Padma Awards Announced
Original Text and Source: Press Information Bureau , GOI
Ministry of Home Affairs
President has approved the conferment of 108 Padma Awards. These comprise 04 Padma Vibhushan, 24 Padma Bhushan and 80 Padma Shri Awards. 24 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 11 persons in the category of Foreigners, NRIs, PIOs and Posthumous awardees.
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 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. The awards are conferred by the President of India at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhawan sometime around March/ April.
Padma Vibhushan
| Sl No. | Name | Discipline | State/ Domicile |
| Shri Raghunath Mohapatra | Art | Orissa | |
| Shri S. Haider Raza | Art | Delhi | |
| Prof. Yash Pal | Science and Engineering | Uttar Pradesh | |
| Prof. Roddam Narasimha | Science and Engineering | Karnataka |
Padma Bhushan
|
Sl No. |
Name |
Discipline |
State/ Domicile |
| Dr. Ramanaidu Daggubati | Art | Andhra Pradesh | |
| Smt. Sreeramamurthy Janaki | Art | Tamil Nadu | |
| Dr. (Smt.) Kanak Rele | Art | Maharashtra | |
| Smt. Sharmila Tagore | Art | Delhi | |
| Dr. (Smt.) Saroja Vaidyanathan | Art | Delhi | |
| Shri Abdul Rashid Khan | Art | West Bengal | |
| Late Rajesh Khanna | Art | Maharashtra # | |
| Late Jaspal Singh Bhatti | Art | Punjab # | |
| Shri Shivajirao Girdhar Patil | Public Affairs | Maharashtra | |
| Dr. Apathukatha Sivathanu Pillai | Science and Engineering | Delhi | |
| Dr. Vijay Kumar Saraswat | Science and Engineering | Delhi | |
| Dr. Ashoke Sen | Science and Engineering | Uttar Pradesh | |
| Dr. B.N. Suresh | Science and Engineering | Karnataka | |
| Prof. Satya N. Atluri | Science and Engineering | USA * | |
| Prof. Jogesh Chandra Pati | Science and Engineering | USA * | |
| Shri Ramamurthy Thyagarajan | Trade and Industry | Tamil Nadu | |
| Shri Adi Burjor Godrej | Trade and Industry | Maharashtra | |
| Dr. Nandkishore Shamrao Laud | Medicine | Maharashtra | |
| Shri Mangesh Padgaonkar | Literature & Education | Maharashtra | |
| Prof. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak | Literature & Education | USA* | |
| Shri Hemendra Singh Panwar | Civil Service | Madhya Pradesh | |
| Dr. Maharaj Kishan Bhan | Civil Service | Delhi | |
| Shri Rahul Dravid | Sports | Karnataka | |
| Ms. H. Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom | Sports | Manipur |
Padma Shri
|
Sl No. |
Name |
Discipline |
State/ Domicile |
| Shri Gajam Anjaiah | Art | Andhra Pradesh | |
| Swami G.C.D. Bharti alias Bharati Bandhu | Art | Chhattisgarh | |
| Ms. B. Jayashree | Art | Karnataka | |
| Smt. Sridevi Kapoor | Art | Maharashtra | |
| Shri Kailash Chandra Meher | Art | Orissa | |
| Shri Brahmdeo Ram Pandit | Art | Maharashtra | |
| Shri Vishwanath Dinkar Patekar alias Nana Patekar | Art | Maharashtra | |
| Shri Rekandar Nageswara Rao alias Surabhi Babji | Art | Andhra Pradesh | |
| Shri Lakshmi Narayana Sathiraju | Art | Tamil Nadu | |
| Smt. Jaymala Shiledar | Art | Maharashtra | |
| Shri Suresh Dattatray Talwalkar | Art | Maharashtra | |
| Shri P. Madhavan Nair alias Madhu | Art | Kerala | |
| Shri Apurba Kishore Bir | Art | Maharashtra | |
| Shri Ghanakanta Bora Borbayan | Art | Assam | |
| Smt. Hilda Mit Lepcha | Art | Sikkim | |
| Smt. Sudha Malhotra | Art | Maharashtra | |
| Shri Ghulam Mohammad Saznawaz | Art | Jammu and Kashmir | |
| Shri Ramesh Gopaldas Sippy | Art | Maharashtra | |
| Ms. Mahrukh Tarapor | Art | Maharashtra | |
| Shri Balwant Thakur | Art | Jammu & Kashmir | |
| Shri Puran Das Baul | Art | West Bengal | |
| Shri Rajendra Tikku | Art | Jammu & Kashmir | |
| Shri Pablo Bartholomew | Art | Delhi | |
| Shri S. Shakir Ali | Art | Rajasthan | |
| Sh. S.K.M Maeilanandhan | Social Work | Tamil Nadu | |
| Ms. Nileema Mishra | Social Work | Maharashtra | |
| Ms. Reema Nanavati | Social Work | Gujarat | |
| Ms. Jharna Dhara Chowdhury | Social Work | Bangladesh * | |
| Late Dr. Ram Krishan | Social Work | Uttar Pradesh # | |
| Late Manju Bharat Ram | Social Work | Delhi # | |
| Prof. Mustansir Barma | Science and Engineering | Maharashtra | |
| Shri Avinash Chander | Science and Engineering | Delhi | |
| Prof. Sanjay Govind Dhande | Science and Engineering | Uttar Pradesh | |
| Prof. (Dr.) Sankar Kumar Pal | Science and Engineering | West Bengal | |
| Prof. Deepak B. Phatak | Science and Engineering | Maharashtra | |
| Dr. Mudundi Ramakrishna Raju | Science and Engineering | Andhra Pradesh | |
| Prof. Ajay K. Sood | Science and Engineering | Karnataka | |
| Prof. Krishnaswamy Vijayraghavan | Science and Engineering | Karnataka | |
| Dr. Manindra Agrawal | Science and Engineering | Uttar Pradesh | |
| Dr. Jayaraman Gowrishankar | Science and Engineering | Andhra Pradesh | |
| Prof. Sharad Pandurang Kale | Science and Engineering | Maharashtra | |
| Smt. Vandana Luthra | Trade and Industry | Delhi | |
| Ms. Rajshree Pathy | Trade and Industry | Tamil Nadu | |
| Shri Hemendra Prasad Barooah | Trade and Industry | Assam | |
| Shri Milind Kamble | Trade and Industry | Maharashtra | |
| Ms. Kalpana Saroj | Trade and Industry | Maharashtra | |
| Dr. Sudarshan K. Aggarwal | Medicine | Delhi | |
| Dr. C. Venkata S. Ram alias Chitta Venkata Sundara Ram | Medicine | Andhra Pradesh | |
| Dr. Rajendra Achyut Badwe | Medicine | Maharashtra | |
| Dr. Taraprasad Das | Medicine | Orissa | |
| Prof. (Dr.) T.V. Devarajan | Medicine | Tamil Nadu | |
| Prof. (Dr.) Saroj Chooramani Gopal | Medicine | Uttar Pradesh | |
| Dr. Pramod Kumar Julka | Medicine | Delhi | |
| Dr. Gulshan Rai Khatri | Medicine | Delhi | |
| Dr. Ganesh Kumar Mani | Medicine | Delhi | |
| Dr. Amit Prabhakar Maydeo | Medicine | Maharashtra | |
| Dr. Sundaram Natarajan | Medicine | Maharashtra | |
| Prof. Krishna Chandra Chunekar | Medicine | Uttar Pradesh | |
| Dr. Vishwa Kumar Gupta | Medicine | Delhi | |
| Prof. (Capt.) Dr. Mohammad Sharaf-e-Alam | Literature & Education | Bihar | |
| Dr. Radhika Herzberger | Literature & Education | Andhra Pradesh | |
| Shri J. Malsawma | Literature & Education | Mizoram | |
| Shri Devendra Patel | Literature & Education | Gujarat | |
| Dr. Rama Kant Shukla | Literature & Education | Delhi | |
| Prof. Akhtarul Wasey | Literature & Education | Delhi | |
| Prof. Anvita Abbi | Literature & Education | Delhi | |
| Shri Nida Fazli | Literature & Education | Madhya Pradesh | |
| Shri Surender Kumar Sharma | Literature & Education | Delhi | |
| Dr. Jagdish Prasad Singh | Literature & Education | Bihar | |
| Late Shaukat Riaz Kapoor Alias Salik Lakhnawi | Literature & Education | West Bengal # | |
| Prof. Noboru Karashima | Literature & Education | Japan * | |
| Shri Christopher Pinney | Literature & Education | UK * | |
| Smt. Premlata Agrawal | Sports | Jharkhand | |
| Shri Yogeshwar Dutt | Sports | Haryana | |
| Shri Hosanagara Nagarajegowda Girisha | Sports | Karnataka | |
| Subedar Major Vijay Kumar | Sports | Himachal Pradesh | |
| Shri Ngangom Dingko Singh | Sports | Maharashtra | |
| Naib Subedar Bajrang Lal Takhar | Sports | Rajasthan | |
| Ms. Ritu Kumar | Fashion Designing | Delhi | |
| Dr. Ravindra Singh Bisht | Archaeology | Uttar Pradesh |
Note: * indicates awardees in the category of Foreigners / NRIs/ PIOs.
# indicates awardees in the posthumous category.
As per the release above Ms Mary Kom from Manipur is awarded Padma Vibhushan in sports category and Mr Ngangom Dingko Singh from Maharastra in Padma Shri Awards also in sports category
