President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday conferred Padma awards on renowned people and unsung heroes, several posthumously, from various walks of life for their contributions in various fields. On the eve of this year’s Republic Day, the President approved the conferment of 106 Padma awards, including three cases of duo (in the case of a duo, the award is counted as one).
Of these, 54 awards (three Padma Vibhushan, four Padma Bhushan and 47 Padma Shri) were conferred on Wednesday evening at an award ceremony held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Below is the list of awardees:
•Padma Vibhushan
1. Prof Balkrishna Doshi (posthumous), Architecture, Gujarat.
2. Zakir Hussain, Art, Maharashtra (not present at award ceremony)
3. Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna, Public Affairs, Karnataka
•Padma Bhushan
1. Kumar Mangalam Birla, Trade and Industry, Maharashtra
2. Suman Kalyanpur, Art, Maharashtra
3. Prof Kapil Kapoor, Literature and Education, Delhi
4. Kamlesh D Patel, Spiritualism, Telangana
•Padma Shri
1. Jodhaiya Bai Baiga, Art, Madhya Pradesh
2. Usha Barle, Art, Chhattisgarh
3. Sankurathri Chandrasekhar, Social Work, Andhra Pradesh
4. Raman Cheruvayal , Agriculture, Kerala
5. Bhanubhai Chunilal Chitara, Art, Gujarat
6. Narendra Chandra Debbarma (Posthumous), Public Affairs, Tripura
7. Vadivel Gopal and Masi Sadaiyan (Duo), Social Work, Tamil Nadu
8. Hem Chandra Goswami, Art , Assam
9. Pritikana Goswami, Arts, West Bengal
10. Dr Modadugu Vijay Gupta, Science and Engineering, Telangana
11. Dilshad Hussain, Arts, Uttar Pradesh
12. Bhiku Ramji Idate, Social Work, Maharashtra
13. Dr Rattan Literature Singh Jaggi and Education , Panj áb
14. Bikra m Bahadur Jamatia, Social Work, Tripura
15. Rakesh Radheyshyam Jhunjhunwala (posthumous), Commerce and Industry, Maharashtra
16. Guru Thiruvidaimarudur Kuppiah Kalyanasundaram, Arts, Tamil Nadu
17. Dr. Kavi, Art, Gujarat
19. Maguni Charan Kuanr, Art, Odisha.
20. Prof (Dr) Arvind Kumar, Science and Engineering, Uttar Pradesh
21. Risingbor Kurkalang, Art, Meghalaya
22. Hirbaiben Ibrahimbhai Lobi, Social Work, Gujarat
23. Prabhakar Bhanudas Mande, Literature and Education, Maharashtra Pinadipapana Nadoppana Art, Karnataka
25 .Prof (Dr) Mahendra Pal, Science and Engineering, Gujarat
26. Nalini Parthasarathi, Medicine, Puducherry
27. Dr. Hanumantha Rao Pasupuleti, Medicine, Telangana
28. Ramesh Raghunath Patange, Literature and Education, Maharashtra Appukuttan
29. V Poduval, Social Work, Kerala
30. S R D Prasad, Sports, Kerala
31. Chintalapati Venkatapathi Raju, Art, Andhra Pradesh
32. Dr Bandi Ramakrishna Reddy, Literature and Education, Telangana
33. Mangala Kanta Roy, Art, West Bengal
34. Prof ( Dr) Manoranjan Sahu, Medicine, Uttar Pradesh
35. Kota Satchidananda Sastry, Art, Andhra Pradesh
36. Gurcharan Singh, Sports, Delhi
37 .Laxman Singh, Social Work, Rajasthan
38. Prof Prakash Chandra Sood, Literature and Education, Andhra Pradesh
39. Neihunuo Sorhie, Art, Nagaland
40. S Subbaraman, Archaeology, Karnataka
41. Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari, Literature and Education, Uttar Pradesh.
42. Dhaniram Toto, Literature and Education, West Bengal
43. Tularam Upreti, Agriculture, Sikkim (not present at the award ceremony)
44. Dr. G Veluchamy, Medicine, Tamil Nadu
45. Karma Wangchu (Posthumous), Social Work, Arunachal Pradesh
46. Ghulam Mohammad Zaz, Arts, Jammu and Kashmir.
Written by: Vaishali verma
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