Padma Awardees 2017

Below awards are conferred by the President of India and announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year.

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, 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.

 

AwardeeField of Prominence
Sharad PawarPublic Affairs
Murli Manohar JoshiPublic Affairs
P.A. Sangma (posthumous)Public Affairs
Sunder Lal Patwah (posthumous)Public Affairs
K.J.YesudasArt – Music
Sadhguru Jaggi VasudevOthers – Spiritualism
Udipi Ramachandra RaoScience & Engineering

 

 ‘Padma Bhushan’ for distinguished service of high order.

 

AwardeeField of Prominence
Vishwa Mohan BhattArt – Music
Devi Prasad DwivediLiterature & Education
Tehemton UdwadiaMedicine
Ratna Sundar MaharajOthers-Spiritualism
Swami Niranjana Nanda SaraswatiOthers-Yoga
H.R.H. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn (Foreigner)Literature & Education
Cho Ramaswamy (Posthumous)Literature & Education –Journalism

 

 ‘Padma Shri’ for distinguished service in any field.

 

AwardeeField of Prominence
Basanti BishtArt-Music
Chemanchery Kunhiraman NairArt-Dance
Aruna MohantyArt-Dance
Bharathi VishnuvardhanArt-Cinema
Sadhu MeherArt-Cinema
T K MurthyArt-Music
Laishram Birendrakumar SinghArt-Music
Krishna Ram ChaudharyArt-Music
Baoa DeviArt-Painting
Tilak GitaiArt-Painting
Aekka Yadagiri RaoArt-Sculpture
Jitendra HaripalArt-Music
Kailash KherArt-Music
Parassala B PonnammalArt-Music
Sukri BommagowdaArt-Music
Mukund NayakArt-Music
Purushottam UpadhyayArt-Music
Anuradha PaudwalArt-Music
Wareppa Naba NilArt-Theatre
Tripuraneni Hanuman ChowdaryCivil Service
T.K. ViswanathanCivil Service
Kanwal SibalCivil Service
Birkha Bahadur Limboo MuringlaLiterature & Education
Eli AhmedLiterature & Education
Narendra KohliLiterature & Education
G. VenkatasubbiahLiterature & Education
Akkitham Achyuthan NamboothiriLiterature & Education
Kashi Nath PanditaLiterature & Education
Chamu Krishna ShastryLiterature & Education
Harihar Kripalu TripathiLiterature & Education
Michel DaninoLiterature & Education
Punam SuriLiterature & Education
VG PatelLiterature & Education
V KoteswarammaLiterature & Education
Balbir DuttLiterature & Education-Journalism
Bhawana SomaayaLiterature & Education-Journalism
Vishnu PandyaLiterature & Education-Journalism
Subroto DasMedicine
Bhakti YadavMedicine
Mohammed Abdul WaheedMedicine
Madan Madhav GodboleMedicine
Devendra Dayabhai PatelMedicine
Harkishan SinghMedicine
Mukut MinzMedicine
Arun Kumar SharmaOthers-Archaeology
Sanjeev KapoorOthers-Culinary
Meenakshi AmmaOthers-Martial Art
Genabhai Dargabhai PatelOthers-Agriculture
Chandrakant PithawaScience & Engineering
Ajoy Kumar RayScience & Engineering
Chintakindi MalleshamScience & Engineering
Jitendra Nath GoswamiScience & Engineering
Daripalli RamaiahSocial Work
Girish BhardwajSocial Work
Karimul HakSocial Work
Bipin GanatraSocial Work
Nivedita Raghunath BhideSocial work
Appasaheb DharmadhikariSocial Work
Baba Balbir Singh SeechewalSocial Work
Virat KohliSports-Cricket
Shekar NaikSports-Cricket
Vikasa GowdaSports-Discus Throw
Deepa MalikSports-Athletics
Mariyappan ThangaveluSports-Athletics
Dipa KarmakarSports-Gymnastics
P. R. ShreejeshSports-Hockey
Sakshi MalikSports-Wrestling
Mohan Reddy Venkatrama BodanapuTrade & 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