhir —
Medicine-Cardiology — Uttar Pradesh
Dr Chandrasekar Shesadri Thoguluva —
Medicine-Gastroenterology — Tamil Nadu
Dr (Mrs) Anil Kumari Malhotra —
Medicine-Homeopathy — Delhi
Prof MV Padma Srivastava-Medicine-Neurology
— Delhi
Dr Sudhir V Shah — Medicine-Neurology
— Gujarat
Dr MM Joshi — Medicine-Ophthalmology
— Karnataka
Prof (Dr) John Ebnezar —
Medicine-Orthopaedic Surgery — Karnataka
Dr Nayudamma Yarlagadda —
Medicine-Paediatric Surgery — Andhra Pradesh
Shri Simon Oraon — Other -Environment
Conservation — Jharkhand
Shri Imitiaz Qureshi — Other-Culinary
— Delhi
Shri Piyush Pandey —
Others-Advertising & Communication — Maharashtra
Shri Subhash Palekar — Others-Farming
— Maharashtra
Shri Ravinder Kumar Sinha —
Others-Wildlife Conservation — Bihar
Dr HR Nagendra — Others-Yoga —
Karnataka
Shri MC Mehta — Public Affairs —
Delhi
Shri MN Krishna Mani — Public Affairs
— Delhi
Shri Ujjwal Nikam — Public Affairs — Maharashtra
Shri Tokheho Sema — Public Affairs —
Nagaland
Dr Satish Kumar — Science &
Engineering — Delhi
Dr Mylswamy Annadurai — Science &
Engineering — Karnataka
Prof Dipankar Chatterji — Science
& Engineering — Karnataka
Prof(Dr) Ganapati Dadasaheb Yadav —
Science & Engineering — Maharashtra
Smt (Prof) Veena Tandon — Science
& Engineering — Meghalaya
Shri Onkar Nath Srivastava — Science
and Engineering — Uttar Pradesh
Ms Sunita Krishnan — Social Work —
Andhra Pradesh
Shri Ajoy Kumar Dutta — Social Work —
Assam
Shri M Pandit Dasa — Social Work —
Karnataka
Shri PP Gopinathan Nair — Social Work
— Kerala
Smt Madeleine Herman de Blic — Social
Work — Puducherry
Shri Srinivasan Damal Kandalai — Social
work — Tamil Nadu
Shri Sudhakar Olwe — Social Work —
Maharashtra
Dr TV Narayana — Social Work —
Telangana
Shri Arunachalam Murugantham — Social
Work — Tamil Nadu
Ms Deepika Kumari — Sports-Archery —
Jharkhand
S Shri Sushil Doshi —
Sports-commentary — Madhya Pradesh
Shri Mahesh Sharma — Trade &
Industry — Delhi
Shri Saurabh Srivastava — Trade &
Industry — Delhi
Sh Dilip Sanghvi — Trade &
Industry — Maharashtra
Dr Keki Hormusji Gharda — Trade &
Industry — Maharashtra
Late Shri Prakash Chand Surana (Posthumous) — Art -Classical Music — Rajasthan
Late Shri Saeed Jaffrey (NRI/PIO/Posthumous) — Art-Cinema — UK
Shri Michael Postel (Foreigner)-Art-Archaeology-
France
Shri Salman Amin Sal Khan (NRI/PIO) —
Literature & Education — USA
Smt Hui Lan Zhang (Foreigner) —
Others-Yoga — China
Shri Predrag K Nikic (Foreigner) —
Others-Yoga — Serbia
Dr Sundar Aditya Menon (NRI/PIO) —
Social Work — UAE
112. Shri Ajaypal Singh
Banga (NRI/PIO) — Trade &
Industry — US