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Padma Awards 2012 Announced



CSAT: Padma Awards 2012

  • The President of India has approved the conferment of Padma Awards-2012. 
  • This year the President has approved 109 awards including one duo case (counted as one) and 14 in the category of Foreigners/ NRIs/ PIOs/ Posthumous. 
  • These comprise 5 Padma Vibhushan, 27 Padma Bhushan and 77 Padma Shri Awards. There are 19 ladies among the awardees.
  • 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 Bhawan sometime around March/ April.



Padma Vibhushan
SlNo.
Name
Discipline
State/ Domicile
1.    
Shri K GSubramanyan
Art-Painting & Sculpture
West Bengal
2.    
Late Shri Mario De Miranda
Art-Cartoonist
Goa*
3.    
Late (Dr.)BhupenHazarika
Art- Vocal Music
Assam*
4.    
Dr.KantilalHastimalSancheti
Medicine - Orthopedics
Maharashtra
5.    
Shri T VRajeswar
Civil Service
Delhi
Padma Bhushan
SlNo.
Name
Discipline
State/ Domicile

  1.  
Smt. ShabanaAzmi
Art - Cinema
Maharashtra

  1.  
Shri KhaledChoudhury
Art - Theatre
West Bengal

  1.  
Shri Jatin Das
Art - Painting
Delhi

  1.  
PanditBuddhadev Das Gupta
Art - Instrumental Music - Sarod
West Bengal

  1.  
ShriDharmendraSingh Deol aliasDharmendra
Art - Cinema
Maharashtra

  1.  
Dr.TrippunithwraViswanathanGopalkrishnan
Art - Classical vocal and instrumental music
Tamil Nadu

  1.  
Ms. Mira Nair
Art - Cinema
Delhi

  1.  
Shri M.S.Gopalakrishnan
Art - Instrumental Music-Violin
Tamil Nadu

  1.  
Shri AnishKapoor
Art - Sculpture
UK*

  1.  
Shri SatyaNarayan Goenka
Social Work
Maharashtra

  1.  
Dr. (Judge)PatibandlaChandrasekharRao
Public Affairs
Germany*

  1.  
Shri George Yong-Boon Yeo
Public Affairs
Singapore*

  1.  
Prof.ShashikumarChitre
Science and Engineering
Maharashtra

  1.  
Dr. M SRaghunathan
Science and Engineering
Maharashtra

  1.  
Shri SubbiahMurugappaVellayan
Trade and Industry
Tamil Nadu

  1.  
ShriBalasubramanianMuthuraman
Trade and Industry
Maharashtra

  1.  
Dr. Suresh H.Advani
Medicine - Oncology
Maharashtra

  1.  
Dr. Noshir HWadia
Medicine-Neurology
Maharashtra

  1.  
Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty
Medicine-Cardiology
Karnataka

  1.  
Prof. (Dr.)ShantaramBalwantMujumdar
Literature and Education
Maharashtra

  1.  
Prof. VidyaDehejia
Literature and Education
USA*

  1.  
Prof. ArvindPanagariya
Literature and Education
USA*

  1.  
Dr. Jose Pereira
Literature and Education
USA*

  1.  
Dr. Homi K.Bhabha
Literature and Education
UK *

  1.  
Shri N Vittal
Civil Service
Kerala

  1.  
Shri Mata Prasad
Civil Service
Uttar Pradesh

  1.  
Shri RonenSen
Civil Service
West Bengal


Padma Shri


SlNo.
Name
Discipline
State/ Domicile

  1.  
Shri VanrajBhatia
Art - Music
Maharashtra

  1.  
Shri ZiaFariduddinDagar
Art - Music - vocal
Maharashtra

  1.  
Smt.NameirakpamIbemni Devi
Art - Music-KhongjomParba
Manipur

  1.  
ShriRamachandraSubraya HegdeChittani
Art -Yakshaganadance drama
Karnataka

  1.  
Shri MotiLal Kemmu
Art - Playwright
Jammu and Kashmir

  1.  
Shri ShahidParvez Khan
Art - Instrumental Music-Sitar
Maharashtra

  1.  
Shri MohanLal Kumhar
Art - Terracotta
Rajasthan

  1.  
Shri SakarKhanManganiar
Art - Rajasthani Folk Music
Rajasthan

  1.  
Smt. Joy Michael
Art - Theatre
Delhi

  1.  
Dr. MinatiMishra
Art - Indian Classical Dance-Odissi.
Orissa

  1.  
Shri NatesanMuthuswamy
Art - Theatre.
Tamil Nadu

  1.  
Smt. R.Nagarathnamma
Art - Theatre
Karnataka

  1.  
ShriKalamandalmSivanNambootiri
Art - Indian Classical Dance-Kutiyattam
Kerala

  1.  
Smt.YamunabaiWaikar
Art - Indian Folk Music-Lavani.
Maharashtra

  1.  
Shri SatishAlekar
Art - Playwright
Maharashtra

  1.  
PanditGopal PrasadDubey
Art - Chhau dance and choreography
Jharkhand

  1.  
ShriRamakantGundecha #
Art - Indian Classical Music- Vocal
Madhya Pradesh
ShriUmakantGundecha #
Art - Indian Classical Music- Vocal
Madhya Pradesh

  1.  
Shri AnupJalota
Art-Indian Classical Music- Vocal
Maharashtra

  1.  
Shri SomanNairPriyadarsan
Art - Cinema- Direction
Kerala 

  1.  
Shri SunilJanah
Art-Photography
Assam


  1.  
Ms. LailaTyebji
Art-Handicrafts
Delhi

  1.  
Shri Vijay Sharma
Art-Painting
Himachal Pradesh

  1.  
Smt.ShamshadBegum
Social Work
Chattisgarh

  1.  
Smt. ReetaDevi
Social Work
Delhi

  1.  
Dr. P.K.Gopal
Social Work
Tamil Nadu

  1.  
Smt.Phoolbasan BaiYadav
Social Work
Chattisgarh

  1.  
Dr. G.Muniratnam
Social Work
Andhra Pradesh

  1.  
ShriNiranjanPranshankarPandya
Social Work
Maharashtra

  1.  
Dr. UmaTuli
Social Work
Delhi

  1.  
Shri Sat Paul Varma
Social Work
Jammu and Kashmir

  1.  
Smt.BinnyYanga
Social Work
Arunachal Pradesh

  1.  
Shri YezdiHirji Malegam
Public Affairs
Maharashtra
  1.  

Shri PravinH. Parekh
Pubic Affairs
Delhi

  1.  
Dr. V.Adimurthy
Science and Engineering
Kerala

  1.  
Dr. KrishnaLal Chadha
Science and Engineering - Agriculture
Delhi

  1.  
Prof.Virander SinghChauhan
Science and Engineering
Delhi

  1.  
Prof.RameshwarNath KoulBamezai
Science and Engineering
Jammu and Kashmir

  1.  
Dr. VijaypalSingh
Science and Engineering - Agricultural Research
Uttar Pradesh

  1.  
Dr. LokeshKumar Singhal
Science and Engineering
Punjab

  1.  
Dr.YagnaswamiSundara Rajan
Science and Engineering
Karnataka

  1.  
Prof.Jagadish Shukla
Science and Engineering
USA*

  1.  
Ms. PriyaPaul
Trade and Industry
Delhi

  1.  
Shri ShojiShiba
Trade and Industry
Japan*

  1.  
ShriGopinath Pillai
Trade and Industry
Singapore*

  1.  
Shri ArunHastimalFirodia
Trade and Industry
Maharashtra

  1.  
Dr. Swati A.Piramal
Trade and Industry
Maharashtra

  1.  
Prof. MahdiHasan
Medicine-Anatomy
Uttar Pradesh

  1.  
Dr.ViswanathanMohan
Medicine - Diabetology
Tamil Nadu

  1.  
Dr. J.HareendranNair
Medicine - Ayurveda
Kerala

  1.  
Dr.VallalarpuramSennimalaiNatarajan
Medicine - Geriatrics
Tamil Nadu

  1.  
Dr. JitendraKumar Singh
Medicine - Oncology
Bihar

  1.  
Dr.Shrinivas S.Vaishya
Medicine-Healthcare
Daman and Diu

  1.  
Dr. NityaAnand
Medicine - Drugs Research
Uttar Pradesh

  1.  
Late Dr.Jugal Kishore
Medicine - Homoeopathy
Delhi *

  1.  
Dr. MukeshBatra
Medicine-Homeopathy
Maharashtra

  1.  
Dr. EberhardFischer
Literature and Education
Switzerland*

  1.  
Shri KedarGurung
Literature and Education
Sikkim

  1.  
Shri SurjitSingh Patar
Literature and Education - Poetry
Punjab

  1.  
Shri VijayDutt Shridhar
Literature and Education - Journalism
Madhya Pradesh

  1.  
Shri Irwin Allan Sealy
Literature and Education
Uttarakhand

  1.  
Ms. GeetaDharmarajan
Literature and Education
Delhi

  1.  
Prof.SachchidanandSahai
Literature and Education
Haryana

  1.  
Smt. PepitaSeth
Literature and Education
Kerala

  1.  
Dr. Ralte L.Thanmawia
Literature and Education
Mizoram

  1.  
Shri AjeetBajaj
Sports - Skiing
Delhi

  1.  
Smt. JhulanGoswami
Sports - Women's Cricket
West Bengal

  1.  
Shri ZafarIqbal
Sports-Hockey
Uttar Pradesh

  1.  
ShriDevendraJhajrija
Sports - Athletics- Paralympics
Rajasthan

  1.  
Shri LimbaRam
Sports - Archery
Rajasthan

  1.  
Shri SyedMohammedArif
Sports - Badminton
Andhra Pradesh

  1.  
Prof. RaviChaturvedi
Sports- Commentary
Delhi

  1.  
ShriPrabhakarVaidya
Sports-Physical Education
Maharashtra

  1.  
Shri T.VenkatapathiReddiar
Others-Horticulture
Puducherry

  1.  
Dr. K. (Kota) UllasKaranth
Others-Wildlife Conservation and Environment Protection
Karnataka

  1.  
Shri KPaddayya
Others-Archaeology
Maharashtra

  1.  
Shri SwapanGuha
Others-Ceramics
Rajasthan

  1.  
Dr.Kartikeya V. Sarabhai
Others - Environmental Education
Gujarat


Note: * indicates awardees in the category of Foreigners / NRIs/ PIOs/ Posthumous.
            # indicates duo case.



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