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Dated the 25th January, 2012.
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.
2. The awards are conferred by the President of India at a function held at
Rashtrapati Bhawan sometime around March/ April. 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 Bhushan and 77 Padma Shri Awards. There are 19 ladies among the awardees.
Padma Vibhushan
Sl No. Name Discipline State/ Domicile
1. Shri K G Subramanyan Art-Painting & Sculpture West Bengal
2. Late Shri Mario De Miranda Art-Cartoonist Goa*
3. Late (Dr.)Bhupen Hazarika Art- Vocal Music Assam*
4. Dr. Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti Medicine - Orthopedics Maharashtra
5. Shri T V Rajeswar Civil Service Delhi
Padma Bhushan
Sl No. Name Discipline State/ Domicile
1. Smt. Shabana Azmi Art - Cinema Maharashtra
2. Shri Khaled Choudhury Art - Theatre West Bengal
3. Shri Jatin Das Art - Painting Delhi
4. Pandit Buddhadev Das Gupta Art - Instrumental Music - Sarod West Bengal
5. Shri Dharmendra Singh Deol alias
Art - Cinema Maharashtra
Dharmendra
6. Dr. Trippunithwra Viswanathan Art - Classical vocal and
Tamil Nadu
Gopalkrishnan instrumental music
7. Ms. Mira Nair Art - Cinema Delhi
8. Shri M.S. Gopalakrishnan Art - Instrumental Music-Violin Tamil Nadu
9. Shri Anish Kapoor Art - Sculpture UK*
10. Shri Satya Narayan Goenka Social Work Maharashtra
Dr. (Judge) Patibandla Chandrasekhar
11. Rao
Public Affairs Germany*
12. Shri George Yong-Boon Yeo Public Affairs Singapore*
13. Prof. Shashikumar Chitre Science and Engineering Maharashtra
14. Dr. M S Raghunathan Science and Engineering Maharashtra
15. Shri Subbiah Murugappa Vellayan Trade and Industry Tamil Nadu
16. Shri Balasubramanian Muthuraman Trade and Industry Maharashtra
17. Dr. Suresh H. Advani Medicine - Oncology Maharashtra
18. Dr. Noshir H Wadia Medicine-Neurology Maharashtra
19. Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty Medicine-Cardiology Karnataka
Prof. (Dr.) Shantaram Balwant
20. Mujumdar
Literature and Education Maharashtra
21. Prof. Vidya Dehejia Literature and Education USA*
22. Prof. Arvind Panagariya Literature and Education USA*
23. Dr. Jose Pereira Literature and Education USA*
24. Dr. Homi K. Bhabha Literature and Education UK *
25. Shri N Vittal Civil Service Kerala
26. Shri Mata Prasad Civil Service Uttar Pradesh
27. Shri Ronen Sen Civil Service West Bengal
Padma Shri
Sl No. Name Discipline State/ Domicile
1. Shri Vanraj Bhatia Art - Music Maharashtra
2. Shri Zia Fariduddin Dagar Art - Music - vocal Maharashtra
3. Smt. Nameirakpam Ibemni Devi Art - Music- Khongjom Parba Manipur
4. Shri Ramachandra Subraya Hegde
Art - Yakshagana dance drama Karnataka
Chittani
5. Jammu and
Shri Moti Lal Kemmu Art - Playwright
Kashmir
6. Shri Shahid Parvez Khan Art - Instrumental Music-Sitar Maharashtra
7. Shri Mohan Lal Kumhar Art - Terracotta Rajasthan
8. Shri Sakar Khan Manganiar Art - Rajasthani Folk Music Rajasthan
9. Smt. Joy Michael Art - Theatre Delhi
10. Art - Indian Classical Dance-
Dr. Minati Mishra Orissa
Odissi.
11. Shri Natesan Muthuswamy Art - Theatre. Tamil Nadu
12. Smt. R. Nagarathnamma Art - Theatre Karnataka
13. Art - Indian Classical Dance-
Shri Kalamandalm Sivan Nambootiri Kerala
Kutiyattam
14. Smt. Yamunabai Waikar Art - Indian Folk Music-Lavani. Maharashtra
15. Shri Satish Alekar Art - Playwright Maharashtra
16. Art - Chhau dance and
Pandit Gopal Prasad Dubey Jharkhand
choreography
Shri Ramakant Gundecha # Art - Indian Classical Music- Vocal Madhya Pradesh
17.
Shri Umakant Gundecha # Art - Indian Classical Music- Vocal Madhya Pradesh
18. Shri Anup Jalota Art-Indian Classical Music- Vocal Maharashtra
19. Shri Soman Nair Priyadarsan Art - Cinema- Direction Kerala
20. Assam
Shri Sunil Janah Art-Photography
21. Ms. Laila Tyebji Art-Handicrafts Delhi
22. Shri Vijay Sharma Art-Painting Himachal Pradesh
23. Smt. Shamshad Begum Social Work Chattisgarh
24. Smt. Reeta Devi Social Work Delhi
25. Dr. P.K. Gopal Social Work Tamil Nadu
26. Smt. Phoolbasan Bai Yadav Social Work Chattisgarh
27. Dr. G. Muniratnam Social Work Andhra Pradesh
28. Shri Niranjan Pranshankar Pandya Social Work Maharashtra
29. Dr. Uma Tuli Social Work Delhi
30. Jammu and
Shri Sat Paul Varma Social Work
Kashmir
31. Arunachal
Smt.Binny Yanga Social Work
Pradesh
32. Shri Yezdi Hirji Malegam Public Affairs Maharashtra
33.
Shri Pravin H. Parekh Pubic Affairs Delhi
34. Dr. V. Adimurthy Science and Engineering Kerala
35. Science and Engineering -
Dr. Krishna Lal Chadha Delhi
Agriculture
36. Prof. Virander Singh Chauhan Science and Engineering Delhi
37. Jammu and
Prof. Rameshwar Nath Koul Bamezai Science and Engineering
Kashmir
38. Science and Engineering -
Dr. Vijaypal Singh Uttar Pradesh
Agricultural Research
39. Dr. Lokesh Kumar Singhal Science and Engineering Punjab
40. Dr. Yagnaswami Sundara Rajan Science and Engineering Karnataka
41. Prof. Jagadish Shukla Science and Engineering USA*
42. Ms. Priya Paul Trade and Industry Delhi
43. Shri Shoji Shiba Trade and Industry Japan*
44. Shri Gopinath Pillai Trade and Industry Singapore*
45. Shri Arun Hastimal Firodia Trade and Industry Maharashtra
46. Dr. Swati A. Piramal Trade and Industry Maharashtra
47. Prof. Mahdi Hasan Medicine-Anatomy Uttar Pradesh
48. Dr. Viswanathan Mohan Medicine - Diabetology Tamil Nadu
49. Dr. J. Hareendran Nair Medicine - Ayurveda Kerala
50. Dr. Vallalarpuram Sennimalai Natarajan Medicine - Geriatrics Tamil Nadu
51. Dr. Jitendra Kumar Singh Medicine - Oncology Bihar
52. Dr. Shrinivas S. Vaishya Medicine-Healthcare Daman and Diu
53. Dr. Nitya Anand Medicine - Drugs Research Uttar Pradesh
54. Late Dr. Jugal Kishore Medicine - Homoeopathy Delhi *
55. Dr. Mukesh Batra Medicine-Homeopathy Maharashtra
56. Dr. Eberhard Fischer Literature and Education Switzerland*
57. Shri Kedar Gurung Literature and Education Sikkim
58. Shri Surjit Singh Patar Literature and Education - Poetry Punjab
59. Literature and Education -
Shri Vijay Dutt Shridhar Madhya Pradesh
Journalism
60. Shri Irwin Allan Sealy Literature and Education Uttarakhand
61. Ms. Geeta Dharmarajan Literature and Education Delhi
62. Prof. Sachchidanand Sahai Literature and Education Haryana
63. Smt. Pepita Seth Literature and Education Kerala
64. Dr. Ralte L. Thanmawia Literature and Education Mizoram
65. Shri Ajeet Bajaj Sports - Skiing Delhi
66. Smt. Jhulan Goswami Sports - Women's Cricket West Bengal
67. Shri Zafar Iqbal Sports-Hockey Uttar Pradesh
68. Shri Devendra Jhajrija Sports - Athletics- Paralympics Rajasthan
69. Shri Limba Ram Sports - Archery Rajasthan
70. Shri Syed Mohammed Arif Sports - Badminton Andhra Pradesh
71. Prof. Ravi Chaturvedi Sports- Commentary Delhi
72. Shri Prabhakar Vaidya Sports-Physical Education Maharashtra
73. Shri T. Venkatapathi Reddiar Others-Horticulture Puducherry
74. Others-Wildlife Conservation and
Dr. K. (Kota) Ullas Karanth Karnataka
Environment Protection
75. Shri K Paddayya Others-Archaeology Maharashtra
76. Shri Swapan Guha Others-Ceramics Rajasthan
77. Dr. Kartikeya V. Sarabhai Others - Environmental Education Gujarat
Note: * indicates awardees in the category of Foreigners / NRIs/ PIOs/ Posthumous.
# indicates duo case.
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