Padma Awards 2019 announced

Padma Awards 2019 announced

Padma Awards - one of the highest civilian Awards of the country, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. 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 awards are announced on the occasion of 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. 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)

 

S.No

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)

 

S.No

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)

 

S.No

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)*

Medicine-Affordable Healthcare

Maharashtra

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

 

Note: * indicates duo case. (counted as one award)

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