Padma Awards - one of the highest civilian Awards of the country, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.
The Awards are given in various 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.
These awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year and are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March/ April every year.
On January 25, 2018 President of India approved conferment of 85 Padma Awards including two duo cases (in a duo case, the award is counted as one).
The list comprises 3 Padma Vibhushan, 9 Padma Bhushan and 73 Padma Shri Awards. 14 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 16 persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI and 3 Posthumous awardees.
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Padma Vibhushan |
Sl. No |
Name |
Field |
State |
1 |
Shri Illaiyaraja |
Art-Music |
Tamil Nadu |
2 |
Shri Ghulam Mustafa Khan |
Art-Music |
Maharashtra |
3 |
Shri Parameswaran Parameswaran |
Literature and Education |
Kerala |
Padma Bhushan |
Sl. No |
Name |
Field |
State |
1 |
Shri Pankaj Advani |
Sports- Billiards/Snooker |
Karnataka |
2 |
Shri Philipose Mar Chrysostom |
Others-Spiritualism |
Kerala |
3 |
Shri Mahendra Singh Dhoni |
Sports-Cricket |
Jharkhand |
4 |
Shri Alexander Kadakin (Posthumous) |
Public Affairs |
Russia |
8 |
Shri Ramachandran Nagaswamy |
Others-Archaeology |
Tamil Nadu |
6 |
Shri Ved Prakash Nanda (OCT) |
Literature and Education |
USA |
7 |
Shri Laxman Pai |
Art-Painting |
Goa |
8 |
Shri Arvind Parikh |
Art-Music |
Maharashtra |
9 |
Ms. Sharda Sinha |
Art-Music |
Bihar |
