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List of Padma Awardees (2017)

List of Padma Awardees (2017)

List of Padma Awardees (2017)

Padma Awards - one of the highest civilian Awards of the country, are conferred in three categories, namely,

  • Padma Vibhushan,
  • Padma Bhushan and
  •  Padma Shri.

② These awards are given in various fields of activities or disciplines, e.g. art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc.

③ ‘Padma Vibhushan’ is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service;

④ ‘Padma Bhushan’ for distinguished service of high order and ‘Padma Shri’ for distinguished service in any field.

⑤ The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year.

⑥ These awards are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March/ April every year.

⑦ 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.


⑧ 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


Sno. Name Field State
1. Shri K J Yesudas Art-Music Kerala
2. Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev Others-Spiritualism Tamil Nadu
3. Shri Sharad Pawar Public Affairs Maharashtra
4. Shri Murli Manohar Joshi Public Affairs Uttar Pradesh
5. Prof. Udipi Ramachandra Rao Science & Engineering Karnataka
6. Late Shri Sunder Lal Patwa(Posthumous) Public Affairs Madhya Pradesh
7. Late Shri PA Sangma (Posthumous) Public Affair Meghalaya



PADMA BHUSHAN

Sl. No Name Field State
8. Shri Vishwa Mohan Bhat Art-Music Rajasthan
9. Prof. (Dr.) Devi Prasad Dwivedi Literature & Education Uttar Pradesh
10. Shri Tehemton Udwadia Medicine Maharashtra
11. Shri Ratna Sundar Maharaj Others-Spiritualism Gujarat
12. Swami Niranjana Nanda Saraswati Others-Yoga Bihar
13. H.R.H. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn (Foreigner) Literature & Education Thailand
14. Late Shri Cho Ramaswamy Literature & Education–Journalism Tamil Nadu

Padma Shri

Sno. Name Field State
15.Smt. Basanti BishtArt-MusicUttarakhand
16.Shri Chemanchery Kunhiraman NairArt-DanceKerala
17.Smt. Aruna MohantyArt-DanceOdisha
18.Smt. Bharathi VishnuvardhanArt-CinemaKarnataka
19.Shri Sadhu MeherArt-CinemaOdisha
20.Shri T K Murthy Art-Music Tamil Nadu
21.Shri Laishram Birendrakumar SinghArt-MusicManipur
22.Shri Krishna Ram Chaudhary Art-Music Uttar Pradesh
23.Smt. Baoa DeviArt-PaintingBihar
24.Shri Tilak GitaiArt-PaintingRajasthan
25.Dr. Prof. Aekka Yadagiri RaoArt-SculptureTelangana
26.Shri Jitendra HaripalArt-MusicOdisha
27.Shri Kailash KherArt-MusicMaharashtra
28.Smt. Parassala B PonnammalArt-MusicKerala
29.Smt. Sukri BommagowdaArt-MusicKarnataka
30.Shri Mukund NayakArt-MusicJharkhand
31.Shri Purushottam UpadhyayArt-MusicGujarat
32.Smt. Anuradha PaudwalArt-MusicMaharashtra
33.Shri Wareppa Naba NilArt-TheatreManipur
34.Shri Tripuraneni Hanuman Chowdary Civil ServiceTelangana
35.Shri T.K. Viswanathan Civil ServiceHaryana
36.Shri Kanwal Sibal Civil ServiceDelhi
37.Shri Birkha Bahadur Limboo MuringlaLiterature & EducationSikkim
38.Smt. Eli AhmedLiterature & EducationAssam
39.Dr. Narendra KohliLiterature & EducationDelhi
40.Prof. G. VenkatasubbiahLiterature & EducationKarnataka
41.Shri Akkitham Achyuthan NamboothiriLiterature & EducationKerala
42.Shri Kashi Nath Pandita Literature & Education Jammu & Kashmir
43.Shri Chamu Krishna ShastryLiterature & EducationDelhi
44.Shri Harihar Kripalu Tripathi Literature & Education Uttar Pradesh
45.Shri Michel Danino Literature & Education Tamil Nadu
46.Shri Punam SuriLiterature & EducationDelhi
47.Shri VG PatelLiterature & EducationGujarat
48.Smt. V Koteswaramma Literature & Education Andhra Pradesh
49.Shri Balbir Dutt Literature & Education- Journalism Jharkhand
50.Smt. Bhawana Somaaya Literature & Education- JournalismMaharashtra
51.Shri Vishnu Pandya Literature & Education- JournalismGujarat
52.Dr. Subroto DasMedicineGujarat
53.Dr. (Smt.) Bhakti Yadav Medicine Madhya Pradesh
54.Dr. Mohammed Abdul Waheed MedicineTelangana
55.Dr. Madan Madhav Godbole Medicine Uttar Pradesh
56.Dr. Devendra Dayabhai PatelMedicineGujarat
57.Prof. Harkishan Singh MedicineChandigarh
58.Dr. Mukut Minz MedicineChandigarh
59.Shri Arun Kumar SharmaOthers-ArchaeologyChhattisgarh
60.Shri Sanjeev KapoorOthers-CulinaryMaharashtra
61.Smt. Meenakshi Amma Other-Martial ArtKerala
62.Shri Genabhai Dargabhai PatelOthers-AgricultureGujarat
63.Shri Chandrakant PithawaScience & EngineeringTelangana
64.Prof. Ajoy Kumar Ray Science & Engineering West Bengal
65.Shri Chintakindi Mallesham Science & Engineering Andhra Pradesh
66.Shri Jitendra Nath GoswamiScience & EngineeringAssam
67.Shri Daripalli RamaiahSocial WorkTelangana
68.Shri Girish BhardwajSocial WorkKarnataka
69.Shri Karimul HakSocial Work WestBengal
70.Shri Bipin GanatraSocial Work WestBengal
71.Smt. Nivedita Raghunath BhideSocial work TamilNadu
72.Shri Appasaheb Dharmadhikari Social WorkMaharashtra
73.Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal Social WorkPunjab
74.Shri Virat KohliSports-CricketDelhi
75.Shri Shekar NaikSports-CricketKarnataka
76.Shri Vikasa Gowda Sport-Discus ThrowKarnataka
77.Smt. Deepa MalikSports-AthleticsHaryana
78.Shri Mariyappan Thangavelu Sport-Athletics TamilNadu
79.Smt. Dipa KarmakarSports-GymnasticsTripura
80.Shri P R ShreejeshSports-HockeyKerala
81.Smt. Sakshi MalikSports-WrestlingHaryana
82.Shri Mohan Reddy Venkatrama Bodanapu Trade & IndustryTelangana
83.Shri Imrat Khan(NRI/PIO)Art-MusicUSA
84.Shri Anant Agarwal(NRI/PIO)Literature & EducationUSA
85.Shri R. Shah(NRI/PIO)Literature & Education- JournalismUSA
86.Late Smt. Suniti Solomon(Posthumous)MedicineTamil Nadu
87.Shri Asoke Kumar Bhattacharyya(Posthumous)Others-ArchaeologyWest Bengal
88.Dr. Mapuskar(Posthumous)Social WorkMaharashtra
89.Smt. Anuradha Koirala (Foreigner) Social WorkNepal

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