Showing posts with label CURRENT AFFAIRS 2013. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CURRENT AFFAIRS 2013. Show all posts

Monday, August 12, 2013

Important Awards and Honours 2013

1.Sanjiv Bhatt gets Mother Teresa Award 
Suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt was conferred the Mother Teresa Memorial International Award for Social Justice for 2012.
2.Priyadarshini Karve: Scientists of home and hearth
In January 2013, Priyadarshini Karve has won the Ashden Award for Renewable Energy for her biowaste-to-charcoal technology.
3.Award for Muthunayagam, Saraswat
The former secretary of the Department of Ocean, Development, A.E. Muthunayagam, will receive  the prestigious Aryabhatta award, instituted by the Astronautical Society of India (ASI), for 2010 and V.K. Saraswat, Scientific adviser to the Defence Minister, will receive the award for 2011. They have been selected for their achievements in rocketry.
4.President distributes awards to NRIs
  1. President Pranab Mukherjee distributed the Pravasi Bhartiya Samman awards to 15 persons in January 2013.
  2. The awardees included Mauritius President Rajkeswur Purryag, who was the chief guest at the inaugural of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas.
  3. The other recipients are: Ashok Shambhomal Vaswani, Tan Sri Ravindran Menon, Rasik Vihari Joshi, Satendra Kumar Singh, Gilbert Canabady Moutien, Mohammad Rabeeh karuvanthodi, Ismail Ebrahim, Bava Pandalingal, Patricia Maria Rozario, Narendra Ramakrishna Kumar and Subash Razdan.
  4. The Australia India Society of Victoria and the Indian Doctors Forum, Kuwait, also won awards.
  5. The award consisted of a medal, a citation scroll and a memento.
5.President presents Census Medals
  1. President Pranab Mukherjee presented the Census Medals for extraordinary performance at a function in Vigayan Bhavan in January 2013.
  2. The President congratulated all the Census Medal winners and said informed decision-making has to be based on empirical data and census is the only source of data that provides information on various individual characteristics right up to  the village level for rural areas and ward level for urban areas.
  3. Ever since the first Census of India after Independence, it has been the tradition with the Census Organization to award silver and bronze medals and certificates of honour from the President to various census functionaries, including enumerators, supervisors, charge officers in recognition of their work.
6.Army Major Manjali to get Kirti Chakra
Major Abup J. Manjali to the Rashtriya Rifles will be awarded the Kirti chakra on Republic Day for bravery in counter-terrorism operations in Jammu and Kashmir.
7.India, Pakistan flavor to Man Booker International shortlist
  1. Two of the biggest names in literatures from India and Pakistan – Kannada writer U.R. Ananthamurthy and Urdu novelist Intizar Hussain – are among the 10 writers form a round the world shortlisted for  this year’s £60,000 Man Booker International Prize released in January 2013.
  2. It is awarded every two years to a living author in recognition of his or her achievement in fiction.
  3. Mr. Ananthamurthy, a Jnanpith awardee and regarded as one of the most important voices of the “new movement” in Kannada, is also in the running for the $50,000 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature to be announced a the Jaipur Literature Festival.
  4. Previous winners include Philip Roth, Alice Booker Prize, it recognize a writer for his or her continued creativity, development and overall contribution to fiction on the world stage.
8.Michael Clarke gets Allan Border Medal
  1. In January 2013, Australian captain Michael Clarke won his fourth Allan Border Medal as the nation’s Cricketer of  the Year at a gala ceremony in February 2013.
  2. Clarke, 31, and his predecessor as captain, Ricky Ponting, are the only players to win the medal, considered Australian cricket’s most prestigious individual prize, four times.
9.Jeet Thayil wins DSC Prize for South Asian Literature
  1. Author Jeet Thayil has won the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2013 for his debut novel Narcopolis based on the theme of drug addiction destroying the poor, deranged and marginalized people in Mumbai during 1970s and 80s. he was presented the coveted prize at a ceremony in the Jaipur Literature Festival.
  2. The prize, carrying a cash award of $50,000 is given every year to an international author or shared with the translator for a work of fiction thematically linked to the South region. Mr. Thayll is the first Indian to win the prize, running into its third year.
10.Asian Nobel, made in Taiwan
  1. In January 2013, Samuel Yin, one of Taiwan’s richest men launched the Asian equivalent of the Nobel Prize – the Tang Prize – by donating Tw$3 billion (about $101 million) for it.
  2. The Prize is named after China’s Tang Dynasty (618-907) – which inspired generation after generation with administration for its vibrant characteristics of self-confidence and cosmopolitan inclusiveness – the qualities that the Tang Prize seeks to promote.
  3. Beginning in 2014, prizes will be awarded every two years in four categories – sustainable development: biopharmaceutical; sinology; and the ‘rule of law’ – to individuals, regardless of nationality.
  4. The winter in each category will receive Tw$50 million ($1.7 million), compared to the eight million Swedish kronor ($1.2million) that comes with a Nobel Prize.
11.L.N. Tallur bags Rs. 1 million Skoda Art Prize 2012
In February 2013, Karnataka-born artist L.N. Tallur, whose works depict majorly the underbelly of India, has won the Rs. 1 million Skoda Prize 2012 for contemporary art, from among a shortlist of four artists – including an artist collective.
12. Daughter accept Ravi Shankar’s Grammy
  1. In February 2013, Sixty days after his demise, sitar legend Pandit Ravi Shankar was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Grammy award, which was jointly accepted by his musically-gifted daughters Anoushka Shankar and Norah Jones.
  2. Ms. Anoushka Shankar, a reputed sitarist herself, and Ms. Jones, who has carved a niche as a singer-songwriter, attended the pre-Grammy ceremony at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre to accept the honour bestowed on their iconic father, who passed away on December 11, 2012 at  the age of 92.
13.Ravi Shankar wins best music album award
  1. In February 2013, Sitar legend Ravi Shankar was posthumously awarded the best would music album trophy at the 55thGrammys, beating his daughter Anoushka Shankar, a day after being honoured with a Lifetime Achievements award by The Recording Academy.
  2. Pandit shankar’s album ‘The Living Room Sessions Part 1’ saw off competition from Ms. Anoushka Shankar’s ‘Traveller’; Amadou & Mariam’s  ‘Folila’; Daneil Ho’s ‘On A Gentle Island Breeze’; and Hugh Masekela’s Jabulani’.
14.Renowned poet gets Assam Literary Award
  1. In January 2013, renowned Assamese poet Sameer Tanti has been awarded the prestigious Assam Valley Literary Award for the year 2012.
  2. The award, instituted by Williamson Magor Education Trust, is given to preserve and promote the rich literary heritage of Assam.
15.Life achievements awards of the Department of Atomic Energy
  1. In January 2013, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reiterated that while the Centre went ahead with its nuclear energy programme to meet the growing energy needs of the country, it would continue to ensure that nuclear power remained totally safe.
  2. Presenting the lifetime achievement awards of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) to four of its veteran scientists at a brief ceremony, Dr. Singh noted that the Department worked in “one of the most complex, sophisticated and challenging areas of science, technology and engineering.”
  3. The scientists who were presented the lifetime achievements are: R.B. Grover, who played a key role in negotiating the Indo – U.S. nuclear deal, K. Balaramamoorthy, who developed non-destructive testing techniques, mathematician R. Balasubramanian, and S.K. Sikka, a key player in the nuclear tests of 1974 and 1998.
  4. Known as India’s leading nuclear diplomat, Dr. Grover played a key role in opening ensuring India became a part of the International nuclear trade which were shut after the peaceful nuclear experiment of 1974. He was also in the forefront of talks that resulted in India’s entry into the pioneering International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor project to tap fusion energy to meet future global power needs. Among other things, he conceptualized and set up the Homi Bhabha National Institute to meet the human resources requirements of the nuclear programme.
  5. Dr. Balaramamoorthy, a former Chief Executive of the Nuclear Fuel  Complex, was honored for his pioneering contribution to the development of non-destructive testing techniques and outstanding work in the field of nuclear fuel and nuclear components fabrication.
  6. Dr. Balasubramanian, who is the Director of the DAE’s Chennai-based Institute of Mathematical sciences, was conferred the award for his outstanding contribution to the field of higher mathematics, cryptology and theoretical computer science.
  7. Dr. Sikka was honored for his contribution to condensed matter  physics and to the strategic  programme of the department of atomic energy.
16.U.R. Rao to join Satellite Hall of Fame
  1. The former ISRO chairman, U.R. Rao, is all set to join the prestigious international Satellite Hall of Fame on March 19, an ISRO statement said in February 2013.
  2. Prof. Rao, who presided over the country’s space programme as Secretary, Department of Space, and Chairman of the Space Commission for 10 years from 1984, will join some 40 space celebrities who include Arthur Clarke. He is now the chairman of the governing council of the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmadabad.
  3. On that day, the U.S. – based Society of Satellite Professionals International will formality induct Prof. Rao into its membership and Hall of Fame at a ceremony to be held in Washington D.C.
17. J.C. Daniel Award for Sasikumar
  1. In February 2013, Yesteryear film director Sasikumar has been chosen for Kerala government’s prestigious J.C. Daniel Award for lifetime achievements in cinema for the year 2012.
  2. The filmmaker, who has set what is stated to be a world record by making 141 films, was chosen for the award.
18.Mary Verghese Award presented to social worker from Kerala
The Mary Verghese Award 2013, instituted by the Mary Verghese Award Foundation to an individual, or organization, who, or which, made an outstanding contribution to the cause of enhancing the quality of life of physically-challenged persons, was presented to K.V. Rabia, founder of the Chalanam Movement in Malapuzha, kerala.
19.The Hindu Literary Prize goes to Jerry Pinto
Journalist-author Jerry Pinto has bagged The Hindu Literary Prize 2012 for his novel Em and the big Hoom.
20.Ela Bhatt honoured with Indira award
President Pranab Mukherjee presented the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2011 to Ela Ramesh Bhatt of the Self-Employed Women’s Association at Rashtrapati Bhavan in February 2013.

Friday, August 9, 2013

Sunday, August 4, 2013

MOST IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS FOR ALL COMPETITIVE EXAMS


• The Person who succeeded Ranjan Mathai to be the next Foreign Secretary of India by Manmohan Singh-Sujata Singh

• The vice chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia University who on 1 July 2013 appointed as the 20th Lt Governor of Delhi- Najeeb Jung

• The Person who on 2 July 2013 has been appointed as Director General of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)-Sunil Soni

• The first ever Indian woman to receive Dubai Government's coveted Emirates Woman Award for business excellence in June 2013- Vandana Gandhi
• The U.S. inventor who was known as the father of the computer mouse who died on 3 July 2013 at age of 88-Douglas Engelbart

• The Egyptian Leader who sworn in as interim president of Egypt till the next elections takes place succeeding Mohamed Morsi, who was removed after a military coup- Adli Mansour

• Renowned Madhubani painting artist who died at a private hospital in Ranti, near Madhubani on 4 July 2013-Mahasundari Devi

• The former Secretary, Department of Telecommunications (DoT), who was appointed as the President of NASSCOM on 5 July 2013- R. Chandrasekhar

• The Bollywood actress who on 6 July 2013 got the Best Actress award at 14th IIFA (International Indian Film Academy) awards 2013 held in Macau- Vidya Balan
• Leading liberal opposition leader who on 6 July 2013 was named as Egypt's new Prime Minister- Mohamed ElBaradei

• Senior parliamentarian who on 4 July 2013 was appointed as the new governor of Sikkim- Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil

• Former Delhi police Chief, who on 8 July 2013 took over as the new Governor of Meghalaya- KK Paul
• An acknowledged food scientist and the former Director of the Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) who died on 9 July 2013- Dr. H.A.B. Parpia

• The Person who on 8 July 2013 took over as the new Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands-Lt Gen (Retd) AK Singh
• The Theme of world Population day observed across the World on 11 July 2013- Focus is on Adolescent Pregnancy

• Indian Parsi conductor of western classical music who was selected to be honoured with Tagore Award 2013-Zubin Mehta

• The legendary actor and the proud recipient of Dada Saheb Phalke Award and Padma Bhushan Award who died on 12 July 2013- Pran

• The Person who on 16 July 2013 was appointed as the next Commissioner of Delhi Police and will besucceeding Neeraj Kumar- Bhim Sain Bassi
• The Person who was administered the oath of the office of Chief Justice of India (CJI) by he President of India on 19 July 2013-Justice Palanisamy Sathasivam

• The Chief Justice of India who on 18 July 2013 retired from the office after a short term of just nine months-Justice Altamas Kabir
• The day which was observed as Nelson Mandela International Day to inspire people to be an agent of change-18 July 2013

• 82 Years old Veteran Tamil film lyricist who died at a private hospital in Chennai on 18 July 2013- Vaali

• An Indian-American woman was nominated for the Post of Assistant Secretary of State of USA- Nisha Desai Biswal

• South Korean city which was named as the World Book Capital for the year 2015 as per UNESCO announcement-  Incheon

• Former Kuttanad MLA and Chairman of the Kerala State Farming Corporation, who died at a hospital in Kochi- Prof. Oommen Mathew

• The Finance Minister of Jammu and Kashmir who on 21 July 2013 appointed as the new Chairman of GST Panel- Abdul Rahim Rather

• The Chairman and CEO of Leo Burnett, India who was re-elected as the President of Advertising Agencies Association of India-Arvind Sharma

• Renowned south India yesteryear actor, who died in Chennai at the age of 59 on 23 July 2013 followed a brief illness- Manjula Vijayakumar

• The Duchess of Cambridge, who gave birth to a baby boy on 22 July 2013 at the London hospital- Kate Middleton

• Indian American author who novel The Lowland has been listed among 13 novels longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2013- Jhumpa Lahiri

• The cousin of Rajiv Gandhi as well as the Minister for Internal Security during his government, who died in Gurgaon on 25 July 2013- Arun Nehru

• The famous Indian Port which was conferred with the Major Port of the Year award for its excellent performance in the year 2012-13- Paradip Port

• The Bollywood actor who held the Guinness World Record for being the most type-cast actor, died on 28 July 2013 at the age of 85 years- Jagdish Raj
• Sarod maestro who was chosen for the 21st Rajiv Gandhi National Sadhbhavna Award- Amjad Ali Khan

• The former Indian Test umpire who passed away on 29 July 2013 at a private hospital in Karnataka. He was 83 years of age- SN Hanumantha Rao


• The principal architect of India’s missile programmes who on 31 May 2013was  appointed DRDO chief and scientific advisor to defence ministerAvinash Chander

• The  person who resigned as Chairman of IPL on 1 June 2013 in the wake of the raging spot-fixing scandal- Rajiv Shukla

• The name of bombs which is being developed by India for its fighter jets, which are expected to be geared up for deployment by the end of year 2014- Glide Bombs

• The Person who was appointed new Prime Minister of Palestine, by Mahmoud Abbas on 2 June 2013 - Rami Hamdallah 

• The 25-year old Bollywood actress who allegedly committed suicide on 3 June 2013 at her Juhu residence in Mumbai – Jiah Khan

• The Person who became the youngest Indian to scale the Mount Everest on 21 May 2013 with his five schoolmates- Raghav Joneja

• The Leader of Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N), who on 3 June 2013 elected as the Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan- Ayaz Sadiq 
• The Person who became the first woman to be elected to the FIFA Executive Committee (ExCo) for a full term of four years- Lydia Nsekera
• The theme of World Environment Day which was observed on 5 June 2013 -Think, Eat, Save Reduce YourFoodprint
• The Person who was appointed as the National Security Adviser of US President Barack Obama on 5 June 2013- Susan Elizabeth Rice

• The Australian radio presenters who responsible for Royal prank and was awarded with Jock by the employer- Michael Christian
• The Person who on 6 June 2013 was reelected as the chairman of  India Bank Association (IBA) for 2013-14 tenure- KR Kamath

• The Irish writer who won the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for his debut novel City of Bohane which is the portrayal of  Ireland of 2053- Kevin Barry

• The Uttarakhand NGO which on 6 June 2013 bagged a French award for its contribution to protection of human rights- Central Himalayan Environment Association (CHEA)
• Name the Scottish author, who is best known for his novels The Wasp Factory and The Crow Road, died of Cancer on 9 June 2013- Iain Banks
• The BJP leader who  resigned from all top positions of BJP on 10 June 2013 a day after Narendra Modi was selected as the chairman party’s election campaign- LK Advani

• A former Union Minister and Congress veteran from Chhattisgarh, died on 11 June 2013 of multiple organ failure- Vidya Charan Shukla
• The theme of World Day against Child Labour which was celebrated on 12 June 2013-No to Child Labour in Domestic Work
• The first Indian-American girl from Avon School to get admission in United States Military Academy at West Point- Sneha Singh

• The  First NATO and European Country to Draft Women in Military Service- Norway

• The Indian-origin sculptor who was honoured with Knighthood, the highest honour of Britain by Queen Elizabeth II- Anish Kapoor

• The Person who became only the second Hindu to be part of the Pakistan’s Punjab assembly after Seth Bharta Ram- Kanji Ram

• The ambassador to the United Nations for Antigua and Barbuda who was selected as the President of UN General Assembly for its 68th session- John William Ashe
• One of the founders of RAW, who passed away on 16 June 2013 in Chennai after a long fight with cancer- Bahukutumbi Raman

• The ex-chairman of the Tata Group who was appointed as the Chief Advisor of AirAsia’s India board- Ratan Tata

• The moderate cleric of Combatant Clergy Association party won the presidential election in Iran on 15 June 2013- Hassan Rohani

• The Malaysian author who  was declared as the winner of Walter Scott Prize for his English fiction novel The Garden of Evening Mists- Tan Twan Eng

• The 29-year-year-old Indian origin journalist became the Editor of UK national paper, The Independent, on 17 June 2013- Amol Rajan

• The former head of the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), was appointed as the Chairman of AirAsia India on 18 June 2013- Subramanian Ramadorai

• The Chinese supercomputer which is declared is the fastest computer of the world- Tianhe-2


• The Book Released by Hamid Ansari, the Vice President of India and compiled by Kumar Deepak Das- An Ardent Patriot– Dinesh Goswami
• The Parliamentary Speaker who on Parliamentary Speaker who sworn in as Bangladesh President to replace Zillur Rahman- Abdul Hamid

• An IAS officer of the 1979 batch who on 1 May 2013 was appointed as Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh government- Prasanna Kumar Mohanty

• The Former President of Pakistan who was imposed with a lifetime ban from contesting elections-Pervez Musharraf

• The communication Satellite successfully launched by China from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province- Zhongxing-11  
• The last British member of the Church of North India’s Delhi Brotherhood who passed away on 30 April 2013-Father Ian Weathrall

• The day celebrated as the World Press Freedom Day across the world with a theme safe to Speak- 3 May 2013

• The Indian national and a death row prisoner in the Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat Jail who died on 2 May 2013 at the Lahore's Jinnah hospital- Sarabjit Singh

• The  young Indian biologist who was honoured with the Whitley award, also known as Green Oscar, in London on 2 May 2013- Aparajita Datta

• The former tour player and president of ATP since January 2012 who died on 3 May 2013- Brad Drewett

• The Person who on 3 May 2013 took over the office of Chief Secretary of Uttarakhand for second time-Subhash Kumar

• The prosecutor who was handling the Mumbai terror attack and Bhutto assassination case was gunned down in Islamabad- Zulfiqar Ali

• Italian Deputy Foreign Minister who was appointed as the special envoy to India to work out on fair trials for the Italian Marines- Staffan de Mistura

• The Prime Minister of Italy who died on 6 May 2013 at Rome after serving as the Italian Prime Minister seven times between 1972 and 1992- Giulio Andreotti

• The first ever national surfing and stand up paddle (SUP) competition of India concluded at Kovalam beach on 5 May 2013- Spice Coast Open

• The Senegalese singer and Finnish composer who were named as the recipients of Polar Music Prize 2013-Youssou Ndour and Kaija Saariaho
• An Indian conglomerate company who created a new Guinness World Record on 6 May 2013 when its 121653 workers sang India’s national anthem in Lucknow- Sahara India Pariwar
• The Pakistani Prisoner who was attacked by an inmate in Kot Bhalwal jail in Jammu died at the hospital in Chandigarh on 9 May 2013- Sanaullah Ranjay



Tuesday, March 19, 2013

National Film Awards 2013 Winners List


60th National Film Awards for the films released in the year 2012 have been announced. Here are the list of winners-

 ● Best Actor : Irfan Khan for Pan Singh Tomar and Vikram Gokhale for Anumati (Marathi).

 ● Best Actress : Usha Jadhav for Marathi film 'Dhag'.

 ● Best Hindi Feature Film : - Paan Singh Tomar.

 ● Best Film for Wholesome Entertainment: Vicky Donor & Ustad Hotel (Malayalam).

 ● Best Special Effects: Eega

 ● Best Non-Feature Film: Shepherd's of Paradise.

 ● Best Film on Environment: Black Forest (Malayalam).

 ● Best Telugu film: Eega

 ● Best Tamil film: Vazhakku En 18/9

 ● Best Hindi Film: Filmistan

 ● Best Investigative Film: Inshallah Kashmir

 ● Best Playback Singer: Shankar for Bolo Na (Chittagong).

 ● Best Song: Bolo Na (Chittagong).

 ● Best Choreography : Birju Maharaj (Viswaroopam).

 ● Best Art direction: Lalgudi Ilayaraja (Viswaroopam).

 ● Best Original Screenplay - Sujoy Ghosh (Kahaani).

 ● Best Dialogue Writer: Anjali Menon (Ustad Hotel).

 ● Best Sound Recording: Gangs of Wasseypur.

 ● Best Direction - Shivaji Lotan Patil (Dhag - Marathi Film).

 ● Best Editing: Celluloid Man (Non-feature section).

 ● Best Makeup Artist: Raja (Vazahkku En 18/9).

 ● Best Costume Designer: Poornima (Paradesi).

 ● Best Supporting Actor: Annu Kapoor (Vicky Donor').

 ● Best Supporting Actress: Dolly Ahluwalia (Vicky Donor).

 ● Best Film on Social Issues: Spirit (Malayalam).

 Special jury mention for Parineeti Chopra (Ishaqzaade), Tanishta Chatterjee (Dekh Indian Circus) and Nawazuddin Siddhique (4 films).

Sunday, February 10, 2013

Padma Awards 2013


Padma Awards in Arts Discipline

Sl No.NameDisciplineAward
1.Shri Raghunath MohapatraArt - SculptingPadma Vibhushan
2.Shri S. Haider RazaArt - PaintingPadma Vibhushan
3.Dr. Ramanaidu DaggubatiArt - Film-makingPadma Bhushan
4.Smt Sreeramamurthy JanakiArt - SingingPadma Bhushan
5.Dr. (Smt.) Kanak ReleArt - Dancing (Mohiniattam)Padma Bhushan
6.Smt Sharmila TagoreArt - CinemaPadma Bhushan
7.Dr. (Smt.) Saroja VaidyanathanArt - Dancing (Bharat Natyam)Padma Bhushan
8.Shri Abdul Rashid Khan Art - Classical Music (Vocalist)Padma Bhushan
9.Late Rajesh KhannaArt - CinemaPadma Bhushan
10.Late Jaspal Singh BhattiArt - CinemaPadma Bhushan
11.Shri Gajam AnjaiahArt - Handloom designingPadma Shri
12.Swami G.C.D. Bharti alias Bharati BandhuArt - Singing (Kabirvani)Padma Shri
13.Ms. B. JayashreeArt - TheatrePadma Shri
14.Shri Sridevi KapoorArt - CinemaPadma Shri
15.Shri Kailash Chandra MeherArt - PaintingPadma Shri
16. Shri Brahmdeo Ram PanditArt - Geeta and Ved PravachanPadma Shri
17. Shri Vishwanath Dinkar Patekar alias Nana PatekarArt - FilmsPadma Shri
18. Shri Rekandar Nageswara Rao alias Surabhi BabjiArt - TheatrePadma Shri
19. Shri Lakshmi Narayana SathirajuArt - CinemaPadma Shri
20. Shri Jaymala ShiledarArt - SingingPadma Shri
21. Shri Suresh Dattatray TalwalkarArt - TablaPadma Shri
22. Shri P. Madhavan Nair alias MadhuArt - CinemaPadma Shri
23. Shri Apurba Kishore BirArt - CinematographyPadma Shri
24. Shri Ghanakanta Bora BorbayanArt - Sattriya DancePadma Shri
25. Smt. Hilda Mit LepchaArt - Lepcha musicPadma Shri
26. Smt. Sudha MalhotraArt - SingingPadma Shri
27. Shri Ghulam Mohammad SaznawazArt - Kashmiri Sufiyana MusicPadma Shri
28.Shri Ramesh Gopaldas SippyArt - CinemaPadma Shri
29.Ms. Mahrukh TaraporArt - MuseumsPadma Shri
30.Shri Balwant ThakurArt - TheatrePadma Shri
31.Shri Puran Das BaulArt - Music (Baul tradition)Padma Shri
32.Shri Rajendra TikkuArt - SculptingPadma Shri
33.Shri Pablo BartholomewArt - PhotographyPadma Shri
34.Shri S. Shakir AliArt - PaintingPadma Shri


Padma Awards in Public Affairs

Sl No.NameAward
1.Shri Shivajirao Girdhar PatilPadma Bhushan

Padma Awards in Science and Engineering

Sl No.NameAward
1.Prof. Yash PalPadma Vibhushan
2.Prof. Roddam NarasimhaPadma Vibhushan
3.Dr. Apathukatha Sivathanu PillaiPadma Bhushan
4.Dr. Vijay Kumar SaraswatPadma Bhushan
5.Dr. Ashoke SenPadma Bhushan
6.Dr. B.N. SureshPadma Bhushan
7.Prof. Satya N. AtluriPadma Bhushan
8.Dr. Jogesh Chandra PatiPadma Bhushan
9.Prof. Mustansir BarmaPadma Shri
10.Shri Avinash ChanderPadma Shri
11.Prof. Sanjay Govind DhandePadma Shri
12.Prof. (Dr.) Sankar Kumar PalPadma Shri
13. Prof. Deepak B. Phatak Padma Shri
14. Dr. Mudundi Ramakrishna Raju Padma Shri
15. Prof. Ajay K. Sood Padma Shri
16. Prof. Krishnaswamy Vijayraghavan Padma Shri
17. Dr. Manindra Agrawal Padma Shri
18. Dr. Jayaraman GowrishankarPadma Shri
19. Prof. Sharad Pandurang KalePadma Shri

Padma Awards in Civil Services

Sl No.NameAward
1.Shri Hemendra Singh Panwar Padma Bhushan
2.Dr. Maharaj Kishan Bhan Padma Bhushan

Padma Awards in Literature and Education

Sl No.NameAward
1.Shri Mangesh Padgaonkar Padma Bhushan
2.Prof. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak Padma Bhushan
3.Prof.(Capt) Dr. Mohammad Sharaf-e-Alam Padma Shri
4.Dr. Radhika Herzberger Padma Shri
5.Shri J. Malsawma Padma Shri
6.Shri Devendra Patel Padma Shri
7.Dr. Rama Kant Shukla Padma Shri
8.Prof. Akhtarul Wasey Padma Shri
9.Prof. Anvita Abbi Padma Shri
10.Shri Nida Fazli Padma Shri
11.Shri Surender Kumar Sharma Padma Shri
12.Dr. Jagdish Prasad Singh Padma Shri
13.Late Shaukat Riaz Kapoor Alias Salik Lakhnawi Padma Shri
14.Prof. Noboru Karashima Padma Shri
15.Shri Christopher Pinney Padma Shri

Padma Awards in Trade and Industry

Sl No.NameAward
1.Shri Ramamurthy ThyagarajanPadma Bhushan
2.Shri Adi Burjor GodrejPadma Bhushan
3.Smt. Vandana Luthra Padma Shri
4.Ms. Rajshree PathyPadma Shri
5.Shri Hemendra Prasad BarooahPadma Shri
6.Shri Milind KamblePadma Shri
7.Ms. Kalpana SarojPadma Shri

Padma Awards in Social Work

Sl No.NameAward
1.Shri S.K.M. Maeilanandhan Padma Shri
2.Ms. Nileema Mishra Padma Shri
3.Ms. Reema Nanavati Padma Shri
4.Ms. Jhama Dhara Chowdhury Padma Shri
5.Late Dr. Ram Krishan Padma Shri
6.Late Manju Bharat Ram Padma Shri

Padma Awards in Medicine

Sl No.NameAward
1.Dr. Nandkishore Shamrao LaudPadma Bhushan
2.Dr. Sudarshan K. Agarwal Padma Shri
3.Dr. C Vankara S. RAm alia Chitta Venkata Sundara Ram Padma Shri
4.Dr. Rajendra Achyut Badwe Padma Shri
5.Dr. Taraprasad Das Padma Shri
6.Prof. (Dr.) T.V. Devarajan Padma Shri
7.Prof. (Dr.) Saroj Chooramani Gopal Padma Shri
8.Dr. Pramod Kumar Julka Padma Shri
9.Dr. Gulshan Rai Khatri Padma Shri
10.Dr. Ganesh Kumar Mani Padma Shri
11.Dr. Amit Prabhakar Maydeo Padma Shri
12.Dr. Sundaram Natarajan Padma Shri
13.Prof. Krishana Chandra Chunekar Padma Shri
14.Dr. Vishwa Kumar Gupta Padma Shri

Padma Awards in Sports

Sl No.NameDisciplineAward
1.Shri Rahul DravidCricketPadma Bhushan
2.Smt. Ms. H. Mangte Chungneijang Mary KomBoxingPadma Bhushan
3.Smt. Premlata AgrawalMountaneeringPadma Shri
4.Shri Yogeshwar DuttWrestlingPadma Shri
5.Shri Hosanagara Nagarajegowda GirishaParalympic High JumperPadma Shri
6.Subedar Major Vijay KumarShootingPadma Shri
7.Shri Ngangom Dingko SinghBoxingPadma Shri
8.Naib Subedar Bajrang Lal TakharRowingPadma Shri

Padma Awards - Others

Sl No.NameDisciplineAward
1.Ms. Ritu Kumar Fashion Designing Padma Shri
2.Dr. Ravindra Singh Bisht ArchaeologyPadma Shri