PADMA AWARDs are the highest civilian awards of the country which is conferred in 3 different categories i.e. Padma Vibhushan (exceptional and distinguished service), Padma Bhushan (high order distinguished service) and Padma Shri (distinguished service in any field).
The awards are given to the citizens of the country for their performances in different fields like Art, Social Service, Science & Engineering, Literature & Education, Trade & Industry, Public Affairs, Civil Services, Sports, etc.
These civilian awards are honored by the President of India in a ceremonial function which is held in Rashtrapati Bhawan around March / April every year. This year, 112 Padma Awards were approved including 1 duo case (award is counted as one). The list has 4 Padma Vibhushan, 14 Padma Bhushan and 94 Padma Shri Awards.
In the list, there were 21 women awardees inclusive of 11 from the categories of Foreign / NRI / OCI / POI, 3 Posthumous Awardees and 1 Transgender.
Below is the list of some of the most interesting awardees:
Saalumarada Thimmakka -A 107th years old awardee, she is an environmentalist
Saalumarada Thimmakka represents the resilience and determination and perseverance of the ordinary Indian citizen, especially of women in our country. May her example, and that of every Padma awardee, inspire our India to greater heights #PresidentKovind
— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) March 16, 2019
Apart from this, some of the notable awardees were Sir Pranab Mukherjee, Prabhudeva, Shankar Mahadevan, Manoj Bajpayee and Gautam Gambhir.
Full list of awardees:
Bharat Ratna (3)
1. Nanaji Deshmukh (posthumous)
2. Dr. Bhupen Hazarika (posthumous)
3. Pranab Mukherjee
Padma Vibhushan (4)
1. Ms. Teejan Bai — Art-Vocals-Folk — Chhattisgarh
2. Shri Anilkumar Manibhai Naik — Trade & Industry-Infrastructure — Maharashtra
3. Shri Ismail Omar Guelleh (Foreigner) — Public Affairs — Djibouti
4. Shri Balwant Moreshwar Purandare — Art-Acting-Theatre — Maharashtra
Padma Bhushan (14)
1. Shri John Chambers (Foreigner) — Trade & Industry-Technology — USA
2. Shri Mahashay Dharam Pal Gulati — Trade & Industry-Food Processing — Delhi
3. Shri Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa — Public Affairs — Punjab
4. Shri Pravin Gordhan (Foreigner) — Public Affairs — South Africa
5. Shri Budhaditya Mukherjee — Art-Music-Sitar — West Bengal
6. Shri Darshan Lal Jain — Social Work — Haryana
7. Shri Ashok Laxmanrao Kukade — Medicine-Affordable Healthcare — Maharashtra
8. Shri Kariya Munda — Public Affairs — Jharkhand
9. Shri Mohanlal Viswanathan Nair — Art-Acting-Film — Kerala
10. Shri S Nambi Narayan — Science & Engineering-Space — Kerala
11. Shri Hukumdev Narayan Yadav — Public Affairs — Bihar
12. Shri Kuldip Nayar (Posthumous) — Literature & Education (Journalism) — Delhi
13. Ms. Bachendri Pal — Sports-Mountaineering — Uttarakhand
14. Shri V K Shunglu — Civil Service — Delhi
Apart from this, 94 Padma Shree Awardees:
Padma Shri (94)
1. Shri Rajeshwar Acharya — Art-Vocal-Hindustani — Uttar Pradesh
2. Shri bangaru Adigalar — Others-spiritualism — Tamil Nadu
3. Shri Omesh Kumar Bharti — Medicine-Rabies — Himachal Pradesh
4. Shri Manoj Bajpayee — Art-Acting-Films — Maharashtra
5. Shri Uddhab Kumar Bharali — Science & Engineering-Grassroots Innovation — Assam
6. Shri Illias Ali — Medicine-Surgery — Assam
7. Shri Swapan Chaudhuri — Art-Music-Tabla — West Bengal
8. Shri Jyoti Bhatt — Art-Painting — Gujarat
9. Shri Dilip Chakravarty — Others-Archaeology — Delhi
10. Shri Mammen Chandy — Medicine-Hematology — West Bengal
11. Shri Pritam Bhartwan — Art-Vocals-Folk — Uttarakhand
12. Shri Kanwal Singh Chauhan — Others-Agriculture — Haryana
13. Shri Babulal Dahiya — Others-Agriculture — Madhya Pradesh
14. Shri Dinyar Contractor — Art-Acting-Theatre — Maharashtra
15. Ms. Muktaben Pankajkumar Dagli — Social Work-Divyang Welfare — Gujarat
16. Shri Sunil Chhetri — Sports-Football — Telangana
17. Shri Thanga Darlong — Art-Music-Flute — Tripura
18. Shri Baldev Singh Dhillon — Science & EngineeringAgriculture — Punjab
19. Ms. Rajkumari Devi — Others-Agriculture — Bihar
20. Ms. Bhagirathi Devi — Public Affairs — Bihar
21. Shri Prabhu Deva — Art-Dance — Karnataka
22. Ms. Harika Dronavalli — Sports-Chess — Andhra Pradesh
23. Ms. Draupadi Ghimiray — Social Work-Divyang Welfare — Sikkim
24. Ms. Godawari Dutta — Art-Painting — Bihar
25. Shri Gautam Gambhir — Sports-Cricket — Delhi
26. Shri Joravarsinh Jadav — Art – Dance (folk) — Gujarat
27. Shri Bulu Imam — Social Work-Culture — Jharkhand
28. Shri Sandeep Guleria — Medicine-Surgery — Delhi
29. Shri Pratap Singh Hardia — Medicine-Ophthmology — Madhya Pradesh
30. Ms. Rohini Godbole — Science & Engineering-Nuclear — Karnataka
31. Ms. Friederike Irina (Foreigner) — Social Work-Animal Welfare — Germany
32. Shri Fayaz Ahmad Jan — Art-Craft-Papier Mache — Jammu & Kashmir
33. Shri S Jaishankar — Civil Service — Delhi
34. Shri Narsingh Dev Jamwal — Literature & Education — Jammu & Kashmir
35. Shri Joravarsinh Jadav — Art-Dance Folk — Gujarat
36. Shri K G Jayan — Art-Music-Bhakti — Kerala
37. Shri Subhash Kak (Foreigner) — Science & Engineering-Technology — USA
38. Shri Kader Khan (Posthumous-Foreigner) — Art-Acting-Films — Canada
39. Shri Rajani Kant — Social Work — Uttar Pradesh
40. Shri Sudam Kate — Medicine-Sickle Cell — Maharashtra
41. Shri Waman Kendre — Art-Acting-Theatre — Maharashtra
42. Shri Sharath Kamal — Sports-Table Tennis — Tamil Nadu
43. Shri Abdul Gafur Khatri — Art-Painting — Gujarat
44. Shri Ravindra Kolhe (Duo)* — Medicine-Affordable Healthcare — Maharashtra
Ms. Smita Kolhe (Duo)* — Medicine-Affordable Healthcare — Maharashtra
45. Shri Vallabhbhai Vasrambhai Marvaniya — Others-Agriculture — Gujarat
46. Shri Kailash Madbaiya — Literature & Education — Madhya Pradesh
47. Shri Ramesh Babaji Maharaj — Social Work-Animal Welfare — Uttar Pradesh
48. Ms. Bombayla Devi Laishram — Sports-Archery — Manipur
49. Ms. Gita Mehta (Foreigner) — Literature & Education — USA
50. Shri Daitari Naik — Social Work — Odisha
51. Shri K K Muhammed — Others-Archaeology — Kerala
52. Shri Shyama Prasad Mukherjee — Medicine-Affordable Healthcare — Jharkhand
53. Shri Shadab Mohammad — Medicine-Dentistry — Uttar Pradesh
54. Shri Shankar Mahadevan Narayan — Art-Vocals-Films — Maharashtra
55. Shri Shantanu Narayen (Foreigner) — Trade & Industry-Technology — USA
56. Shri Jagdish Prasad Parikh — Others-Agriculture — Rajasthan
57. Shri Tsering Norboo — Medicine-Surgery — Jammu & Kashmir
58. Shri Anup Ranjan Pandey — Art-Music — Chhattisgarh
59. Nartaki Natraj — Art-Dance-Bharatnatyam — Tamil Nadu
60. Ms. Tao Porchon-Lynch (Foreigner) — Others-Yoga — USA
61. Shri Bimal Patel — Others-Architecture — Gujarat
62. Shri Hukumchand Patidar — Others-Agriculture — Rajasthan
63. Ms. Madurai Chinna Pillai — Social Work-Microfinance — Tamil Nadu
64. Shri Ganpatbhai Patel (Foreigner) — Literature & Education — USA
65. Ms. Kamala Pujhari — Others-Agriculture — Odisha
66. Shri Devarapalli Prakash Rao — Social Work-Affordable Education — Odisha
67. Shri Jagat Ram — Medicine-Ophthalmology — Chandigarh
68. Shri R V Ramani — Medicine-Ophthalmology — Tamil Nadu
69. Shri Bajrang Punia — Sports-Wrestling — Haryana
70. Shri Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry — Art-Lyrics — Telangana
71. Ms. Milena Salvini (Foreigner) — Art-Dance-Kathakali — France
72. Shri Nagindas Sanghavi — Literature & Education-Journalism — Maharashtra
73. Shri Anup Sah — Art-Photography — Uttarakhand
74. Shri Shabbir Sayyad — Social Work-Animal Welfare — Maharashtra
75. Shri Mahesh Sharma — Social Work-Tribal Welfare — Madhya Pradesh
76. Ms. Prashanti Singh — Sports-Basketball — Uttar Pradesh
77. Shri Brijesh Kumar Shukla — Literature & Education — Uttar Pradesh
78. Shri Narendra Singh — Others-Animal Husbandry — Haryana
79. Shri Mohammad Hanif Khan Shastri — Literature & Education — Delhi
80. Shri Sultan Singh — Others-Animal Husbandry — Haryana
81. Shri Devendra Swarup (Posthumous) — Literature & Education-Journalism — Uttar Pradesh
82. Shri Anandan Sivamani — Art-Music — Tamil Nadu
83. Ms. Sharada Srinivasan — Others-Archaeology — Karnataka
84. Shri Jyoti Kumar Sinha — Social Work-Affordable Education — Bihar
85. Shri Ajay Thakur — Sports-Kabaddi — Himachal Pradesh
86. Shri Bharat Bhushan Tyagi — Others-Agriculture — Uttar Pradesh
87. Ms. Saalumarada Thimmakka — Social Work-Environment — Karnataka
88. Ms. Jamuna Tudu — Social Work-Environment — Jharkhand
89. Shri Rajeev Tharanath — Art-Music-Sarod — Karnataka
90. Shri Ramaswami Venkataswami — Medicine-Surgery — Tamil Nadu
91. Shri Ram Saran Verma — Others-Agriculture — Uttar Pradesh
92. Shri Venkateswara Rao Yadlapalli — Others-Agriculture — Andhra Pradesh
93. Shri Hiralal Yadav — Art-Vocals-Folk — Uttar Pradesh
94. Shri Swami Vishudhananda — Others-Spiritualism — Kerala
*indicates duo case. (counted as one award)