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.
Name | Field | State |
Shri K J Yesudas | Art-Music | Kerala |
Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev | Others-Spiritualism | Tamil Nadu |
Shri Sharad Pawar | Public Affairs | Maharashtra |
Shri Murli Manohar Joshi | Public Affairs | Uttar Pradesh |
Prof. Udipi Ramachandra Rao | Science & Engineering | Karnataka |
Late Shri Sunder Lal Patwa (Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Madhya Pradesh |
Late Shri PA Sangma(Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Meghalaya |
Name | Field | State/Country |
Shri Vishwa Mohan Bhatt | Art-Music | Rajasthan |
Prof. (Dr.) Devi Prasad Dwivedi | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh |
Shri Tehemton Udwadia | Medicine | Maharashtra |
Shri Ratna Sundar Maharaj | Others-Spiritualism | Gujarat |
Swami Niranjana Nanda Saraswati | Others-Yoga | Bihar |
H.R.H. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn (Foreigner) | Literature & Education | Thailand |
Late Shri Cho Ramaswamy (Posthumous) | Literature & Education - Journalism | Tamil Nadu |
Name | Field | State/Country |
Smt. Basanti Bisht | Art-Music | Uttarakhand |
Shri Chemanchery Kunhiraman Nair | Art-Dance | Kerala |
Smt. Aruna Mohanty | Art-Dance | Odisha |
Smt. Bharathi Vishnuvardhan | Art-Cinema | Karnataka |
Shri Sadhu Meher | Art-Cinema | Odisha |
Shri T K Murthy | Art-Music | Tamil Nadu |
Shri Laishram Birendrakumar Singh | Art-Music | Manipur |
Shri Krishna Ram Chaudhary | Art-Music | Uttar Pradesh |
Smt. Baoa Devi | Art-Painting | Bihar |
Shri Tilak Gitai | Art-Painting | Rajasthan |
Dr. Prof. Aekka Yadagiri Rao | Art-Sculpture | Telangana |
Shri Jitendra Haripal | Art-Music | Odisha |
Shri Kailash Kher | Art-Music | Maharashtra |
Smt. Parassala B Ponnammal | Art-Music | Kerala |
Smt. Sukri Bommagowda | Art-Music | Karnataka |
Shri Mukund Nayak | Art-Music | Jharkhand |
Shri Purushottam Upadhyay | Art-Music | Gujarat |
Smt. Anuradha Paudwal | Art-Music | Maharashtra |
Shri Wareppa Naba Nil | Art-Theatre | Manipur |
Shri Tripuraneni Hanuman Chowdary | Civil Service | Telangana |
Shri T.K. Viswanathan | Civil Service | Haryana |
Shri Kanwal Sibal | Civil Service | Delhi |
Shri Birkha Bahadur Limboo Muringla | Literature & Education | Sikkim |
Smt. Eli Ahmed | Literature & Education | Assam |
Dr. Narendra Kohli | Literature & Education | Delhi |
Prof. G. Venkatasubbiah | Literature & Education | Karnataka |
Shri Akkitham Achyuthan Namboothiri | Literature & Education | Kerala |
Shri Kashi Nath Pandita | Literature & Education | Jammu & Kashmir |
Shri Chamu Krishna Shastry | Literature & Education | Delhi |
Shri Harihar Kripalu Tripathi | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh |
Shri Michel Danino | Literature & Education | Tamil Nadu |
Shri Punam Suri | Literature & Education | Delhi |
Shri VG Patel | Literature & Education | Gujarat |
Smt. V Koteswaramma | Literature & Education | Andhra Pradesh |
Shri Balbir Dutt | Literature & Education-Journalism | Jharkhand |
Smt. Bhawana Somaaya | Literature & Education-Journalism | Maharashtra |
Shri Vishnu Pandya | Literature & Education-Journalism | Gujarat |
Dr. Subroto Das | Medicine | Gujarat |
Dr. (Smt.) Bhakti Yadav | Medicine | Madhya Pradesh |
Dr. Mohammed Abdul Waheed | Medicine | Telangana |
Dr. Madan Madhav Godbole | Medicine | Uttar Pradesh |
Dr. Devendra Dayabhai Patel | Medicine | Gujarat |
Prof. Harkishan Singh | Medicine | Chandigarh |
Dr. Mukut Minz | Medicine | Chandigarh |
Shri Arun Kumar Sharma | Others-Archaeology | Chhattisgarh |
Shri Sanjeev Kapoor | Others-Culinary | Maharashtra |
Smt. Meenakshi Amma | Others-Martial Art | Kerala |
Shri Genabhai Dargabhai Patel | Others-Agriculture | Gujarat |
Shri Chandrakant Pithawa | Science & Engineering | Telangana |
Prof. Ajoy Kumar Ray | Science & Engineering | West Bengal |
Shri Chintakindi Mallesham | Science & Engineering | Andhra Pradesh |
Shri Jitendra Nath Goswami | Science & Engineering | Assam |
Shri Daripalli Ramaiah | Social Work | Telangana |
Shri Girish Bhardwaj | Social Work | Karnataka |
Shri Karimul Hak | Social Work | West Bengal |
Shri Bipin Ganatra | Social Work | West Bengal |
Smt. Nivedita Raghunath Bhide | Social work | Tamil Nadu |
Shri Appasaheb Dharmadhikari | Social Work | Maharashtra |
Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal | Social Work | Punjab |
Shri Virat Kohli | Sports-Cricket | Delhi |
Shri Shekar Naik | Sports-Cricket | Karnataka |
Shri Vikasa Gowda | Sports-Discus Throw | Karnataka |
Smt. Deepa Malik | Sports-Athletics | Haryana |
Shri Mariyappan Thangavelu | Sports-Athletics | Tamil Nadu |
Smt. Dipa Karmakar | Sports-Gymnastics | Tripura |
Shri P R Shreejesh | Sports-Hockey | Kerala |
Smt. Sakshi Malik | Sports-Wrestling | Haryana |
Shri Mohan Reddy Venkatrama Bodanapu | Trade & Industry | Telangana |
Shri Imrat Khan (NRI/PIO) | Art-Music | USA |
Shri Anant Agarwal (NRI/PIO) | Literature & Education | USA |
Shri H.R. Shah (NRI/PIO) | Literature & Education-Journalism | USA |
Late (Smt.) Suniti Solomon (Posthumous) | Medicine | Tamil Nadu |
Shri Asoke Kumar Bhattacharyya (Posthumous) | Others-Archaeology | West Bengal |
Dr. Mapuskar (Posthumous) | Social Work | Maharashtra |
Smt. Anuradha Koirala (Foreigner) | Social Work | Nepal |
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