This Year’s Padma Awards announced

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 Bhavan sometime around March/ April.  This year the President has approved 130 awards including 13 in the category of Foreigners/ NRIs/ PIOs. These comprise 6 Padma Vibhushan, 43 Padma Bhushan and 81 Padma Shri awards.  There are 17 ladies among the awardees.

Padma Vibhushan

 

 

Padma Bhushan

 

Sl.No.	Name	Discipline	State/ Domicile
1.            Â	Shri  Ilaiyaraaja	Art	Tamil Nadu
2.            Â	ShriAamirKhan	Art	Maharashtra
3.            Â	ShriAkbarPadamsee	Art	Maharashtra
4.            Â	ShriAllah RakhaRahman	Art	Tamil Nadu
5.            Â	PanditChhannulalMishra	Art	Uttar Pradesh
6.            Â	Smt.KumudiniLakhia	Art	Gujarat
7.            Â	ShriKuzhur NarayanaMarar	Art	Kerala
8.            Â	Prof.Madhusudan AmilalDhaky	Art	Gujarat
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