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Pranab Mukherjee conferred Padma Awards to 109 people, Sharmila Tagore and Sridevi in the first batch

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The first batch of this year's Padma honours were handed out by President Pranab Mukherjee.

Padma Awards, the country’s highest civilian awards was given to 109 personalities this year.

This includes one duo case (counted as one) and 14 in the category of Foreigners/ NRIs/ PIOs/ Posthumous. These comprise 5 Padma Vibhushan, 27 Padma Bhushan and 77 Padma Shri Awards. 

Actresses Sharmila Tagore and Sridevi received their Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri respectively. Cricketer Rahul Dravid received the Padma Bhushan.

The list of honours were announced on January 25. The selection committee this year included actress Ratna Pathak Shah, scientist Anil Kakodkar and Union Home Secretary RK Singh, among others.

Actor Rajesh Khanna, Sharmila Tagore's co-star of many hit films, and comedian Jaspal Bhatti will both receive the Padma Bhushan posthumously. Mr Khanna died in July and Mr Bhatti in October last year.

Theatre personality B Jayashree, photographer Pablo Bartholomew and entrepreneur Vandana Luthra received the Padma Shri.

Telugu producer D Ramanaidu also received the Padma Bhushan.

Full list of awardees this year:

 

Padma Vibhushan
Raghunath Mohapatra, Art, Orissa
S Haider Raza, Art, Delhi
Prof Yash Pal, Science and Engineering, Uttar Pradesh
Prof Roddam Narasimha, Science and Engineering, Karnataka

Padma Bhushan
Dr Ramanaidu Daggubati, Art, Andhra Pradesh
Sreeramamurthy Janaki, Art, Tamil Nadu
Dr (Smt) Kanak Rele, Art, Maharashtra
Sharmila Tagore, Art, Delhi
Dr (Smt) Saroja Vaidyanathan, Art, Delhi
Abdul Rashid Khan, Art, West Bengal
Late Rajesh Khanna, Art, Maharashtra
Late Jaspal Singh Bhatti, Art, Punjab
Shivajirao Girdhar Patil, Public Affairs, Maharashtra
Dr Apathukatha Sivathanu Pillai, Science, Engineering Delhi
Dr Vijay Kumar Saraswat, Science and Engineering, Delhi
Dr Ashoke Sen Science and Engineering Uttar Pradesh
B N Suresh, Science and Engineering, Karnataka
Prof Satya N Atluri, Science and Engineering, USA
Prof Jogesh Chandra Pati, Science and Engineering, USA
Ramamurthy Thyagarajan, Trade and Industry, Tamil Nadu
Adi Burjor Godrej, Trade and Industry, Maharashtra
Dr Nandkishore Shamrao Laud, Medicine, Maharashtra
Mangesh Padgaonkar, Literature and Education, Maharashtra
Prof Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Literature & Education USA
Hemendra Singh Panwar, Civil Service, Madhya Pradesh
Maharaj Kishan Bhan, Civil Service, Delhi
Rahul Dravid, Sports, Karnataka

Padma Shree
Gajam Anjaiah, Art
Swami GCD Bharti alias Bharati Bandhu, Art
B Jayashree, Art
Sridevi, Art
Kailash Chandra Meher, Art
Brahmdeo Ram Pandit, Art
Nana Patekar, Art, Maharashtra
R Nageswara Rao alias Surabhi Babji, Art
Lakshmi Narayana Sathiraju, Art
Jaymala Shiledar, Art
Suresh Dattatray Talwalkar, Art
P Madhavan Nair alias Madhu, Art
Apurba Kishore Bir, Art
Ghanakanta Bora Borbayan, Art
Hilda Mit Lepcha, Art
Sudha Malhotra, Art
Ghulam Mohammad Saznawaz, Art
Ramesh Gopaldas Sippy, Art
Mahrukh Tarapor, Art
Balwant Thakur, Art
Puran Das Baul, Art
Rajendra Tikku, Art
Pablo Bartholomew, Art
Shri S Shakir Ali, Art
SKM Maeilanandhan, Social Work
Nileema Mishra, Social Work
Reema Nanavati, Social Work
Jharna Dhara Chowdhury, Social Work
Late Dr Ram Krishan, Social Work
Late Manju Bharat Ram, Social Work
Prof Mustansir Barma, Science and Engineering
Avinash Chander, Science and Engineering
Sanjay Govind Dhande, Science and Engineering
Prof (Dr) Sankar Kumar Pal, Science
Deepak B Phatak, Science and Engineering
Dr Mudundi Ramakrishna Raju, Science and Engg
Prof Ajay K Sood, Science and Engineering
Prof Krishnaswamy Vijayraghavan, Science & Engg
Dr Manindra Agrawal, Science and Engineering
Dr Jayaraman Gowrishankar, Science & Engineering
Prof Sharad Pandurang Kale, Science & Engineering
Vandana Luthra, Trade and Industry
Rajshree Pathy, Trade and Industry
Hemendra Prasad Barooah, Trade and Industry
Milind Kamble, Trade and Industry
Kalpana Saroj, Trade and Industry
Dr Sudarshan K Aggarwal, Medicine
Dr C Venkata S Ram alias Chitta, Venkata Sundara Ram, Medicine
Dr Rajendra Achyut Badwe, Medicine
Dr Taraprasad Das, Medicine
Prof (Dr) T V Devarajan, Medicine
Prof (Dr) Saroj Chooramani Gopal, Medicine
Dr Pramod Kumar Julka, Medicine
Dr Gulshan Rai Khatri, Medicine
Dr Ganesh Kumar Mani, Medicine
Dr Amit Prabhakar Maydeo, Medicine
Dr Sundaram Natarajan, Medicine
Prof Krishna Chandra Chunekar, Medicine
Dr Vishwa Kumar Gupta, Medicine
Prof (Capt) Dr M Sharaf-eAlam, Literature & Education
Dr Radhika Herzberger, Literature & Education
J Malsawma, Literature and Education
Devendra Patel, Literature & Education
Dr Rama Kant Shukla, Literature & Education
Prof Akhtarul Wasey, Literature & Education
Prof Anvita Abbi, Literature & Education
Nida Fazli, Literature & Education
Surender Kumar Sharma, Literature & Education
Dr Jagdish Prasad Singh, Literature & Education
Late Shaukat Riaz Kapoor Alias Salik Lakhnawi, Literature & Education
Prof Noboru Karashima, Literature & Education
Christopher Pinney, Literature & Education
Premlata Agrawal, Sports
Yogeshwar Dutt, Sports
Hosanagara Nagarajegowda Girisha, Sports
Subedar Major Vijay Kumar, Sports
Ngangom Dingko Singh, Sports
Naib Subedar Bajrang Lal Takhar, Sports
Ritu Kumar, Fashion Designing
Dr Ravindra Singh Bisht, Archaeology

Padma Awards are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The Awards are given in all 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 Republic Day every year.

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