Padma Awards-2012

The President of India has approved the conferment of Padma Awards-2012. This year the President has approved 109 awards including 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. There are 19 ladies among the awardees. Padma Awards, the countrys highest civilian 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. The awards are conferred by the President of India at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhawan sometime around March/ April. Padma Vibhushan

Sl Name No. 1. Shri K G 2. 3. 4. 5.

Subramanyan Late Shri Mario De Miranda Late (Dr.)Bhupen Hazarika Dr. Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti Shri T V Rajeswar

Discipline
Art-Painting & Sculpture Art-Cartoonist Art- Vocal Music Medicine Orthopedics Civil Service

State/ Domicile
West Bengal Goa* Assam* Maharashtra Delhi

Padma Bhushan
Sl No. 1. 2. Name
Smt. Shabana Azmi

Discipline
Art - Cinema

State/ Domicile
Maharashtra West Bengal

Shri Khaled Choudhury Art - Theatre

3. 4. 5. 6.

Shri Jatin Das Pandit Buddhadev Das Gupta

Art - Painting Art - Instrumental Music - Sarod

Delhi West Bengal Maharashtra

Shri Dharmendra Singh Art - Cinema Deol alias Dharmendra Dr. Trippunithwra Viswanathan Gopalkrishnan Ms. Mira Nair Shri M.S. Gopalakrishnan Shri Anish Kapoor Shri Satya Narayan Goenka Dr. (Judge) Patibandla Chandrasekhar Rao

Art - Classical vocal and instrumental Tamil Nadu music Art - Cinema Art - Instrumental Music-Violin Art - Sculpture Social Work Public Affairs Delhi Tamil Nadu UK* Maharashtra Germany* Singapore* Maharashtra Maharashtra Tamil Nadu Maharashtra

7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22.

Shri George Yong-Boon Public Affairs Yeo Prof. Shashikumar Chitre Dr. M S Raghunathan Science and Engineering Science and Engineering

Shri Subbiah Murugappa Trade and Industry Vellayan Shri Balasubramanian Muthuraman Dr. Suresh H. Advani Dr. Noshir H Wadia Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty Prof. (Dr.) Shantaram Balwant Mujumdar Prof. Vidya Dehejia Prof. Arvind Panagariya Trade and Industry

Medicine - Oncology Maharashtra Medicine-Neurology Maharashtra Medicine-Cardiology Karnataka Literature and Education Literature and Education Literature and Education Maharashtra USA* USA*

23. 24. 25. 26. 27.

Dr. Jose Pereira Dr. Homi K. Bhabha Shri N Vittal Shri Mata Prasad Shri Ronen Sen

Literature and Education Literature and Education Civil Service Civil Service Civil Service

USA* UK * Kerala Uttar Pradesh West Bengal

Padma Shri

Sl No. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.

Name
Shri Vanraj Bhatia Shri Zia Fariduddin Dagar Smt. Nameirakpam Ibemni Devi

Discipline
Art - Music Art - Music - vocal Art - MusicKhongjom Parba

State/ Domicile
Maharashtra Maharashtra Manipur Karnataka Jammu and Kashmir Maharashtra Rajasthan

Shri Ramachandra Art - Yakshagana Subraya Hegde Chittani dance drama Shri Moti Lal Kemmu Art - Playwright Shri Shahid Parvez Khan Shri Mohan Lal Kumhar Shri Sakar Khan Manganiar Smt. Joy Michael Dr. Minati Mishra Shri Natesan Muthuswamy Smt. R. Nagarathnamma Shri Kalamandalm Sivan Nambootiri Art - Instrumental Music-Sitar Art - Terracotta

Art - Rajasthani Folk Rajasthan Music Art - Theatre Delhi

Art - Indian Classical Orissa Dance-Odissi. Art - Theatre. Art - Theatre Tamil Nadu Karnataka

Art - Indian Classical Kerala Dance- Kutiyattam

14. 15. 16.

Smt. Yamunabai Waikar Shri Satish Alekar Pandit Gopal Prasad Dubey Shri Ramakant Gundecha # Shri Umakant Gundecha # Shri Anup Jalota Shri Soman Nair Priyadarsan Shri Sunil Janah Ms. Laila Tyebji Shri Vijay Sharma

Art - Indian Folk Music-Lavani. Art - Playwright

Maharashtra Maharashtra

Art - Chhau dance and Jharkhand choreography Art - Indian Classical Madhya Pradesh Music- Vocal Art - Indian Classical Madhya Pradesh Music- Vocal Art-Indian Classical Music- Vocal Art - CinemaDirection Art-Photography Art-Handicrafts Art-Painting Maharashtra Kerala Assam

17.

18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32.

Delhi Himachal Pradesh Chattisgarh Delhi Tamil Nadu Chattisgarh Andhra Pradesh Maharashtra Delhi Jammu and Kashmir Arunachal Pradesh Maharashtra

Smt. Shamshad Begum Social Work Smt. Reeta Devi Dr. P.K. Gopal Smt. Phoolbasan Bai Yadav Dr. G. Muniratnam Shri Niranjan Pranshankar Pandya Dr. Uma Tuli Shri Sat Paul Varma Smt.Binny Yanga Shri Yezdi Hirji Malegam Social Work Social Work Social Work Social Work Social Work Social Work Social Work Social Work Public Affairs

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Shri Pravin H. Parekh Pubic Affairs Science and Engineering Delhi

34. 35.

Dr. V. Adimurthy

Kerala Delhi Delhi Jammu and Kashmir

Science and Dr. Krishna Lal Chadha Engineering Agriculture Prof. Virander Singh Chauhan Science and Engineering

36. 37. 38.

Prof. Rameshwar Nath Science and Koul Bamezai Engineering Dr. Vijaypal Singh

Science and Engineering Uttar Pradesh Agricultural Research Science and Engineering Science and Engineering Science and Engineering Trade and Industry Trade and Industry Trade and Industry Trade and Industry Trade and Industry Medicine-Anatomy Medicine Diabetology Punjab Karnataka USA* Delhi Japan* Singapore* Maharashtra Maharashtra Uttar Pradesh Tamil Nadu

39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51.

Dr. Lokesh Kumar Singhal Dr. Yagnaswami Sundara Rajan Prof. Jagadish Shukla Ms. Priya Paul Shri Shoji Shiba Shri Gopinath Pillai Shri Arun Hastimal Firodia Dr. Swati A. Piramal Prof. Mahdi Hasan Dr. Viswanathan Mohan

Dr. J. Hareendran Nair Medicine - Ayurveda Kerala Dr. Vallalarpuram Sennimalai Natarajan Dr. Jitendra Kumar Singh Medicine - Geriatrics Tamil Nadu Medicine - Oncology Bihar

52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71.

Dr. Shrinivas S. Vaishya Dr. Nitya Anand Late Dr. Jugal Kishore Dr. Mukesh Batra Dr. Eberhard Fischer Shri Kedar Gurung Shri Surjit Singh Patar Shri Vijay Dutt Shridhar Shri Irwin Allan Sealy Ms. Geeta Dharmarajan Prof. Sachchidanand Sahai Smt. Pepita Seth Dr. Ralte L. Thanmawia Shri Ajeet Bajaj Smt. Jhulan Goswami Shri Zafar Iqbal Shri Devendra Jhajrija Shri Limba Ram

Medicine-Healthcare Daman and Diu Medicine - Drugs Research Medicine Homoeopathy Uttar Pradesh Delhi *

Medicine-Homeopathy Maharashtra Literature and Education Literature and Education Literature and Education - Poetry Switzerland* Sikkim Punjab

Literature and Madhya Pradesh Education - Journalism Literature and Education Literature and Education Literature and Education Literature and Education Literature and Education Sports - Skiing Sports - Women`s Cricket Sports-Hockey Sports - AthleticsParalympics Sports - Archery Uttarakhand Delhi Haryana Kerala Mizoram Delhi West Bengal Uttar Pradesh Rajasthan Rajasthan Andhra Pradesh Delhi

Shri Syed Mohammed Sports - Badminton Arif Prof. Ravi Chaturvedi Sports- Commentary

72. 73. 74.

Shri Prabhakar Vaidya Shri T. Venkatapathi Reddiar Dr. K. (Kota) Ullas Karanth

Sports-Physical Education Others-Horticulture Others-Wildlife Conservation and Environment Protection Others-Archaeology Others-Ceramics Others Environmental Education

Maharashtra Puducherry

Karnataka

75. 76. 77.

Shri K Paddayya Shri Swapan Guha Dr. Kartikeya V. Sarabhai

Maharashtra Rajasthan Gujarat

Note: * indicates awardees in the category of Foreigners / NRIs/ PIOs/ Posthumous. # indicates duo case.