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Padma Awards

President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday  approved 139 Padma awards including seven Padma Vibhushan, 19 Padma Bhushan, and 113 Padma Shri awards according to a government statement. 23 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 10 persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI and 13 posthumous awardees.

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.

Former Suzuki chief Osamu Suzuki, folk singer Sharda Sinha and M T Vasudevan Nair get Padma Vibhushan posthumously.

Padma Vibhushan

Adwaita Charan Gadanayak (Art)
Achyut Ramchandra Palav (Art)
Ajay V Bhatt (Science and Engineering)
Anil Kumar Boro (Literature and Education)
Arijit Singh (Art)
Arundhati Bhattacharya (Trade and Industry)
Arunoday Saha (Literature and Education)
Arvind Sharma (Literature and Education)
Ashok Kumar Mahapatra (Medicine)
Ashok Laxman Saraf (Art)
Ashutosh Sharma (Science and Engineering)
Ashwini Bhide Deshpande (Art)
Baijnath Maharaj (Spiritualism)
Barry Godfray John (Art)
Begam Batool (Art)
Bharat Gupt (Art)
Bheru Singh Chouhan (Art)
Bhim Singh Bhavesh (Social Work)
Bhimavva Doddabalappa Shillekyathara (Art)
Budhendra Kumar Jain (Medicine)
C S Vaidyanathan (Public Affairs)
Chaitram Deochand Pawar (Social Work)
Chandrakant Sheth (Posthumous) (Literature and Education)
Chandrakant Sompura (Architecture)
Chetan E Chitnis (Science and Engineering)
David R Syiemlieh (Literature and Education)
Durga Charan Ranbir (Art)
Farooq Ahmad Mir (Art)
Ganeshwar Shastri Dravid (Literature and Education)
Gita Upadhyay (Literature and Education)
Gokul Chandra Das (Art)
Guruvayur Dorai (Art)
Harchandan Singh Bhatty (Art)
Hariman Sharma (Others – Agriculture)
Harjinder Singh Srinagar Wale (Art)
Harvinder Singh (Sports)
Hassan Raghu (Art)
Hemant Kumar (Medicine)
Hriday Narayan Dixit (Literature and Education)
Hugh and Colleen Gantzer (Posthumous) (Literature and Education – Journalism)
Inivalappil Mani Vijayan (Sports)
Jagadish Joshila (Literature and Education)
Jaspinder Narula (Art)
Jonas Masetti (Others – Spiritualism)
Joynacharan Bathari (Art)
Jumde Yomgam Gamlin (Social Work)
K. Damodaran (Others – Culinary)
K L Krishna (Literature and Education)
K Omanakutty Amma (Art)
Kishore Kunal (Posthumous) (Civil Service)
L Hangthing (Others – Agriculture)
Lakshmipathy Ramasubbaiyer (Literature and Education – Journalism)
Lalit Kumar Mangotra (Literature and Education)
Lama Lobzang (Posthumous) (Others – Spiritualism)
Libia Lobo Sardesai (Social Work)
M D Srinivas (Science and Engineering)
Madugula Nagaphani Sarma (Art)
Mahabir Nayak (Art)
Mamata Shankar (Art)
Manda Krishna Madiga (Public Affairs)
Maruti Bhujangrao Chitampalli (Literature and Education)
Miriyala Apparao (Posthumous) (Art)
Nagendra Nath Roy (Literature and Education)
Narayan (Bhulai Bhai) (Posthumous) (Public Affairs)
Naren Gurung (Art)
Neerja Bhatla (Medicine)
Nirmala Devi (Art)
Nitin Nohria (Literature and Education)
Onkar Singh Pahwa (Trade and Industry)
P Datchanamoorthy (Art)
Pandi Ram Mandavi (Art)
Parmar Lavjibhai Nagjibhai (Art)
Pawan Goenka (Trade and Industry)
Prashanth Prakash (Trade and Industry)
Pratibha Satpathy (Literature and Education)
Purisai Kannappa Sambandan (Art)
R Ashwin (Sports)
R G Chandramogan (Trade and Industry)
Radha Bahin Bhatt (Social Work)
Radhakrishnan Devasenapathy (Art)
Ramdarash Mishra (Literature and Education)
Ranendra Bhanu Majumdar (Art)
Ratan Kumar Parimoo (Art)
Reba Kanta Mahanta (Art)
Renthlei Lalrawna (Literature and Education)
Ricky Gyan Kej (Art)
Sajjan Bhajanka (Trade and Industry)
Sally Holkar (Trade and Industry)
Sant Ram Deswal (Literature and Education)
Satyapal Singh (Sports)
Seeni Viswanathan (Literature and Education)
Sethuraman Panchanathan (Science and Engineering)
Sheikha Shaikha Ali Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (Medicine)
Sheen Kaaf Nizam (Shiv Kishan Bissa) (Literature and Education)
Shyam Bihari Agrawal (Art)
Soniya Nityanand (Medicine)
Stephen Knapp (Literature and Education)
Subhash Khetulal Sharma (Others – Agriculture)
Suresh Harilal Soni (Social Work)
Surinder Kumar Vasal (Science and Engineering)
Swami Pradiptananda (Kartik Maharaj) (Others – Spiritualism)
Syed Ainul Hasan (Literature and Education)
Tejendra Narayan Majumdar (Art)
Thiyam Suryamukhi Devi (Art)
Tushar Durgeshbhai Shukla (Literature and Education)
Vadiraj Raghawendracharya Panchamukhi (Literature and Education)
Vasudeo Kamath (Art)
Velu Aasaan (Art)
Venkappa Ambaji Sugatekar (Art)
Vijay Nityanand Surishwar Ji Maharaj (Others – Spiritualism)
Vijayalakshmi Deshamane (Medicine)
Vilas Dangre (Medicine)
Vinayak Lohani (Social Work)

Among those awarded include, Dr Neerja Bhatla, a Gynaecologist from Delhi with specialized focus on cervical cancer detection, prevention and management being awarded Padma Shri.

Bhim Singh Bhavesh, social worker from Bhojpur being awarded Padmai Shri for tirelessly working for the upliftment of Musahar community, one of society's most marginalized group, for the past 22 years through his foundation 'Nayee Asha'.

P Datchanamoorthy being awarded Padma Shri. He is an instrumentalist specializing in Thavil, a classical percussion instrument vital to South Indian music and culture, with more than 5 decades of experience.

L Hangthing being awarded the Padma Shri. He is a fruit farmer from Noklak, Nagaland with over 30 years of expertise in cultivating non-native fruits.

Also among the awardees is Gokul Chandra Dey, a 57-year old Dhak player from West Bengal who broke the gender stereotype by training 150 women in the male-dominated field.
Dey also created a lightweight Dhak type, 1.5 kg less than the conventional instrument, and represented India at various international platforms and performed with Maestros like Pandit Ravi Shankar and Ustad Zakir Hussain.
A vocal advocate of woman empowerment, 82-year old Sally Holkar transformed once dying Maheshwari craft and founded Handloom school in Maheshwar, Madhya Pradesh, to give training in traditional weaving techniques.

Dinamalar publisher Lakshmipathy Ramasubbaiyer awarded Padma Shri for literature, education and journalism. Born in America and Inspired by Rani Ahilyabai Holkar's legacy, she devoted five decades of her life to revitalise 300-year-old weaving legacy. She has also been awarded Padma Shri.