Chief Justice of India JS Khehar, former chief of Suzuki Motor late Osamu Suzuki, Ram temple architect Chandrakant Sompura, hockey player PR Sreejesh among 139 Padma awardees announced on the eve of the 76th Republic Day
New Delhi: Former Chief Justice of India JS Khehar, former chief of Suzuki Motor late Osamu Suzuki, Ram temple architect Chandrakant Sompura, folk singer late Sharda Sinha and hockey player PR Sreejesh are among 139 Padma awardees announced on the eve of the 76th Republic Day on Saturday.
The highest civilian honours of the country announced by the government include seven Padma Vibhushan, 19 Padma Bhushan and 113 Padma Shri decorations.
“Twenty-three of the awardees are women and the list also includes 10 persons from the category of foreigners, NRI (Non-resident Indians), PIO (Person of Indian Origin), OCI (Overseas Citizenship of India) and and 13 posthumous awardees,” the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said in a statement.
Publisher of Tamil daily Dinamalar Lakshmipathy Ramasubbaiyer has been awarded Padma Shri for literature, education and journalism.
Former CJI Justice (retd) Jagdish Singh Khehar, Chairman of Asian Institute of Gastroenterology and AIG Hospitals D Nageshwar Reddy, Kathak dancer from Gujarat Kumudini Rajnikant Lakhia, violinist Lakshminarayana Subramaniam have been awarded Padma Vibhushan, the statement said.
Former chief of the Suzuki Motor Corporation Osamu Suzuki, folk singer Sharda Sinha and author MT Vasudevan Nair have been awarded Padma Vibhushan posthumously.
The awards are given in various disciplines and fields such as art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports and civil service among others.
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.
Former Bihar Deputy chief minister Sushil Modi, economist Bibek Debroy, gazal singer Pankaj Udhas have been given Padma Bhushan posthumously.
Telugu superstar Nandamuri Balakrishna also known as Balayya, film-maker Shekhar Kapur and former hockey goalkeeper P R Sreejesh have been given the Padma Bhushan.
Former Maharashtra chief minister and Lok Sabha Speaker Manohar Joshi has been given the Padma Bhushan posthumously.
Former SBI chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya, recently-retired cricketer R Ashwin, vice chancellor of Lucknow’s KGMU Soniya Nityanand and industrialist Pawan Goenka have been given Padma Shri.
The President has also awarded 30 Padma Shri to unsung heroes that includes 100-year old Libia Lobo Sardesai, who played an important role in Goa’s freedom movement. She cofounded an underground radio station — ‘Voz da Liberdabe (Voice of Freedom)’ — in a forested area in 1955 to rally people against the Portuguese rule.
Wildlife researcher and Marathi author Maruti Bhujangrao Chitampalli (92), who gave unique dictionaries on birds, animals and trees; 68-year-old bhajan singer Batool Begum from Jaipur; percussionist Velu Aasaan (58) from Tamil Nadu, who is standardising and reviving traditional Parai Isai artform, are also among the Padma Shri awardees.
Togalu Gombeyaata (leather puppetry) master puppeteer Bhimavva Doddabalappa Shillekyathara, who was one of the first women to practise the art form, has also been awarded Padma Shri. The 96-year old ‘Grandmother of Gombeyaata’ mastered the art just 14 and has performed in more than 12 countries.
Lavjibhai Nagjibhai (64), a Tangaliya weaver from Dangasia community in Surendranagar Parmar; Vijayalakshmi Deshamane, a veteran oncologist from Kalaburgi who provides free treatment to poor cancer patients; and Chaitram Devchand Pawar, who conserved 400 hectare of forest in Maharashtra, are also among the unsung heroes who have been given the coveted Padma Shri.
Pandi Ram Mandavi, a traditional tribal musician and the creator of bamboo wind whistle called ‘Sulur’ or ‘Bastar flute’, is also amoing the Padma Shri awardees.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah congratulated the awardees, saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reimagined the Padma awards as a platform to honour the iconic personalities who have empowered and elevated communities to progress.
“Congratulations to the luminaries who have been selected for the Padma Awards by the Honorable President today. PM Shri @narendramodi Ji has reimagined the Padma Awards as a platform to honor the iconic personalities who have empowered and elevated communities to progress. I firmly believe that this honor will stir our society with a new zest for nation-building,” he wrote on ‘X’.
Tamil actor S Ajith Kumar, veteran archaeology Kailash Nath Dikshit, chairperson of the Zydust Life Sciences Pankaj Patel, veteran journalist Ram Bahadur Rai, dancer Shobana Chandra Kumar were awarded Padma Bhushan.
Bollywood singer Arijit Singh, former AIIMS and SGPGI director A K Mahapatra, Marathi actor Ashok Laxman Saraf, noted theatre artist Barry Godfray John, Punjabi singer Jaspinder Narula have been awarded with Padma Shri.
Here’s the full list:
Padma Vibhushan
Dr Duvvur Nageshwar Reddy (Medicine): Telangana
Justice (Retd.) Shri Jagdish Singh Khehar (Public Affairs): Chandigarh
Kumudini Rajnikant Lakhia (Art): Gujarat
Lakshminarayana Subramaniam (Art): Karnataka
MT Vasudevan Nair (Posthumous – Literature and Education): Kerala
Osamu Suzuki (Posthumous – Trade and Industry): Japan
Sharda Sinha (Posthumous – Art): Bihar
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Padma Bhushan
A Surya Prakash (Literature and Education – Journalism): Karnataka
Anant Nag (Art): Karnataka
Bibek Debroy (Posthumous – Literature and Education): NCT Delhi
Jatin Goswami (Art): Assam
Jose Chacko Periappuram (Medicine): Kerala
Kailash Nath Dikshit (Others – Archaeology): NCT Delhi
Manohar Joshi (Posthumous – Public Affairs): Maharashtra
Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti (Trade and Industry): Tamil Nadu
Nandamuri Balakrishna (Art): Andhra Pradesh
PR Sreejesh (Sports): Kerala
Pankaj Patel (Trade and Industry): Gujarat
Pankaj Udhas (Posthumous – Art) Maharashtra
Rambahadur Rai (Literature and Education – Journalism): Uttar Pradesh
Sadhvi Ritambhara (Social Work): Uttar Pradesh
S Ajith Kumar (Art): Tamil Nadu
Shekhar Kapur (Art): Maharashtra
Shobana Chandrakumar (Art): Tamil Nadu
Sushil Kumar Modi (Posthumous – Public Affairs): Bihar
Vinod Dham (Science and Engineering): United States of America
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Padma Shri
Adwaita Charan Gadanayak (Art): Odisha
Achyut Ramchandra Palav (Art): Maharashtra
Ajay V Bhatt (Science and Engineering): United States of America
Anil Kumar Boro (Literature and Education): Assam
Arijit Singh (Art): West Bengal
Arundhati Bhattacharya (Trade and Industry): Maharashtra
Arunoday Saha (Literature and Education): Tripura
Arvind Sharma (Literature and Education): Canada
Ashok Kumar Mahapatra (Medicine): Odisha
Ashok Laxman Saraf (Art): Maharashtra
Ashutosh Sharma (Science and Engineering): Uttar Pradesh
Ashwini Bhide Deshpande (Art): Maharashtra
Baijnath Maharaj (Others – Spiritualism): Rajasthan
Barry Godfray John (Art): NCT Delhi
Begam Batool (Art): Rajasthan
Bharat Gupt (Art): NCT Delhi
Bheru Singh Chouhan (Art): Madhya Pradesh
Bhim Singh Bhavesh (Social Work): Bihar
Bhimavva Doddabalappa Shillekyathara (Art): Karnataka
Budhendra Kumar Jain (Medicine): Madhya Pradesh
CS Vaidyanathan (Public Affairs): NCT Delhi
Chaitram Deochand Pawar (Social Work): Maharashtra
Chandrakant Sheth (Posthumous – Literature and Education): Gujarat
Chandrakant Sompura (Others – Architecture): Gujarat
Chetan E Chitnis (Science and Engineering): France
David R Syiemlieh (Literature and Education): Meghalaya
Durga Charan Ranbir (Art): Odisha
Farooq Ahmad Mir (Art): Jammu And Kashmir
Ganeshwar Shastri Dravid (Literature and Education): Uttar Pradesh
Gita Upadhyay (Literature and Education): Assam
Gokul Chandra Das (Art): West Bengal
Guruvayur Dorai (Art): Tamil Nadu
Harchandan Singh Bhatty (Art): Madhya Pradesh
Hariman Sharma (Others – Agriculture): Himachal Pradesh
Harjinder Singh Srinagar Wale (Art): Punjab
Harvinder Singh (Sports): Haryana
Hassan Raghu (Art): Karnataka
Hemant Kumar (Medicine): Bihar
Hriday Narayan Dixit (Literature and Education): Uttar Pradesh
Hugh and Colleen Gantzer (Posthumous – Literature and Education – Journalism): Uttarakhand
Inivalappil Mani Vijayan (Sports): Kerala
Jagadish Joshila (Literature and Education): Madhya Pradesh
Jaspinder Narula (Art): Maharashtra
Jonas Masetti (Others – Spiritualism): Brazil
Joynacharan Bathari (Art): Assam
Jumde Yomgam Gamlin (Social Work): Arunachal Pradesh
K Damodaran (Others – Culinary): Tamil Nadu
KL Krishna (Literature and Education): Andhra Pradesh
K Omanakutty Amma (Art): Kerala
Kishore Kunal (Posthumous – Civil Service): Bihar
L Hangthing (Others – Agriculture): Nagaland
Lakshmipathy Ramasubbaiyer (Literature and Education – Journalism): Tamil Nadu
Lalit Kumar Mangotra (Literature and Education): Jammu & Kashmir
Lama Lobzang (Posthumous – Others – Spiritualism): Ladakh
Libia Lobo Sardesai (Social Work): Goa
MD Srinivas (Science and Engineering): Tamil Nadu
Madugula Nagaphani Sarma (Art): Andhra Pradesh
Mahabir Nayak (Art): Jharkhand
Mamata Shankar (Art): West Bengal
Manda Krishna Madiga (Public Affairs): Telangana
Maruti Bhujangrao Chitampalli (Literature and Education): Maharashtra
Miriyala Apparao (Posthumous – Art): Andhra Pradesh
Nagendra Nath Roy (Literature and Education): West Bengal
Narayan (Bhulai Bhai) (Posthumous – Public Affairs): Uttar Pradesh
Naren Gurung (Art): Sikkim
Neerja Bhatla (Medicine): NCT Delhi
Nirmala Devi (Art): Bihar
Nitin Nohria (Literature and Education): United States of America
Onkar Singh Pahwa (Trade and Industry): Punjab
P Datchanamoorthy (Art): Puducherry
Pandi Ram Mandavi (Art): Chhattisgarh
Parmar Lavjibhai Nagjibhai (Art): Gujarat
Pawan Goenka (Trade and Industry): West Bengal
Prashanth Prakash (Trade and Industry): Karnataka
Pratibha Satpathy (Literature and Education): Odisha
Purisai Kannappa Sambandan (Art): Tamil Nadu
R Ashwin (Sports): Tamil Nadu
RG Chandramogan (Trade and Industry): Tamil Nadu
Radha Bahin Bhatt (Social Work): Uttarakhand
Radhakrishnan Devasenapathy (Art): Tamil Nadu
Ramdarash Mishra (Literature and Education): NCT Delhi
Ranendra Bhanu Majumdar (Art): Maharashtra
Ratan Kumar Parimoo (Art): Gujarat
Reba Kanta Mahanta (Art): Assam
Renthlei Lalrawna (Literature and Education): Mizoram
Ricky Gyan Kej (Art): Karnataka
Sajjan Bhajanka (Trade and Industry): West Bengal
Sally Holkar (Trade and Industry): Madhya Pradesh
Sant Ram Deswal (Literature and Education): Haryana
Satyapal Singh (Sports): Uttar Pradesh
Seeni Viswanathan (Literature and Education): Tamil Nadu
Sethuraman Panchanathan (Science and Engineering): United States of America
Sheikha Shaikha Ali Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (Medicine): Kuwait
Sheen Kaaf Nizam (Shiv Kishan Bissa) (Literature and Education): Rajasthan
Shyam Bihari Agrawal (Art): Uttar Pradesh
Soniya Nityanand (Medicine): Uttar Pradesh
Stephen Knapp (Literature and Education): United States of America
Subhash Khetulal Sharma (Others – Agriculture): Maharashtra
Suresh Harilal Soni (Social Work): Gujarat
Surinder Kumar Vasal (Science and Engineering): Delhi
Swami Pradiptananda (Kartik Maharaj) (Others – Spiritualism): West Bengal
Syed Ainul Hasan (Literature and Education): Uttar Pradesh
Tejendra Narayan Majumdar (Art): West Bengal
Thiyam Suryamukhi Devi (Art): Manipur
Tushar Durgeshbhai Shukla (Literature and Education): Gujarat
Vadiraj Raghawendracharya Panchamukhi (Literature and Education): Andhra Pradesh
Vasudeo Kamath (Art): Maharashtra
Velu Aasaan (Art): Tamil Nadu
Venkappa Ambaji Sugatekar (Art): Karnataka
Vijay Nityanand Surishwar Ji Maharaj (Others – Spiritualism): Bihar
Vijayalakshmi Deshamane (Medicine): Karnataka
Vilas Dangre (Medicine): Maharashtra
Vinayak Lohani (Social Work): West Bengal
