List of Padma Awards 2012

Padma awards conferred on 109 eminent people in 2012

On Republic Day 2012, Padma Awards, the country s highest civilian awards, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The Padma awards for 2012 include the list of 109 people. The president of India approved 5 Padma Vibhushan, 27 Padma Bhushan and 77 Padma Shri awards. Among 109 awarded, there are 19 women.  The Awards are given in all disciplines/ fields of activities- 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.

Full list of Padma awardees 2012
Padma Vibhushan

1. Shri K G Subramanyan – Art-Painting & Sculpture – West Bengal
2. Late Shri Mario De Miranda – Art-Cartoonist – Goa
3. Late (Dr.)Bhupen Hazarika – Art- Vocal Music – Assam
4. Dr. Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti – Medicine – Orthopedics – Maharashtra
5. Shri T V Rajeswar – Civil Service – Delhi

Padma Bhushan

• 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 Singh Deol alias Dharmendra – Art – Cinema – Maharashtra
• Dr. Trippunithwra Viswanathan 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 Narayan Goenka – Social Work – Maharashtra
• Dr. (Judge) Patibandla Chandrasekhar Rao – Public Affairs – Germany
• Shri George Yong-Boon Yeo – Public Affairs – Singapore
• Prof. Shashikumar Chitre – Science and Engineering – Maharashtra
• Dr. M S Raghunathan – Science and Engineering – Maharashtra
• Shri Subbiah Murugappa Vellayan – Trade and Industry – Tamil Nadu
• Shri Balasubramanian Muthuraman – 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.) Shantaram Balwant 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

Padma Shri

1. Shri Vanraj Bhatia – Art – Music – Maharashtra
2. Shri Zia Fariduddin Dagar – Art – Music – vocal – Maharashtra
3. Smt. Nameirakpam Ibemni Devi – Art – Music- Khongjom Parba – Manipur
4. Shri Ramachandra Subraya Hegde Chittani – Art – Yakshagana dance drama – Karnataka
5. Shri Moti Lal Kemmu – Art – Playwright – Jammu and Kashmir
6. Shri Shahid Parvez Khan – Art – Instrumental Music-Sitar – Maharashtra
7. Shri Mohan Lal Kumhar – Art – Terracotta – Rajasthan
8. Shri Sakar Khan Manganiar – Art – Rajasthani Folk Music – Rajasthan
9. Smt. Joy Michael – Art – Theatre – Delhi
10. Dr. Minati Mishra – Art – Indian Classical Dance-Odissi. – Orissa
11. Shri Natesan Muthuswamy – Art – Theatre. – Tamil Nadu
12. Smt. R. Nagarathnamma – Art – Theatre – Karnataka
13. Shri Kalamandalm Sivan Nambootiri – Art – Indian Classical Dance- Kutiyattam – Kerala
14. Smt. Yamunabai Waikar – Art – Indian Folk Music-Lavani. – Maharashtra
15. Shri Satish Alekar – Art – Playwright – Maharashtra
16. Pandit Gopal Prasad Dubey – Art – Chhau dance and choreography – Jharkhand
17. Shri Ramakant Gundecha and Shri Umakant Gundecha# – Art – Indian Classical Music- Vocal – Madhya Pradesh
18. Shri Anup Jalota – Art-Indian Classical Music- Vocal – Maharashtra
19. Shri Soman Nair Priyadarsan – 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 Bai Yadav – Social Work – Chattisgarh
27. Dr. G. Muniratnam – Social Work – Andhra Pradesh
28. Shri Niranjan Pranshankar 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 Hirji Malegam – Public Affairs – Maharashtra
33. Shri Pravin H. Parekh – Public Affairs – Delhi
34. Dr. V. Adimurthy – Science and Engineering – Kerala
35. Dr. Krishna Lal Chadha – Science and Engineering – Agriculture – Delhi
36. Prof. Virander Singh Chauhan – Science and Engineering – Delhi
37. Prof. Rameshwar Nath Koul Bamezai – Science and Engineering – Jammu and Kashmir
38. Dr. Vijaypal Singh – Science and Engineering – Agricultural Research – Uttar Pradesh
39. Dr. Lokesh Kumar Singhal – Science and Engineering – Punjab
40. Dr. Yagnaswami Sundara 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 Hastimal Firodia – Trade and Industry – Maharashtra
46. Dr. Swati A. Piramal – Trade and Industry – Maharashtra
47. Prof. Mahdi Hasan – Medicine-Anatomy – Uttar Pradesh

Month: Current Affairs - February, 2012