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North Block, -1 Dated the 25th January, 2019

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

2. These awards are conferred by the President of at ceremonial functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March/ April every year. This year the has approved conferment of 112 Padma Awards including one duo case (in a duo case, the Award is counted as one) as per list below. The list comprises 4 Padma Vibhushan, 14 Padma Bhushan and 94 Padma Shri Awards. 21 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 11 persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI, 3 Posthumous awardees and 1 transgender person.

PADMA VIBHUSHAN (4)

S.No Name Field State 1. Ms. Art-Vocals-Folk

2. Shri Ismail Omar Guelleh Public Affairs Djibouti (Foreigner) 3. Shri Anilkumar Manibhai Trade & Industry- Naik Infrastructure

4. Shri Balwant Moreshwar Art-Acting-Theatre Maharashtra Purandare

PADMA BHUSHAN- (14) S.No Name Field State 5. Shri John Chambers Trade & Industry- USA (Foreigner) Technology 6. Shri Public Affairs Punjab

7. Shri Public Affairs South Africa (Foreigner) 8. Shri Mahashay Dharam Pal Trade & Industry- Delhi Gulati Food Processing 9. Shri Social Work 10. Shri Ashok Laxmanrao Medicine-Affordable Maharashtra Kukade Healthcare 11. Shri Public Affairs 12. Shri Art-Music- 13. Shri Viswanathan Art-Acting-Film Nair 14. Shri S Nambi Narayan Science & Kerala Engineering-Space 15. Shri Literature & Delhi (Posthumous) Education (Journalism) 16. Ms. Sports- 17. Shri V K Shunglu Civil Service Delhi 18. Shri Hukumdev Narayan Public Affairs Yadav

PADMA SHRI- (94)

S.No Name Field State 19. Shri Art-Vocal-Hindustani

20. Shri Bangaru Adigalar Others-Spiritualism 21. Shri Illias Ali Medicine-Surgery Assam 22. Shri Art-Acting-Films Maharashtra 23. Shri Uddhab Kumar Bharali Science & Assam Engineering- Grassroots Innovation 24. Shri Omesh Kumar Bharti Medicine-Rabies Himachal Pradesh 25. Shri Pritam Bhartwan Art-Vocals-Folk Uttarakhand 26. Shri Art-Painting 27. Shri Dilip Chakravarty Others-Archaeology Delhi 28. Shri Mammen Chandy Medicine- West Bengal Hematology 29. Shri Art-Music- West Bengal 30. Shri Kanwal Singh Chauhan Others-Agriculture Haryana 31. Shri Sports-Football 32. Shri Art-Acting-Theatre Maharashtra 33. Ms. Muktaben Pankajkumar Social Work-Divyang Gujarat Dagli Welfare 34. Shri Babulal Dahiya Others-Agriculture Madhya Pradesh 35. Shri Tripura Art-Music-Flute 36. Shri Art-Dance

37. Ms. Rajkumari Devi Others-Agriculture Bihar 38. Ms. Bhagirathi Devi Public Affairs Bihar 39. Shri Baldev Singh Dhillon Science & Punjab Engineering- Agriculture 40. Ms. Sports- 41. Ms. Art-Painting Bihar 42. Shri Sports- Delhi

43. Ms. Draupadi Ghimiray Social Work-Divyang Sikkim Welfare 44. Ms. Godbole Science & Karnataka Engineering-Nuclear 45. Shri Sandeep Guleria Medicine-Surgery Delhi 46. Shri Pratap Singh Hardia Medicine- Madhya Pradesh Ophthmology 47. Shri Social Work-Culture Jharkhand 48. Ms. Friederike Irina Social Work-Animal Germany (Foreigner) Welfare 49. Shri Art-Dance Folk Gujarat 50. Shri S Jaishankar Civil Service Delhi 51. Shri Narsingh Dev Jamwal Literature & Jammu & Education Kashmir 52. Shri Art-Craft-Papier Jammu & Mache Kashmir 53. Shri K G Jayan Art-Music-Bhakti Kerala 54. Shri Subhash Kak Science & USA (Foreigner) Engineering- Technology 55. Shri Sports- Tamil Nadu 56. Shri Rajani Kant Social Work Uttar Pradesh 57. Shri Sudam Kate Medicine-Sickle Cell Maharashtra 58. Shri Art-Acting-Theatre Maharashtra 59. Shri Art-Acting-Films Canada (Posthumous-Foreigner) 60. Shri Art-Painting Gujarat 61. Shri Ravindra Kolhe (Duo)* Medicine-Affordable Maharashtra Healthcare Ms. Smita Kolhe (Duo)* Medicine-Affordable Maharashtra Healthcare 62. Ms. Sports- 63. Shri Kailash Madbaiya Literature & Madhya Pradesh Education 64. Shri Ramesh Babaji Maharaj Social Work-Animal Uttar Pradesh Welfare 65. Shri Vallabhbhai Vasrambhai Others-Agriculture Gujarat Marvaniya 66. Ms. Gita Mehta Literature & USA (Foreigner) Education 67. Shri Shadab Mohammad Medicine-Dentistry Uttar Pradesh 68. Shri K K Muhammed Others-Archaeology Kerala 69. Shri Shyama Prasad Medicine-Affordable Jharkhand Mukherjee Healthcare 70. Shri Daitari Naik Social Work

71. Shri Art-Vocals-Films Maharashtra Narayan 72. Shri Shantanu Narayen Trade & Industry- USA (Foreigner) Technology 73. Nartaki Natraj Art-Dance- Tamil Nadu Bharatnatyam 74. Shri Tsering Norboo Medicine-Surgery Jammu & Kashmir 75. Shri Anup Ranjan Pandey Art-Music Chhattisgarh 76. Shri Jagdish Prasad Parikh Others-Agriculture 77. Shri Ganpatbhai Patel Literature & USA (Foreigner) Education 78. Shri Bimal Patel Others-Architecture Gujarat 79. Shri Hukumchand Patidar Others-Agriculture Rajasthan 80. Shri Harvinder Singh Phoolka Public Affairs Punjab 81. Ms. Madurai Social Work- Tamil Nadu Microfinance 82. Ms. Tao Porchon-Lynch Others-Yoga USA (Foreigner) 83. Ms. Kamala Pujhari Others-Agriculture Odisha 84. Shri Sports-Wrestling Haryana

85. Shri Jagat Ram Medicine- Chandigarh Ophthalmology 86. Shri R V Ramani Medicine- Tamil Nadu Ophthalmology 87. Shri Devarapalli Prakash Rao Social Work- Odisha Affordable Education 88. Shri Anup Sah Art-Photography Uttarakhand 89. Ms. Art-Dance-Kathakali France (Foreigner) 90. Shri Nagindas Sanghavi Literature & Maharashtra Education-Journalism 91. Shri Sirivennela Seetharama Art-Lyrics Telangana Sastry 92. Shri Shabbir Sayyad Social Work-Animal Maharashtra Welfare 93. Shri Mahesh Sharma Social Work-Tribal Madhya Pradesh Welfare 94. Shri Mohammad Hanif Khan Literature & Delhi Shastri Education 95. Shri Brijesh Kumar Shukla Literature & Uttar Pradesh Education 96. Shri Narendra Singh Others-Animal Haryana Husbandry 97. Ms. Sports-Basketball Uttar Pradesh 98. Shri Sultan Singh Others-Animal Haryana Husbandry 99. Shri Social Work- Bihar Affordable Education 100. Shri Anandan Sivamani Art-Music Tamil Nadu 101. Ms. Sharada Srinivasan Others-Archaeology Karnataka 102. Shri Devendra Swarup Literature & Uttar Pradesh (Posthumous) Education-Journalism 103. Shri Sports- Himachal Pradesh 104. Shri Rajeev Tharanath Art-Music- Karnataka 105. Ms. Saalumarada Thimmakka Social Work- Karnataka Environment 106. Ms. Jamuna Tudu Social Work- Jharkhand Environment 107. Shri Bharat Bhushan Tyagi Others-Agriculture Uttar Pradesh 108. Shri Ramaswami Medicine-Surgery Tamil Nadu Venkataswami 109. Shri Ram Saran Verma Others-Agriculture Uttar Pradesh 110. Shri Swami Vishudhananda Others-Spiritualism Kerala 111. Shri Art-Vocals-Folk Uttar Pradesh 112. Shri Venkateswara Rao Others-Agriculture Andhra Pradesh Yadlapalli

Note: * indicates duo case. (counted as one award)

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