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 89
persons as per the list below. The list comprises of 7 Padma Vibhushan, 7 Padma
Bhushan and 75 Padma Shri Awardees. 19 of the awardees are women and the list
also includes 5 persons from the category of foreigners, NRIs, PIOs and 6 Posthumous
awardees.
PADMA VIBHUSHAN
|
Sl.
No
|
Name
|
Field
|
State
|
|
1.
|
Shri
K J Yesudas
|
Art-Music
|
Kerala
|
|
2.
|
Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev
|
Others-Spiritualism
|
Tamil Nadu
|
|
3.
|
Shri
Sharad Pawar
|
Public
Affairs
|
Maharashtra
|
|
4.
|
Shri
Murli Manohar Joshi
|
Public
Affairs
|
Uttar
Pradesh
|
|
5.
|
Prof.
Udipi Ramachandra Rao
|
Science
& Engineering
|
Karnataka
|
|
6.
|
Late
Shri Sunder Lal Patwa (Posthumous)
|
Public
Affairs
|
Madhya
Pradesh
|
|
7.
|
Late
Shri PA Sangma
(Posthumous)
|
Public
Affairs
|
Meghalaya
|
Padma Bhushan
|
Sl. No.
|
Name
|
Field
|
State
|
|
8.
|
Shri
Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
|
Art-Music
|
Rajasthan
|
|
9.
|
Prof.
(Dr.) Devi Prasad Dwivedi
|
Literature
& Education
|
Uttar
Pradesh
|
|
10.
|
Shri
Tehemton Udwadia
|
Medicine
|
Maharashtra
|
|
11.
|
Shri
Ratna Sundar Maharaj
|
Others-Spiritualism
|
Gujarat
|
|
12.
|
Swami
Niranjana Nanda Saraswati
|
Others-Yoga
|
Bihar
|
|
13.
|
H.R.H.
Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn (Foreigner)
|
Literature
& Education
|
Thailand
|
|
14.
|
Late
Shri Cho Ramaswamy (Posthumous)
|
Literature
& Education –Journalism
|
Tamil
Nadu
|
Padma Shri
|
Sl.
No
|
Name
|
Field
|
State
|
|
15.
|
Smt.
Basanti Bisht
|
Art-Music
|
Uttarakhand
|
|
16.
|
Shri
Chemanchery Kunhiraman Nair
|
Art-Dance
|
Kerala
|
|
17.
|
Smt.
Aruna Mohanty
|
Art-Dance
|
Odisha
|
|
18.
|
Smt.
Bharathi Vishnuvardhan
|
Art-Cinema
|
Karnataka
|
|
19.
|
Shri
Sadhu Meher
|
Art-Cinema
|
Odisha
|
|
20.
|
Shri
T K Murthy
|
Art-Music
|
Tamil
Nadu
|
|
21.
|
Shri
Laishram Birendrakumar Singh
|
Art-Music
|
Manipur
|
|
22.
|
Shri
Krishna Ram Chaudhary
|
Art-Music
|
Uttar
Pradesh
|
|
23.
|
Smt.
Baoa Devi
|
Art-Painting
|
Bihar
|
|
24.
|
Shri
Tilak Gitai
|
Art-Painting
|
Rajasthan
|
|
25.
|
Dr.
Prof. Aekka Yadagiri Rao
|
Art-Sculpture
|
Telangana
|
|
26.
|
Shri
Jitendra Haripal
|
Art-Music
|
Odisha
|
|
27.
|
Shri
Kailash Kher
|
Art-Music
|
Maharashtra
|
|
28.
|
Smt.
Parassala B Ponnammal
|
Art-Music
|
Kerala
|
|
29.
|
Smt.
Sukri Bommagowda
|
Art-Music
|
Karnataka
|
|
30.
|
Shri
Mukund Nayak
|
Art-Music
|
Jharkhand
|
|
31.
|
Shri
Purushottam Upadhyay
|
Art-Music
|
Gujarat
|
|
32.
|
Smt.
Anuradha Paudwal
|
Art-Music
|
Maharashtra
|
|
33.
|
Shri
Wareppa Naba Nil
|
Art-Theatre
|
Manipur
|
|
34.
|
Shri
Tripuraneni Hanuman Chowdary
|
Civil
Service
|
Telangana
|
|
35.
|
Shri
T.K. Viswanathan
|
Civil
Service
|
Haryana
|
|
36.
|
Shri
Kanwal Sibal
|
Civil
Service
|
Delhi
|
|
37.
|
Shri
Birkha Bahadur Limboo Muringla
|
Literature
& Education
|
Sikkim
|
|
38.
|
Smt.
Eli Ahmed
|
Literature
& Education
|
Assam
|
|
39.
|
Dr.
Narendra Kohli
|
Literature
& Education
|
Delhi
|
|
40.
|
Prof.
G. Venkatasubbiah
|
Literature
& Education
|
Karnataka
|
|
41.
|
Shri
Akkitham Achyuthan Namboothiri
|
Literature
& Education
|
Kerala
|
|
42.
|
Shri
Kashi Nath Pandita
|
Literature
& Education
|
Jammu
& Kashmir
|
|
43.
|
Shri
Chamu Krishna Shastry
|
Literature
& Education
|
Delhi
|
|
44.
|
Shri
Harihar Kripalu Tripathi
|
Literature
& Education
|
Uttar
Pradesh
|
|
45.
|
Shri
Michel Danino
|
Literature
& Education
|
Tamil
Nadu
|
|
46.
|
Shri
Punam Suri
|
Literature
& Education
|
Delhi
|
|
47.
|
Shri
VG Patel
|
Literature
& Education
|
Gujarat
|
|
48.
|
Smt.
V Koteswaramma
|
Literature
& Education
|
Andhra
Pradesh
|
|
49.
|
Shri
Balbir Dutt
|
Literature
& Education-Journalism
|
Jharkhand
|
|
50.
|
Smt.
Bhawana Somaaya
|
Literature
& Education-Journalism
|
Maharashtra
|
|
51.
|
Shri
Vishnu Pandya
|
Literature
& Education-Journalism
|
Gujarat
|
|
52.
|
Dr.
Subroto Das
|
Medicine
|
Gujarat
|
|
53.
|
Dr.
(Smt.) Bhakti Yadav
|
Medicine
|
Madhya
Pradesh
|
|
54.
|
Dr.
Mohammed Abdul Waheed
|
Medicine
|
Telangana
|
|
55.
|
Dr.
Madan Madhav Godbole
|
Medicine
|
Uttar
Pradesh
|
|
56.
|
Dr.
Devendra Dayabhai Patel
|
Medicine
|
Gujarat
|
|
57.
|
Prof.
Harkishan Singh
|
Medicine
|
Chandigarh
|
|
58.
|
Dr.
Mukut Minz
|
Medicine
|
Chandigarh
|
|
59.
|
Shri
Arun Kumar Sharma
|
Others-Archaeology
|
Chhattisgarh
|
|
60.
|
Shri
Sanjeev Kapoor
|
Others-Culinary
|
Maharashtra
|
|
61.
|
Smt.
Meenakshi Amma
|
Others-Martial
Art
|
Kerala
|
|
62.
|
Shri
Genabhai Dargabhai Patel
|
Others-Agriculture
|
Gujarat
|
|
63.
|
Shri
Chandrakant Pithawa
|
Science
& Engineering
|
Telangana
|
|
64.
|
Prof.
Ajoy Kumar Ray
|
Science
& Engineering
|
West
Bengal
|
|
65.
|
Shri
Chintakindi Mallesham
|
Science
& Engineering
|
Andhra
Pradesh
|
|
66.
|
Shri
Jitendra Nath Goswami
|
Science
& Engineering
|
Assam
|
|
67.
|
Shri
Daripalli Ramaiah
|
Social
Work
|
Telangana
|
|
68.
|
Shri
Girish Bhardwaj
|
Social
Work
|
Karnataka
|
|
69.
|
Shri
Karimul Hak
|
Social
Work
|
West
Bengal
|
|
70.
|
Shri
Bipin Ganatra
|
Social
Work
|
West
Bengal
|
|
71.
|
Smt.
Nivedita Raghunath Bhide
|
Social
work
|
Tamil
Nadu
|
|
72.
|
Shri
Appasaheb Dharmadhikari
|
Social
Work
|
Maharashtra
|
|
73.
|
Baba
Balbir Singh Seechewal
|
Social
Work
|
Punjab
|
|
74.
|
Shri
Virat Kohli
|
Sports-Cricket
|
Delhi
|
|
75.
|
Shri
Shekar Naik
|
Sports-Cricket
|
Karnataka
|
|
76.
|
Shri
Vikasa Gowda
|
Sports-Discus
Throw
|
Karnataka
|
|
77.
|
Smt.
Deepa Malik
|
Sports-Athletics
|
Haryana
|
|
78.
|
Shri
Mariyappan Thangavelu
|
Sports-Athletics
|
Tamil
Nadu
|
|
79.
|
Smt.
Dipa Karmakar
|
Sports-Gymnastics
|
Tripura
|
|
80.
|
Shri
P R Shreejesh
|
Sports-Hockey
|
Kerala
|
|
81.
|
Smt.
Sakshi Malik
|
Sports-Wrestling
|
Haryana
|
|
82.
|
Shri
Mohan Reddy Venkatrama Bodanapu
|
Trade
& Industry
|
Telangana
|
|
83.
|
Shri
Imrat Khan
(NRI/PIO)
|
Art-Music
|
USA
|
|
84.
|
Shri
Anant Agarwal
(NRI/PIO)
|
Literature
& Education
|
USA
|
|
85.
|
Shri
H.R. Shah
(NRI/PIO)
|
Literature
& Education-Journalism
|
USA
|
|
86.
|
Late
(Smt.) Suniti Solomon
(Posthumous)
|
Medicine
|
Tamil
Nadu
|
|
87.
|
Shri
Asoke Kumar Bhattacharyya
(Posthumous)
|
Others-Archaeology
|
West
Bengal
|
|
88.
|
Dr.
Mapuskar
(Posthumous)
|
Social
Work
|
Maharashtra
|
|
89.
|
Smt.
Anuradha Koirala (Foreigner)
|
Social
Work
|
Nepal
|
The above
details are also available on MHA website, mha.nic.in, and padmaawards.gov.in
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