Padma awards: Nambi Narayanan, Gautam Gambhir, Kader Khan and Kuldip Nayar among recipients
Find the complete list of recipients here.
The Centre on Friday announced the recipients of the Padma Vibhushan, the Padma Bhushan and the Padma Shri.
The Padma Vibhushan, which is the second highest civilian award after Bharat Ratna, was conferred to folk artist Teejan Bai, Djibouti’s President Ismail Omar Guelleh, Larsen and Toubro chairperson Anilkumar Manibhai Naik, and writer and theatre personality Balwant Moreshwar Purandare.
The Centre has announced 14 recipients for the Padma Bhushan, including former Indian Space Research Organisation scientist Nambi Narayanan, former Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker Kariya Munda, actor Mohanlal, mountaineer Bachendri Pal and Lok Sabha MP Hukmdev Narayan Yadav.
Journalist Kuldip Nayar will be awarded the Padma Bhushan posthumously.
The Padma Shri will awarded to 94 people, including actor Manoj Bajpayee, footballer Sunil Chhetri, choreographer and director Prabhu Deva, cricketer Gautam Gambhir, singer Shankar Mahadevan and freestyle wrestler Bajrang Punia. Actor Kader Khan will be awarded the Padma Shri posthumously.
The Centre on Friday conferred former President Pranab Mukherjee the Bharat Ratna, the country’s highest civilian award. Bharatiya Jana Sangh leader Nanaji Deshmukh and singer and musician Bhupen Hazarika have also been awarded posthumously.
Here’s the full list of recipients:
Padma Vibhushan
Teejan Bai (Art-vocals-Folk)
Ismail Omar Guelleh (Public Affairs, Djibouti)
Anilkumar Manibhai Naik (Trade and Industry-Infrastructure)
Balwant Moreshwar Purandare (Art-Acting-Theatre)
Padma Bhushan
John Chambers (Trade and Industry-Technology)
Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa (Public Affairs)
Pravin Gordhan (Public Affairs, South Africa)
Mahashay Dharam Pal Gulati (Trade and Industry-Food Processing)
Darshan Lal Jain (Social Work)
Ashok Laxmanrao Kukade (Medicine-Affordable Healthcare)
Kariya Munda (Public Affairs)
Budhaditya Mukherjee (Art, Music-Sitar)
Mohanlal Viswanathan Nair (Art, Acting, Film)
S Nambi Narayan (Science and Engineering-Space)
Kuldip Nayar (Literature and Education – posthumous)
Bachendri Pal (Sports-Mountaineering)
V K Shunglu (Civil Service)
Hukumdev Narayan Yadav (Public Affairs)
Padma Shri
Rajeshwar Acharya (Art, Vocal-Hindustani)
Bangaru Adigalar(Others-Spiritualism)
Illias Ali (Medicine-Surgery)
Manoj Bajpayee (Art, Acting, Films)
Uddhab Kumar Bharali (Science and Engineering-Grassroots Innovation)
Omesh Kumar Bharti (Medicine-Rabies)
Pritam Bhartwan (Art, Vocals-Folk)
Jyoti Bhatt (Art-Painting)
Dilip Chakravarty (Others-Archaeology)
Mammen Chandy (Medicine-Hematology)
Swapan Chaudhuri (Art-Music-Tabla)
Kanwal Singh Chauhan
Sunil Chhetri (Sports-Football)
Dinyar Contractor (Art-Acting-Theatre)
Muktaben Pankajkumar Dagli (Social Work-Divyang Welfare)
Babulal Dahiya (Others-Agriculture)
Thanga Darlong (Art-Music-Flute)
Prabhu Deva (Art-Dance)
Rajkumari Devi (Others-Agriculture)
Bhagirathi Devi (Public Affairs)
Baldev Singh Dhillon (Science & Engineering-Agriculture)
Harika Dronavalli (Sports-Chess)
Godawari Dutta (Art-Painting)
Gautam Gambhir (Sports-Cricket)
Draupadi Ghimiray (Social Work-Divyang Welfare)
Rohini Godbole (Science & Engineering-Nuclear)
Sandeep Guleria (Medicine-Surgery)
Pratap Singh Hardia (Medicine- Ophthmology)
Bulu Imam (Social Work-Culture)
Friederike Irina (Social Work, Germany)
Joravarsinh Jadav (Art-Dance Folk)
S Jaishankar (Civil Service)
Narsingh Dev Jamwal (Literature & Education)
Fayaz Ahmad Jan (Art-Craft-Papier Mache)
KG Jayan (Art-Music-Bhakti)
Subhash Kak (Science & Engineering, USA)
Sharath Kamal (Sports-Table Tennis)
Rajani Kant (Social Work)
Sudam Kate (Medicine-Sickle Cell)
Waman Kendre (Art-Acting-Theatre)
Kader Khan (Art-Acting-Films – Posthumous)
Abdul Gafur Khatri (Art-Painting)
Ravindra Kolhe and Ms. Smita Kolhe (Medicine-Affordable Healthcare)
Bombayla Devi Laishram (Sports-Archery)
Kailash Madbaiya (Literature & Education)
Ramesh Babaji Maharaj (Social Work-Animal Welfare)
Vallabhbhai Vasrambhai Marvaniya (Others-Agriculture)
Gita Mehta (Literature and Education, USA)
Shri Shadab Mohammad (Medicine, USA)
K K Muhammed (Others-Archaeology)
Shyama Prasad Mukherjee (Medicine-Affordable Healthcare)
Daitari Naik (Social Work)
Shankar Mahadevan Narayan (Art-Vocals-Films)
Shantanu Narayen (Trade and Industry, USA)
Nartaki Natraj (Art-Dance-Bharatnatyam)
Tsering Norboo (Medicine-Surgery)
Anup Ranjan Pandey (Art-Music)
Jagdish Prasad Parikh (Others-Agriculture)
Ganpatbhai Patel (Literature and Education, USA)
Bimal Patel (Others-Architecture)
Hukumchand Patidar (Others-Agriculture)
Harvinder Singh Phoolka (Public Affairs)
Madurai Chinna Pillai (Social Work-Microfinance)
Tao Porchon-Lynch (Yoga, USA)
Kamala Pujhari (Others-Agriculture)
Bajrang Punia (Sports-Wrestling)
Jagat Ram (Medicine-Ophthalmology)
R V Ramani (Medicine-Ophthalmology)
Devarapalli Prakash Rao (Social Work-Affordable Education)
Anup Sah (Art-Photography)
Milena Salvini (Dance, France)
Nagindas Sanghavi (Literature & Education-Journalism)
Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry (Art-Lyrics)
Shabbir Sayyad (Social Work-Animal Welfare)
Mahesh Sharma (Social Work-Tribal Welfare)
Mohammad Hanif Khan Shastri (Literature & Education)
Brijesh Kumar Shukla (Literature & Education)
Narendra Singh (Others-Animal Husbandry)
Prashanti Singh (Sports-Basketball)
Sultan Singh (Others-Animal Husbandry)
Jyoti Kumar Sinha (Social Work-Affordable Education)
Anandan Sivamani (Art-Music)
Sharada Srinivasan (Others-Archaeology)
Devendra Swarup Literature & Education – Posthumous)
Ajay Thakur (Sports-Kabaddi)
Rajeev Tharanath (Art-Music-Sarod)
Saalumarada Thimmakka (Social Work-Environment)
Jamuna Tudu (Social Work-Environment)
Bharat Bhushan Tyagi (Others-Agriculture)
Ramaswami Venkataswami (Medicine-Surgery)
Ram Saran Verma (Others-Agriculture)
Swami Vishudhananda (Others-Spiritualism)
Hiralal Yadav (Art-Vocals-Folk)
Venkateswara Rao Yadlapalli (Others-Agriculture)