Nineteen ladies figure in the list of Padma awardees this year
GN Bureau | January 25, 2012
The president of India has approved the conferment of Padma awards-2012. This year the president has approved 109 awards including one duo case (counted as one) and 14 in the category of foreigners/ NRIs/ PIOs/ posthumous. These comprise 5 Padma Vibhushan, 27 Padma Bhushanand 77 Padma Shri awards. There are 19 ladies among the awardees.
Padma awards, the country’s highest civilian awards, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The awards are given in all 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.
The awards are conferred by the president of India at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhawan sometime around March/ April.
Padma Vibhushan
|
SlNo. |
Name |
Discipline |
State/ Domicile |
|
1. |
Shri K GSubramanyan |
Art-Painting & Sculpture |
West Bengal |
|
2. |
Late Shri Mario De Miranda |
Art-Cartoonist |
Goa* |
|
3. |
Late (Dr.)BhupenHazarika |
Art- Vocal Music |
Assam* |
|
4. |
Dr.KantilalHastimalSancheti |
Medicine - Orthopedics |
Maharashtra |
|
5. |
Shri T VRajeswar |
Civil Service |
Delhi |
Padma Bhushan
|
SlNo. |
Name |
Discipline |
State/ Domicile |
|
|
Smt. ShabanaAzmi |
Art - Cinema |
Maharashtra |
|
|
Shri KhaledChoudhury |
Art - Theatre |
West Bengal |
|
|
Shri Jatin Das |
Art - Painting |
Delhi |
|
|
PanditBuddhadev Das Gupta |
Art - Instrumental Music - Sarod |
West Bengal |
|
|
ShriDharmendraSingh Deol aliasDharmendra |
Art - Cinema |
Maharashtra |
|
|
Dr.TrippunithwraViswanathanGopalkrishnan |
Art - Classical vocal and instrumental music |
Tamil Nadu |
|
|
Ms. Mira Nair |
Art - Cinema |
Delhi |
|
|
Shri M.S.Gopalakrishnan |
Art - Instrumental Music-Violin |
Tamil Nadu |
|
|
Shri AnishKapoor |
Art - Sculpture |
UK* |
|
|
Shri SatyaNarayan Goenka |
Social Work |
Maharashtra |
|
|
Dr. (Judge)PatibandlaChandrasekharRao |
Public Affairs |
Germany* |
|
|
Shri George Yong-Boon Yeo |
Public Affairs |
Singapore* |
|
|
Prof.ShashikumarChitre |
Science and Engineering |
Maharashtra |
|
|
Dr. M SRaghunathan |
Science and Engineering |
Maharashtra |
|
|
Shri SubbiahMurugappaVellayan |
Trade and Industry |
Tamil Nadu |
|
|
ShriBalasubramanianMuthuraman |
Trade and Industry |
Maharashtra |
|
|
Dr. Suresh H.Advani |
Medicine - Oncology |
Maharashtra |
|
|
Dr. Noshir HWadia |
Medicine-Neurology |
Maharashtra |
|
|
Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty |
Medicine-Cardiology |
Karnataka |
|
|
Prof. (Dr.)ShantaramBalwantMujumdar |
Literature and Education |
Maharashtra |
|
|
Prof. VidyaDehejia |
Literature and Education |
USA* |
|
|
Prof. ArvindPanagariya |
Literature and Education |
USA* |
|
|
Dr. Jose Pereira |
Literature and Education |
USA* |
|
|
Dr. Homi K.Bhabha |
Literature and Education |
UK * |
|
|
Shri N Vittal |
Civil Service |
Kerala |
|
|
Shri Mata Prasad |
Civil Service |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
|
Shri RonenSen |
Civil Service |
West Bengal |
Padma Shri
|
SlNo. |
Name |
Discipline |
State/ Domicile |
|
|
Shri VanrajBhatia |
Art - Music |
Maharashtra |
|
|
Shri ZiaFariduddin Dagar |
Art - Music - vocal |
Maharashtra |
|
|
Smt.NameirakpamIbemni Devi |
Art - Music-Khongjom Parba |
Manipur |
|
|
ShriRamachandraSubraya HegdeChittani |
Art -Yakshaganadance drama |
Karnataka |
|
|
Shri Moti LalKemmu |
Art - Playwright |
Jammu and Kashmir |
|
|
Shri ShahidParvez Khan |
Art - Instrumental Music-Sitar |
Maharashtra |
|
|
Shri MohanLal Kumhar |
Art - Terracotta |
Rajasthan |
|
|
Shri SakarKhan Manganiar |
Art - Rajasthani Folk Music |
Rajasthan |
|
|
Smt. Joy Michael |
Art - Theatre |
Delhi |
|
|
Dr. MinatiMishra |
Art - Indian Classical Dance-Odissi. |
Orissa |
|
|
Shri NatesanMuthuswamy |
Art - Theatre. |
Tamil Nadu |
|
|
Smt. R.Nagarathnamma |
Art - Theatre |
Karnataka |
|
|
ShriKalamandalmSivan Nambootiri |
Art - Indian Classical Dance-Kutiyattam |
Kerala |
|
|
Smt.YamunabaiWaikar |
Art - Indian Folk Music-Lavani. |
Maharashtra |
|
|
Shri SatishAlekar |
Art - Playwright |
Maharashtra |
|
|
Pandit GopalPrasad Dubey |
Art - Chhau dance and choreography |
Jharkhand |
|
|
Shri RamakantGundecha # |
Art - Indian Classical Music- Vocal |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
Shri UmakantGundecha # |
Art - Indian Classical Music- Vocal |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
|
|
Shri AnupJalota |
Art-Indian Classical Music- Vocal |
Maharashtra |
|
|
Shri SomanNair Priyadarsan |
Art - Cinema- Direction |
Kerala |
|
|
Shri SunilJanah |
Art-Photography |
Assam
|
|
|
Ms. LailaTyebji |
Art-Handicrafts |
Delhi |
|
|
Shri Vijay Sharma |
Art-Painting |
Himachal Pradesh |
|
|
Smt.Shamshad Begum |
Social Work |
Chattisgarh |
|
|
Smt. ReetaDevi |
Social Work |
Delhi |
|
|
Dr. P.K.Gopal |
Social Work |
Tamil Nadu |
|
|
Smt.Phoolbasan BaiYadav |
Social Work |
Chattisgarh |
|
|
Dr. G.Muniratnam |
Social Work |
Andhra Pradesh |
|
|
Shri NiranjanPranshankarPandya |
Social Work |
Maharashtra |
|
|
Dr. Uma Tuli |
Social Work |
Delhi |
|
|
Shri Sat PaulVarma |
Social Work |
Jammu and Kashmir |
|
|
Smt.BinnyYanga |
Social Work |
Arunachal Pradesh |
|
|
Shri YezdiHirji Malegam |
Public Affairs |
Maharashtra |
|
|
Shri Pravin H. Parekh |
Pubic Affairs |
Delhi |
|
|
Dr. V.Adimurthy |
Science and Engineering |
Kerala |
|
|
Dr. KrishnaLal Chadha |
Science and Engineering - Agriculture |
Delhi |
|
|
Prof. ViranderSingh Chauhan |
Science and Engineering |
Delhi |
|
|
Prof.Rameshwar NathKoul Bamezai |
Science and Engineering |
Jammu and Kashmir |
|
|
Dr. VijaypalSingh |
Science and Engineering - Agricultural Research |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
|
Dr. LokeshKumar Singhal |
Science and Engineering |
Punjab |
|
|
Dr.YagnaswamiSundara Rajan |
Science and Engineering |
Karnataka |
|
|
Prof. JagadishShukla |
Science and Engineering |
USA* |
|
|
Ms. Priya Paul |
Trade and Industry |
Delhi |
|
|
Shri ShojiShiba |
Trade and Industry |
Japan* |
|
|
Shri GopinathPillai |
Trade and Industry |
Singapore* |
|
|
Shri ArunHastimal Firodia |
Trade and Industry |
Maharashtra |
|
|
Dr. Swati A.Piramal |
Trade and Industry |
Maharashtra |
|
|
Prof. MahdiHasan |
Medicine-Anatomy |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
|
Dr.ViswanathanMohan |
Medicine - Diabetology |
Tamil Nadu |
|
|
Dr. J.Hareendran Nair |
Medicine - Ayurveda |
Kerala |
|
|
Dr.VallalarpuramSennimalaiNatarajan |
Medicine - Geriatrics |
Tamil Nadu |
|
|
Dr. JitendraKumar Singh |
Medicine - Oncology |
Bihar |
|
|
Dr. ShrinivasS. Vaishya |
Medicine-Healthcare |
Daman and Diu |
|
|
Dr. NityaAnand |
Medicine - Drugs Research |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
|
Late Dr. JugalKishore |
Medicine - Homoeopathy |
Delhi * |
|
|
Dr. MukeshBatra |
Medicine-Homeopathy |
Maharashtra |
|
|
Dr. EberhardFischer |
Literature and Education |
Switzerland* |
|
|
Shri KedarGurung |
Literature and Education |
Sikkim |
|
|
Shri SurjitSingh Patar |
Literature and Education - Poetry |
Punjab |
|
|
Shri Vijay DuttShridhar |
Literature and Education - Journalism |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
|
Shri Irwin Allan Sealy |
Literature and Education |
Uttarakhand |
|
|
Ms. GeetaDharmarajan |
Literature and Education |
Delhi |
|
|
Prof.SachchidanandSahai |
Literature and Education |
Haryana |
|
|
Smt. PepitaSeth |
Literature and Education |
Kerala |
|
|
Dr. Ralte L.Thanmawia |
Literature and Education |
Mizoram |
|
|
Shri AjeetBajaj |
Sports - Skiing |
Delhi |
|
|
Smt. JhulanGoswami |
Sports - Women's Cricket |
West Bengal |
|
|
Shri ZafarIqbal |
Sports-Hockey |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
|
Shri DevendraJhajrija |
Sports - Athletics- Paralympics |
Rajasthan |
|
|
Shri LimbaRam |
Sports - Archery |
Rajasthan |
|
|
Shri SyedMohammed Arif |
Sports - Badminton |
Andhra Pradesh |
|
|
Prof. RaviChaturvedi |
Sports- Commentary |
Delhi |
|
|
Shri PrabhakarVaidya |
Sports-Physical Education |
Maharashtra |
|
|
Shri T.VenkatapathiReddiar |
Others-Horticulture |
Puducherry |
|
|
Dr. K. (Kota)Ullas Karanth |
Others-Wildlife Conservation and Environment Protection |
Karnataka |
|
|
Shri KPaddayya |
Others-Archaeology |
Maharashtra |
|
|
Shri SwapanGuha |
Others-Ceramics |
Rajasthan |
|
|
Dr. KartikeyaV. Sarabhai |
Others - Environmental Education |
Gujarat |
Note: * indicates awardees in the category
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