Padma Awards-
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 Shri
Padma Shri (also Padmashree) is the fourth highest civilian award in the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. It is awarded by the Government of India.
History
It is awarded to citizens of India to recognize their distinguished contribution in various spheres of activity including the Arts, Education,Industry, Literature, Science, Sports, Medicine, Social Service and public life. However it has also been awarded to some distinguished individuals who were not citizens of India and who did contribute in various ways to India.
On its obverse, the words "Padma", meaning lotus in Sanskrit and "Shri", in Devanagari, appear above and below a lotus flower. The geometrical pattern on either side is in burnished bronze. All embossing is in white gold.
As of 2012, 2497 people have received the award.
Type | Civilian |
Category | National |
Instituted | 1954 |
First Awarded | 1954 |
Last Awarded | 2012 |
Total Awarded | 2497 |
Awarded by |
List of winners of Padma Shree 2012:
| SlNo. | Name | Discipline | State/ Domicile |
| 1. | Shri Vanraj Bhatia | Art - Music | Maharashtra |
| 2. | Shri Zia FariduddinDagar | Art - Music - vocal | Maharashtra |
| 3. | Smt. NameirakpamIbemni Devi | Art - Music- KhongjomParba | Manipur |
| 4. | Shri RamachandraSubraya Hegde Chittani | Art - Yakshaganadance drama | Karnataka |
| 5. | Shri Moti Lal Kemmu | Art - Playwright | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 6. | Shri Shahid ParvezKhan | Art - Instrumental Music-Sitar | Maharashtra |
| 7. | Shri Mohan LalKumhar | Art - Terracotta | Rajasthan |
| 8. | Shri Sakar KhanManganiar | Art - Rajasthani Folk Music | Rajasthan |
| 9. | Smt. Joy Michael | Art - Theatre | Delhi |
| 10. | Dr. Minati Mishra | Art - Indian Classical Dance-Odissi. | Orissa |
| 11. | Shri NatesanMuthuswamy | Art - Theatre. | Tamil Nadu |
| 12. | Smt. R.Nagarathnamma | Art - Theatre | Karnataka |
| 13. | Shri KalamandalmSivan Nambootiri | Art - Indian Classical Dance- Kutiyattam | Kerala |
| 14. | Smt. YamunabaiWaikar | Art - Indian Folk Music-Lavani. | Maharashtra |
| 15. | Shri Satish Alekar | Art - Playwright | Maharashtra |
| 16. | Pandit Gopal PrasadDubey | Art - Chhau dance and choreography | Jharkhand |
| 17. | Shri RamakantGundecha # | Art - Indian Classical Music- Vocal | Madhya Pradesh |
| Shri UmakantGundecha # | Art - Indian Classical Music- Vocal | Madhya Pradesh | |
| 18. | Shri Anup Jalota | Art-Indian Classical Music- Vocal | Maharashtra |
| 19. | Shri Soman NairPriyadarsan | Art - Cinema- Direction | Kerala |
| 20. | Shri Sunil Janah | Art-Photography | Assam |
| 21. | Ms. Laila Tyebji | Art-Handicrafts | Delhi |
| 22. | Shri Vijay Sharma | Art-Painting | Himachal Pradesh |
| 23. | Smt. Shamshad Begum | Social Work | Chattisgarh |
| 24. | Smt. Reeta Devi | Social Work | Delhi |
| 25. | Dr. P.K. Gopal | Social Work | Tamil Nadu |
| 26. | Smt. Phoolbasan BaiYadav | Social Work | Chattisgarh |
| 27. | Dr. G. Muniratnam | Social Work | Andhra Pradesh |
| 28. | Shri NiranjanPranshankar Pandya | Social Work | Maharashtra |
| 29. | Dr. Uma Tuli | Social Work | Delhi |
| 30. | Shri Sat Paul Varma | Social Work | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 31. | Smt.Binny Yanga | Social Work | Arunachal Pradesh |
| 32. | Shri Yezdi HirjiMalegam | Public Affairs | Maharashtra |
| 33. | Shri Pravin H. Parekh | Pubic Affairs | Delhi |
| 34. | Dr. V. Adimurthy | Science and Engineering | Kerala |
| 35. | Dr. Krishna Lal Chadha | Science and Engineering - Agriculture | Delhi |
| 36. | Prof. Virander SinghChauhan | Science and Engineering | Delhi |
| 37. | Prof. Rameshwar NathKoul Bamezai | Science and Engineering | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 38. | Dr. Vijaypal Singh | Science and Engineering - Agricultural Research | Uttar Pradesh |
| 39. | Dr. Lokesh KumarSinghal | Science and Engineering | Punjab |
| 40. | Dr. YagnaswamiSundara Rajan | Science and Engineering | Karnataka |
| 41. | Prof. Jagadish Shukla | Science and Engineering | USA* |
| 42. | Ms. Priya Paul | Trade and Industry | Delhi |
| 43. | Shri Shoji Shiba | Trade and Industry | Japan* |
| 44. | Shri Gopinath Pillai | Trade and Industry | Singapore* |
| 45. | Shri Arun HastimalFirodia | Trade and Industry | Maharashtra |
| 46. | Dr. Swati A. Piramal | Trade and Industry | Maharashtra |
| 47. | Prof. Mahdi Hasan | Medicine-Anatomy | Uttar Pradesh |
| 48. | Dr. ViswanathanMohan | Medicine - Diabetology | Tamil Nadu |
| 49. | Dr. J. Hareendran Nair | Medicine - Ayurveda | Kerala |
| 50. | Dr. VallalarpuramSennimalai Natarajan | Medicine - Geriatrics | Tamil Nadu |
| 51. | Dr. Jitendra Kumar Singh | Medicine - Oncology | Bihar |
| 52. | Dr. Shrinivas S. Vaishya | Medicine-Healthcare | Daman and Diu |
| 53. | Dr. Nitya Anand | Medicine - Drugs Research | Uttar Pradesh |
| 54. | Late Dr. Jugal Kishore | Medicine - Homoeopathy | Delhi * |
| 55. | Dr. Mukesh Batra | Medicine-Homeopathy | Maharashtra |
| 56. | Dr. Eberhard Fischer | Literature and Education | Switzerland* |
| 57. | Shri Kedar Gurung | Literature and Education | Sikkim |
| 58. | Shri Surjit Singh Patar | Literature and Education - Poetry | Punjab |
| 59. | Shri Vijay DuttShridhar | Literature and Education - Journalism | Madhya Pradesh |
| 60. | Shri Irwin Allan Sealy | Literature and Education | Uttarakhand |
| 61. | Ms. GeetaDharmarajan | Literature and Education | Delhi |
| 62. | Prof. SachchidanandSahai | Literature and Education | Haryana |
| 63. | Smt. Pepita Seth | Literature and Education | Kerala |
| 64. | Dr. Ralte L.Thanmawia | Literature and Education | Mizoram |
| 65. | Shri Ajeet Bajaj | Sports - Skiing | Delhi |
| 66. | Smt. Jhulan Goswami | Sports - Women`s Cricket | West Bengal |
| 67. | Shri Zafar Iqbal | Sports-Hockey | Uttar Pradesh |
| 68. | Shri Devendra Jhajrija | Sports - Athletics- Paralympics | Rajasthan |
| 69. | Shri Limba Ram | Sports - Archery | Rajasthan |
| 70. | Shri Syed MohammedArif | Sports - Badminton | Andhra Pradesh |
| 71. | Prof. Ravi Chaturvedi | Sports- Commentary | Delhi |
| 72. | Shri Prabhakar Vaidya | Sports-Physical Education | Maharashtra |
| 73. | Shri T. VenkatapathiReddiar | Others-Horticulture | Puducherry |
| 74. | Dr. K. (Kota) UllasKaranth | Others-Wildlife Conservation and Environment Protection | Karnataka |
| 75. | Shri K Paddayya | Others-Archaeology | Maharashtra |
| 76. | Shri Swapan Guha | Others-Ceramics | Rajasthan |
| 77. | Dr. Kartikeya V. Sarabhai | Others - Environmental Education | Gujarat |
Padma Bhushan
The Padma Bhushan is the third highest civilian award in the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan, but comes before the Padma Shri. It is awarded by the Government of India
History
The award was established on 2 January 1954 by the President of India. It is awarded to recognize distinguished service of a high order to the nation, in any field. As of January 2010, 1111 people have thus far received the award.
The List of winners of Padma Bhushan 2012:
| SlNo. | Name | Discipline | State/ Domicile |
| | Smt. Shabana Azmi | Art - Cinema | Maharashtra |
| | Shri Khaled Choudhury | Art - Theatre | West Bengal |
| | Shri Jatin Das | Art - Painting | Delhi |
| | Pandit Buddhadev Das Gupta | Art - Instrumental Music - Sarod | West Bengal |
| | Shri Dharmendra SinghDeol alias Dharmendra | Art - Cinema | Maharashtra |
| | Dr. TrippunithwraViswanathan Gopalkrishnan | Art - Classical vocal and instrumental music | Tamil Nadu |
| | Ms. Mira Nair | Art - Cinema | Delhi |
| | Shri M.S.Gopalakrishnan | Art - Instrumental Music-Violin | Tamil Nadu |
| | Shri Anish Kapoor | Art - Sculpture | UK* |
| | Shri Satya NarayanGoenka | Social Work | Maharashtra |
| | Dr. (Judge) PatibandlaChandrasekhar Rao | Public Affairs | Germany* |
| | Shri George Yong-BoonYeo | Public Affairs | Singapore* |
| | Prof. ShashikumarChitre | Science and Engineering | Maharashtra |
| | Dr. M S Raghunathan | Science and Engineering | Maharashtra |
| | Shri Subbiah MurugappaVellayan | Trade and Industry | Tamil Nadu |
| | Shri BalasubramanianMuthuraman | Trade and Industry | Maharashtra |
| | Dr. Suresh H. Advani | Medicine - Oncology | Maharashtra |
| | Dr. Noshir H Wadia | Medicine-Neurology | Maharashtra |
| | Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty | Medicine-Cardiology | Karnataka |
| | Prof. (Dr.) ShantaramBalwant Mujumdar | Literature and Education | Maharashtra |
| | Prof. Vidya Dehejia | Literature and Education | USA* |
| | Prof. Arvind Panagariya | Literature and Education | USA* |
| | Dr. Jose Pereira | Literature and Education | USA* |
| | Dr. Homi K. Bhabha | Literature and Education | UK * |
| | Shri N Vittal | Civil Service | Kerala |
| | Shri Mata Prasad | Civil Service | Uttar Pradesh |
| | Shri Ronen Sen | Civil Service | West Bengal |
The Padma Vibhushan is the second highest civilian award in the Republic of India. It consists of a medal and a citation and is awarded by the President of India. It was established on 2 January 1954. It ranks behind the Bharat Ratna and comes before the Padma Bhushan. It is awarded to recognize exceptional and distinguished service to the nation in any field, including government service.
History
The award was established by Presidential decree on 2 January 1954. The Padma Vibhushan was originally established as the Pahela Varg (First Class) of a three-class "Padma Vibhushan" awards. However the structure was changed in 1955 and there is no record of the award being presented to recipients in the original structure. The award was suspended between 1977 and 1980 and between 1992 and 1998.
As of the end of 2012, only 288 people have thus far been awarded this honour.
The list of winners of Padma Vibhushan 2012:
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. KantilalHastimal Sancheti | Medicine - Orthopedics | Maharashtra |
5. | Shri T V Rajeswar | Civil Service | Delhi |
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