PADMA AWARDS 2017

PADMA AWARDS

Padma Awards, one of the highest civilian Awards of the country, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri are given for exceptional and distinguished service in any field including service rendered by Government servants.
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 recommendations for Padma Awards are received from the State Governments/Union Territory Administrations, Central Ministries/Departments, Institutions of Excellence, etc. which are considered by an Awards Committee. On the basis of the recommendations of the Awards Committee, and after approval of the Home Minister, Prime Minister and President, the Padma Awards are announced on the eve of the 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 AWARDS 2017

This year the President of India has approved conferment of Padma Awards to 89 persons as per the list below. The list comprises of 7 Padma Vibhushan, 7 Padma Bhushan and 75 Padma Shri Awardees. 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 VIBHUSHAN

Name  : Field  : (State)

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

Name  : Field  : (State)
8. Shri Vishwa Mohan Bhatt : Art-Music (Rajasthan)
9. Prof. (Dr.) Devi Prasad
Dwivedi
: Literature & Education (Uttar Pradesh)
10. Shri Tehemton Udwadia  : Medicine (Maharashtra)
11. Shri Ratna Sundar Maharaj  : Others-Spiritualism (Gujarat)
12. Swami Niranjana Nanda
Saraswati
: Others-Yoga (Bihar)
13. H.R.H. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn  (Foreigner)
: Literature & Education (Thailand)
14. Late Shri Cho Ramaswamy
(Posthumous)
: Literature & Education –
Journalism (Tamil Nadu)

PADMA SHRI

Name  : Field  : (State)
15. Smt. Basanti Bisht : Art-Music (Uttarakhand)
16. Shri Chemanchery
Kunhiraman Nair  : Art-dance (Kerala)
17. Smt. Aruna Mohanty  : Art-Dance (Odisha)
18. Smt. Bharathi Vishnuvardhan  : Art-Cinema (Karnataka)
19. Shri Sadhu Meher  : Art-Cinema (Odisha)
20. Shri T K Murthy : Art-Music (Tamil Nadu)
21. Shri Laishram Birendrakumar Singh :  Art-Music (Manipur)
22. Shri Krishna Ram Chaudhary  : Art-Music (Uttar Pradesh)
23. Smt. Baoa Devi  : Art-Painting (Bihar
24. Shri Tilak Gitai  : Art-Painting (Rajasthan)
25. Dr. Prof. Aekka Yadagiri Rao  : Art-Sculpture (Telangana)
26. Shri Jitendra Haripal  : Art-Music (Odisha)
27. Shri Kailash Kher : Art-Music (Maharashtra)
28. Smt. Parassala B Ponnammal  : Art-Music (Kerala)
29. Smt. Sukri Bommagowda : Art-Music (Karnataka)
30. Shri Mukund Nayak  : Art-Music (Jharkhand)
31. Shri Purushottam Upadhyay : Art-Music (Gujarat)
32. Smt. Anuradha Paudwal  : Art-Music (Maharashtra)
33. Shri Wareppa Naba Nil : Art-Theatre (Manipur)
34. Shri Tripuraneni Hanuman
Chowdary : Civil Service (Telangana)
35. Shri T.K. Viswanathan : Civil Service (Haryana)
36. Shri Kanwal Sibal : Civil Service Delhi)
37. Shri Birkha Bahadur Limboo Muringla : Literature & Education (Sikkim)
38. Smt. Eli Ahmed : Literature & Education (Assam)
39. Dr. Narendra Kohli : Literature & Education (Delhi)
40. Prof. G. Venkatasubbiah : Literature & Education (Karnataka)
41. Shri Akkitham Achyuthan
Namboothiri : Literature & Education (Kerala)
42. Shri Kashi Nath Pandita : Literature & Education (Jammu & Kashmir)
43. Shri Chamu Krishna Shastry : Literature & Education (Delhi)
44. Shri Harihar Kripalu Tripathi : Literature & Education (Uttar Pradesh)
45. Shri Michel Danino : Literature & Education (Tamil Nadu)
46. Shri Punam Suri : Literature & Education (Delhi)
47. Shri VG Patel : Literature & Education (Gujarat)
48. Smt. V Koteswaramma : Literature & Education (Andhra Pradesh)
49. Shri Balbir Dutt : Literature & Education-Journalism (Jharkhand)
50. Smt. Bhawana Somaaya : Literature & Education-
Journalism (Maharashtra)
51. Shri Vishnu Pandya : Literature & Education-
Journalism (Gujarat)
52. Dr. Subroto Das : Medicine (Gujarat)
53. Dr. (Smt.) Bhakti Yadav : Medicine (Madhya Pradesh)
54. Dr. Mohammed Abdul
Waheed : Medicine (Telangana)
55. Dr. Madan Madhav Godbole : Medicine (Uttar Pradesh)
56. Dr. Devendra Dayabhai Patel : Medicine (Gujarat)
57. Prof. Harkishan Singh : Medicine (Chandigarh)
58. Dr. Mukut Minz : Medicine (Chandigarh)
59. Shri Arun Kumar Sharma : Others-Archaeology (Chhattisgarh)
60. Shri Sanjeev Kapoor : Others-Culinary (Maharashtra)
61. Smt. Meenakshi Amma : Others-Martial Art (Kerala)
62. Shri Genabhai Dargabhai
Patel : Others-Agriculture  (Gujarat)
63. Shri Chandrakant Pithawa : Science & Engineering (Telangana)
64. Prof. Ajoy Kumar Ray Science & Engineering (West Bengal)
65. Shri Chintakindi Mallesham : Science & Engineering (Andhra Pradesh)
66. Shri Jitendra Nath Goswami : Science & Engineering (Assam)
67. Shri Daripalli Ramaiah : Social Work (Telangana)
68. Shri Girish Bhardwaj : Social Work (Karnataka)
69. Shri Karimul Hak : Social Work (West Bengal)
70. Shri Bipin Ganatra : Social Work (West Bengal)
71. Smt. Nivedita Raghunath
Bhide : Social work (Tamil Nadu)
72. Shri Appasaheb
Dharmadhikari : Social Work (Maharashtra)
73. Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal : Social Work (Punjab)
74. Shri Virat Kohli : Sports-Cricket (Delhi)
75. Shri Shekar Naik : Sports-Cricket (Karnataka)
76. Shri Vikasa Gowda : Sports-Discus Throw (Karnataka)
77. Smt. Deepa Malik : Sports-Athletics (Haryana)
78. Shri Mariyappan Thangavelu : Sports-Athletics (Tamil Nadu)
79. Smt. Dipa Karmakar : Sports-Gymnastics (Tripura)
80. Shri P R Shreejesh : Sports-Hockey (Kerala)
81. Smt. Sakshi Malik : Sports-Wrestling (Haryana )
82. Shri Mohan Reddy
Venkatrama Bodanapu : Trade & Industry (Telangana)
83. Shri Imrat Khan (NRI/PIO) : Art-Music (USA)
84. Shri Anant Agarwal
(NRI/PIO) : Literature & Education (USA)
85. Shri H.R. Shah (NRI/PIO)
 : Literature & Education -Journalism (USA)
86. Late (Smt.) Suniti Solomon
(Posthumous) :  Medicine (Tamil Nadu)
87.Shri Asoke Kumar
Bhattacharyya
(Posthumous) : Others-Archaeology (West Bengal)
88. Dr. Mapuskar (Posthumous) : Social Work (Maharashtra )
89. Smt. Anuradha Koirala
(Foreigner) : Social Work (Nepal)

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