President Pranab Mukherjee has approved the conferment of Padma Awards to 89 persons this year.
The list comprises of 7 Padma Vibhushan, 7 Padma Bhushan and 75 Padma Shri Awardees. In the list 19 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 5 persons from the category of foreigners, NRIs, PIOs and 6 Posthumous awardees.
Padma Awards are one of the highest civilian Awards of the country and the awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year.
‘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.
Here is the list of people awardees with their respective field and state.
Padma Vibhushan
1. Shri K J Yesudas Art- Music - Kerala
2. Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev Others-Spiritualism - Tamil Nadu
3. Shri Sharad Pawar - Public Affairs - Maharashtra
4. Shri Murli Manohar Joshi - Public Affairs - Uttar Pradesh
5. Prof. Udipi Ramachandra Rao -Science & Engineering - Karnataka
6. Late Shri Sunder Lal Patwa (Posthumous) - Public Affairs - Madhya Pradesh
7. Late Shri PA Sangma (Posthumous) - Public Affairs - Meghalaya
Padma Bhushan
1. Shri Vishwa Mohan Bhatt Art-Music - Rajasthan
2. Prof. (Dr.) Devi Prasad Dwivedi - Literature & Education - Uttar Pradesh
3. Shri Tehemton Udwadia - Medicine - Maharashtra
4. Shri Ratna Sundar Maharaj Others-Spiritualism - Gujarat
5. Swami Niranjana Nanda Saraswati Others-Yoga - Bihar
6. H.R.H. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn (Foreigner) -Literature & Education -Thailand
7. Late Shri Cho Ramaswamy (Posthumous) -Literature & Education, Journalism -Tamil Nadu
Padma Shri
1. Smt. Basanti Bisht Art-Music - Uttarakhand
2. Shri Chemanchery Kunhiraman Nair -Art-Dance Kerala
3. Smt. Aruna Mohanty Art-Dance Odisha
4. Smt. Bharathi Vishnuvardhan Art-Cinema Karnataka
5. Shri Sadhu Meher Art-Cinema Odisha
6. Shri T K Murthy Art-Music Tamil Nadu
7. Shri Laishram Birendrakumar Singh Art-Music Manipur
8. Shri Krishna Ram Chaudhary Art-Music - Uttar Pradesh
9. Smt. Baoa Devi Art-Painting -Bihar
10. Shri Tilak Gitai Art-Painting - Rajasthan
11. Dr. Prof. Aekka Yadagiri Rao - Art-Sculpture -Telangana
12. Shri Jitendra Haripal Art-Music- Odisha
13. Shri Kailash Kher Art-Music - Maharashtra
14. Smt. Parassala B Ponnammal Art-Music - Kerala
15. Smt. Sukri Bommagowda Art-Music - Karnataka
16. Shri Mukund Nayak Art-Music - Jharkhand
17. Shri Purushottam Upadhyay Art-Music- Gujarat
18. Smt. Anuradha Paudwal Art-Music - Maharashtra
19. Shri Wareppa Naba Nil Art-Theatre - Manipur
20. Shri Tripuraneni Hanuman Chowdary - Civil Service -Telangana
21. Shri T.K. Viswanathan - Civil Service -Haryana
22. Shri Kanwal Sibal -Civil Service -Delhi
23. Shri Birkha Bahadur Limboo Muringla - Literature & Education - Sikkim
24. Smt. Eli Ahmed - Literature & Education - Assam
25. Dr. Narendra Kohli - Literature & Education - Delhi
26. Prof. G. Venkatasubbiah - Literature & Education -Karnataka
27. Shri Akkitham Achyuthan Namboothiri -Literature & Education -Kerala
28. Shri Kashi Nath Pandita - Literature & Education - Jammu & Kashmir
29.. Shri Chamu Krishna Shastry -Literature & Education -Delhi
30. Shri Harihar Kripalu Tripathi -Literature & Education -Uttar Pradesh
31. Shri Michel Danino- Literature & Education -Tamil Nadu
32. Shri Punam Suri -Literature & Education - Delhi
33. Shri VG Patel - Literature & Education - Gujarat
34. Smt. V Koteswaramma -Literature & Education -Andhra Pradesh
35. Shri Balbir Dutt - Literature & Education, Journalism - Jharkhand
36. Smt. Bhawana Somaaya -Literature & Education, Journalism -Maharashtra
37. Shri Vishnu Pandya -Literature & Education, Journalism - Gujarat
38. Dr. Subroto Das - Medicine -Gujarat
39. Dr. (Smt.) Bhakti Yadav -Medicine - Madhya Pradesh
40. Dr. Mohammed Abdul Waheed - Medicine - Telangana
41. Dr. Madan Madhav Godbole -Medicine - Uttar Pradesh
42. Dr. Devendra Dayabhai Patel - Medicine -Gujarat
43. Prof. Harkishan Singh -Medicine - Chandigarh
44. Dr. Mukut Minz -Medicine -Chandigarh
45. Shri Arun Kumar Sharma Others-Archaeology - Chhattisgarh
46. Shri Sanjeev Kapoor -Culinary - Maharashtra
47. Smt. Meenakshi Amma -Martial Art - Kerala
48. Shri Genabhai Dargabhai Patel -Agriculture- Gujarat
49. Shri Chandrakant Pithawa - Science & Engineering - Telangana
50. Prof. Ajoy Kumar Ray -Science & Engineering -West Bengal
51. Shri Chintakindi Mallesham - Science & Engineering -Andhra Pradesh
52. Shri Jitendra Nath Goswami -Science & Engineering -Assam
53. Shri Daripalli Ramaiah -Social Work - Telangana
54. Shri Girish Bhardwaj -Social Work - Karnataka
55. Shri Karimul Hak - Social Work - West Bengal
56. Shri Bipin Ganatra - Social Work - West Bengal
57. Smt. Nivedita Raghunath Bhide -Social work- Tamil Nadu
58. Shri Appasaheb Dharmadhikari -Social Work - Maharashtra
59. Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal - Social Work - Punjab
60. Shri Virat Kohli - Sports: Cricket - Delhi
61. Shri Shekar Naik -Sports:Cricket -Karnataka
62. Shri Vikasa Gowda -Sports-:Throw- Karnataka
63. Smt. Deepa Malik -Sports:Athletics-Haryana
64. Shri Mariyappan Thangavelu -Sports:Athletics - Tamil Nadu
65. Smt. Dipa Karmakar - Sports: Gymnastics - Tripura
66. Shri P R Shreejesh - Sports: Hockey -Kerala
67. Smt. Sakshi Malik -Sports: Wrestling - Haryana
68. Shri Mohan Reddy Venkatrama Bodanapu -Trade & Industry -Telangana
69. Shri Imrat Khan (NRI/PIO) -Art-Music USA
70. Shri Anant Agarwal (NRI/PIO) - Literature & Education -USA
71. Shri H.R. Shah (NRI/PIO) - Literature & Education: Journalism - USA
72. Late (Smt.) Suniti Solomon (Posthumous) -Medicine -Tamil Nadu
73. Shri Asoke Kumar Bhattacharyya (Posthumous) -Archaeology -West Bengal
74. Dr. Mapuskar (Posthumous) - Social Work - Maharashtra
75. Smt. Anuradha Koirala (Foreigner) - Social Work- Nepal