The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind on March 20, 2018 presented the Padma awards to 43 eminent personalities at a Civil Investiture Ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
The awards are conferred in three categories:
Padma Vibhushan: For exceptional and distinguished service.
Padma Bhushan: For distinguished service of high order.
Padma Shri: For distinguished service in any field.
The Awards are conferred to people belonging to various disciplines or fields including art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports and civil service.
This year, the second highest civilian award- the Padma Vibhushan was conferred upon three personalities including music composer Illaiyaraja, classical musician Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan and Hindutva thinker P. Parameswaran.
Following is the full list of awardees:
| Padma Vibhushan | |||
| Sl. No | Name | Field | State |
| 1. | Shri Illaiyaraja | Art-Music | Tamil Nadu |
| 2. | Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan | Art-Music | Maharashtra |
| 3. | Shri Parameswaran Parameswaran | Literature and Education | Kerala |
|
| Padma Bhushan | |||
| Sl. No | Name | Field | State | |
| 1. | Shri Philipose Mar Chrysostom | Others-Spiritualism | Kerala | |
| 2. | Dr. Ramachandran Nagaswamy | Others-Archaeology | Tamil Nadu | |
| 3. | Prof. Ved Prakash Nanda (OCI) | Literature and Education | USA | |
| 4. | Pandit Arvind Parikh | Art-Music | Maharashtra | |
| Padma Shri | |||
| Sl. No | Name | Field | State |
| 1. | Shri Anwar Jalalpuri (Posthumous) | Literature and Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| 2. | Ms. Nouf Almarwaai (Foreigner) | Others- Yoga | Saudi Arabia |
| 3. | Dr. Rani Bang | Medicine | Maharashtra |
| 4. | Dr. Abhay Bang | Medicine | Maharashtra |
| 5. | Shri Mohan Swaroop Bhatia | Art-Folk Music | Uttar Pradesh |
| 6. | Shri Narayan Das Maharaj | Others-Spiritualism | Rajasthan |
| 7. | Shri Somdev Devvarman | Sports-Tennis | Tripura |
| 8. | Dr. Yeshi Dhoden | Medicine | Himachal Pradesh |
| 9. | Shri Arup Kumar Dutta | Literature and Education | Assam |
| 10. | Shri Arvind Kumar Gupta | Literature and Education | Maharashtra |
| 11. | Shri Digamber Hansda | Literature and Education | Jharkhand |
| 12. | Shri Piyong Temjen Jamir | Literature and Education | Nagaland |
| 13. | Ms. Malti Joshi | Literature and Education | Madhya Pradesh |
| 14. | Shri Pran Kishore Kaul | Art | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 15. | Ms. Lakshmikutty | Medicine-Traditional | Kerala |
| 16. | Dr. Joyshree Goswami Mahanta | Literature and Education | Assam |
| 17. | Shri Pravakara Maharana | Art-Sculpture | Odisha |
| 18. | Shri Krishna Bihari Mishra | Literature and Education | West Bengal |
| 19. | Ms. Subhasini Mistry | Social Work | West Bengal |
| 20. | Ms. V Nanammal | Others-Yoga | Tamil Nadu |
| 21. | Ms. Sulagitti Narasamma | Social Work | Karnataka |
| 22. | Shri Gobaradhan Panika | Art-Weaving | Odisha |
| 23. | Shri Murlikant Petkar | Sports-Swimming | Maharashtra |
| 24. | Shri Sampat Tukaram Ramteke (Posthumous) | Social Work | Maharashtra |
| 25. | Shri S S Rathore | Civil Service | Gujarat |
| 26. | Shri Amitava Roy | Science and Engineering | West Bengal |
| 27. | Shri R Sathyanarayana | Art-Music | Karnataka |
| 28. | Shri Bhajju Shyam | Art-Painting | Madhya Pradesh |
| 29. | Shri Maharao Raghuveer Singh | Literature and Education | Rajasthan |
| 30. | Shri Kidambi Srikanth | Sports-Badminton | Andhra Pradesh |
| 31. | Ms. Lentina Ao Thakkar | Social Work | Nagaland |
| 32. & 33. | Shri Rudrapatnam Narayanaswamy Tharanathan (Duo) | Art-Music | Karnataka |
| 34. | Shri Rajagopalan Vasudevan | Science and Engineering | Tamil Nadu |
| 35. | Shri Manas Bihari Verma | Science and Engineering | Bihar |
| 36. | Shri Baba Yogendra | Art | Madhya Pradesh |
The award ceremony was held in the presence of Indian Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Speaker of Lok Sabha Sumitra Mahajan and Union Ministers.
Comments
All Comments (0)
Join the conversation