Gende # Name Award Domain Focus State Intro r Vocals - Chhattisga 1st female Pandvani folk singer - promoting Chhatisgarh's 3,000 year old 1 Teejan Bai PV Arts F Folk rh traditional art form Ismail Omar President of Djibouti - extended support during Operation Rahat, for rescuing 2 PV Public Affairs Politics Djibouti M Guelleh Indians and foreigners from war-hit Yemen Anil Manibhai Trade and Infrastructur Maharasht 3 PV M Group Chairman of engineering conglomerate Larsen & Toubro Naik Industry e ra Balwant Acting - Maharasht Marathi Theatre legend and historian - especially known for his play 'Jaanta Raja' 4 Moreshwar PV Arts M Theatre ra on Chhatrapati Shivaji Purandare Trade and 5 John Chambers PB Technology USA M American Technology Business Leader - former CEO of CISCO Systems Industry Sukhdev Singh Veteran Leader - former Minister in the Central and Punjab Governments and 3- 6 PB Public Affairs Politics Punjab M Dhindsa time MP + 4-time MLA South 7 Pravin Gordhan PB Public Affairs Politics M South African anti-Apartheid Leader and current Minister Africa Mahashay Trade and Food Founder CEO and Iconic Face of MDH Masala 8 Dharam Pal PB Delhi M Industry Processing Gulati Darshan Lal Social worker providing free education and boarding to poor children - Founder 9 PB Social Work Service Haryana M Jain President of Saraswati Nadi Shodh Sansthan Ashok Affordable Maharasht Doctor and Founder of Vivekananda Hospital - serving the needy in the 10 Laxmanrao PB Medicine M Healthcare ra backward, drought-prone Latur region Kukade Budhaditya Music - West 11 PB Arts M Veteran Sitar and Surbahar Artist Mukherjee Sitar Bengal 12 Kariya Munda PB Public Affairs Politics Jharkhand M Veteran Tribal Leader - former Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha and 8-time MP Mohanlal Acting - 13 Viswanathan PB Arts Kerala M Malayalam Film Superstar - acted in 350+ films Films Nair S Nambi Science and Aerospace Sceientist and Engineer - introduced liquid fuel rocket technology in 14 PB Space Kerala M Narayan Engineering India Literature and Veteran Journalist and Author - wrote colums for over 80 newspapers 15 Kuldip Nayar PB Journalism Delhi M Education (Posthumous: died in Aug 2018) Mountainee Uttarakhan Woman mountaineer who has lead multiple mountaineering and rafting 16 Bachendri Pal PB Sports F ring d expeditions - first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest 17 V K Shunglu PB Civil Service IAS Delhi M Former Comptroller and Auditor General of India Hukumdev Veteran Farmer leader - former Central Government Agriculture Minister and 6- 18 PB Public Affairs Politics Bihar M Narayan Yadav time MP Rajeshwar Vocals - Uttar Leading Hindustani singer and Jaltarang exponent of Gwalior Gharana - 19 PS Arts M Acharya Hindustani Pradesh performing nationally and internationally for decades Bangaru Spiritual Tamil Spiritual Guru affectionately called 'Amma' - Founder of Melmaruvathur temple 20 PS Others M Adigalar Leader Nadu and Adhiparasakhti Temple and Trust Pioneer of Laparoscopic surgery in the North East - developed no scalpel 21 Illias Ali PS Medicine Surgery Assam M vasectomy and popularised family planning Acting - Maharasht National Award winning Hindi Film Actor known for portraying unconventional 22 Manoj Bajpayee PS Arts M Films ra and critically acclaimed roles Uddhab Kumar Science and Grassroots Grassroots Innovator from Assam - known for inventing over 100 agricultural 23 PS Assam M Bharali Engineering Innovation machines including pomegranate deseeder Omesh Kumar Himachal Epidemiologist who developed low-cost anti-Rabies treatment at 1/10 th of the 24 PS Medicine Rabies M Bharti Pradesh prevailing cost - accepted as part of WHO protocol globally Pritam Vocals - Uttarakhan 25 PS Arts M Uttarakhandi Folk Singer specialising in Jagar and Pawada Bhartwan Folk d 26 Jyoti Bhatt PS Arts Painting Gujarat M Painter and Photographer documenting Gujarati Folk Art and Rural Culture Dilip Archaeolog Veteran Archaeologist and Professor - known for scholarship on ancient Indian 27 PS Others Delhi M Chakravarty y History and Archaeology Mammen West Pioneer of bone marrow transplant in India - having served in CMC Vellore and 28 PS Medicine Hematology M Chandy Bengal Tata Medical Centre, Kolkata Swapan Music - West 29 PS Arts M One of the leading Tabla players of Lucknow Gharana Chaudhuri Tabla Bengal Kanwal Singh 30 PS Others Agriculture Haryana M Organic farmer from Sonipat - who introduced profitable Baby Corn farming Chauhan Indian Football Team Captain - 2nd highest Goalscorer among Active 31 Sunil Chhetri PS Sports Football Telangana M International Players in the World Dinyar Acting - Maharasht Legendary Parsi-Gujarati Theatre and Film Actor, especially known for his 32 PS Arts M Contractor Theatre ra comic roles Muktaben Founder of CU Shah Pragna Chakshu Mahila Sevakunj working on the welfare and 33 Pankajkumar PS Social Work Divyang Gujarat F empowerment of Divyang Women in Saurashtra Dagli Madhya Organic farmer Satna engaged in the conservation of old and traditional seeds - 34 Babulal Dahiya PS Others Agriculture M Pradesh promoting Biodiversity in Satpura Hills, inspired 'Beej Yatra' Music - 35 Thanga Darlong PS Arts Tripura M Rosem Flute Player - preserving and reviving Tripura's special tribal instrument Flute National Award winning Choreographer, Director and Actor - work spanning 36 Prabhu Deva PS Arts Dance Karnataka M across the Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada film industries Woman farmer popularly from Muzzaffarpur known as Kisaan Chachi - formed 37 Rajkumari Devi PS Others Agriculture Bihar F Self Help Groups and motivated rural women to become financially independent Gende # Name Award Domain Focus State Intro r Crusader for Social Justice - worked her way up from being an ill-treated sweeper 38 Bhagirathi Devi PS Public Affairs Politics Bihar F in the BDO’s office to a 4-time MLA serving her community Baldev Singh Science and Agriculture Scientist and Plant Breeding Specialist - Vice Chancellor of Punjab 39 PS Agriculture Punjab M Dhillon Engineering Agriculture University Harika Andhra 40 PS Sports Chess F Chess Grandmaster in 2011 - representing India for over a decade Dronavalli Pradesh Veteran Madhubani Painter - contributed to establishing Madhubani Museum in 41 Godawari Dutta PS Arts Painting Bihar F Japan Gautam Former Indian Cricket Team Opening batsman and Captain - represented India for 42 PS Sports Cricket Delhi M Gambhir 15 years Draupadi Established Sikkim Viklang Sahayata Samiti working for empowerment of 43 PS Social Work Divyang Sikkim F Ghimiray Women and Divyang Science and Particle Physicist at IISc Bangalore - known for her outstanding work on 44 Rohini Godbole PS Nuclear Karnataka F Engineering Colliders Leading Transplant surgeon at Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals and Professor at 45 Sandeep Guleria PS Medicine Surgery Delhi M AIIMS Pratap Singh Ophthalmol Madhya 80 year old Ophthalmologist from Indore specialising in cataract surgeries and 46 PS Medicine M Hardia ogy Pradesh myopia - provides free services to poor patients Conservator of ancient Indian heritage, especially Tribal Art - discovered first 47 Bulu Imam PS Social Work Culture Jharkhand M rock art of Jharkhand Animal German lady popularly known as Sudevi Mataji who has been taking care of sick 48 Friederike Irina PS Social Work Germany F Welfare and abandoned cows in Mathura for over 2 decades Joravarsinh Dance - Folk-literature author working to conserve Gujarat's dying folk art forms - 49 PS Arts Gujarat M Jadav Folk especially the 'Bhavai' folk dance 50 S Jaishankar PS Civil Service IFS Delhi M Former Foreign Secretary of India Jammu Narsingh Dev Literature and Literature - Sahitya-Akademi award winning Dogri Poet & Playwright - formerly served in 51 PS and M Jamwal Education Dogri J&K Police for 3 decades Kashmir Jammu Fayaz Ahmad National-award winning exponent of traditional Kashmiri art form of Papier- 52 PS Arts Craft and M Jan Mache Kashmir Vocals - 53 K G Jayan PS Arts Kerala M Veteran Carnatic Bhakti singer - widely known as Ayyappa Ganajyothi Bhakti Science and Computer Scientist specialising in Quantum Computation and Artificial 54 Subhash Kak PS Technology USA M Engineering Intelligence - also a leading Indologist Table Tamil India's leading Table Tennis player who has won multiple medals at 55 Sharath Kamal PS Sports M Tennis Nadu Commonwealth Games - representing India for over 15 years Social activist working for the sustainable development and empowerment of Uttar 56 Rajani Kant PS Social Work Service M Weavers and Artisans - protection and promotion of traditional craft through Pradesh Geographical Indication Maharasht Pioneer of Sickle Cell Research in India - especially working in tribal communities 57 Sudam Kate PS Medicine Sickle Cell M ra of Maharashtra, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh Acting - Maharasht Leader of Dalit theatre movement, worked in plays delivering message of social 58 Waman Kendre PS Arts M Theatre ra justice and empowerment Acting - Veteran Hindi Film Actor and Screenwriter - acted in over 300 movies 59 Kader Khan PS Arts Canada M Films (Posthumous: died in January 2019 ) Abdul Gafur Kutchi Rogan artist - 8th generation of the only family practising the dying art 60 PS Arts Painting Gujarat M Khatri form Smita & Affordable Maharasht Husband and Wife Doctor duo working for the welfare of Korku tribals of naxal- 61 PS Medicine Duo Ravindra Kolhe Healthcare ra affected Melghat Bombayla Devi Archer who has won multiple medals at World, Asian and Commonwealth levels - 62 PS Sports Archery Manipur F Laishram representing India for over a decade Kailash Literature and Literature - Madhya 63 PS M Bundeli Folk Writer and leader of Manikikiran Andolan Madbaiya Education Bundeli Pradesh Ramesh Babaji Animal Uttar Spiritual Leader and founder of Mataji Gaushala - takes care of 45,000 cows, and 64 PS Social Work M Maharaj Welfare Pradesh has India's largest Bio-gas plant Vallabhbhai Organic farmer from Junagarh known for developing Madhuvan Gajar - high 65 Vasrambhai PS Others Agriculture Gujarat M yielding variety of carrots cultivated in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Rajasthan Marvaniya Literature and Literature - 66 Gita Mehta PS USA F Author and Filmmaker focused on Indian Culture and History Education English Shadab Uttar Head of Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at King George Medical 67 PS Medicine Dentistry M Mohammad Pradesh University Lucknow Archaeolog Veteran Archaeologist - restored and preserved ancient Indian structures across 68 K K Muhammed PS Others Kerala M y India Shyama Prasad Affordable Doctor providing quality healthcare to the poor in Jharkhand - proving treatment 69 PS Medicine Jharkhand M Mukherjee Healthcare and medicines for negligible charges Tribal Farmer who single-handedly carved out a 3 km long canal with a hoe and 70 Daitari Naik PS Social Work Service Odisha M crowbar to bring water from a mountain stream for drinking and irrigation Shankar Vocals - Maharasht Popular Playback Singer and Composer - sung over 3,000 songs in multiple 71 Mahadevan PS Arts M Films ra languages Narayan Shantanu Trade and 72 PS Technology USA M President, CEO & Chairman of Adobe Systems Narayen Industry Dance - First transgender Bharatnatyam dancer of international repute, performing on Tamil Transge 73 Nartaki Natraj PS Arts Bharatnatya ancient Nayaki bhava tradition and Tamil Sangam literature - role model for Nadu nder m having overcome social resistance and exclusion Gende # Name Award Domain Focus State Intro r Jammu 74 Tsering Norboo PS Medicine Surgery and M Ladakh based surgeon - served for 50 years in remote, high altiutude regions Kashmir Anup Ranjan Chhattisga Founder of Bastar Band promoting traditional Chhattisgarhi tribal music - 75 PS Arts Music M Pandey rh spreading the message of 'Banduk Chhodo- Dhol Pakdo' in troubled areas Jagdish Prasad Organic farmer from Sikar - who developed pest and climate resistant 76 PS Others Agriculture Rajasthan M Parikh Cauliflower variety in arid Rajasthan Ganpatbhai Literature and 77 PS Education USA M Educationist and Social Worker - Founder of Ganpat University Patel Education Expert Architect and Urban Planner - recognised for his work on the Sabarmati 78 Bimal Patel PS Others Architecture Gujarat M Riverfront and post-earthquake redevelopment of Bhuj Hukumchand Progressive farmer from Jhalawar - marketed online, exported as well as trained 79 PS Others Agriculture Rajasthan M Patidar local farmers in organic farming techniques Harvinder Singh Human Right Activist - spearheaded legal battle to gain justice for the victims of 80 PS Public Affairs Law Punjab M Phoolka 1984 anti-Sikh riots Madurai Chinna Microfinanc Tamil Woman Farmer who pioneered micro-finance in Tamil Nadu through her 81 PS Social Work F Pillai e Nadu Kalanjiam movement Tao Porchon- 100 year old American Yoga Teacher - taught and promoted yoga 82 PS Others Yoga USA F Lynch internationally Woman Tribal agricultural activist froom Koraput - preserved endangered seeds 83 Kamala Pujhari PS Others Agriculture Odisha F and promoted organic farming Freestyle Wrestler who won back to back Silver and Gold in the 2014 and 2018 84 Bajrang Punia PS Sports Wrestling Haryana M Asian and Commonwealth Games Ophthalmol Chandigar Director of PGIMER Chandigarh - developed innovative paediatric cataract 85 Jagat Ram PS Medicine M ogy h surgery to cure an earlier incurable birth defect Ophthalmol Tamil Founder of Sankara Eye Foundation - working on 80:20 model for providing 86 R V Ramani PS Medicine M ogy Nadu affordable eyecare services across the nation Tea Seller providing education & food to slum children - set up a school from his Devarapalli Affordable 87 PS Social Work Odisha M own income generated over 50 years Prakash Rao Education Photograph Uttarakhan Nature photographer - famous for his photos of Himalayan landscape and 88 Anup Sah PS Arts M y d wildlife French artist practising and promoting Indian Classical Dance forms like Dance - 89 Milena Salvini PS Arts France F Kathakali, Bharatnatyam and Mohiniyattam in France - also wrote books and made Kathakali documentaries on the same Nagindas Literature and Maharasht 90 PS Journalism M Veteran Journalist, Author and Gandhian - known for his work in Chitralekha Sanghavi Education ra Sirivennela One of the greatest Telugu Lyricists, having written over 3,000 songs - his lyrics 91 Seetharama PS Arts Lyrics Telangana M especially known for optimistic values Sastry Animal Maharasht Cow Caretaker from drought-prone region of Marathwada - protecting cows for 92 Shabbir Sayyad PS Social Work M Welfare ra half a century Founder of Shivganga Ashram in Jhabua working for Tribal welfare - developed a Madhya 93 Mahesh Sharma PS Social Work Tribal M sustainable development model, especially setting up water harvesting structures, Pradesh libraries and solar panels Mohammad Literature and Literature - Sanskrit scholar and author - promoting communal harmony through his books & 94 Hanif Khan PS Delhi M Education Sanskrit poems based on ancient Indian shlokas Shastri Brijesh Kumar Literature and Literature - Uttar 95 PS M Scholar of Sanskrit and ancient Prakrit language Shukla Education Sanskrit Pradesh Animal Farmer from Panipat known for his contribution in the development of Haryana's 96 Narendra Singh PS Others Haryana M Husbandry indigenous Murrrah buffaloes Uttar Captain of Indian Women's Basketball Team - representing India for over a 97 Prashanti Singh PS Sports Basketball F Pradesh decade Animal Pisciculturalist from Karnal known for setting up ultra-modern fish farms using 98 Sultan Singh PS Others Haryana M Husbandry innovative technology - also conserved endangered varieties of fish Jyoti Kumar Affordable Former IPS officer who established Shoshit Seva Sangh post retirment - providing 99 PS Social Work Bihar M Sinha Education education and medical support to disadvantaged communities of Bihar Anandan Tamil 100 PS Arts Music M India's foremost Percussionist - having performed nationally and internationally Sivamani Nadu Specialist in Archaeometallurgy - who has integrated perspectives from Sharada Archaeolog 101 PS Others Karnataka F performing arts into historical studies Srinivasan y Devendra Literature and Uttar Journalist, Historian and Social Worker 102 PS Journalism M Swarup Education Pradesh (Posthumous: died in Jan 2019) Himachal Captain of Indian Kabaddi Team - Led India to victory in 2016 World Cup 103 Ajay Thakur PS Sports Kabaddi M Pradesh Rajeev Music - 104 PS Arts Karnataka M Veteran Sarod player of Senia Gharana Tharanath Sarod Saalumarada Environmen 106 year old woman who single-handedly planted thousands of trees over 65 105 PS Social Work Karnataka F Thimmakka t years, taking care of them as her children (Vruksha Mathe) Environmen Tribal Environmentalist fighting the timber mafia and naxals - mobilized women 106 Jamuna Tudu PS Social Work Jharkhand F t to protect trees and animals Bharat Bhushan Uttar Multiple award winning farmer from Bulandshahr known for practicing organic 107 PS Others Agriculture M Tyagi Pradesh agricultural techniques that reduce costs and increase income Ramaswami Plastic Tamil Pioneer of hand and reconstructive surgery - treated 2 lakh injuries including acid 108 PS Medicine M Venkataswami Surgery Nadu attack victims Gende # Name Award Domain Focus State Intro r Ram Saran Uttar Hi-tech Farmer from Barbanki - adopted technology and scientific farming in 109 PS Others Agriculture M Verma Pradesh cultivation, and trained others in the same Swami Spiritual 110 PS Others Kerala M Spiritual leader - President of ancient Varkkala Sivagiri Dharma Sangham Vishudhananda Leader Vocals - Uttar 111 Hiralal Yadav PS Arts M Bhojpuri Singer and Lyricist - widely appreciated for songs of Birha genre Folk Pradesh Venkateswara Andhra 112 PS Others Agriculture M Agricultural journalist and social activist - promoting organic farming methods Rao Yadlapalli Pradesh