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 2017
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 P A Sangma(Posthumous)
Public Affairs
Meghalaya
Padma Bhushan 2017
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
Padma Shri 2017
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 V G 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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