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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. 2. 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 consented to confer Padma Awards to 108 persons as per the list below. The list comprises of 4 Padma Vibhushan, 24 Padma Bhushan and 80 Padma Shri Awardees. 24 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 11 persons from the category of foreigners, NRIs, PIOs and Posthumous awardees. Padma Vibhushan Sl No. Name Shri Raghunath Mohapatra Shri S. Haider Raza Prof. Yash Pal Prof. Roddam Narasimha Discipline Art Art Science and Engineering Science and Engineering Padma Bhushan Sl No. Name Dr. Ramanaidu Daggubati Smt. Sreeramamurthy Janaki Dr. (Smt.) Kanak Rele Smt. Sharmila Tagore Dr. (Smt.) Saroja Vaidyanathan Shri Abdul Rashid Khan Late Rajesh Khanna Late Jaspal Singh Bhatti Shri Shivajirao Girdhar Patil Dr. Apathukatha Sivathanu Pillai Dr. Vijay Kumar Saraswat Dr. Ashoke Sen Dr. B.N. Suresh Prof. Satya N. Atluri Prof. Jogesh Chandra Pati Art Art Art Art Art Art Art Art Public Affairs Science and Engineering Science and Engineering Science and Engineering Science and Engineering Science and Engineering Science and Engineering Discipline State/ Domicile Andhra Pradesh Tamil Nadu Maharashtra Delhi Delhi West Bengal Maharashtra # Punjab # Maharashtra Delhi Delhi Uttar Pradesh Karnataka USA * USA * State/ Domicile Orissa Delhi Uttar Pradesh Karnataka

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Shri Ramamurthy Thyagarajan Shri Adi Burjor Godrej Dr. Nandkishore Shamrao Laud Shri Mangesh Padgaonkar Prof. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak Shri Hemendra Singh Panwar Dr. Maharaj Kishan Bhan Shri Rahul Dravid Ms. H. Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom

Trade and Industry Trade and Industry Medicine Literature & Education Literature & Education Civil Service Civil Service Sports Sports

Tamil Nadu Maharashtra Maharashtra Maharashtra USA* Madhya Pradesh Delhi Karnataka Manipur

Padma Shri Sl No. Name Shri Gajam Anjaiah Swami G.C.D. Bharti alias Bharati Bandhu Ms. B. Jayashree Smt. Sridevi Kapoor Shri Kailash Chandra Meher Shri Brahmdeo Ram Pandit Shri Vishwanath Dinkar Patekar alias Nana Patekar Shri Rekandar Nageswara Rao alias Surabhi Babji Shri Lakshmi Narayana Sathiraju Smt. Jaymala Shiledar Shri Suresh Dattatray Talwalkar Shri P. Madhavan Nair alias Madhu Shri Apurba Kishore Bir Shri Ghanakanta Bora Borbayan Smt. Hilda Mit Lepcha Smt. Sudha Malhotra Shri Ghulam Mohammad Saznawaz Shri Ramesh Gopaldas Sippy Ms. Mahrukh Tarapor Shri Balwant Thakur Shri Puran Das Baul Shri Rajendra Tikku Shri Pablo Bartholomew Art Art Art Art Art Art Art Art Art Art Art Art Art Art Art Art Art Art Art Art Art Art Art Discipline State/ Domicile Andhra Pradesh Chhattisgarh Karnataka Maharashtra Orissa Maharashtra Maharashtra Andhra Pradesh Tamil Nadu Maharashtra Maharashtra Kerala Maharashtra Assam Sikkim Maharashtra Jammu and Kashmir Maharashtra Maharashtra Jammu & Kashmir West Bengal Jammu & Kashmir Delhi

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Shri S. Shakir Ali Sh. S.K.M Maeilanandhan Ms. Nileema Mishra Ms. Reema Nanavati Ms. Jharna Dhara Chowdhury Late Dr. Ram Krishan Late Manju Bharat Ram Prof. Mustansir Barma Shri Avinash Chander Prof. Sanjay Govind Dhande Prof. (Dr.) Sankar Kumar Pal Prof. Deepak B. Phatak Dr. Mudundi Ramakrishna Raju Prof. Ajay K. Sood Prof. Krishnaswamy Vijayraghavan Dr. Manindra Agrawal Dr. Jayaraman Gowrishankar Prof. Sharad Pandurang Kale Smt. Vandana Luthra Ms. Rajshree Pathy Shri Hemendra Prasad Barooah Shri Milind Kamble Ms. Kalpana Saroj Dr. Sudarshan K. Aggarwal Dr. C. Venkata S. Ram alias Chitta Venkata Sundara Ram Dr. Rajendra Achyut Badwe Dr. Taraprasad Das Prof. (Dr.) T.V. Devarajan Prof. (Dr.) Saroj Chooramani Gopal Dr. Pramod Kumar Julka Dr. Gulshan Rai Khatri Dr. Ganesh Kumar Mani Dr. Amit Prabhakar Maydeo Dr. Sundaram Natarajan Prof. Krishna Chandra Chunekar

Art Social Work Social Work Social Work Social Work Social Work Social Work Science and Engineering Science and Engineering Science and Engineering Science and Engineering Science and Engineering Science and Engineering Science and Engineering Science and Engineering Science and Engineering Science and Engineering Science and Engineering Trade and Industry Trade and Industry Trade and Industry Trade and Industry Trade and Industry Medicine Medicine Medicine Medicine Medicine Medicine Medicine Medicine Medicine Medicine Medicine Medicine

Rajasthan Tamil Nadu Maharashtra Gujarat Bangladesh * Uttar Pradesh # Delhi # Maharashtra Delhi Uttar Pradesh West Bengal Maharashtra Andhra Pradesh Karnataka Karnataka Uttar Pradesh Andhra Pradesh Maharashtra Delhi Tamil Nadu Assam Maharashtra Maharashtra Delhi Andhra Pradesh Maharashtra Orissa Tamil Nadu Uttar Pradesh Delhi Delhi Delhi Maharashtra Maharashtra Uttar Pradesh

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Dr. Vishwa Kumar Gupta Prof. (Capt.) Dr. Mohammad Sharaf-eAlam Dr. Radhika Herzberger Shri J. Malsawma Shri Devendra Patel Dr. Rama Kant Shukla Prof. Akhtarul Wasey Prof. Anvita Abbi Shri Nida Fazli Shri Surender Kumar Sharma Dr. Jagdish Prasad Singh Late Shaukat Riaz Kapoor Alias Salik Lakhnawi Prof. Noboru Karashima Shri Christopher Pinney Smt. Premlata Agrawal Shri Yogeshwar Dutt Shri Hosanagara Nagarajegowda Girisha Subedar Major Vijay Kumar Shri Ngangom Dingko Singh Naib Subedar Bajrang Lal Takhar Ms. Ritu Kumar Dr. Ravindra Singh Bisht

Medicine Literature & Education Literature & Education Literature & Education Literature & Education Literature & Education Literature & Education Literature & Education Literature & Education Literature & Education Literature & Education Literature & Education Literature & Education Literature & Education Sports Sports Sports Sports Sports Sports Fashion Designing Archaeology

Delhi Bihar Andhra Pradesh Mizoram Gujarat Delhi Delhi Delhi Madhya Pradesh Delhi Bihar West Bengal # Japan * UK * Jharkhand Haryana Karnataka Himachal Pradesh Maharashtra Rajasthan Delhi Uttar Pradesh

Note: * indicates awardees in the category of Foreigners / NRIs/ PIOs. # indicates awardees in the posthumous category. ------