The government on Friday announced Padma Awards 2019 on the eve of the 70th Republic Day.
The President of India has this year approved conferment of 112 Padma Awards including a duo case (where award given to two persons but counted as one). The list has four Padma Vibhushan, 14 Padma Bhushan and 94 Padma Shri awards, including 11 in the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI, three posthumous.
President Ram Nath Kovind will be confer the awards on the winners later this year.
The four chosen for Padma Vibhushan are Teejan Bai (Art-Vocals-Folk), Ismail Omar Guelleh (Foreigner-Djibouti), Anilkumar Manibhai Naik (Trade & Industry-Infrastructure), and Balwant Moreshwar Purandare (Art-Acting-Theatre).
Among the 14 Padma Bhushan awardees are mountaineer Bachendri Pal, actor Mohanlal and scientist Nambi Narayanan.
Gautam Gambhir, BajranG Punia and Sunil Chhetri, among others, have been selected for the Padma Shri. Other sportspersons to get the Padma Shri this year include Dronavalli Harika (chess), Sharath Kamal (table tennis), Bombayla Devi Laishram (archery), Ajay Thakur (kabaddi) and Prashanti Singh (basketball).
Congratulating all the winners, Prime Minister Narendra Modi posted on Twitter: “Congratulations to all those who have been conferred the Padma Awards. India is proud of each and every awardee, for the rich contributions towards various fields. They have made our nation and the world a better place!”
Congratulations to all those who have been conferred the Padma Awards.
India is proud of each and every awardee, for the rich contributions towards various fields.
They have made our nation and the world a better place! https://t.co/4HNmvoXYyU
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 25, 2019
Padma Awards 2019 Complete List
PADMA VIBHUSHAN
Teejan Bai (Art-Vocals-Folk): Chhattisgarh
Ismail Omar Guelleh (Foreigner-Djibouti): Public Affairs
Anilkumar Manibhai Naik (Trade & Industry-Infrastructure): Maharashtra
Balwant Moreshwar Purandare (Art-Acting-Theatre): Maharashtra
PADMA BHUSHAN
John Chambers (Foreigner-USA): Trade & Industry-Technology
Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa (Public Affairs): Punjab
Pravin Gordhan (Foreigner-South Africa): Public Affairs
Mahashay Dharam Pal Gulati (Trade & Industry-Food Processing): Delhi
Darshan Lal Jain (Social Work): Haryana
Ashok Laxmanrao Kukade (Medicine-Affordable Healthcare): Maharashtra
Kariya Munda (Public Affairs): Jharkhand
Budhaditya Mukherjee (Art-Music-Sitar): West Bengal
Mohanlal Viswanathan Nair (Art-Acting-Film): Kerala
S Nambi Narayanan (Science & Engineering-Space): Kerala
Kuldip Nayar (Posthumous): Literature & Education (Journalism)
Bachendri Pal (Sports-Mountaineering): Uttarakhand
V K Shunglu (Civil Service): Delhi
Hukumdev Narayan Yadav (Public Affairs): Bihar
PADMA SHRI
Rajeshwar Acharya (Art-Vocal-Hindustani): Uttar Pradesh
Bangaru Adigalar (Others-Spiritualism): Tamil Nadu
Illias Ali (Medicine-Surgery): Assam
Manoj Bajpayee (Art-Acting-Films): Maharashtra
Uddhab Kumar Bharali (Science & Engineering-Grassroots Innovation): Assam
Omesh Kumar Bharti (Medicine-Rabies): Himachal Pradesh
Pritam Bhartwan (Art-Vocals-Folk): Uttarakhand
Jyoti Bhatt (Art-Painting): Gujarat
Dilip Chakravarty (Others-Archaeology): Delhi
Mammen Chandy (Medicine-Hematology): West Bengal
Swapan Chaudhuri (Art-Music-Tabla): West Bengal
Kanwal Singh Chauhan (Others-Agriculture): Haryana
Sunil Chhetri (Sports-Football): Telangana
Dinyar Contractor (Art-Acting-Theatre): Maharashtra
Muktaben Pankajkumar Dagli (Social Work-Divyang Welfare): Gujarat
Babulal Dahiya (Others-Agriculture): Madhya Pradesh
Thanga Darlong (Art-Music-Flute): Tripura
Prabhu Deva (Art-Dance): Karnataka
Rajkumari Devi (Others-Agriculture): Bihar
Bhagirathi Devi (Public Affairs): Bihar
Baldev Singh Dhillon (Science & Engineering-Agriculture): Punjab
Harika Dronavalli (Sports-Chess): Andhra Pradesh
Godawari Dutta (Art-Painting): Bihar
Gautam Gambhir (Sports-Cricket): Delhi
Draupadi Ghimiray (Social Work-Divyang Welfare): Sikkim
Rohini Godbole (Science & Engineering-Nuclear): Karnataka
Sandeep Guleria (Medicine-Surgery): Delhi
Pratap Singh Hardia (Medicine-Ophthmology): Madhya Pradesh
Bulu Imam (Social Work-Culture): Jharkhand
Friederike Irina (Foreigner-Germany): Social Work-Animal Welfare
Joravarsinh Jadav (Art-Dance Folk): Gujarat
S Jaishankar (Civil Service): Delhi
Narsingh Dev Jamwal (Literature & Education): Jammu & Kashmir
Fayaz Ahmad Jan (Art-Craft-Papier Mache): Jammu & Kashmir
K G Jayan (Art-Music-Bhakti): Kerala
Subhash Kak (Foreigner-USA): Science & Engineering-Technology
Sharath Kamal (Sports-Table Tennis): Tamil Nadu
Rajani Kant (Social Work): Uttar Pradesh
Sudam Kate (Medicine-Sickle Cell): Maharashtra
Waman Kendre (Art-Acting-Theatre): Maharashtra
Kader Khan (Posthumous-Foreigner-Canada): Art-Acting-Films
Abdul Gafur Khatri (Art-Painting): Gujarat
Ravindra Kolhe (Duo)* Medicine-Affordable Healthcare, Maharashtra
Ms. Smita Kolhe (Duo)*: Medicine-Affordable Healthcare, Maharashtra
Bombayla Devi Laishram (Sports-Archery): Manipur
Kailash Madbaiya (Literature & Education): Madhya Pradesh
Ramesh Babaji Maharaj (Social Work-Animal Welfare): Uttar Pradesh
Vallabhbhai Vasrambhai Marvaniya (Others-Agriculture): Gujarat
Gita Mehta (Foreigner-USA): Literature & Education
Shadab Mohammad (Medicine-Dentistry): Uttar Pradesh
K K Muhammed (Others-Archaeology): Kerala
Shyama Prasad Mukherjee (Medicine-Affordable Healthcare): Jharkhand
Daitari Naik (Social Work): Odisha
Shankar Mahadevan Narayan (Art-Vocals-Films): Maharashtra
Shantanu Narayen (Foreigner-USA): Trade & Industry-Technology
Nartaki Natraj (Art-Dance-Bharatnatyam): Tamil Nadu
Tsering Norboo (Medicine-Surgery): Jammu & Kashmir
Anup Ranjan Pandey (Art-Music): Chhattisgarh
Jagdish Prasad Parikh (Others-Agriculture): Rajasthan
Ganpatbhai Patel (Foreigner-USA): Literature & Education
Bimal Patel (Others-Architecture): Gujarat
Hukumchand Patidar (Others-Agriculture): Rajasthan
Harvinder Singh Phoolka (Public Affairs): Punjab
Madurai Chinna Pillai (Social Work-Microfinance): Tamil Nadu
Tao Porchon-Lynch (Foreigner-USA): Others-Yoga
Kamala Pujhari (Others-Agriculture): Odisha
Bajrang Punia (Sports-Wrestling): Haryana
Jagat Ram (Medicine-Ophthalmology): Chandigarh
R V Ramani (Medicine-Ophthalmology): Tamil Nadu
Devarapalli Prakash Rao (Social Work-Affordable Education): Odisha
Anup Sah (Art-Photography): Uttarakhand
Milena Salvini (Foreigner-France): Art-Dance-Kathakali
Nagindas Sanghavi (Literature & Education-Journalism): Maharashtra
Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry (Art-Lyrics): Telangana
Shabbir Sayyad (Social Work-Animal Welfare): Maharashtra
Mahesh Sharma (Social Work-Tribal Welfare): Madhya Pradesh
Mohammad Hanif Khan Shastri (Literature & Education): Delhi
Brijesh Kumar Shukla (Literature & Education): Uttar Pradesh
Narendra Singh (Others-Animal Husbandry): Haryana
Prashanti Singh (Sports-Basketball): Uttar Pradesh
Sultan Singh (Others-Animal Husbandry): Haryana
Jyoti Kumar Sinha (Social Work-Affordable Education): Bihar
Anandan Sivamani (Art-Music): Tamil Nadu
Sharada Srinivasan (Others-Archaeology): Karnataka
Devendra Swarup (Posthumous): Literature & Education-Journalism
Ajay Thakur (Sports-Kabaddi): Himachal Pradesh
Rajeev Tharanath (Art-Music-Sarod): Karnataka
Saalumarada Thimmakka (Social Work-Environment): Karnataka
Jamuna Tudu (Social Work-Environment): Jharkhand
Bharat Bhushan Tyagi (Others-Agriculture): Uttar Pradesh
Ramaswami Venkataswami (Medicine-Surgery): Tamil Nadu
Ram Saran Verma (Others-Agriculture): Uttar Pradesh
Swami Vishudhananda (Others-Spiritualism): Kerala
Hiralal Yadav (Art-Vocals-Folk): Uttar Pradesh
Venkateswara Rao Yadlapalli (Others-Agriculture): Andhra Pradesh