Wednesday, January 25, 2012

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 country’s 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 No.
Name
Discipline
State/ Domicile
1.    
Shri K G Subramanyan
Art-Painting & Sculpture
West Bengal
2.    
Late Shri Mario De Miranda
Art-Cartoonist
Goa*
3.    
Late (Dr.)Bhupen Hazarika
Art- Vocal Music
Assam*
4.    
Dr. Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti
Medicine - Orthopedics
Maharashtra
5.    
Shri T V Rajeswar
Civil Service
Delhi

Padma Bhushan

Sl No.
Name
Discipline
State/ Domicile

  1.  
Smt. Shabana Azmi
Art - Cinema
Maharashtra

  1.  
Shri Khaled Choudhury
Art - Theatre
West Bengal

  1.  
Shri Jatin Das
Art - Painting
Delhi

  1.  
Pandit Buddhadev Das Gupta
Art - Instrumental Music - Sarod
West Bengal

  1.  
Shri Dharmendra Singh Deol alias Dharmendra
Art - Cinema
Maharashtra

  1.  
Dr. Trippunithwra Viswanathan Gopalkrishnan
Art - Classical vocal and instrumental music
Tamil Nadu

  1.  
Ms. Mira Nair
Art - Cinema
Delhi

  1.  
Shri M.S. Gopalakrishnan
Art - Instrumental Music-Violin
Tamil Nadu

  1.  
Shri Anish Kapoor
Art - Sculpture
UK*

  1.  
Shri Satya Narayan Goenka
Social Work
Maharashtra

  1.  
Dr. (Judge) Patibandla Chandrasekhar Rao
Public Affairs
Germany*

  1.  
Shri George Yong-Boon Yeo
Public Affairs
Singapore*

  1.  
Prof. Shashikumar Chitre
Science and Engineering
Maharashtra

  1.  
Dr. M S Raghunathan
Science and Engineering
Maharashtra

  1.  
Shri Subbiah Murugappa Vellayan
Trade and Industry
Tamil Nadu

  1.  
Shri Balasubramanian Muthuraman
Trade and Industry
Maharashtra

  1.  
Dr. Suresh H. Advani
Medicine - Oncology
Maharashtra

  1.  
Dr. Noshir H Wadia
Medicine-Neurology
Maharashtra

  1.  
Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty
Medicine-Cardiology
Karnataka

  1.  
Prof. (Dr.) Shantaram Balwant Mujumdar
Literature and Education
Maharashtra

  1.  
Prof. Vidya Dehejia
Literature and Education
USA*

  1.  
Prof. Arvind Panagariya
Literature and Education
USA*

  1.  
Dr. Jose Pereira
Literature and Education
USA*

  1.  
Dr. Homi K. Bhabha
Literature and Education
UK *

  1.  
Shri N Vittal
Civil Service
Kerala

  1.  
Shri Mata Prasad
Civil Service
Uttar Pradesh

  1.  
Shri Ronen Sen
Civil Service
West Bengal

Padma Shri


Sl No.
Name
Discipline
State/ Domicile

  1.  
Shri Vanraj Bhatia
Art - Music
Maharashtra

  1.  
Shri Zia Fariduddin Dagar
Art - Music - vocal
Maharashtra

  1.  
Smt. Nameirakpam Ibemni Devi
Art - Music- Khongjom Parba
Manipur

  1.  
Shri Ramachandra Subraya Hegde Chittani
Art - Yakshagana dance drama
Karnataka

  1.  
Shri Moti Lal Kemmu
Art - Playwright
Jammu and Kashmir

  1.  
Shri Shahid Parvez Khan
Art - Instrumental Music-Sitar
Maharashtra

  1.  
Shri Mohan Lal Kumhar
Art - Terracotta
Rajasthan

  1.  
Shri Sakar Khan Manganiar
Art - Rajasthani Folk Music
Rajasthan

  1.  
Smt. Joy Michael
Art - Theatre
Delhi

  1.  
Dr. Minati Mishra
Art - Indian Classical Dance-Odissi.
Orissa

  1.  
Shri Natesan Muthuswamy
Art - Theatre.
Tamil Nadu

  1.  
Smt. R. Nagarathnamma
Art - Theatre
Karnataka

  1.  
Shri Kalamandalm Sivan Nambootiri
Art - Indian Classical Dance- Kutiyattam
Kerala

  1.  
Smt. Yamunabai Waikar
Art - Indian Folk Music-Lavani.
Maharashtra

  1.  
Shri Satish Alekar
Art - Playwright
Maharashtra

  1.  
Pandit Gopal Prasad Dubey
Art - Chhau dance and choreography
Jharkhand

  1.  
Shri Ramakant Gundecha #
Art - Indian Classical Music- Vocal
Madhya Pradesh
Shri Umakant Gundecha #
Art - Indian Classical Music- Vocal
Madhya Pradesh

  1.  
Shri Anup Jalota
Art-Indian Classical Music- Vocal
Maharashtra

  1.  
Shri Soman Nair Priyadarsan
Art - Cinema- Direction
Kerala 

  1.  
Shri Sunil Janah
Art-Photography
Assam


  1.  
Ms. Laila Tyebji
Art-Handicrafts
Delhi

  1.  
Shri Vijay Sharma
Art-Painting
Himachal Pradesh

  1.  
Smt. Shamshad Begum
Social Work
Chattisgarh

  1.  
Smt. Reeta Devi
Social Work
Delhi

  1.  
Dr. P.K. Gopal
Social Work
Tamil Nadu

  1.  
Smt. Phoolbasan Bai Yadav
Social Work
Chattisgarh

  1.  
Dr. G. Muniratnam
Social Work
Andhra Pradesh

  1.  
Shri Niranjan Pranshankar Pandya
Social Work
Maharashtra

  1.  
Dr. Uma Tuli
Social Work
Delhi

  1.  
Shri Sat Paul Varma
Social Work
Jammu and Kashmir

  1.  
Smt.Binny Yanga
Social Work
Arunachal Pradesh

  1.  
Shri Yezdi Hirji Malegam
Public Affairs
Maharashtra
  1.  

Shri Pravin H. Parekh
Pubic Affairs
Delhi

  1.  
Dr. V. Adimurthy
Science and Engineering
Kerala

  1.  
Dr. Krishna Lal Chadha
Science and Engineering - Agriculture
Delhi

  1.  
Prof. Virander Singh Chauhan
Science and Engineering
Delhi

  1.  
Prof. Rameshwar Nath Koul Bamezai
Science and Engineering
Jammu and Kashmir

  1.  
Dr. Vijaypal Singh
Science and Engineering - Agricultural Research
Uttar Pradesh

  1.  
Dr. Lokesh Kumar Singhal
Science and Engineering
Punjab

  1.  
Dr. Yagnaswami Sundara Rajan
Science and Engineering
Karnataka

  1.  
Prof. Jagadish Shukla
Science and Engineering
USA*

  1.  
Ms. Priya Paul
Trade and Industry
Delhi

  1.  
Shri Shoji Shiba
Trade and Industry
Japan*

  1.  
Shri Gopinath Pillai
Trade and Industry
Singapore*

  1.  
Shri Arun Hastimal Firodia
Trade and Industry
Maharashtra

  1.  
Dr. Swati A. Piramal
Trade and Industry
Maharashtra

  1.  
Prof. Mahdi Hasan
Medicine-Anatomy
Uttar Pradesh

  1.  
Dr. Viswanathan Mohan
Medicine - Diabetology
Tamil Nadu

  1.  
Dr. J. Hareendran Nair
Medicine - Ayurveda
Kerala

  1.  
Dr. Vallalarpuram Sennimalai Natarajan
Medicine - Geriatrics
Tamil Nadu

  1.  
Dr. Jitendra Kumar Singh
Medicine - Oncology
Bihar

  1.  
Dr. Shrinivas S. Vaishya
Medicine-Healthcare
Daman and Diu

  1.  
Dr. Nitya Anand
Medicine - Drugs Research
Uttar Pradesh

  1.  
Late Dr. Jugal Kishore
Medicine - Homoeopathy
Delhi *

  1.  
Dr. Mukesh Batra
Medicine-Homeopathy
Maharashtra

  1.  
Dr. Eberhard Fischer
Literature and Education
Switzerland*

  1.  
Shri Kedar Gurung
Literature and Education
Sikkim

  1.  
Shri Surjit Singh Patar
Literature and Education - Poetry
Punjab

  1.  
Shri Vijay Dutt Shridhar
Literature and Education - Journalism
Madhya Pradesh

  1.  
Shri Irwin Allan Sealy
Literature and Education
Uttarakhand

  1.  
Ms. Geeta Dharmarajan
Literature and Education
Delhi

  1.  
Prof. Sachchidanand Sahai
Literature and Education
Haryana

  1.  
Smt. Pepita Seth
Literature and Education
Kerala

  1.  
Dr. Ralte L. Thanmawia
Literature and Education
Mizoram

  1.  
Shri Ajeet Bajaj
Sports - Skiing
Delhi

  1.  
Smt. Jhulan Goswami
Sports - Women`s Cricket
West Bengal

  1.  
Shri Zafar Iqbal
Sports-Hockey
Uttar Pradesh

  1.  
Shri Devendra Jhajrija
Sports - Athletics- Paralympics
Rajasthan

  1.  
Shri Limba Ram
Sports - Archery
Rajasthan

  1.  
Shri Syed Mohammed Arif
Sports - Badminton
Andhra Pradesh

  1.  
Prof. Ravi Chaturvedi
Sports- Commentary
Delhi

  1.  
Shri Prabhakar Vaidya
Sports-Physical Education
Maharashtra

  1.  
Shri T. Venkatapathi Reddiar
Others-Horticulture
Puducherry

  1.  
Dr. K. (Kota) Ullas Karanth
Others-Wildlife Conservation and Environment Protection
Karnataka

  1.  
Shri K Paddayya
Others-Archaeology
Maharashtra

  1.  
Shri Swapan Guha
Others-Ceramics
Rajasthan

  1.  
Dr. Kartikeya V. Sarabhai
Others - Environmental Education
Gujarat

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