The Padma Awardees include 40 from the field of art, ten medicine, eight politicians and seven sports personalities.
NEW DELHI, Jan 25 (The CONNECT) - Lehgendary singer S P Balasubramanyam, cardiologist B M Hegde, former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe are among those who have been awarded Padma Vibhushan awards this year, while former Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan, former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and former Gujarat CM Keshubhai Patel are among the awarded Padma Bhushan.
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 and fields of activities, such as 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.
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 has approved conferment of 119 Padma Awards including one duo case. The list comprises 7 Padma Vibhushan, 10 Padma Bhushan and 102 Padma Shri Awards. 29 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 10 persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI, 16 Posthumous awardees and 1 transgender awardee.
Here, the complete list of Padma awardees:
Padma Vibhushan
|
SN |
Name |
Field |
State/Country |
|
1. |
Shri Shinzo Abe |
Public Affairs |
Japan |
|
2. |
Shri S P Balasubramaniam (Posthumous) |
Art |
Tamil Nadu |
|
3. |
Dr. Belle Monappa Hegde |
Medicine |
Karnataka |
|
4. |
Shri Narinder Singh Kapany (Posthumous) |
Science and Engineering |
United States of America |
|
5. |
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan |
Others- Spiritualism |
Delhi |
|
6. |
Shri B. B. Lal |
Others- Archaeology |
Delhi |
|
7. |
Shri Sudarshan Sahoo |
Art |
Odisha |
Padma Bhushan
|
8. |
Ms. Krishnan Nair Shantakumari Chithra |
Art |
Kerala |
|
9. |
Shri Tarun Gogoi (Posthumous) |
Public Affairs |
Assam |
|
10. |
Shri Chandrashekhar Kambara |
Literature and Education |
Karnataka |
|
11. |
Ms. Sumitra Mahajan |
Public Affairs |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
12. |
Shri Nripendra Misra |
Civil Service |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
13. |
Shri Ram Vilas Paswan (Posthumous) |
Public Affairs |
Bihar |
|
14. |
Shri Keshubhai Patel (Posthumous) |
Public Affairs |
Gujarat |
|
15. |
Shri Kalbe Sadiq (Posthumous) |
Others-Spiritualism |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
16. |
Shri Rajnikant Devidas Shroff |
Trade and Industry |
Maharashtra |
|
17. |
Shri Tarlochan Singh |
Public Affairs |
Haryana |
Padma Shri
|
18. |
Shri Gulfam Ahmed |
Art |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
19. |
Ms. P. Anitha |
Sports |
Tamil Nadu |
|
20. |
Shri Rama Swamy Annavarapu |
Art |
Andhra Pradesh |
|
21. |
Shri Subbu Arumugam |
Art |
Tamil Nadu |
|
22. |
Shri Prakasarao Asavadi |
Literature and Education |
Andhra Pradesh |
|
23. |
Ms. Bhuri Bai |
Art |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
24. |
Shri Radhe Shyam Barle |
Art |
Chhattisgarh |
|
25. |
Shri Dharma Narayan Barma |
Literature and Education |
West Bengal |
|
26. |
Ms. Lakhimi Baruah |
Social Work |
Assam |
|
27. |
Shri Biren Kumar Basak |
Art |
West Bengal |
|
28. |
Ms. Rajni Bector |
Trade and Industry |
Punjab |
|
29. |
Shri Peter Brook |
Art |
United Kingdom |
|
30. |
Ms. Sangkhumi Bualchhuak |
Social Work |
Mizoram |
|
31. |
Shri Gopiram Bargayn Burabhakat |
Art |
Assam |
|
32. |
Ms. Bijoya Chakravarty |
Public Affairs |
Assam |
|
33. |
Shri Sujit Chattopadhyay |
Literature and Education |
West Bengal |
|
34. |
Shri Jagdish Chaudhary (Posthumous) |
Social Work |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
35. |
Shri Tsultrim Chonjor |
Social Work |
Ladakh |
|
36. |
Ms. Mouma Das |
Sports |
West Bengal |
|
37. |
Shri Srikant Datar |
Literature and Education |
United States of America |
|
38. |
Shri Narayan Debnath |
Art |
West Bengal |
|
39. |
Ms. Chutni Devi |
Social Work |
Jharkhand |
|
40. |
Ms. Dulari Devi |
Art |
Bihar |
|
41. |
Ms. Radhe Devi |
Art |
Manipur |
|
42. |
Ms. Shanti Devi |
Social Work |
Odisha |
|
43. |
Shri Wayan Dibia |
Art |
Indonesia |
|
44. |
Shri Dadudan Gadhavi |
Literature & Education |
Gujarat |
|
45. |
Shri Parshuram Atmaram Gangavane |
Art |
Maharashtra |
|
46. |
Shri Jai Bhagwan Goyal |
Literature and Education |
Haryana |
|
47. |
Shri Jagadish Chandra Halder |
Literature and Education |
West Bengal |
|
48. |
Shri Mangal Singh Hazowary |
Literature and Education |
Assam |
|
49. |
Ms. Anshu Jamsenpa |
Sports |
Arunachal Pradesh |
|
50. |
Ms. Purnamasi Jani |
Art |
Odisha |
|
51. |
Matha B. Manjamma Jogati |
Art |
Karnataka |
|
52. |
Shri Damodaran Kaithapram |
Art |
Kerala |
|
53. |
Shri Namdeo C Kamble |
Literature and Education |
Maharashtra |
|
54. |
Shri Maheshbhai & Shri Nareshbhai Kanodia (Duo) * (Posthumous) |
Art |
Gujarat |
|
55. |
Shri Rajat Kumar Kar |
Literature and Education |
Odisha |
|
56. |
Shri Rangasami Lakshminarayana Kashyap |
Literature and Education |
Karnataka |
|
57. |
Ms. Prakash Kaur |
Social Work |
Punjab |
|
58. |
Shri Nicholas Kazanas |
Literature and Education |
Greece |
|
59. |
Shri K Kesavasamy |
Art |
Puducherry |
|
60. |
Shri Ghulam Rasool Khan |
Art |
Jammu and Kashmir |
|
61. |
Shri Lakha Khan |
Art |
Rajasthan |
|
62. |
Ms. Sanjida Khatun |
Art |
Bangladesh |
|
63. |
Shri Vinayak Vishnu Khedekar |
Art |
Goa |
|
64. |
Ms. Niru Kumar |
Social Work |
Delhi |
|
65. |
Ms. Lajwanti |
Art |
Punjab |
|
66. |
Shri Rattan Lal |
Science and Engineering |
United States of America |
|
67. |
Shri Ali Manikfan |
Others-Grassroots Innovation |
Lakshadweep |
|
68. |
Shri Ramachandra Manjhi |
Art |
Bihar |
|
69. |
Shri Dulal Manki |
Art |
Assam |
|
70. |
Shri Nanadro B Marak |
Others- Agriculture |
Meghalaya |
|
71. |
Shri Rewben Mashangva |
Art |
Manipur |
|
72. |
Shri Chandrakant Mehta |
Literature and Education |
Gujarat |
|
73. |
Dr. Rattan Lal Mittal |
Medicine |
Punjab |
|
74. |
Shri Madhavan Nambiar |
Sports |
Kerala |
|
75. |
Shri Shyam Sundar Paliwal |
Social Work |
Rajasthan |
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