Padma Awards 2011

The Indian government conferred the Padma Awards on 25 January 2011 on the eve of India's 62nd Republic Day. However no one was named as the winner of the Bharat Ratna Award. Padma Awards are divided in three categories namely- Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.  The awards are given in varied disciplines/ fields of activities like art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc.

The list of winners for Padma Awards 2011 in the three different categories is as follows:

Padma Vibhushan Awards:

For Art
Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan (Delhi): Art & Adminstration
Homai Vyarawalla (Gujarat): Photography
A Nageshwara Rao (Andhra Pradesh): Cinema

For Public Affairs
Parasaran Kesava Iyengar (Delhi)
Dr. Akhlaq-ur-Rehman Kidwai (Delhi)
Vijay Kelkar (Delhi)
Late L. C. Jain Public Affairs (Delhi)

For Science & Engineering
Palle Rama Rao (Andhra Pradesh)

For Trade & Industry
Azim Premji (Karnataka)

For Civil Services
Brajesh Mishra (Madhya Pradesh)

For Literature and Education
Prof. (Dr.) Ottaplakkal Neelakandan Velu Kurup (kerela)
Dr. Sitakant Mahapatra (Orissa)

Padma Bhushan Awards

For Art
Satyadev Dubey (Maharashtra): Theatre
Mohammed Zahur Khayyam Hashmi alias Khayyam (Maharashtra): Cinema-Music
Shashi Kapoor (Maharashtra): Cinema
Krishen Khanna (Haryana): Painting
Madavur Vasudevan Nair (Kerala): Kathakali Dance
Waheeda Rehman (Maharashtra): Cinema
Rudrapatna Krishna Shastry Srikantan (Karnataka): Music
Arpita Singh (Delhi): Painting
Sripathi Panditharadhyula Balasubrahmanyam (Tamil Nadu): Playback Singing, Music Direction & Acting
C.V. Chandrasekhar (Tamil Nadu): Bharatanatyam  Dance
Dwijen Mukherjee (West Bengal)
Late Dashrath Patel (Gujarat)

For Social Work
Rajashree Birla (Maharashtra)
Shobhana Ranade (Maharashtra)
For Science & Engineering
Dr. Suryanarayanan Ramachandran (Tamil Nadu)

For Trade & Industry
S.(Kris) Gopalakrishnan (Karnataka)
Yogesh Chander Deveshwar (West Bengal)
Chanda Kochhar (Maharashtra)
K. Anji Reddy (Andhra Pradesh)
Analjit Singh (Delhi)
Rajendra Singh Pawar (Haryana)
Gunapati Venkata Krishna Reddy (Andhra Pradesh)
Ajai Chowdhary (Delhi)

For Civil Services
Surendra Singh (Delhi)
M. N .Buch (Madhya Pradesh)
Shyam Saran (Delhi)
For Literature and Education
Thayil Jacob Sony George (Karnataka)
Dr. Ramdas Madhava Pai (Karnataka)
Sankha Ghosh (West Bengal)

For Medicine
Late K. Raghavan Thirumulpad  (Kerala): Ayurveda
Late Dr. Keki Byramjee Grant  (Maharashtra): Cardiology

Padma Shri Awards

For Art
Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry (Chandigarh): Theatre
Makar Dhwaja Darogha (Jharkhand): Chhau Dance
Shaji Neelakantan Karun (Kerala): Film Direction
Girish Kasaravalli (Karnataka): Film Making
Tabassum Hashmi Khan alias Tabu (Maharashtra): Cinema
Jivya Soma Mase (Maharashtra): Warli Painting
Guru (Ms.) M.K. Saroja (Tamil Nadu): Bharatnatyam Dance
Jayaram Subramaniam (Tamil Nadu): Cinema
Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty (West Bengal): Music-Indian Classical Vocal
Mahasundari Devi (Bihar): Madhubani/Mithila painting
Gajam Govardhana (Andhra Pradesh): Handloom Weaving
Sunayana Hazarilal (Maharashtra): Kathak Dance
S.R. Janakiraman (Tamil Nadu): Carnatic Vocal Music
Peruvanam Kuttan Marar (Kerala): Chenda Melam- Drum concert
Kalamandalam Kshemavathy (Kerala): Mohiniattam Dance
Dadi Dorab Pudumjee (Delhi): Puppetry
Khangembam Mangi Singh (Manipur): Traditional Music of Manipur
Prahlad Singh Tipaniya (Madhya Pradesh): Folk Music
Usha Uthup (West Bengal): Music
Kajol (Maharashtra): Cinema
Irfan Khan (Maharashtra): Cinema

For Social Work
Mamraj Agrawal (West Bengal)
Jockin Arputham (Maharashtra)
Sheela Patel (Maharashtra)
Anita Reddy (Karnataka)
Kanubhai Hasmukhbhai Tailor (Gujarat)

For Public Affairs
Anant Darshan Shankar (Karnataka)

For Science and Engineering
Prof. M. Annamalai (Karnataka)
Dr. Mahesh Haribhai Mehta (Gujarat): Agricultural Science
Coimbatore Narayana Rao Raghavendran (Tamil Nadu)
Dr. Suman Sahai (Delhi)
Prof (Dr.) E.A. Siddiq (Andhra Pradesh): Agricultural Science
Gopalan Nair Shankar (Kerala): Architecture

For Trade & Industry
Mecca Rafeeque Ahmed (Tamil Nadu)
Kailasam Raghavendra Rao (Tamil Nadu)
For Civil Services
Narayan Singh Bhati (Andhra Pradesh)
P K Sen (Bihar)

For Sports
Shital Mahajan (Maharashtra): Adventure Sports-Para Jumping
Nameirakpam Kunjarani Devi (Manipur): Weightlifting
Sushil Kumar (Delhi): Wrestling
Vangipurapu Venkata Sai Laxman (Andhra Pradesh): Cricket
Gagan Narang (Andhra Pradesh): Shooting
Krishna Poonia (Rajasthan): Discuss Throw
Harbhajan Singh (Punjab): Mountaineering

For Medicine
Dr. Pukhraj Bafna (Chhattisgarh): Padeatrics
Prof. Mansoor Hasan (Uttar Pradesh): Cardiology
Dr. Shyama Prasad Mandal (Delhi): Orthopaedic
Prof. (Dr.) Sivapatham Vittal (Tamil Nadu): Endocrinology
Prof. (Dr.) Madanur Ahmed Ali (Tamil Nadu): Gastroenterology
Dr. Indira Hinduja (Maharashtra): Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Dr. Jose Chacko Periappuram (Kerala): Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
Prof. (Dr.) A. Marthanda Pillai (Kerala): Neurosurgery

For Literature and Education
Mahim Bora (Assam)
Prof. (Dr.) Pullella Srirama Chandrudu (Andhra Pradesh)
Dr. Pravin Darji (Gujarat)
Dr. Chandra Prakash Deval (Rajasthan)
Balraj Komal (Delhi)
Rajni Kumar (Delhi)
Dr. Devanooru Mahadeva (Karnataka)
Barun Mazumder (West Bengal)
Dr. Avvai Natarajan (Tamil Nadu)
Bhalchandra Nemade (Himachal Pradesh)
Prof. Riyaz Punjabi (Jammu and Kashmi)
Prof. Koneru Ramakrishna Rao (Andhra Pradesh)
Buangi Sailo (Mizoram)
Prof. Devi Dutt Sharma (Uttarakhand)
Nilamber Dev Sharma (Jammu and Kashmir)
Urvashi Butalia (Delhi)
Prof. Krishna Kumar (Delhi)
Deviprasad Dwivedi (Uttar Pradesh)
Mamang Dai (Arunachal Pradesh)

The Winners in the different other categories include:

Dr. Om Prakash Agrawal (Uttar Pradesh):  Others – Heritage Conservation 
Prof. Madhukar Keshav Dhavalikar (Maharashtra): Others – Archeology
Shanti Teresa Lakra (Andaman & Nicobar)
Gulshan Nanda (Delhi): Others – Handicrafts Promotion

Awardees in the category of Foreigners / NRIs/ PIOs/ Posthumous are as follows:

Dr. Azad Moopen (UAE): Social Work
Prof. Upendra Baxi (UK): Public Affairs-Legal Affairs
Dr. Mani Lal Bhaumik (USA): Science & Engineering
Dr. Subra Suresh (USA): Science & Engineering
Prof. Karl Harrington Potter (USA): Literature and Education
Prof. Martha Chen (USA): Social Work
Satpal Khattar (Singapore): Trade & Industry
Granville Austin (USA): Literature and Education

In 2010 the Government had announced 130 awards, including 13 in the category of foreigners, NRIs and PIOs. The list had included 6 Padma Vibhushan, 43 Padma Bhushan and 81 Padma Shri. No one was however chosen for the Bharat Ratna award in 2010.