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.
These
awards are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions which
are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March/ April every year. This
year the President of India has approved conferment of Padma Awards to 104
persons as per the list below. The list comprises of 9 Padma Vibhushan, 20
Padma Bhushan and 75 Padma Shri Awardees. 17 of the awardees are women and the
list also includes 17 persons from the category of foreigners, NRIs, PIOs and 4
Posthumous awardees.
Padma Vibhushan
|
S. No.
|
Name
of the Awardee
|
Discipline
|
State/Domicile
|
|
1.
|
Shri
L. K. Advani
|
Public
Affairs
|
Gujarat
|
|
2.
|
Shri
Amitabh Bachchan
|
Art
|
Maharashtra
|
|
3.
|
Shri
Prakash Singh Badal
|
Public
Affairs
|
Punjab
|
|
4.
|
Dr.
D. Veerendra Heggade
|
Social
Work
|
Karnataka
|
|
5.
|
Shri
Mohammad Yusuf Khan alias Dilip Kumar
|
Art
|
Maharashtra
|
|
6.
|
Shri
Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Swami Rambhadracharya
|
Others
|
Uttar
Pradesh
|
|
7.
|
Prof.
Malur Ramaswamy Srinivasan
|
Science
and Engineering
|
Tamil
Nadu
|
|
8.
|
Shri
Kottayan K. Venugopal
|
Public
Affairs
|
Delhi
|
|
9.
|
Shri
Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan (Foreigner)
|
Trade
and Industry
|
France/UK
|
Padma
Bhushan
|
1.
|
Shri Jahnu Barua
|
Art
|
Assam
|
|
2.
|
Dr. Vijay Bhatkar
|
Science and Engineering
|
Maharashtra
|
|
3.
|
Shri Swapan Dasgupta
|
Literature and Education
|
Delhi
|
|
4.
|
Swami Satyamitranand Giri
|
Others
|
Uttar
Pradesh
|
|
5.
|
Shri N. Gopalaswami
|
Civil Service
|
Tamil
Nadu
|
|
6.
|
Dr. Subhash C. Kashyap
|
Public Affairs
|
Delhi
|
|
7.
|
Dr. (Pandit) Gokulotsavji Maharaj
|
Art
|
Madhya
Pradesh
|
|
8.
|
Dr. Ambrish Mithal
|
Medicine
|
Delhi
|
|
9.
|
Smt. Sudha Ragunathan
|
Art
|
Tamil
Nadu
|
|
10.
|
Shri Harish Salve
|
Public Affairs
|
Delhi
|
|
11.
|
Dr. Ashok Seth
|
Medicine
|
Delhi
|
|
12.
|
Shri Rajat Sharma
|
Literature and Education
|
Delhi
|
|
13.
|
Shri Satpal
|
Sports
|
Delhi
|
|
14.
|
Shri Shivakumara Swami
|
Others
|
Karnataka
|
|
15.
|
Dr. Kharag Singh Valdiya
|
Science and Engineering
|
Karnataka
|
|
16.
|
Prof. Manjul Bhargava
(NRI/PIO)
|
Science and Engineering
|
USA
|
|
17.
|
Shri David Frawley (Vamadeva)
(Foreigner)
|
Others
|
USA
|
|
18.
|
Shri Bill Gates
(Foreigner)
|
Social Work
|
USA
|
|
19.
|
Ms. Melinda Gates
(Foreigner)
|
Social Work
|
USA
|
|
20.
|
Shri Saichiro Misumi
(Foreigner)
|
Others
|
Japan
|
Padma
Shri
|
1.
|
Dr.
Manjula Anagani
|
Medicine
|
Telangana
|
|
2.
|
Shri
S. Arunan
|
Science
and Engineering
|
Karnataka
|
|
3.
|
Ms.
Kanyakumari Avasarala
|
Art
|
Tamil
Nadu
|
|
4.
|
Dr.
Bettina Sharada Baumer
|
Literature
and Education
|
Jammu
and Kashmir
|
|
5.
|
Shri
Naresh Bedi
|
Art
|
Delhi
|
|
6.
|
Shri
Ashok Bhagat
|
Social
Work
|
Jharkhand
|
|
7.
|
Shri
Sanjay Leela Bhansali
|
Art
|
Maharashtra
|
|
8.
|
Dr.
Lakshmi Nandan Bora
|
Literature
and Education
|
Assam
|
|
9.
|
Dr.
Gyan Chaturvedi
|
Literature
and Education
|
Madhya
Pradesh
|
|
10.
|
Prof.
(Dr.) Yogesh Kumar Chawla
|
Medicine
|
Chandigarh
|
|
11.
|
Smt.
Jayakumari Chikkala
|
Medicine
|
Delhi
|
|
12.
|
Shri
Bibek Debroy
|
Literature
and Education
|
Delhi
|
|
13.
|
Dr.
Sarungbam Bimola Kumari Devi
|
Medicine
|
Manipur
|
|
14.
|
Dr.
Ashok Gulati
|
Public
Affairs
|
Delhi
|
|
15.
|
Dr.
Randeep Guleria
|
Medicine
|
Delhi
|
|
16.
|
Dr.
K. P. Haridas
|
Medicine
|
Kerala
|
|
17.
|
Shri
Rahul Jain
|
Art
|
Delhi
|
|
18.
|
Shri
Ravindra Jain
|
Art
|
Maharashtra
|
|
19.
|
Dr.
Sunil Jogi
|
Literature
and Education
|
Delhi
|
|
20.
|
Shri
Prasoon Joshi
|
Art
|
Maharashtra
|
|
21.
|
Dr.
Prafulla Kar
|
Art
|
Odisha
|
|
22.
|
Ms.
Saba Anjum
|
Sports
|
Chhattisgarh
|
|
23.
|
Smt.
Ushakiran Khan
|
Literature
and Education
|
Bihar
|
|
24.
|
Dr.
Rajesh Kotecha
|
Medicine
|
Rajasthan
|
|
25.
|
Prof.
Alka Kriplani
|
Medicine
|
Delhi
|
|
26.
|
Dr.
Harsh Kumar
|
Medicine
|
Delhi
|
|
27.
|
Shri
Narayana Purushothama Mallaya
|
Literature
and Education
|
Kerala
|
|
28.
|
Shri
Lambert Mascarenhas
|
Literature
and Education
|
Goa
|
|
29.
|
Dr.
(Mrs.) Janak Palta McGilligan
|
Social
Work
|
Madhya
Pradesh
|
|
30.
|
Shri
Veerendra Raj Mehta
|
Social
Work
|
Delhi
|
|
31.
|
Shri
Tarak Mehta
|
Art
|
Gujarat
|
|
32.
|
Shri
Neil Herbert Nongkynrih
|
Art
|
Meghalaya
|
|
33.
|
Shri
Chewang Norphel
|
Others
|
Jammu
and Kashmir
|
|
34.
|
Shri
T. V. Mohandas Pai
|
Trade
and Industry
|
Karnataka
|
|
35.
|
Dr.Tejas
Patel
|
Medicine
|
Gujarat
|
|
36.
|
Shri
Jadav Molai Peyang
|
Others
|
Assam
|
|
37.
|
Smt.
Bimla Poddar
|
Other
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
|
38.
|
Dr.
N. Prabhakar
|
Science
and Engineering
|
Delhi
|
|
39.
|
Dr.
Prahalada
|
Science
and Engineering
|
Maharashtra
|
|
40.
|
Dr.
Narendra Prasad
|
Medicine
|
Bihar
|
|
41.
|
Shri
Ram Bahadur Rai
|
Literature
and Education
|
Delhi
|
|
42.
|
Ms.
Mithali Raj
|
Sports
|
Telangana
|
|
43.
|
Shri
P. V. Rajaraman
|
Civil
Service
|
Tamil
Nadu
|
|
44.
|
Prof.
J. S. Rajput
|
Literature
and Education
|
Uttar
Pradesh
|
|
45.
|
Shri
Kota Srinivasa Rao
|
Art
|
Andhra
Pradesh
|
|
46.
|
Prof.
Bimal Roy
|
Literature
and Education
|
West
Bengal
|
|
47.
|
Shri
Shekhar Sen
|
Art
|
Maharashtra
|
|
48.
|
Shri
Gunvant Shah
|
Literature
and Education
|
Gujarat
|
|
49.
|
Shri
Brahmdev Sharma (Bhaiji)
|
Literature
and Education
|
Delhi
|
|
50.
|
Shri
Manu Sharma
|
Literature
and Education
|
Uttar
Pradesh
|
|
51.
|
Prof.
Yog Raj Sharma
|
Medicine
|
Delhi
|
|
52.
|
Shri
Vasant Shastri
|
Science
and Engineering
|
Karnataka
|
|
53.
|
Shri
S. K. Shivkumar
|
Science
and Engineering
|
Karnataka
|
|
54.
|
Ms.
P. V. Sindhu
|
Sports
|
Telangana
|
|
55.
|
Shri
Sardara Singh
|
Sports
|
Haryana
|
|
56.
|
Ms.
Arunima Sinha
|
Sports
|
Uttar
Pradesh
|
|
57.
|
Shri
Mahesh Raj Soni
|
Art
|
Rajasthan
|
|
58.
|
Dr.Nikhil
Tandon
|
Medicine
|
Delhi
|
|
59.
|
Shri
H. Thegtse Rinpoche
|
Social
Work
|
Arunachal
Pradesh
|
|
60.
|
Dr.Hargovind
Laxmishanker Trivedi
|
Medicine
|
Gujarat
|
|
61.
|
Shri
Huang Baosheng
(Foreigner)
|
Others
|
China
|
|
62.
|
Prof.
Jacques Blamont
(Foreigner)
|
Science
and Engineering
|
France
|
|
63.
|
Late
Shri Syedna Mohammad Burhanuddin
(Posthumous)
|
Others
|
Maharashtra
|
|
64.
|
Shri
Jean-Claude Carriere
(Foreigner)
|
Literature
and Education
|
France
|
|
65.
|
Dr.
Nandrajan “Raj” Chetty
(NRI/PIO)
|
Trade
and Industry
|
USA
|
|
66.
|
Shri
George L. Hart
(Foreigner)
|
Others
|
USA
|
|
67.
|
Jagat
Guru Amrta Suryananda Maha Raja (NRI/PIO)
|
Others
|
Portugal
|
|
68.
|
Late
Shri Meetha Lal Mehta (Posthumous)
|
Social
Work
|
Rajasthan
|
|
69.
|
Ms.
Tripti Mukherjee
(NRI/PIO)
|
Art
|
USA
|
|
70.
|
Dr.
Dattatreyudu Nori
(NRI/PIO)
|
Medicine
|
USA
|
|
71.
|
Dr.
Raghu Rama Pillarisetti
(NRI/PIO)
|
Medicine
|
USA
|
|
72.
|
Dr.
Saumitra Rawat
(NRI/PIO)
|
Medicine
|
UK
|
|
73.
|
Prof.
Annette Schmiedchen
(Foreigner)
|
Literature
and Education
|
Germany
|
|
74.
|
Late
Shri Pran Kumar Sharma alias Pran (Posthumous)
|
Art
|
Delhi
|
|
75.
|
Late
Shri R. Vasudevan
(Posthumous)
|
Civil
Service
|
Tamil
Nadu
|
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