Padma
Awards, the country’s highest civilian awards, are conferred in three
categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The awards are given in all 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.
The awards
are conferred by the President of India at a function held at Rashtrapati
Bhavan sometime around March/ April.
This year the President has approved 130 awards including 13 in the
category of Foreigners/ NRIs/ PIOs. These comprise 6 Padma Vibhushan, 43 Padma
Bhushan and 81 Padma Shri awards. There
are 17 ladies among the awardees.
Padma Vibhushan
|
Sl.No.
|
Name
|
Discipline
|
State/ Domicile
|
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1.
|
Shri
Ebrahim Alkazi
|
Art
|
Delhi
|
|
2.
|
Shri
Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman
|
Art
|
Tamil Nadu
|
|
3.
|
Smt.
Zohra Segal
|
Art
|
Delhi
|
|
4.
|
Dr.
Yaga Venugopal Reddy
|
Public Affairs
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
|
5.
|
Dr.
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
|
Science and Engineering
|
UK *
|
|
6.
|
Dr.
Prathap Chandra Reddy
|
Trade and Industry
|
Tamil Nadu
|
Padma Bhushan
|
Sl.No.
|
Name
|
Discipline
|
State/ Domicile
|
|
1.
|
Shri Ilaiyaraaja
|
Art
|
Tamil Nadu
|
|
2.
|
Shri
Aamir Khan
|
Art
|
Maharashtra
|
|
3.
|
Shri
Akbar Padamsee
|
Art
|
Maharashtra
|
|
4.
|
Shri
Allah Rakha Rahman
|
Art
|
Tamil Nadu
|
|
5.
|
Pandit Chhannulal Mishra
|
Art
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
|
6.
|
Smt.
Kumudini Lakhia
|
Art
|
Gujarat
|
|
7.
|
Shri
Kuzhur Narayana Marar
|
Art
|
Kerala
|
|
8.
|
Prof.
Madhusudan Amilal Dhaky
|
Art
|
Gujarat
|
|
9.
|
Ms.
Mallika Sarabhai
|
Art
|
Gujarat
|
|
10.
|
Prof. (Dr.) Nookala Chinna Satyanarayana
|
Art
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
|
11.
|
Pandit (Dr.) Puttaraj Gavai
|
Art
|
Karnataka
|
|
12.
|
Shri
Ram Kumar
|
Art
|
Delhi
|
|
13.
|
Shri
Shrinivas Vinayak Khale
|
Art
|
Maharashtra
|
|
14.
|
Ustad
Sultan Khan
|
Art
|
Maharashtra
|
|
15.
|
Shri
B.K. Chaturvedi
|
Civil Service
|
Delhi
|
|
16.
|
Shri
Moosa Raza
|
Civil Service
|
Delhi
|
|
17.
|
Dr.
P.R. Dubhashi
|
Civil Service
|
Maharashtra
|
|
18.
|
Shri
Fareed Zakaria
|
Journalism
|
USA *
|
|
19.
|
Shri
Anil Bordia
|
Literature and Education
|
Rajasthan
|
|
20.
|
Prof.
Bipan Chandra
|
Literature and Education
|
Delhi
|
|
21.
|
Shri
G.P. Chopra
|
Literature and Education
|
Delhi
|
|
22.
|
Prof.
Mohammad Amin
|
Literature and Education
|
Delhi
|
|
23.
|
Prof.
Satya Vrat Shastri
|
Literature and Education
|
Delhi
|
|
24.
|
Prof.
Tan Chung
|
Literature and Education
|
USA *
|
|
25.
|
Prof.
Belle Monappa Hegde
|
Medicine
|
Karnataka
|
|
26.
|
Shri
E.T. Narayanan Mooss
|
Medicine
|
Kerala
|
|
27.
|
Dr.
Noshir M. Shroff
|
Medicine
|
Delhi
|
|
28.
|
Dr.
Panniyampilly Krishna Warrier
|
Medicine
|
Kerala
|
|
29.
|
Dr.
Ramakant Madanmohan Panda
|
Medicine
|
Maharashtra
|
|
30.
|
Prof.(Dr.) Satya Paul Agarwal
|
Medicine
|
Delhi
|
|
31.
|
Prof.
Abhijit Sen
|
Public Affairs
|
Delhi
|
|
32.
|
Shri
Sailesh Kumar Bandyopadhyay
|
Public Affairs
|
West Bengal
|
|
33.
|
Shri
Sant Singh Chatwal
|
Public Affairs
|
USA *
|
|
34.
|
Prof.
Arogyaswami Joseph Paulraj
|
Science and Engineering
|
USA *
|
|
35.
|
Prof.
Bikash Chandra Sinha
|
Science and Engineering
|
West Bengal
|
|
36.
|
Shri
Jagdish Chandra Kapur
|
Science and Engineering
|
Delhi
|
|
37.
|
Dr.
Balagangadharanatha Swamiji
|
Social Work
|
Karnataka
|
|
38.
|
Shri
Eknath Rao alias Balasaheb Vikhe Patil
|
Social Work
|
Maharashtra
|
|
39.
|
Capt.
C.P. Krishnan Nair
|
Trade and Industry
|
Maharashtra
|
|
40.
|
Dr.
Kushal Pal Singh
|
Trade and Industry
|
Delhi
|
|
41.
|
Shri
Manvinder Singh Banga alias Vindi Banga
|
Trade and Industry
|
UK *
|
|
42.
|
Shri
Narayanan Vaghul
|
Trade and Industry
|
Tamil Nadu
|
|
43.
|
Shri
S.P. Oswal
|
Trade and Industry
|
Punjab
|
Padma Shri
|
Sl.No.
|
Name
|
Discipline
|
State/ Domicile
|
|
1.
|
Shri
Gulam Mohammed Mir
|
Public Service
|
Jammu and Kashmir
|
|
2.
|
Ms. Rekha
|
Art
|
Maharashtra
|
|
3.
|
Shri
Arjun Prajapati
|
Art
|
Rajasthan
|
|
4.
|
Ms.
Arundhati Nag
|
Art
|
Karnataka
|
|
5.
|
Ms.
Carmel Berkson
|
Art
|
Maharashtra
|
|
6.
|
Ustad
F. Wasifuddin Dagar
|
Art
|
Delhi
|
|
7.
|
Smt.
Gul Bardhan
|
Art
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
|
8.
|
Smt.
Haobam Ongbi Ngangbi Devi
|
Art
|
Manipur
|
|
9.
|
Shri
Hari Uppal
|
Art
|
Bihar
|
|
10.
|
Shri
K. Raghavan
|
Art
|
Kerala
|
|
11.
|
Guru
Mayadhar Raut
|
Art
|
Delhi
|
|
12.
|
Shri
Mukund Lath
|
Art
|
Rajasthan
|
|
13.
|
Shri
Nemai Ghosh
|
Art
|
West Bengal
|
|
14.
|
Pandit Raghunath Panigrahi
|
Art
|
Orissa
|
|
15.
|
Shri
Rajkumar Achouba Singh
|
Art
|
Manipur
|
|
16.
|
Dr.
Ram Dayal Munda
|
Art
|
Jharkhand
|
|
17.
|
Shri
Resul Pokutty
|
Art
|
Kerala
|
|
18.
|
Shri
Saif Ali Khan
|
Art
|
Maharashtra
|
|
19.
|
Dr. (Smt.) Shobha Raju
|
Art
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
|
20.
|
Ms.
Sumitra Guha
|
Art
|
Delhi
|
|
21.
|
Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar
|
Art
|
West Bengal
|
|
22.
|
Shri
D.R. Karthikeyan
|
Civil Service
|
Delhi
|
|
23.
|
Dr.
Ranjit Bhargava
|
Environment Protection
|
Uttarakhand
|
|
24.
|
Shri
Arun Sarma
|
Literature and Education
|
Assam
|
|
25.
|
Prof.
Arvind Kumar
|
Literature and Education
|
Maharashtra
|
|
26.
|
Ms.
Bertha Gyndykes Dkhar
|
Literature and Education
|
Meghalaya
|
|
27.
|
Prof.
Govind Chandra Pande
|
Literature and Education
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
|
28.
|
Prof.
Hamidi Kashmiri
|
Literature and Education
|
Jammu and Kashmir
|
|
29.
|
Prof. (Dr.) Hermann Kulke
|
Literature and Education
|
Germany *
|
|
30.
|
Shri
Janaki Ballav Shastri
|
Literature and Education
|
Bihar
|
|
31.
|
Dr.
Jitendra Udhampuri
|
Literature and Education
|
Jammu and Kashmir
|
|
32.
|
Dr.
Lal Bahadur Singh Chauhan
|
Literature and Education
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
|
33.
|
Shri
Lalzuia Colney
|
Literature and Education
|
Mizoram
|
|
34.
|
Ms.
Maria Aurora Couto
|
Literature and Education
|
Goa
|
|
35.
|
Dr.(Smt.) Rajalakshmi Parthasarathy alias Y.G.
Parthasarathy
|
Literature and Education
|
Tamil Nadu
|
|
36.
|
Prof.
Ramaranjan Mukherji
|
Literature and Education
|
West Bengal
|
|
37.
|
Dr.
Ranganathan Parthasarathy
|
Literature and Education
|
Tamil Nadu
|
|
38.
|
Fr.
Romuald D’Souza
|
Literature and Education
|
Goa
|
|
39.
|
Prof.
Sadiq - Ur - Rahman Kidwai
|
Literature and Education
|
Delhi
|
|
40.
|
Mr.
Sheldon Pollock
|
Literature and Education
|
USA *
|
|
41.
|
Dr.
Surendra Dubey
|
Literature and Education
|
Chhattisgarh
|
|
42.
|
Dr.
Anil Kumar Bhalla
|
Medicine
|
Delhi
|
|
43.
|
Dr.
Arvinder Singh Soin
|
Medicine
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
|
44.
|
Dr.
B. Ramana Rao
|
Medicine
|
Karnataka
|
|
45.
|
Dr.
Jalakantapuram Ramaswamy Krishnamoorthy
|
Medicine
|
Tamil Nadu
|
|
46.
|
Dr.
K.K. Aggarwal
|
Medicine
|
Delhi
|
|
47.
|
Prof.
Kodaganur S. Gopinath
|
Medicine
|
Karnataka
|
|
48.
|
Dr.
Laxmi Chand Gupta
|
Medicine
|
Delhi
|
|
49.
|
Dr.
Philip Augustine
|
Medicine
|
Kerala
|
|
50.
|
Dr.
Rabindra Narain Singh
|
Medicine
|
Bihar
|
|
51.
|
Dr.
Vikas Mahatme
|
Medicine
|
Maharashtra
|
|
52.
|
Dr.
Rafael Iruzubieta Fernandez
|
Public Affairs
|
Spain *
|
|
53.
|
Prof.
M.R. Satyanarayana Rao
|
Science and Engineering
|
Karnataka
|
|
54.
|
Prof. (Dr.) Palpu Pushpangadan
|
Science and Engineering
|
Kerala
|
|
55.
|
Prof.
Ponisseril Somasundaran
|
Science and Engineering
|
USA *
|
|
56.
|
Prof.
Pucadyil Ittoop John
|
Science and Engineering
|
Gujarat
|
|
57.
|
Dr.
Vijay Prasad Dimri
|
Science and Engineering
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
|
58.
|
Dr.(Ms.) Vijaylakshmi Ravindranath
|
Science and Engineering
|
Karnataka
|
|
59.
|
Ms.
Anu Aga
|
Social Work
|
Maharashtra
|
|
60.
|
Shri
Ayekpam Tomba Meetei
|
Social Work
|
Manipur
|
|
61.
|
Shri
Deep Joshi
|
Social Work
|
Delhi
|
|
62.
|
Dr.
J.R. Gangaramani
|
Social Work
|
UAE *
|
|
63.
|
Shri
Kranti Shah
|
Social Work
|
Maharashtra
|
|
64.
|
Dr.
Kurian John Melamparambil
|
Social Work
|
Kerala
|
|
65.
|
Baba
Sewa Singh
|
Social Work
|
Punjab
|
|
66.
|
Ms.
Sudha Kaul
|
Social Work
|
West Bengal
|
|
67.
|
Dr.
Sudhir M. Parikh
|
Social Work
|
USA *
|
|
68.
|
Shri
Ignace Tirkey
|
Sports
|
Orissa
|
|
69.
|
Kumar
Ram Narain Karthikeyan
|
Sports
|
Tamil Nadu
|
|
70.
|
Shri
Ramakant Vithal Achrekar
|
Sports
|
Maharashtra
|
|
71.
|
Ms.
Saina Nehwal
|
Sports
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
|
72.
|
Shri
Vijender Singh
|
Sports
|
Haryana
|
|
73.
|
Shri
Virendra Sehwag
|
Sports
|
Delhi
|
|
74.
|
Dr.
Alluri Venkata Satyanarayana Raju
|
Trade and Industry
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
|
75.
|
Dr.
B. Raveendran Pillai
|
Trade and Industry
|
Bahrain *
|
|
76.
|
Shri
Deepak Puri
|
Trade and Industry
|
Delhi
|
|
77.
|
Shri
Irshad Mirza
|
Trade and Industry
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
|
78.
|
Brig. Dr. Kapil Mohan
|
Trade and Industry
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
|
79.
|
Dr.
Karsanbhai Khodidas Patel
|
Trade and Industry
|
Gujarat
|
|
80.
|
Shri
T.N. Manoharan
|
Trade and Industry
|
Tamil Nadu
|
|
81.
|
Shri
Venu Srinivasan
|
Trade and Industry
|
Tamil Nadu
|
Note: * denotes
awardees in the category of Foreigners/ NRIs/ PIOs.
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