2017 Padma Awards
Posted on: February 3, 2017 by: Deshvidesh
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The 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, such as art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. The Padma Vibhushan is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service; the Padma Bhushan for distinguished service of high order; and the Padma Shri for distinguished service in any field. The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year.
These awards are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions, which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March/ April every year. In 2017, the President of India has approved conferment of Padma Awards to 89 distinguished awardees. The list comprises of seven Padma Vibhushan, seven Padma Bhushan, and 75 Padma Shri Awardees. 19 of The awardees include 19 women as well as five foreigners/NRIs/PIOs/ and six posthumous. |
| PADMA VIBHUSHAN |
| Sharad Pawar |
Public Affairs |
| Murli Manohar Joshi |
Public Affairs |
| P.A. Sangma (Posthumous) |
Public Affairs |
| Sunder Lal Patwah (Posthumous) |
Public Affairs |
| K.J. Yesudas |
Art – Music |
| Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev |
Others – Spiritualism |
| Udipi Ramachandra Rao |
Science & Engineering |
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| PADMA BHUSHAN |
| Vishwa Mohan Bhatt |
Art – Music |
| Devi Prasad Dwivedi |
Literature & Education |
| Tehemton Udwadia |
Medicine |
| Ratna Sundar Maharaj |
Others-Spiritualism |
| Swami Niranjana Nanda Saraswati |
Others-Yoga |
| H.R.H. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn (Foreigner) |
Literature & Education |
| Cho Ramaswamy (Posthumous) |
Literature & Education – Journalism |
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| PADMA SHRI |
| Basanti Bisht |
Art-Music |
| Chemanchery Kunhiraman Nair |
Art-Dance |
| Aruna Mohanty |
Art-Dance |
| Bharathi Vishnuvardhan |
Art-Cinema |
| Sadhu Meher |
Art-Cinema |
| T K Murthy |
Art-Music |
| Laishram Birendrakumar Singh |
Art-Music |
| Krishna Ram Chaudhary |
Art-Music |
| Baoa Devi |
Art-Painting |
| Tilak Gitai |
Art-Painting |
| Aekka Yadagiri Rao |
Art-Sculpture |
| Jitendra Haripal |
Art-Music |
| Kailash Kher |
Art-Music |
| Parassala B Ponnammal |
Art-Music |
| Sukri Bommagowda |
Art-Music |
| Mukund Nayak |
Art-Music |
| Purushottam Upadhyay |
Art-Music |
| Anuradha Paudwal |
Art-Music |
| Wareppa Naba Nil |
Art-Theatre |
| Tripuraneni Hanuman Chowdary |
Civil Service |
| T.K. Viswanathan |
Civil Service |
| Kanwal Sibal |
Civil Service |
| Birkha Bahadur Limboo Muringla |
Literature & Education |
| Eli Ahmed |
Literature & Education |
| Narendra Kohli |
Literature & Education |
| G. Venkatasubbiah |
Literature & Education |
| Akkitham Achyuthan Namboothiri |
Literature & Education |
| Kashi Nath Pandita |
Literature & Education |
| Chamu Krishna Shastry |
Literature & Education |
| Harihar Kripalu Tripathi |
Literature & Education |
| Michel Danino |
Literature & Education |
| Punam Suri |
Literature & Education |
| VG Patel |
Literature & Education |
| V Koteswaramma |
Literature & Education |
| Balbir Dutt |
Literature & Education-Journalism |
| Bhawana Somaaya |
Literature & Education-Journalism |
| Vishnu Pandya |
Literature & Education-Journalism |
| Subroto Das |
Medicine |
| Bhakti Yadav |
Medicine |
| Mohammed Abdul Waheed |
Medicine |
| Madan Madhav Godbole |
Medicine |
| Devendra Dayabhai Patel |
Medicine |
| Harkishan Singh |
Medicine |
| Mukut Minz |
Medicine |
| Arun Kumar Sharma |
Others-Archaeology |
| Sanjeev Kapoor |
Others-Culinary |
| Meenakshi Amma |
Others-Martial Art |
| Genabhai Dargabhai Patel |
Others-Agriculture |
| Chandrakant Pithawa |
Science & Engineering |
| Ajoy Kumar Ray |
Science & Engineering |
| Chintakindi Mallesham |
Science & Engineering |
| Jitendra Nath Goswami |
Science & Engineering |
| Daripalli Ramaiah |
Social Work |
| Girish Bhardwaj |
Social Work |
| Karimul Hak |
Social Work |
| Bipin Ganatra |
Social Work |
| Nivedita Raghunath Bhide |
Social work |
| Appasaheb Dharmadhikari |
Social Work |
| Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal |
Social Work |
| Virat Kohli |
Sports-Cricket |
| Shekar Naik |
Sports-Cricket |
| Vikasa Gowda |
Sports-Discus Throw |
| Deepa Malik |
Sports-Athletics |
| Mariyappan Thangavelu |
Sports-Athletics |
| Dipa Karmakar |
Sports-Gymnastics |
| P. R. Shreejesh |
Sports-Hockey |
| Sakshi Malik |
Sports-Wrestling |
| Mohan Reddy Venkatrama Bodanapu |
Trade & Industry |
| Imrat Khan (NRI/PIO) |
Art-Music |
| Anant Agarwal (NRI/PIO) |
Literature & Education |
| H.R. Shah (NRI/PIO) |
Literature & Education-Journalism |
| Suniti Solomon (Posthumous) |
Medicine |
| Asoke Kumar Bhattacharyya (Posthumous) |
Others-Archaeology |
| Dr. Mapuskar (Posthumous) |
Social Work |
| Anuradha Koirala (Foreigner) |
Social Work |
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