PADMA AWARDS 2019

PADMA  AWARDS 2019

About the Padma Awards:

Padma Vibhushan	Padma Bhushan	Padma Shri

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 Awardees of 2019:

This year the President of India has approved conferment of 112 Padma Awards including one duo case (in a duo case, the Award is counted as one) as per list below. The list comprises 4 Padma Vibhushan, 14 Padma Bhushan and 94 Padma Shri Awards. 21 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 11 persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI, 3 Posthumous awardees and 1 transgender person.

PADMA VIBHUSHAN (4)
Name	Field	State
Ms. Teejan Bai	Art-Vocals-Folk	Chhattisgarh
Shri Ismail Omar Guelleh (Foreigner)	Public Affairs	Djibouti
Shri Anilkumar Manibhai Naik	Trade & Industry-Infrastructure	Maharashtra
Shri Balwant Moreshwar Purandare	Art-Acting-Theatre	Maharashtra
PADMA BHUSHAN (14)
Name	Field	State
Shri John Chambers (Foreigner)	Trade & Industry-Technology	USA
Shri Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa	Public Affairs	Punjab
Shri Pravin Gordhan (Foreigner)	Public Affairs	South Africa
Shri Mahashay Dharam Pal Gulati	Trade & Industry-Food Processing	Delhi
Shri Darshan Lal Jain	Social Work	Haryana
Shri Ashok Laxmanrao Kukade	Medicine-Affordable Healthcare	Maharashtra
Shri Kariya Munda	Public Affairs	Jharkhand
Shri Budhaditya Mukherjee	Art-Music-Sitar	West Bengal
Shri Mohanlal Viswanathan Nair	Art-Acting-Film	Kerala
Shri S Nambi Narayan	Science & Engineering-Space	Kerala
Shri Kuldip Nayar (Posthumous)	Literature & Education (Journalism)	Delhi
Ms. Bachendri Pal	Sports-Mountaineering	Uttarakhand
Shri V K Shunglu	Civil Service	Delhi
Shri Hukumdev Narayan Yadav	Public Affairs	Bihar

PADMA SHRI (94)
Name	Field	State
Shri Rajeshwar Acharya	Art-Vocal-Hindustani	Uttar Pradesh
Shri Bangaru Adigalar	Others-Spiritualism	Tamil Nadu
Shri Illias Ali	Medicine-Surgery	Assam
Shri Manoj Bajpayee	Art-Acting-Films	Maharashtra
Shri Uddhab Kumar Bharali	Science & Engineering-Grassroots Innovation	Assam
Shri Omesh Kumar Bharti	Medicine-Rabies	Himachal Pradesh
Shri Pritam Bhartwan	Art-Vocals-Folk	Uttarakhand
Shri Jyoti Bhatt	Art-Painting	Gujarat
Shri Dilip Chakravarty	Others-Archaeology	Delhi
Shri Mammen Chandy	Medicine-Hematology	West Bengal
Shri Swapan Chaudhuri	Art-Music-Tabla	West Bengal
Shri Kanwal Singh Chauhan	Others-Agriculture	Haryana
Shri Sunil Chhetri	Sports-Football	Telangana
Shri Dinyar Contractor	Art-Acting-Theatre	Maharashtra
Ms. Muktaben Pankajkumar Dagli	Social Work-Divyang Welfare	Gujarat
Shri Babulal Dahiya	Others-Agriculture	Madhya Pradesh
Shri Thanga Darlong	Art-Music-Flute	Tripura
Shri Prabhu Deva	Art-Dance	Karnataka
Ms. Rajkumari Devi	Others-Agriculture	Bihar
Ms. Bhagirathi Devi	Public Affairs	Bihar
Shri Baldev Singh Dhillon	Science & Engineering-Agriculture	Punjab
Ms. Harika Dronavalli	Sports-Chess	Andhra Pradesh
Ms. Godawari Dutta	Art-Painting	Bihar
Shri Gautam Gambhir	Sports-Cricket	Delhi
Ms. Draupadi Ghimiray	Social Work-Divyang Welfare	Sikkim
Ms. Rohini Godbole	Science & Engineering-Nuclear	Karnataka
Shri Sandeep Guleria	Medicine-Surgery	Delhi
Shri Pratap Singh Hardia	Medicine- Ophthmology	Madhya Pradesh
Shri Bulu Imam	Social Work-Culture	Jharkhand
Ms. Friederike Irina (Foreigner)	Social Work-Animal Welfare	Germany
Shri Joravarsinh Jadav	Art-Dance Folk	Gujarat
Shri S Jaishankar	Civil Service	Delhi
Shri Narsingh Dev Jamwal	Literature & Education	Jammu & Kashmir
Shri Fayaz Ahmad Jan	Art-Craft-Papier Mache	Jammu & Kashmir
Shri K G Jayan	Art-Music-Bhakti	Kerala
Shri Subhash Kak (Foreigner)	Science & Engineering-Technology	USA
Shri Sharath Kamal	Sports-Table Tennis	Tamil Nadu
Shri Rajani Kant	Social Work	Uttar Pradesh
Shri Sudam Kate	Medicine-Sickle Cell	Maharashtra
Shri Waman Kendre	Art-Acting-Theatre	Maharashtra
Shri Kader Khan (Posthumous-Foreigner)	Art-Acting-Films	Canada
Shri Abdul Gafur Khatri	Art-Painting	Gujarat
Shri Ravindra Kolhe (Duo)* Ms. Smita Kolhe (Duo)*	Medicine-Affordable Healthcare	Maharashtra
Ms. Bombayla Devi Laishram	Sports-Archery	Manipur
Shri Kailash Madbaiya	Literature & Education	Madhya Pradesh
Shri Ramesh Babaji Maharaj	Social Work-Animal Welfare	Uttar Pradesh
Shri Vallabhbhai Vasrambhai Marvaniya	Others-Agriculture	Gujarat
Ms. Gita Mehta (Foreigner)	Literature & Education	USA
Shri Shadab Mohammad	Medicine-Dentistry	Uttar Pradesh
Shri K K Muhammed	Others-Archaeology	Kerala
Shri Shyama Prasad Mukherjee	Medicine-Affordable Healthcare	Jharkhand
Shri Daitari Naik	Social Work	Odisha
Shri Shankar Mahadevan Narayan	Art-Vocals-Films	Maharashtra
Shri Shantanu Narayen (Foreigner)	Trade & Industry-Technology	USA
Nartaki Natraj	Art-Dance-Bharatnatyam	Tamil Nadu
Shri Tsering Norboo	Medicine-Surgery	Jammu & Kashmir
Shri Anup Ranjan Pandey	Art-Music	Chhattisgarh
Shri Jagdish Prasad Parikh	Others-Agriculture	Rajasthan
Shri Ganpatbhai Patel (Foreigner)	Literature & Education	USA
Shri Bimal Patel	Others-Architecture	Gujarat
Shri Hukumchand Patidar	Others-Agriculture	Rajasthan
Shri Harvinder Singh Phoolka	Public Affairs	Punjab
Ms. Madurai Chinna Pillai	Social Work-Microfinance	Tamil Nadu
Ms. Tao Porchon-Lynch (Foreigner)	Others-Yoga	USA
Ms. Kamala Pujhari	Others-Agriculture	Odisha
Shri Bajrang Punia	Sports-Wrestling	Haryana
Shri Jagat Ram	Medicine-Ophthalmology	Chandigarh
Shri R V Ramani	Medicine-Ophthalmology	Tamil Nadu
Shri Devarapalli Prakash Rao	Social Work-Affordable Education	Odisha
Shri Anup Sah	Art-Photography	Uttarakhand
Ms. Milena Salvini (Foreigner)	Art-Dance-Kathakali	France
Shri Nagindas Sanghavi	Literature & Education-Journalism	Maharashtra
Shri Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry	Art-Lyrics	Telangana
Shri Shabbir Sayyad	Social Work-Animal Welfare	Maharashtra
Shri Mahesh Sharma	Social Work-Tribal Welfare	Madhya Pradesh
Shri Mohammad Hanif Khan Shastri	Literature & Education	Delhi
Shri Brijesh Kumar Shukla	Literature & Education	Uttar Pradesh
Shri Narendra Singh	Others-Animal Husbandry	Haryana
Ms. Prashanti Singh	Sports-Basketball	Uttar Pradesh
Shri Sultan Singh	Others-Animal Husbandry	Haryana
Shri Jyoti Kumar Sinha	Social Work-Affordable Education	Bihar
Shri Anandan Sivamani	Art-Music	Tamil Nadu
Ms. Sharada Srinivasan	Others-Archaeology	Karnataka
Shri Devendra Swarup (Posthumous)	Literature & Education-Journalism	Uttar Pradesh
Shri Ajay Thakur	Sports-Kabaddi	Himachal Pradesh
Shri Rajeev Tharanath	Art-Music-Sarod	Karnataka
Ms. Saalumarada Thimmakka	Social Work-Environment	Karnataka
Ms. Jamuna Tudu	Social Work-Environment	Jharkhand
Shri Bharat Bhushan Tyagi	Others-Agriculture	Uttar Pradesh
Shri Ramaswami Venkataswami	Medicine-Surgery	Tamil Nadu
Shri Ram Saran Verma	Others-Agriculture	Uttar Pradesh
Shri Swami Vishudhananda	Others-Spiritualism	Kerala
Shri Hiralal Yadav	Art-Vocals-Folk	Uttar Pradesh
Shri Venkateswara Rao Yadlapalli	Others-Agriculture	Andhra Pradesh

Watch Award Ceremony on Youtube:
Ceremony I
Ceremony II

Source: https://padmaawards.gov.in/