BrainBuzz Academy Railways Current Affairs - 26-Jan-20 TABLE OF CONTENTS A.. Awards 1.. Padma Awards 2020 Announced Awards Padma Awards 2020 Announced

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. PThea awdardms area an nVounicbedh onu thes ochcaasion o(f R7ep)u b2lic D0ay2 eve0ry year. Name Fiielld State/Country George Fernandes 1. Public Affairs Bihar (Posthumous) Arun Jaitley 2. Public Affairs Delhi (Posthumous) 3. Sir Anerood Jugnauth Public Affairs Mauritius 4. M. C. Mary Kom Sports Manipur 5. Chhannulal Mishra Art Uttar Pradesh Sushma Swaraj 6. Public Affairs Delhi (Posthumous) Sri Vishveshateertha Swamiji Sri 7. Others-Spiritualism Karnataka Pejavara Adhokhaja Matha Udupi (Posthumous) Padma Bhushan(16) 2020 awards are: Name Fiielld State/Country M Mumtaz Ali (Sri M) Others-Spiritualism Kerala M Mumtaz Ali (Sri M) Others-Spiritualism Kerala Syed Muazzem Ali (Posthumous) Public Affairs Bangladesh Muzaffar Hussain Baig Public Affairs Jammu and Kashmir Ajoy Chakravorty Art West Bengal Literature and Manoj Das Education Puducherry Balkrishna Doshi Others-Architecture Gujarat Krishnammal Jagannathan Social Work Tamil Nadu SC Jamir Public Affairs Nagaland Anil Prakash Joshi Social Work Uttarakhand Dr Tsering Landol Medicine Ladakh Anand Mahindra Trade and Industry Maharashtra Neelakanta Ramakrishna Madhava Menon (Posthumous) Public Affairs Kerala Manohar Parrikar (Posthumous) Public Affairs Goa Literature and Professor Jagdish Sheth Education USA PV Sindhu Sports Telangana Shri Venu Srinivasan Trade and Industry Tamil Nadu Padma Sri(118) 2020 Name Fiielld State/Country Guru Shashadhar Acharya Art Jharkhand Dr. Yogi Aeron Medicine Uttarakhand Shri Jai Prakash Agarwal Trade and Industry Delhi Shri Jagdish Lal Ahuja Social Work Punjab Kazi Masum Akhtar Literature and Education West Bengal Ms. Gloria Arieira Literature and Education Brazil Khan Zaheerkhan Bakhtiyarkhan Sports Maharashtra Dr. Padmavathy Bandopadhyay Medicine Uttar Pradesh Dr. Sushovan Banerjee Medicine West Bengal Dr. Digambar Behera Medicine Chandigarh Dr. Damayanti Beshra Literature and Education Odisha Shri Pawar Popatrao Bhaguji Social Work Maharashtra Shri Himmata Ram Bhambhu Social Work Rajasthan Shri Sanjeev Bikhchandani Trade and Industry Uttar Pradesh Shri Gafurbhai M. Bilakhia Trade and Industry Gujarat Shri Gafurbhai M. Bilakhia Trade and Industry Gujarat Shri Bob Blackman Public Affairs United Kingdom Ms. Indira P. P. Bora Art Assam Shri Madan Singh Chauhan Art Chhattisgarh Ms. Usha Chaumar Social Work Rajasthan Shri Lil Bahadur Chettri Literature and Education Assam Ms. Lalitha & Ms. Saroja Chidambaram (Duo)* Art Tamil Nadu Dr. Vajira Chitrasena Art Sri Lanka Madhya Dr. Purushottam Dadheech Art Pradesh Shri Utsav Charan Das Art Odisha Prof. Indra Dassanayake (Posthumous) Literature and Education Sri Lanka Shri H. M. Desai Literature and Education Gujarat Shri Manohar Devadoss Art Tamil Nadu Ms. Oinam Bembem Devi Sports Manipur Ms. Lia Diskin Social Work Brazil Shri M. P. Ganesh Sports Karnataka Dr. Bangalore Gangadhar Medicine Karnataka Dr. Raman Gangakhedkar Science and Engineering Maharashtra Shri Barry Gardiner Public Affairs United Kingdom Shri Chewang Motup Goba Trade and Industry Ladakh Shri Bharat Goenka Trade and Industry Karnataka Shri Yadla Gopalarao Art Andhra Pradesh Shri Mitrabhanu Gountia Art Odisha Ms. Tulasi Gowda Social Work Karnataka Shri Sujoy K. Guha Science and Engineering Bihar Shri. Harekala Hajabba Social Work Karnataka Shri Enamul Haque Others-Archaeology Bangladesh Shri Madhu Mansuri Hasmukh Art Jharkhand Madhya Shri Abdul Jabbar (Posthumous) Social Work Pradesh Shri Bimal Kumar Jain Social Work Bihar Ms. Meenakshi Jain Literature and Education Delhi Madhya Shri Nemnath Jain Trade and Industry Pradesh Ms. Shanti Jain Art Bihar Ms. Shanti Jain Art Bihar Shri Sudhir Jain Science and Engineering Gujarat Shri Benichandra Jamatia Literature and Education Tripura Shri KV Sampath Kumar and Ms Vidushi Jayalakshmi Literature and Education- KS (duo) Journalism Karnataka Shri Karan Johar Art Maharashtra Madhya Dr. Leela Joshi Medicine Pradesh Ms. Sarita Joshi Art Maharashtra Shri C Kamlova Literature and Education Mizoram Dr. Ravi Kannan R Medicine Assam Ms. Ekta Kapoor Art Maharashtra Shri Yazdi Naoshirwan Karanjia Art Gujarat Shri Narayan J Joshi Karayal Literature and Education Gujarat Dr. Narindar Nath Khanna Medicine Uttar Pradesh Shri Naveen Khanna Science and Engineering Delhi Shri SP Kothari Literature and Education USA Shri VK Munusamy Krishnapakthar Art Puducherry Shri M. K. Kunjol Social Work Kerala Shri Manmohan Mahapatra (Posthumous) Art Odisha Ustad Anwar Khan Mangniyar Art Rajasthan Shri Kattungal Subramaniam Manilal Science and Engineering Kerala Shri Munna Master Art Rajasthan Himachal Prof. Abhiraj Rajendra Mishra Literature and Education Pradesh Ms. Binapani Mohanty Literature and Education Odisha Dr. Arunoday Mondal Medicine West Bengal Dr. Prithwindra Mukherjee Literature and Education France Arunachal Shri Sathyanarayan Mundayoor Social Work Pradesh Shri Manilal Nag Art West Bengal Shri N. Chandrasekharan Nair Literature and Education Kerala Dr. Tetsu Nakamura (Posthumous) Social Work Afghanistan Jammu and Shri Shiv Datt Nirmohi Literature and Education Kashmir Literature and Education- Shri Pu Lalbiakthanga Pachuau Journalism Mizoram Journalism Ms. Moozhikkal Pankajakshi Art Kerala Dr. Prasanta Kumar Pattanaik Literature and Education USA Shri Jogendra Nath Phukan Literature and Education Assam Ms. Rahibai Soma Popere Others-Agriculture Maharashtra Shri Yogesh Praveen Literature and Education Uttar Pradesh Shri Jitu Rai Sports Uttar Pradesh Shri Tarundeep Rai Sports Sikkim Shri S. Ramakrishnan Social Work Tamil Nadu Ms. Rani Rampal Sports Haryana Ms. Kangana Ranaut Art Maharashtra Shri Dalavai Chalapathi Rao Art Andhra Pradesh Shri Shahbuddin Rathod Literature and Education Gujarat Shri Kalyan Singh Rawat Social Work Uttarakhand Shri Chintala Venkat Reddy Others-Agriculture Telangana Smt. (Dr.) Shanti Roy Medicine Bihar Shri Radhammohan & Ms.Sabarmatee (Duo)* Others-Agriculture Odisha Shri Batakrushna Sahoo Others-Animal Husbandry Odisha Ms. Trinity Saioo Others-Agriculture Meghalaya Shri Adnan Sami Art Maharashtra Shri Vijay Sankeshwar Trade and Industry Karnataka Dr. Kushal Konwar Sarma Medicine Assam Shri Sayed Mehboob Shah Qadri alias Sayedbhai Social Work Maharashtra Shri Mohammed Sharif Social Work Uttar Pradesh Shri Shyam Sunder Sharma Art Bihar Dr. Gurdip Singh Medicine Gujarat Shri Ramjee Singh Social Work Bihar Shri Vashishtha Narayan Singh (Posthumous) Science and Engineering Bihar Shri Daya Prakash Sinha Art Uttar Pradesh Dr. Sandra Desa Souza Medicine Maharashtra Shri Vijayasarathi Sribhashyam Literature and Education Telangana Smt. Kalee Shabi Mahaboob and Shri Sheik Mahaboob Subani (Duo)* Art Tamil Nadu Jammu and Shri Javed Ahmad Tak Social Work Kashmir Shri Pradeep Thalappil Science and Engineering Tamil Nadu Shri Pradeep Thalappil Science and Engineering Tamil Nadu Arunachal Shri Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi Literature and Education Pradesh Shri Robert Thurman Literature and Education USA Shri Agus Indra Udayana Social Work Indonesia Shri Harish Chandra Verma Science and Engineering Uttar Pradesh Shri Sundaram Verma Social Work Rajasthan Dr. Romesh Wadhwani Tekchand Trade and Industry USA Shri Suresh Wadkar Art Maharashtra Shri Prem Watsa Trade and Industry Canada