Watch: President Kovind Confers Padma Awards at Rashtrapati Bhavan Padma Awards are one of the highest civilian Awards of the country. Updated: 11 Mar 2019, 05:00 PM IST
This year, 21 of the awardees are women and the list iincludes 11 awardees from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI, 3 Posthumous awardees and 1 transgender person.
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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, namely – art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, among others.
‘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.
This year the President of India has approved conferment of 112 Padma Awards including one duo case (in a duo case, the Award is counted as one). The list comprises 4 Padma Vibhushan, 14 Padma Bhushan and 94 Padma Shri Awards.
21 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 11 awardees from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI, 3 Posthumous awardees and 1 transgender person.
Following is the full list of Awardees from this year’s Padma awards:
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Teejan Bai, Chhattisgarh – Art-(Vocals-Folk) Ismail Omar Guelleh, Djibouti (Foreigner) – Public Affairs L&T’s Anilkumar Manibhai Naik, Maharashtra – Trade & Industry-Infrastructure Balwant Moreshwar Purandare, Maharashtra – Art/Acting/Theatre
John Chambers, US (Foreigner) – Trade & Industry-Technology Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, Punjab – Public Affairs Pravin Gordhan, South Africa (Foreigner) – Public Affairs Mahashay Dharam Pal Gulati, Delhi – Trade & Industry-Food Processing Darshan Lal Jain, Haryana – Social Work Ashok Laxmanrao Kukade, Maharashtra – Medicine-Affordable Healthcare Kariya Munda, Jharkhand – Public Affairs Budhaditya Mukherjee, West Bengal – Art-Music-Sitar Mohanlal Viswanathan Nair, Kerala – Art-Acting-Film S Nambi Narayan, Kerala – Science & Engineering-Space Shri Kuldip Nayar (Posthumous), Delhi – Literature & Education (Journalism) Bachendri Pal, Uttarakhand – Sports (Mountaineering) VK Shunglu, Delhi – Civil Services Hukumdev Narayan Yadav, Bihar – Public Affairs
Rajeshwar Acharya, Uttar Pradesh – Art (Hindustani Vocals) Bangaru Adigalar, Tamil Nadu – Spiritualism Illias Ali, Assam – Medicine (Surgery) Manoj Bajpayee, Maharashtra – Acting (Art) Uddhab Kumar Bharali, Assam – Science & Engineering (Grassroots Innovation) Omesh Kumar Bharti, Himachal Pradesh – Medicine (Rabies) Pritam Bhartwan, Uttarakhand – Art (Folk Vocals) Jyoti Bhatt, Gujarat – Art (Painting) Dilip Chakravarty, Delhi – Archaeology Mammen Chandy, West Bengal – Hematology (Medicine) Swapan Chaudhuri, West Bengal – Music-Tabla (Art) Kanwal Singh Chauhan, Haryana – Agriculture Sunil Chhetri, Telangana – Sports (Football) Dinyar Contractor, Maharashtra – Art (Acting-Theatre) Muktaben Pankajkumar Dagli, Gujarat – Social Work (Divyang Welfare) Babulal Dahiya, Madhya Pradesh – Agriculture Thanga Darlong, Tripura – Art (Music - Flute) Prabhu Deva, Karnataka – Art (Dance) Rajkumari Devi, Bihar – Agriculture Bhagirathi Devi, Bihar – Public Affairs Baldev Singh Dhillon, Punjab –Science & Engineering (Agriculture) Harika Dronavalli, Andhra Pradesh, – Sportes (Chess) Godawari Dutta, Bihar – Art (Painting) Gautam Gambhir, Delhi – Sports (Cricket) Draupadi Ghimiray, Sikkim – Social Work (Divyang Welfare) Rohini Godbole, Karnataka, – Science & Engineering (Nuclear) Sandeep Guleria, Delhi – Medicine (Surgery) Pratap Singh Hardia, Madhya Pradesh – Medicine (Ophthmology) Bulu Imam, Jharkhand – Social Work (Culture) Friederike Irina, Germany (Foreigner) – Animal Welfare, (Social Work) Joravarsinh Jadav, Gujarat – Art (Folk Dance) S Jaishankar, Delhi – Civil Service Narsingh Dev Jamwal, Jammu & Kashmir – Literature & Education Fayaz Ahmad Jan, Jammu & Kashmir – Art & Craft (Paper Mache) KG Jayan, Kerala – Art (Music-Bhakti) Subhash Kak, US (Foreigner) – Science & Engineering (Technology) Sharath Kamal, Tamil Nadu – Sports (Table Tennis) Rajani Kant, Uttar Pradesh – Social Work Sudam Kate, Maharashtra – Medicine (Sickle Cell) Waman Kendre, Maharashtra – Art (Acting-Theatre) Kader Khan (Posthumous) for Art (Acting-Films) Abdul Gafur Khatri, Gujarat – Painting (Art) Shri Ravindra Kolhe (Duo), Maharashtra – Medicine (Affordable Healthcare) Smita Kolhe (Duo), Maharashtra – Medicine (Affordable Healthcare) Bombayla Devi Laishram, Manipur – Sports (Archery) Kailash Madbaiya, Madhya Pradesh – Literature & Education Ramesh Babaji Maharaj, Uttar Pradesh – Social Work (Animal Welfare) Vallabhbhai Vasrambhai Marvaniya, Gujarat – Agriculture Gita Mehta, USA (Foreigner) – Literature & Education Shadab Mohammad, Uttar Pradesh – Medicine (Dentistry) KK Muhammed, Kerala – Archaeology Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, Jharkhand – Medicine (Affordable Healthcare) Daitari Naik, Odisha – Social Work Shankar Mahadevan Narayan, Maharashtra – Art (Vocals-Films) Shantanu Narayen, USA (Foreigner) – Trade & Industry (Technology) Nartaki Natraj, Tamil Nadu – Dance-Bharatnatyam (Art) Tsering Norboo, Jammu & Kashmir – Medicine (Surgery) Anup Ranjan Pandey, Chhattisgarh – Art (Music) Jagdish Prasad Parikh, Rajasthan – Agriculture Ganpatbhai Patel, USA (Foreigner) – Literature & Education Shri Bimal Patel, Gujarat – Architecture Hukumchand Patidar, Rajasthan – Agriculture Harvinder Singh Phoolka, Punjab – Public Affairs Madurai Chinna Pillai, Tamil Nadu – Social Work (Microfinance) Tao Porchon-Lynch, USA (Foreigner) – Yoga Kamala Pujhari, Odisha – Agriculture Bajrang Punia, Haryana – Sports (Wrestling) Jagat Ram, Chandigarh – Medicine (Ophthalmology) RV Ramani, Tamil Nadu – Medicine (Ophthalmology) Devarapalli Prakash Rao, Odisha – Social Work (Affordable Education) Anup Sah, Uttarakhand – Art (Photography) Milena Salvini, France (Foreigner) – Art (Dance-Kathakali) Nagindas Sanghavi, Maharashtra – Literature & Education (Journalism) Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry, Telangana – Art (Lyrics) Shabbir Sayyad, Maharashtra – Social Work (Animal Welfare) Mahesh Sharma, Madhya Pradesh – Social Work (Tribal Welfare) Mohammad Hanif Khan Shastri, Delhi – Literature & Education Brijesh Kumar Shukla, Uttar Pradesh – Literature & Education Narendra Singh, Haryana – Animal Husbandry Prashanti Singh, Uttar Pradesh – Sports (Basketball) Sultan Singh, Haryana – Animal Husbandry Jyoti Kumar Sinha, Bihar – Affordable Education (Social Work) Anandan Sivamani, Tamil Nadu – Art (Music) Sharada Srinivasan, Karnataka – Archaeology Devendra Swarup (Posthumous) – Literature & Education (Journalism) Ajay Thakur, Himachal Pradesh – Sports (Kabaddi) Rajeev Tharanath, Karnataka – Art (Music-Sarod) Saalumarada Thimmakka, Karnataka – Social Work (Environment) Jamuna Tudu, Jharkhand – Social Work (Environment) Bharat Bhushan Tyagi, Uttar Pradesh – Agriculture Ramaswami Venkataswami, Tamil Nadu – Medicine (Surgery) Ram Saran Verma, Uttar Pradesh – Agriculture Swami Vishudhananda, Kerala – Spiritualism Hiralal Yadav, Uttar Pradesh – Art (Vocals-Folk) Venkateswara Rao Yadlapalli, Andhra Pradesh – Agriculture
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