Pranab Mukherjee, the President of Union of India on 25 January 2013 approved conferment of 108 Padma Awards. Four people have been conferred with Padma Vibhusan, twenty four are conferred with Padma Bhusha n and 80 people would be receiving Padma Shree Awards. Out of all the awardees twenty-four are ladies and 11 people belong to categories like NRIs, PIOs, Foreigners and Posthumous awardees.
Padma Awards
Padma Awards are the highest Civilian Awards and are conferred to people in three different categories namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. These Awards are conferred on people for the work done by them in different categories including art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, and many more.
• Padma Vibhusan is conferred on the people for the exceptional and distinguished services done by them
• Padma Bhushan for distinguished service of high order
• Padma Shri is given to a person for his/her distinguished service in any field
These awards are announced on the eve of Republic Day celebration and are conferred by the President of India at a function organised at Rastrapati Bhawan.
List of Awardees:
Padma Vibhushan
Name
|
Discipline
|
State/ Domicile
|
Shri Raghunath Mohapatra
|
Art
|
Orissa
|
Shri S. Haider Raza
|
Art
|
Delhi
|
Prof. Yash Pal
|
Science and Engineering
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
Prof. Roddam Narasimha
|
Science and Engineering
|
Karnataka
|
Padma Bhushan
Name
|
Discipline
|
State/ Domicile
|
Dr. Ramanaidu Daggubati
|
Art
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
Smt. Sreeramamurthy Janaki
|
Art
|
Tamil Nadu
|
Dr. (Smt.) Kanak Rele
|
Art
|
Maharashtra
|
Smt. Sharmila Tagore
|
Art
|
Delhi
|
Dr. (Smt.) Saroja Vaidyanathan
|
Art
|
Delhi
|
Shri Abdul Rashid Khan
|
Art
|
West Bengal
|
Late Rajesh Khanna
|
Art
|
Maharashtra #
|
Late Jaspal Singh Bhatti
|
Art
|
Punjab #
|
Shri Shivajirao Girdhar Patil
|
Public Affairs
|
Maharashtra
|
Dr. Apathukatha Sivathanu Pillai
|
Science and Engineering
|
Delhi
|
Dr. Vijay Kumar Saraswat
|
Science and Engineering
|
Delhi
|
Dr. Ashoke Sen
|
Science and Engineering
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
Dr. B.N. Suresh
|
Science and Engineering
|
Karnataka
|
Prof. Satya N. Atluri
|
Science and Engineering
|
USA *
|
Prof. Jogesh Chandra Pati
|
Science and Engineering
|
USA *
|
Shri Ramamurthy Thyagarajan
|
Trade and Industry
|
Tamil Nadu
|
Shri Adi Burjor Godrej
|
Trade and Industry
|
Maharashtra
|
Dr. Nandkishore Shamrao Laud
|
Medicine
|
Maharashtra
|
Shri Mangesh Padgaonkar
|
Literature & Education
|
Maharashtra
|
Prof. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
|
Literature & Education
|
USA*
|
Shri Hemendra Singh Panwar
|
Civil Service
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
Dr. Maharaj Kishan Bhan
|
Civil Service
|
Delhi
|
Shri Rahul Dravid
|
Sports
|
Karnataka
|
Ms. H. Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom
|
Sports
|
Manipur
|
Padma Shree
Name
|
Discipline
|
State/ Domicile
|
Shri Gajam Anjaiah
|
Art
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
Swami G.C.D. Bharti alias Bharati Bandhu
|
Art
|
Chhattisgarh
|
Ms. B. Jayashree
|
Art
|
Karnataka
|
Smt. Sridevi Kapoor
|
Art
|
Maharashtra
|
Shri Kailash Chandra Meher
|
Art
|
Orissa
|
Shri Brahmdeo Ram Pandit
|
Art
|
Maharashtra
|
Shri Vishwanath Dinkar Patekaralias Nana Patekar
|
Art
|
Maharashtra
|
Shri Rekandar Nageswara Rao alias Surabhi Babji
|
Art
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
Shri Lakshmi Narayana Sathiraju
|
Art
|
Tamil Nadu
|
Smt. Jaymala Shiledar
|
Art
|
Maharashtra
|
Shri Suresh Dattatray Talwalkar
|
Art
|
Maharashtra
|
Shri P. Madhavan Nair alias Madhu
|
Art
|
Kerala
|
Shri Apurba Kishore Bir
|
Art
|
Maharashtra
|
Shri Ghana kanta Bora Borbayan
|
Art
|
Assam
|
Smt. Hilda Mit Lepcha
|
Art
|
Sikkim
|
Smt. Sudha Malhotra
|
Art
|
Maharashtra
|
Shri Ghulam Mohammad Saznawaz
|
Art
|
Jammu and Kashmir
|
Shri Ramesh Gopaldas Sippy
|
Art
|
Maharashtra
|
Ms. Mahrukh Tarapor
|
Art
|
Maharashtra
|
Shri Balwant Thakur
|
Art
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
Shri Puran Das Baul
|
Art
|
West Bengal
|
Shri Rajendra Tikku
|
Art
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
Shri Pablo Bartholomew
|
Art
|
Delhi
|
Shri S. Shakir Ali
|
Art
|
Rajasthan
|
Sh. S.K.M Maeilanandhan
|
Social Work
|
Tamil Nadu
|
Ms. Nileema Mishra
|
Social Work
|
Maharashtra
|
Ms. Reema Nanavati
|
Social Work
|
Gujarat
|
Ms. Jharna Dhara Chowdhury
|
Social Work
|
Bangladesh *
|
Late Dr. Ram Krishan
|
Social Work
|
Uttar Pradesh #
|
Late Manju Bharat Ram
|
Social Work
|
Delhi #
|
Prof. Mustansir Barma
|
Science and Engineering
|
Maharashtra
|
Shri Avinash Chander
|
Science and Engineering
|
Delhi
|
Prof. Sanjay Govind Dhande
|
Science and Engineering
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
Prof. (Dr.) Sankar Kumar Pal
|
Science and Engineering
|
West Bengal
|
Prof. Deepak B. Phatak
|
Science and Engineering
|
Maharashtra
|
Dr. Mudundi Ramakrishna Raju
|
Science and Engineering
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
Prof. Ajay K. Sood
|
Science and Engineering
|
Karnataka
|
Prof. Krishnaswamy Vijayraghavan
|
Science and Engineering
|
Karnataka
|
Dr. Manindra Agrawal
|
Science and Engineering
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
Dr. Jayaraman Gowrishankar
|
Science and Engineering
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
Prof. Sharad Pandurang Kale
|
Science and Engineering
|
Maharashtra
|
Smt. Vandana Luthra
|
Trade and Industry
|
Delhi
|
Ms. Rajshree Pathy
|
Trade and Industry
|
Tamil Nadu
|
Shri Hemendra Prasad Barooah
|
Trade and Industry
|
Assam
|
Shri Milind Kamble
|
Trade and Industry
|
Maharashtra
|
Ms. Kalpana Saroj
|
Trade and Industry
|
Maharashtra
|
Dr. Sudarshan K. Aggarwal
|
Medicine
|
Delhi
|
Dr. C. Venkata S. Ram alias Chitta Venkata Sundara Ram
|
Medicine
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
Dr. Rajendra Achyut Badwe
|
Medicine
|
Maharashtra
|
Dr. Taraprasad Das
|
Medicine
|
Orissa
|
Prof. (Dr.) T.V. Devarajan
|
Medicine
|
Tamil Nadu
|
Prof. (Dr.) Saroj Chooramani Gopal
|
Medicine
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
Dr. Pramod Kumar Julka
|
Medicine
|
Delhi
|
Dr. Gulshan Rai Khatri
|
Medicine
|
Delhi
|
Dr. Ganesh Kumar Mani
|
Medicine
|
Delhi
|
Dr. Amit Prabhakar Maydeo
|
Medicine
|
Maharashtra
|
Dr. Sundaram Natarajan
|
Medicine
|
Maharashtra
|
Prof. Krishna Chandra Chunekar
|
Medicine
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
Dr. Vishwa Kumar Gupta
|
Medicine
|
Delhi
|
Prof. (Capt.) Dr. Mohammad Sharaf-e-Alam
|
Literature & Education
|
Bihar
|
Dr. Radhika Herzberger
|
Literature & Education
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
Shri J. Malsawma
|
Literature & Education
|
Mizoram
|
Shri Devendra Patel
|
Literature & Education
|
Gujarat
|
Dr. Rama Kant Shukla
|
Literature & Education
|
Delhi
|
Prof. Akhtarul Wasey
|
Literature & Education
|
Delhi
|
Prof. Anvita Abbi
|
Literature & Education
|
Delhi
|
Shri Nida Fazli
|
Literature & Education
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
Shri Surender Kumar Sharma
|
Literature & Education
|
Delhi
|
Dr. Jagdish Prasad Singh
|
Literature & Education
|
Bihar
|
Late Shaukat Riaz Kapoor Alias Salik Lakhnawi
|
Literature & Education
|
West Bengal#
|
Prof. Noboru Karashima
|
Literature & Education
|
Japan *
|
Shri Christopher Pinney
|
Literature & Education
|
UK *
|
Smt. Premlata Agrawal
|
Sports
|
Jharkhand
|
Shri Yogeshwar Dutt
|
Sports
|
Haryana
|
Shri Hosanagara Nagarajegowda Girisha
|
Sports
|
Karnataka
|
Subedar Major Vijay Kumar
|
Sports
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
Shri Ngangom Dingko Singh
|
Sports
|
Maharashtra
|
Naib Subedar Bajrang Lal Takhar
|
Sports
|
Rajasthan
|
Ms. Ritu Kumar
|
Fashion Designing
|
Delhi
|
Dr. Ravindra Singh Bisht
|
Archaeology
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
Major Abup J Manjali of the Rashtriya Rifles was selected for the award of Kirti Chakra for his extraordinary bravery efforts in counter- terrorist operations in Jammu and Kashmir. Major Manjali will be awarded on 26 January 2013.
