The President of India on the eve of Republic Day, Wednesday, approved the list of recipients of the prestigious Padma Award for 2012. In total 109 Padma Awards would be conferred this year – 5 Padma Vibhushan, 27 Padma Bhushan and 77 Padma Shri Awards.
The Awards are given in the field of art, social work, science and engineering, public affairs, trade and industry, medicine, sports, civil service, literature and education, etc. The Padma Awards will be conferred by the President of India at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhawan in March/ April 2012.
Padma Vibhushan
Shri K G Subramanyan Art-Painting & Sculpture West Bengal
Late (Dr.)Bhupen Hazarika Art- Vocal Music Assam
Late Shri Mario De Miranda Art-Cartoonist Goa
Dr. Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti Medicine – Orthopedics Maharashtra
Shri T V Rajeswar Civil Service Delhi
Padma Bhushan
Smt. Shabana Azmi Art – Cinema Maharashtra
Shri Jatin Das Art – Painting Delhi
Shri Khaled Choudhury Art – Theatre West Bengal
Pandit Buddhadev Das Gupta Art – Instrumental Music – Sarod West Bengal
Dr. Trippunithwra Viswanathan Gopalkrishnan Art – Classical vocal and instrumental music Tamil Nadu
Shri Dharmendra Singh Deol alias Dharmendra Art – Cinema Maharashtra
Ms. Mira Nair Art – Cinema Delhi
Shri M.S. Gopalakrishnan Art – Instrumental Music-Violin Tamil Nadu
Shri Satya Narayan Goenka Social Work Maharashtra
Dr. (Judge) Patibandla Chandrasekhar Rao Public Affairs Germany
Shri Anish Kapoor Art – Sculpture UK
Shri George Yong-Boon Yeo Public Affairs Singapore
Prof. Shashikumar Chitre Science and Engineering Maharashtra
Shri Subbiah Murugappa Vellayan Trade and Industry Tamil Nadu
Shri Balasubramanian Muthuraman Trade and Industry Maharashtra
Dr. M S Raghunathan Science and Engineering Maharashtra
Dr. Suresh H. Advani Medicine – Oncology Maharashtra
Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty Medicine-Cardiology Karnataka
Prof. (Dr.) Shantaram Balwant Mujumdar Literature and Education Maharashtra
Shri Ronen Sen Civil Service West Bengal
Dr. Homi K. Bhabha Literature and Education UK
Dr. Noshir H Wadia Medicine-Neurology Maharashtra
Prof. Vidya Dehejia Literature and Education USA
Prof. Arvind Panagariya Literature and Education USA
Dr. Jose Pereira Literature and Education USA
Shri N Vittal Civil Service Kerala
Shri Mata Prasad Civil Service Uttar Pradesh
Padma Shri
Shri Vanraj Bhatia Art – Music Maharashtra
Shri Zia Fariduddin Dagar Art – Music – vocal Maharashtra
Smt. Nameirakpam Ibemni Devi Art – Music- Khongjom Parba Manipur
Shri Ramachandra Subraya Hegde Chittani Art – Yakshagana dance drama Karnataka
Shri Moti Lal Kemmu Art – Playwright Jammu and Kashmir
Smt. R. Nagarathnamma Art – Theatre Karnataka
Shri Kalamandalm Sivan Nambootiri Art – Indian Classical Dance- Kutiyattam Kerala
Smt. Yamunabai Waikar Art – Indian Folk Music-Lavani. Maharashtra
Shri Satish Alekar Art – Playwright Maharashtra
Pandit Gopal Prasad Dubey Art – Chhau dance and choreography Jharkhand
Shri Ramakant Gundecha Art – Indian Classical Music- Vocal Madhya Pradesh
Shri Shahid Parvez Khan Art – Instrumental Music-Sitar Maharashtra
Shri Mohan Lal Kumhar Art – Terracotta Rajasthan
Shri Sakar Khan Manganiar Art – Rajasthani Folk Music Rajasthan
Smt. Joy Michael Art – Theatre Delhi
Dr. Minati Mishra Art – Indian Classical Dance-Odissi. Orissa
Shri Natesan Muthuswamy Art – Theatre. Tamil Nadu
Shri Umakant Gundecha Art – Indian Classical Music- Vocal Madhya Pradesh
Shri Anup Jalota Art-Indian Classical Music- Vocal Maharashtra
Shri Soman Nair Priyadarsan Art – Cinema- Direction Kerala
Shri Sunil Janah Art-Photography Assam
Ms. Laila Tyebji Art-Handicrafts Delhi
Shri Vijay Sharma Art-Painting Himachal Pradesh
Smt. Shamshad Begum Social Work Chattisgarh
Shri Niranjan Pranshankar Pandya Social Work Maharashtra
Dr. Uma Tuli Social Work Delhi
Shri Sat Paul Varma Social Work Jammu and Kashmir
Smt.Binny Yanga Social Work Arunachal Pradesh
Shri Yezdi Hirji Malegam Public Affairs Maharashtra
Shri Pravin H. Parekh Pubic Affairs Delhi
Smt. Reeta Devi Social Work Delhi
Dr. P.K. Gopal Social Work Tamil Nadu
Smt. Phoolbasan Bai Yadav Social Work Chattisgarh
Dr. G. Muniratnam Social Work Andhra Pradesh
Dr. V. Adimurthy Science and Engineering Kerala
Dr. Krishna Lal Chadha Science and Engineering – Agriculture Delhi
Prof. Virander Singh Chauhan Science and Engineering Delhi
Prof. Rameshwar Nath Koul Bamezai Science and Engineering Jammu and Kashmir
Shri Shoji Shiba Trade and Industry Japan
Shri Gopinath Pillai Trade and Industry Singapore
Shri Arun Hastimal Firodia Trade and Industry Maharashtra
Dr. Swati A. Piramal Trade and Industry Maharashtra
Prof. Mahdi Hasan Medicine-Anatomy Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Vijaypal Singh Science and Engineering – Agricultural Research Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Lokesh Kumar Singhal Science and Engineering Punjab
Dr. Yagnaswami Sundara Rajan Science and Engineering Karnataka
Prof. Jagadish Shukla Science and Engineering USA
Ms. Priya Paul Trade and Industry Delhi
Dr. Viswanathan Mohan Medicine – Diabetology Tamil Nadu
Dr. J. Hareendran Nair Medicine – Ayurveda Kerala
Dr. Vallalarpuram Sennimalai Natarajan Medicine – Geriatrics Tamil Nadu
Dr. Jitendra Kumar Singh Medicine – Oncology Bihar
Shri Surjit Singh Patar Literature and Education – Poetry Punjab
Shri Vijay Dutt Shridhar Literature and Education – Journalism Madhya Pradesh
Shri Irwin Allan Sealy Literature and Education Uttarakhand
Ms. Geeta Dharmarajan Literature and Education Delhi
Prof. Sachchidanand Sahai Literature and Education Haryana
Smt. Pepita Seth Literature and Education Kerala
Dr. Ralte L. Thanmawia Literature and Education Mizoram
Dr. Shrinivas S. Vaishya Medicine-Healthcare Daman and Diu
Dr. Nitya Anand Medicine – Drugs Research Uttar Pradesh
Late Dr. Jugal Kishore Medicine – Homoeopathy Delhi
Dr. Mukesh Batra Medicine-Homeopathy Maharashtra
Dr. Eberhard Fischer Literature and Education Switzerland
Shri Kedar Gurung Literature and Education Sikkim
Shri Ajeet Bajaj Sports – Skiing Delhi
Smt. Jhulan Goswami Sports – Women’s Cricket West Bengal
Shri Zafar Iqbal Sports-Hockey Uttar Pradesh
Shri Devendra Jhajrija Sports – Athletics- Paralympics Rajasthan
Shri Limba Ram Sports – Archery Rajasthan
Shri Syed Mohammed Arif Sports – Badminton Andhra Pradesh
Prof. Ravi Chaturvedi Sports- Commentary Delhi
Shri Prabhakar Vaidya Sports-Physical Education Maharashtra
Shri T. Venkatapathi Reddiar Others-Horticulture Puducherry
Dr. K. (Kota) Ullas Karanth Others-Wildlife Conservation and Environment Protection Karnataka
Shri K Paddayya Others-Archaeology Maharashtra
Shri Swapan Guha Others-Ceramics Rajasthan
Dr. Kartikeya V. Sarabhai Others – Environmental Education Gujarat
The Awards are given in the field of art, social work, science and engineering, public affairs, trade and industry, medicine, sports, civil service, literature and education, etc. The Padma Awards will be conferred by the President of India at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhawan in March/ April 2012.
Padma Vibhushan
Shri K G Subramanyan Art-Painting & Sculpture West Bengal
Late (Dr.)Bhupen Hazarika Art- Vocal Music Assam
Late Shri Mario De Miranda Art-Cartoonist Goa
Dr. Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti Medicine – Orthopedics Maharashtra
Shri T V Rajeswar Civil Service Delhi
Padma Bhushan
Smt. Shabana Azmi Art – Cinema Maharashtra
Shri Jatin Das Art – Painting Delhi
Shri Khaled Choudhury Art – Theatre West Bengal
Pandit Buddhadev Das Gupta Art – Instrumental Music – Sarod West Bengal
Dr. Trippunithwra Viswanathan Gopalkrishnan Art – Classical vocal and instrumental music Tamil Nadu
Shri Dharmendra Singh Deol alias Dharmendra Art – Cinema Maharashtra
Ms. Mira Nair Art – Cinema Delhi
Shri M.S. Gopalakrishnan Art – Instrumental Music-Violin Tamil Nadu
Shri Satya Narayan Goenka Social Work Maharashtra
Dr. (Judge) Patibandla Chandrasekhar Rao Public Affairs Germany
Shri Anish Kapoor Art – Sculpture UK
Shri George Yong-Boon Yeo Public Affairs Singapore
Prof. Shashikumar Chitre Science and Engineering Maharashtra
Shri Subbiah Murugappa Vellayan Trade and Industry Tamil Nadu
Shri Balasubramanian Muthuraman Trade and Industry Maharashtra
Dr. M S Raghunathan Science and Engineering Maharashtra
Dr. Suresh H. Advani Medicine – Oncology Maharashtra
Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty Medicine-Cardiology Karnataka
Prof. (Dr.) Shantaram Balwant Mujumdar Literature and Education Maharashtra
Shri Ronen Sen Civil Service West Bengal
Dr. Homi K. Bhabha Literature and Education UK
Dr. Noshir H Wadia Medicine-Neurology Maharashtra
Prof. Vidya Dehejia Literature and Education USA
Prof. Arvind Panagariya Literature and Education USA
Dr. Jose Pereira Literature and Education USA
Shri N Vittal Civil Service Kerala
Shri Mata Prasad Civil Service Uttar Pradesh
Padma Shri
Shri Vanraj Bhatia Art – Music Maharashtra
Shri Zia Fariduddin Dagar Art – Music – vocal Maharashtra
Smt. Nameirakpam Ibemni Devi Art – Music- Khongjom Parba Manipur
Shri Ramachandra Subraya Hegde Chittani Art – Yakshagana dance drama Karnataka
Shri Moti Lal Kemmu Art – Playwright Jammu and Kashmir
Smt. R. Nagarathnamma Art – Theatre Karnataka
Shri Kalamandalm Sivan Nambootiri Art – Indian Classical Dance- Kutiyattam Kerala
Smt. Yamunabai Waikar Art – Indian Folk Music-Lavani. Maharashtra
Shri Satish Alekar Art – Playwright Maharashtra
Pandit Gopal Prasad Dubey Art – Chhau dance and choreography Jharkhand
Shri Ramakant Gundecha Art – Indian Classical Music- Vocal Madhya Pradesh
Shri Shahid Parvez Khan Art – Instrumental Music-Sitar Maharashtra
Shri Mohan Lal Kumhar Art – Terracotta Rajasthan
Shri Sakar Khan Manganiar Art – Rajasthani Folk Music Rajasthan
Smt. Joy Michael Art – Theatre Delhi
Dr. Minati Mishra Art – Indian Classical Dance-Odissi. Orissa
Shri Natesan Muthuswamy Art – Theatre. Tamil Nadu
Shri Umakant Gundecha Art – Indian Classical Music- Vocal Madhya Pradesh
Shri Anup Jalota Art-Indian Classical Music- Vocal Maharashtra
Shri Soman Nair Priyadarsan Art – Cinema- Direction Kerala
Shri Sunil Janah Art-Photography Assam
Ms. Laila Tyebji Art-Handicrafts Delhi
Shri Vijay Sharma Art-Painting Himachal Pradesh
Smt. Shamshad Begum Social Work Chattisgarh
Shri Niranjan Pranshankar Pandya Social Work Maharashtra
Dr. Uma Tuli Social Work Delhi
Shri Sat Paul Varma Social Work Jammu and Kashmir
Smt.Binny Yanga Social Work Arunachal Pradesh
Shri Yezdi Hirji Malegam Public Affairs Maharashtra
Shri Pravin H. Parekh Pubic Affairs Delhi
Smt. Reeta Devi Social Work Delhi
Dr. P.K. Gopal Social Work Tamil Nadu
Smt. Phoolbasan Bai Yadav Social Work Chattisgarh
Dr. G. Muniratnam Social Work Andhra Pradesh
Dr. V. Adimurthy Science and Engineering Kerala
Dr. Krishna Lal Chadha Science and Engineering – Agriculture Delhi
Prof. Virander Singh Chauhan Science and Engineering Delhi
Prof. Rameshwar Nath Koul Bamezai Science and Engineering Jammu and Kashmir
Shri Shoji Shiba Trade and Industry Japan
Shri Gopinath Pillai Trade and Industry Singapore
Shri Arun Hastimal Firodia Trade and Industry Maharashtra
Dr. Swati A. Piramal Trade and Industry Maharashtra
Prof. Mahdi Hasan Medicine-Anatomy Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Vijaypal Singh Science and Engineering – Agricultural Research Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Lokesh Kumar Singhal Science and Engineering Punjab
Dr. Yagnaswami Sundara Rajan Science and Engineering Karnataka
Prof. Jagadish Shukla Science and Engineering USA
Ms. Priya Paul Trade and Industry Delhi
Dr. Viswanathan Mohan Medicine – Diabetology Tamil Nadu
Dr. J. Hareendran Nair Medicine – Ayurveda Kerala
Dr. Vallalarpuram Sennimalai Natarajan Medicine – Geriatrics Tamil Nadu
Dr. Jitendra Kumar Singh Medicine – Oncology Bihar
Shri Surjit Singh Patar Literature and Education – Poetry Punjab
Shri Vijay Dutt Shridhar Literature and Education – Journalism Madhya Pradesh
Shri Irwin Allan Sealy Literature and Education Uttarakhand
Ms. Geeta Dharmarajan Literature and Education Delhi
Prof. Sachchidanand Sahai Literature and Education Haryana
Smt. Pepita Seth Literature and Education Kerala
Dr. Ralte L. Thanmawia Literature and Education Mizoram
Dr. Shrinivas S. Vaishya Medicine-Healthcare Daman and Diu
Dr. Nitya Anand Medicine – Drugs Research Uttar Pradesh
Late Dr. Jugal Kishore Medicine – Homoeopathy Delhi
Dr. Mukesh Batra Medicine-Homeopathy Maharashtra
Dr. Eberhard Fischer Literature and Education Switzerland
Shri Kedar Gurung Literature and Education Sikkim
Shri Ajeet Bajaj Sports – Skiing Delhi
Smt. Jhulan Goswami Sports – Women’s Cricket West Bengal
Shri Zafar Iqbal Sports-Hockey Uttar Pradesh
Shri Devendra Jhajrija Sports – Athletics- Paralympics Rajasthan
Shri Limba Ram Sports – Archery Rajasthan
Shri Syed Mohammed Arif Sports – Badminton Andhra Pradesh
Prof. Ravi Chaturvedi Sports- Commentary Delhi
Shri Prabhakar Vaidya Sports-Physical Education Maharashtra
Shri T. Venkatapathi Reddiar Others-Horticulture Puducherry
Dr. K. (Kota) Ullas Karanth Others-Wildlife Conservation and Environment Protection Karnataka
Shri K Paddayya Others-Archaeology Maharashtra
Shri Swapan Guha Others-Ceramics Rajasthan
Dr. Kartikeya V. Sarabhai Others – Environmental Education Gujarat