Legendary singer-composer late Bhupen Hazarika, cartoonist Mario De Miranda were among those chosen for the second highest civilian award Padma Vibhushan while actor Dharmendar and Shabana Azmi have been named for Padma Bhushan. The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day.
The President Pratibha Patil on Tuesday approved the conferment of Padma Awards-2012. This year, 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.
Below is the list of Padma awards recipients:
Padma Vibhushan recipients
K G Subramanyan- Art-Painting & Sculpture
Mario De Miranda- Art-Cartoonist
Late (Dr.) Bhupen Hazarika- Art- Vocal Music
Dr. Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti- Medicine - Orthopedics
T V Rajeswar- Civil Service
Padma Bhushan recipients
Shabana Azmi- Art - Cinema
Khaled Choudhury- Art - Theatre
Jatin Das- Art - Painting
Pandit Buddhadev Das Gupta- Art - Instrumental Music - Sarod
Dharmendra Singh Deol alias Dharmendra- Art - Cinema
Dr. Trippunithwra Viswanathan Gopalkrishnan- Art - Classical vocal and instrumental music
Mira Nair- Art - Cinema
M.S. Gopalakrishnan- Art - Instrumental Music-Violin
Anish Kapoor- Art - Sculpture
Satya Narayan Goenka- Social Work
Dr. (Judge) Patibandla Chandrasekhar Rao- Public Affairs
George Yong-Boon Yeo- Public Affairs
Prof. Shashikumar Chitre- Science and Engineering
Dr. M S Raghunathan- Science and Engineering
Subbiah Murugappa Vellayan- Trade and Industry
Balasubramanian Muthuraman- Trade and Industry
Dr. Suresh H. Advani- Medicine - Oncology
Dr. Noshir H Wadia- Medicine-Neurology
Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty- Medicine-Cardiology
Prof. (Dr.) Shantaram Balwant Mujumdar- Literature and Education
Prof. Vidya Dehejia- Literature and Education
Prof. Arvind Panagariya- Literature and Education
Dr. Jose Pereira- Literature and Education
Dr. Homi K. Bhabha- Literature and Education
N Vittal- Civil Service
Mata Prasad- Civil Service
Ronen Sen- Civil Service
Padma Shri
Vanraj Bhatia- Art - Music
Zia Fariduddin Dagar- Art - Music - vocal
Nameirakpam Ibemni Devi- Art - Music- Khongjom Parba
Ramachandra Subraya Hegde Chittani- Art - Yakshagana dance drama
Moti Lal Kemmu- Art - Playwright
Shahid Parvez Khan- Art - Instrumental Music-Sitar
Mohan Lal Kumhar- Art - Terracotta
Sakar Khan Manganiar- Art - Rajasthani Folk Music
Joy Michael- Art - Theatre
Dr. Minati Mishra- Art- Indian Classical Dance-Odissi.
Natesan Muthuswamy- Art - Theatre.
R. Nagarathnamma- Art - Theatre
Kalamandalm Sivan Nambootiri- Art - Indian Classical Dance- Kutiyattam
Yamunabai Waikar- Art - Indian Folk Music-Lavani.
Satish Alekar- Art - Playwright
Pandit Gopal Prasad Dubey- Art - Chhau dance and choreography
Ramakant Gundecha- Art - Indian Classical Music- Vocal
Umakant Gundecha- Art - Indian Classical Music- Vocal
Anup Jalota- Art-Indian Classical Music- Vocal
Soman Nair Priyadarsan- Art - Cinema- Direction
Sunil Janah- Art-Photography
Laila Tyebji- Art-Handicrafts
Vijay Sharma- Art-Painting
Shamshad Begum- Social Work
Reeta Devi- Social Work
Dr. P.K. Gopal- Social Work
Phoolbasan Bai Yadav- Social Work
Dr. G. Muniratnam- Social Work
Niranjan Pranshankar Pandya- Social Work
Dr. Uma Tuli- Social Work
Sat Paul Varma- Social Work
Binny Yanga- Social Work
Yezdi Hirji Malegam- Public Affairs
Pravin H. Parekh- Pubic Affairs
Dr. V. Adimurthy- Science and Engineering
Dr. Krishna Lal Chadha- Science and Engineering - Agriculture
Prof. Virander Singh Chauhan- Science and Engineering
Prof. Rameshwar Nath Koul Bamezai- Science and Engineering
Dr. Vijaypal Singh- Science and Engineering - Agricultural Research
Dr. Lokesh Kumar Singhal- Science and Engineering
Dr. Yagnaswami Sundara Rajan- Science and Engineering
Prof. Jagadish Shukla- Science and Engineering
Priya Paul- Trade and Industry
Shoji Shiba- Trade and Industry
Shri Gopinath Pillai- Trade and Industry
Shri Arun Hastimal Firodia- Trade and Industry
Dr. Swati A. Piramal- Trade and Industry
Prof. Mahdi Hasan- Medicine-Anatomy
Dr. Viswanathan Mohan- Medicine - Diabetology
Dr. J. Hareendran Nair- Medicine - Ayurveda
Dr. Vallalarpuram Sennimalai Natarajan- Medicine - Geriatrics
Dr. Jitendra Kumar Singh- Medicine - Oncology
Dr. Shrinivas S. Vaishya- Medicine-Healthcare
Dr. Nitya Anand- Medicine - Drugs Research
Late Dr. Jugal Kishore- Medicine - Homoeopathy
Dr. Mukesh Batra- Medicine-Homeopathy
Dr. Eberhard Fischer- Literature and Education
Kedar Gurung- Literature and Education
Surjit Singh Patar- Literature and Education - Poetry
Vijay Dutt Shridhar- Literature and Education - Journalism
Irwin Allan Sealy- Literature and Education
Geeta Dharmarajan- Literature and Education
Prof. Sachchidanand Sahai- Literature and Education Pepita Seth - Literature and Education
