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New Delhi: This year the President has approved conferment of 141 Padma Awards, including 7 Padma Vibhushan, 16 Padma Bhushan and 118 Padma Shri Awards. 34 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 18 persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI and 12 Posthumous awardees.
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.
Padma Vibhushan (7)
Shri George Fernandes
(Posthumous)
Public Affairs Bihar
Shri Arun Jaitley
(Posthumous)
Public Affairs Delhi
Sir Anerood Jugnauth GCSK Public Affairs Mauritius
Smt. M. C. Mary Kom Sports Manipur
Shri Chhannulal Mishra Art Uttar Pradesh
Smt. Sushma Swaraj
(Posthumous)
Public Affairs Delhi
Sri Vishveshateertha Swamiji Sri
Pejavara Adhokhaja Matha
Udupi (Posthumous)
Others-Spiritualism Karnataka
Padma Bhushan (16)
Shri M. Mumtaz Ali (Sri M) Others-Spiritualism Kerala
Shri Syed Muazzem Ali
(Posthumous)
Public Affairs Bangladesh
Shri Muzaffar Hussain Baig Public Affairs Jammu and
Kashmir
Shri Ajoy Chakravorty Art West Bengal
Shri Manoj Das Literature and
Education
Puducherry
Shri Balkrishna Doshi Others-Architecture Gujarat
Ms. Krishnammal Jagannathan Social Work Tamil Nadu
Shri S. C. Jamir Public Affairs Nagaland
Shri Anil Prakash Joshi Social Work Uttarakhand
Dr. Tsering Landol Medicine Ladakh
Shri Anand Mahindra Trade and Industry Maharashtra
Shri Neelakanta Ramakrishna
Madhava Menon (Posthumous)
Public Affairs Kerala
Shri Manohar Gopalkrishna
Prabhu Parrikar (Posthumous)
Public Affairs Goa
Prof. Jagdish Sheth Literature and
Education
USA
Ms. P. V. Sindhu Sports Telangana
Shri Venu Srinivasan Trade and Industry Tamil Nadu
Padma Shri (118)
Guru Shashadhar Acharya Art Jharkhand
Dr. Yogi Aeron Medicine Uttarakhand
Shri Jai Prakash Agarwal Trade and Industry Delhi
Shri Jagdish Lal Ahuja Social Work Punjab
Kazi Masum Akhtar Literature and Education West Bengal
Ms. Gloria Arieira Literature and Education Brazil
Khan Zaheerkhan Bakhtiyarkhan Sports Maharashtra
Dr. Padmavathy Bandopadhyay Medicine Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Sushovan Banerjee Medicine West Bengal
Dr. Digambar Behera Medicine Chandigarh
Dr. Damayanti Beshra Literature and Education Odisha
Shri Pawar Popatrao Bhaguji Social Work Maharashtra
Shri Himmata Ram Bhambhu Social Work Rajasthan
Shri Sanjeev Bikhchandani Trade and Industry Uttar Pradesh
Shri Gafurbhai M. Bilakhia Trade and Industry Gujarat
Shri Bob Blackman Public Affairs United Kingdom
Ms. Indira P. P. Bora Art Assam
Shri Madan Singh Chauhan Art Chhattisgarh
Ms. Usha Chaumar Social Work Rajasthan
Shri Lil Bahadur Chettri Literature and Education Assam
Ms. Lalitha & Ms. Saroja
Chidambaram (Duo)*
Art Tamil Nadu
Dr. Vajira Chitrasena Art Sri Lanka
Dr. Purushottam Dadheech Art Madhya Pradesh
Shri Utsav Charan Das Art Odisha
Prof. Indra Dassanayake
(Posthumous)
Literature and Education Sri Lanka
Shri H. M. Desai Literature and Education Gujarat
Shri Manohar Devadoss Art Tamil Nadu
Ms. Oinam Bembem Devi Sports Manipur
Ms. Lia Diskin Social Work Brazil
Shri M. P. Ganesh Sports Karnataka
Dr. Bangalore Gangadhar Medicine Karnataka
Dr. Raman Gangakhedkar Science and Engineering Maharashtra
Shri Barry Gardiner Public Affairs United Kingdom
Shri Chewang Motup Goba Trade and Industry Ladakh
Shri Bharat Goenka Trade and Industry Karnataka
Shri Yadla Gopalarao Art Andhra Pradesh
Shri Mitrabhanu Gountia Art Odisha
Ms. Tulasi Gowda Social Work Karnataka
Shri Sujoy K. Guha Science and Engineering Bihar
Ms. Harekala Hajabba Social Work Karnataka
Shri Enamul Haque Others-Archaeology Bangladesh
Shri Madhu Mansuri Hasmukh Art Jharkhand
Shri Abdul Jabbar
(Posthumous)
Social Work Madhya Pradesh
Shri Bimal Kumar Jain Social Work Bihar
Ms. Meenakshi Jain Literature and Education Delhi
Shri Nemnath Jain Trade and Industry Madhya Pradesh
Ms. Shanti Jain Art Bihar
Shri Sudhir Jain Science and Engineering Gujarat
Shri Benichandra Jamatia Literature and Education Tripura
Shri K. V. Sampath Kumar &
Ms. Vidushi Jayalakshmi K.S.
(Duo)*
Literature and
Education-Journalism
Karnataka
Shri Karan Johar Art Maharashtra
Dr. Leela Joshi Medicine Madhya Pradesh
Ms. Sarita Joshi Art Maharashtra
Shri C. Kamlova Literature and Education Mizoram
Dr. Ravi Kannan R. Medicine Assam
Ms. Ekta Kapoor Art Maharashtra
Shri Yazdi Naoshirwan Karanjia Art Gujarat
Shri Narayan J. Joshi Karayal Literature and Education Gujarat
Dr. Narindar Nath Khanna Medicine Uttar Pradesh
Shri Naveen Khanna Science and Engineering Delhi
Shri S. P. Kothari Literature and Education USA
Shri V. K. Munusamy
Krishnapakthar
Art Puducherry
Shri M. K. Kunjol Social Work Kerala
Shri Manmohan Mahapatra
(Posthumous)
Art Odisha
Ustad Anwar Khan Mangniyar Art Rajasthan
Shri Kattungal Subramaniam
Manilal
Science and Engineering Kerala
Shri Munna Master Art Rajasthan
Prof. Abhiraj Rajendra Mishra Literature and Education Himachal Pradesh
Ms. Binapani Mohanty Literature and Education Odisha
Dr. Arunoday Mondal Medicine West Bengal
Dr. Prithwindra Mukherjee Literature and Education France
Shri Sathyanarayan Mundayoor Social Work Arunachal Pradesh
Shri Manilal Nag Art West Bengal
Shri N. Chandrasekharan Nair Literature and Education Kerala
Dr. Tetsu Nakamura
(Posthumous)
Social Work Afghanistan
Shri Shiv Datt Nirmohi Literature and Education Jammu and
Kashmir
Shri Pu Lalbiakthanga Pachuau Literature and
Education-Journalism
Mizoram
Ms. Moozhikkal Pankajakshi Art Kerala
Dr. Prasanta Kumar Pattanaik Literature and Education USA
Shri Jogendra Nath Phukan Literature and Education Assam
Ms. Rahibai Soma Popere Others-Agriculture Maharashtra
Shri Yogesh Praveen Literature and Education Uttar Pradesh
Shri Jitu Rai Sports Uttar Pradesh
Shri Tarundeep Rai Sports Sikkim
Shri S. Ramakrishnan Social Work Tamil Nadu
Ms. Rani Rampal Sports Haryana
Ms. Kangana Ranaut Art Maharashtra
Shri Dalavai Chalapathi Rao Art Andhra Pradesh
Shri Shahbuddin Rathod Literature and Education Gujarat
Shri Kalyan Singh Rawat Social Work Uttarakhand
Shri Chintala Venkat Reddy Others-Agriculture Telangana
Smt. (Dr.) Shanti Roy Medicine Bihar
Shri Radhammohan & Ms.
Sabarmatee (Duo)*
Others-Agriculture Odisha
Shri Batakrushna Sahoo Others-Animal
Husbandry
Odisha
Ms. Trinity Saioo Others-Agriculture Meghalaya
Shri Adnan Sami Art Maharashtra
Shri Vijay Sankeshwar Trade and Industry Karnataka
Dr. Kushal Konwar Sarma Medicine Assam
Shri Sayed Mehboob Shah Qadri
alias Sayedbhai
Social Work Maharashtra
Shri Mohammed Sharif Social Work Uttar Pradesh
Shri Shyam Sunder Sharma Art Bihar
Dr. Gurdip Singh Medicine Gujarat
Shri Ramjee Singh Social Work Bihar
Shri Vashishtha Narayan Singh
(Posthumous)
Science and Engineering Bihar
Shri Daya Prakash Sinha Art Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Sandra Desa Souza Medicine Maharashtra
Shri Vijayasarathi Sribhashyam Literature and Education Telangana
Smt. Kalee Shabi Mahaboob &
Shri Sheik Mahaboob Subani
(Duo)*
Art Tamil Nadu
Shri Javed Ahmad Tak Social Work Jammu and
Kashmir
Shri Pradeep Thalappil Science and Engineering Tamil Nadu
Shri Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi Literature and Education Arunachal Pradesh
Shri Robert Thurman Literature and Education USA
Shri Agus Indra Udayana Social Work Indonesia
Shri Harish Chandra Verma Science and Engineering Uttar Pradesh
Shri Sundaram Verma Social Work Rajasthan
Dr. Romesh Tekchand
Wadhwani
Trade and Industry USA
Shri Suresh Wadkar Art Maharashtra
Shri Prem Watsa Trade and Industry Canada
