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

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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 VibhushanRaghunath Mohapatra, Art, OrissaS Haider Raza, Art, DelhiProf Yash Pal, Science and Engineering, Uttar PradeshProf Roddam Narasimha, Science and Engineering, KarnatakaPadma BhushanDr Ramanaidu Daggubati, Art, Andhra PradeshSreeramamurthy Janaki, Art, Tamil NaduDr (Smt) Kanak Rele, Art, MaharashtraSharmila Tagore, Art, DelhiDr (Smt) Saroja Vaidyanathan, Art, DelhiAbdul Rashid Khan, Art, West BengalLate Rajesh Khanna, Art, MaharashtraLate Jaspal Singh Bhatti, Art, PunjabShivajirao Girdhar Patil, Public Affairs, MaharashtraDr Apathukatha Sivathanu Pillai, Science, Engineering DelhiDr Vijay Kumar Saraswat, Science and Engineering, DelhiDr Ashoke Sen Science and Engineering Uttar PradeshB N Suresh, Science and Engineering, KarnatakaProf Satya N Atluri, Science and Engineering, USAProf Jogesh Chandra Pati, Science and Engineering, USARamamurthy Thyagarajan, Trade and Industry, Tamil NaduAdi Burjor Godrej, Trade and Industry, MaharashtraDr Nandkishore Shamrao Laud, Medicine, MaharashtraMangesh Padgaonkar, Literature and Education, MaharashtraProf Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Literature & Education USAHemendra Singh Panwar, Civil Service, Madhya PradeshMaharaj Kishan Bhan, Civil Service, DelhiRahul Dravid, Sports, Karnataka

Padma ShreeGajam Anjaiah, ArtSwami GCD Bharti alias Bharati Bandhu, ArtB Jayashree, ArtSridevi, ArtKailash Chandra Meher, ArtBrahmdeo Ram Pandit, ArtNana Patekar, Art, MaharashtraR Nageswara Rao alias Surabhi Babji, ArtLakshmi Narayana Sathiraju, ArtJaymala Shiledar, ArtSuresh Dattatray Talwalkar, ArtP Madhavan Nair alias Madhu, ArtApurba Kishore Bir, ArtGhanakanta Bora Borbayan, ArtHilda Mit Lepcha, ArtSudha Malhotra, ArtGhulam Mohammad Saznawaz, ArtRamesh Gopaldas Sippy, ArtMahrukh Tarapor, ArtBalwant Thakur, ArtPuran Das Baul, ArtRajendra Tikku, ArtPablo Bartholomew, ArtShri S Shakir Ali, ArtSKM Maeilanandhan, Social WorkNileema Mishra, Social WorkReema Nanavati, Social WorkJharna Dhara Chowdhury, Social WorkLate Dr Ram Krishan, Social WorkLate Manju Bharat Ram, Social WorkProf Mustansir Barma, Science and EngineeringAvinash Chander, Science and EngineeringSanjay Govind Dhande, Science and EngineeringProf (Dr) Sankar Kumar Pal, ScienceDeepak B Phatak, Science and EngineeringDr Mudundi Ramakrishna Raju, Science and EnggProf Ajay K Sood, Science and EngineeringProf Krishnaswamy Vijayraghavan, Science & EnggDr Manindra Agrawal, Science and EngineeringDr Jayaraman Gowrishankar, Science & EngineeringProf Sharad Pandurang Kale, Science & EngineeringVandana Luthra, Trade and IndustryRajshree Pathy, Trade and IndustryHemendra Prasad Barooah, Trade and IndustryMilind Kamble, Trade and IndustryKalpana Saroj, Trade and IndustryDr Sudarshan K Aggarwal, MedicineDr C Venkata S Ram alias Chitta, Venkata Sundara Ram, MedicineDr Rajendra Achyut Badwe, MedicineDr Taraprasad Das, MedicineProf (Dr) T V Devarajan, MedicineProf (Dr) Saroj Chooramani Gopal, MedicineDr Pramod Kumar Julka, MedicineDr Gulshan Rai Khatri, MedicineDr Ganesh Kumar Mani, MedicineDr Amit Prabhakar Maydeo, MedicineDr Sundaram Natarajan, MedicineProf Krishna Chandra Chunekar, MedicineDr Vishwa Kumar Gupta, MedicineProf (Capt) Dr M Sharaf-eAlam, Literature & EducationDr Radhika Herzberger, Literature & EducationJ Malsawma, Literature and EducationDevendra Patel, Literature & EducationDr Rama Kant Shukla, Literature & EducationProf Akhtarul Wasey, Literature & EducationProf Anvita Abbi, Literature & EducationNida Fazli, Literature & EducationSurender Kumar Sharma, Literature & EducationDr Jagdish Prasad Singh, Literature & EducationLate Shaukat Riaz Kapoor Alias Salik Lakhnawi, Literature & EducationProf Noboru Karashima, Literature & EducationChristopher Pinney, Literature & EducationPremlata Agrawal, SportsYogeshwar Dutt, SportsHosanagara Nagarajegowda Girisha, SportsSubedar Major Vijay Kumar, SportsNgangom Dingko Singh, SportsNaib Subedar Bajrang Lal Takhar, SportsRitu Kumar, Fashion DesigningDr 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.