Padma Awards 2017: Complete List!
The government on Wednesday announced Padma awards to citizens of the country in recognition of their distinguished contribution in various spheres. These awards are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March/ April every year. This year the President of India has approved conferment of PadmaAwards to 89 persons as per the list below. The list comprises of 7 Padma Vibhushan, 7 Padma Bhushan and 75 Padma Shri Awardees. 19 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 5 persons from the category of foreigners, NRIs, PIOs and 6 posthumous awardees.
Here is the complete list:
| PADMA VIBHUSHAN | |||
| Name | Field | State | |
| 1. | K J Yesudas | Art-Music | Kerala |
| 2. | Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev | Others-Spiritualism | Tamil Nadu |
| 3. | Sharad Pawar | Public Affairs | Maharashtra |
| 4. | Murli Manohar Joshi | Public Affairs | Uttar Pradesh |
| 5. | Prof. Udipi Ramachandra Rao | Science & Engineering | Karnataka |
| 6. | Late Sunder Lal Patwa (Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Madhya Pradesh |
| 7. | Late PA Sangma (Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Meghalaya |
| PADMA BHUSHAN | |||
| Name | Field | State | |
| 8. | Vishwa Mohan Bhatt | Art-Music | Rajasthan |
| 9. | Prof. (Dr.) Devi Prasad Dwivedi | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| 10. | Tehemton Udwadia | Medicine | Maharashtra |
| 11. | Ratna Sundar Maharaj | Others-Spiritualism | Gujarat |
| 12. | Swami Niranjana Nanda Saraswati | Others-Yoga | Bihar |
| 13. | H.R.H. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn (Foreigner) | Literature & Education | Thailand |
| 14. | Late Cho Ramaswamy (Posthumous) | Literature & Education -Journalism | Tamil Nadu |
| Padma Shri | |||
| Name | Field | State | |
| 15. | Basanti Bisht | Art-Music | Uttarakhand |
| 16. | Chemanchery Kunhiraman Nair | Art-Dance | Kerala |
| 17. | Aruna Mohanty | Art-Dance | Odisha |
| 18. | Bharathi Vishnuvardhan | Art-Cinema | Karnataka |
| 19. | Sadhu Meher | Art-Cinema | Odisha |
| 20. | T K Murthy | Art-Music | Tamil Nadu |
| 21. | Laishram Birendrakumar Singh | Art-Music | Manipur |
| 22. | Krishna Ram Chaudhary | Art-Music | Uttar Pradesh |
| 23. | Baoa Devi | Art-Painting | Bihar |
| 24. | Tilak Gitai | Art-Painting | Rajasthan |
| 25. | Dr. Prof. Aekka Yadagiri Rao | Art-Sculpture | Telangana |
| 26. | Jitendra Haripal | Art-Music | Odisha |
| 27. | Kailash Kher | Art-Music | Maharashtra |
| 28. | Parassala B Ponnammal | Art-Music | Kerala |
| 29. | Sukri Bommagowda | Art-Music | Karnataka |
| 30. | Mukund Nayak | Art-Music | Jharkhand |
| 31. | Purushottam Upadhyay | Art-Music | Gujarat |
| 32. | Anuradha Paudwal | Art-Music | Maharashtra |
| 33. | Wareppa Naba Nil | Art-Theatre | Manipur |
| 34. | Tripuraneni Hanuman Chowdary | Civil Service | Telangana |
| 35. | T.K. Viswanathan | Civil Service | Haryana |
| 36. | Kanwal Sibal | Civil Service | Delhi |
| 37. | Birkha Bahadur Limboo Muringla | Literature & Education | Sikkim |
| 38. | Eli Ahmed | Literature & Education | Assam |
| 39. | Dr. Narendra Kohli | Literature & Education | Delhi |
| 40. | Prof. G. Venkatasubbiah | Literature & Education | Karnataka |
| 41. | Akkitham Achyuthan Namboothiri | Literature & Education | Kerala |
| 42. | Kashi Nath Pandita | Literature & Education | Jammu & Kashmir |
| 43. | Chamu Krishna Shastry | Literature & Education | Delhi |
| 44. | Harihar Kripalu Tripathi | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| 45. | Michel Danino | Literature & Education | Tamil Nadu |
| 46. | Punam Suri | Literature & Education | Delhi |
| 47. | VG Patel | Literature & Education | Gujarat |
| 48. | V Koteswaramma | Literature & Education | Andhra Pradesh |
| 49. | Balbir Dutt | Literature & Education-Journalism | Jharkhand |
| 50. | Bhawana Somaaya | Literature & Education-Journalism | Maharashtra |
| 51. | Vishnu Pandya | Literature & Education-Journalism | Gujarat |
| 52. | Dr. Subroto Das | Medicine | Gujarat |
| 53. | Dr. (Smt.) Bhakti Yadav | Medicine | Madhya Pradesh |
| 54. | Dr. Mohammed Abdul Waheed | Medicine | Telangana |
| 55. | Dr. Madan Madhav Godbole | Medicine | Uttar Pradesh |
| 56. | Dr. Devendra Dayabhai Patel | Medicine | Gujarat |
| 57. | Prof. Harkishan Singh | Medicine | Chandigarh |
| 58. | Dr. Mukut Minz | Medicine | Chandigarh |
| 59. | Arun Kumar Sharma | Others-Archaeology | Chhattisgarh |
| 60. | Sanjeev Kapoor | Others-Culinary | Maharashtra |
| 61. | Meenakshi Amma | Others-Martial Art | Kerala |
| 62. | Genabhai Dargabhai Patel | Others-Agriculture | Gujarat |
| 63. | Chandrakant Pithawa | Science & Engineering | Telangana |
| 64. | Prof. Ajoy Kumar Ray | Science & Engineering | West Bengal |
| 65. | Chintakindi Mallesham | Science & Engineering | Andhra Pradesh |
| 66. | Jitendra Nath Goswami | Science & Engineering | Assam |
| 67. | Daripalli Ramaiah | Social Work | Telangana |
| 68. | Girish Bhardwaj | Social Work | Karnataka |
| 69. | Karimul Hak | Social Work | West Bengal |
| 70. | Bipin Ganatra | Social Work | West Bengal |
| 71. | Nivedita Raghunath Bhide | Social work | Tamil Nadu |
| 72. | Appasaheb Dharmadhikari | Social Work | Maharashtra |
| 73. | Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal | Social Work | Punjab |
| 74. | Virat Kohli | Sports-Cricket | Delhi |
| 75. | Shekar Naik | Sports-Cricket | Karnataka |
| 76. | Vikasa Gowda | Sports-Discus Throw | Karnataka |
| 77. | Deepa Malik | Sports-Athletics | Haryana |
| 78. | Mariyappan Thangavelu | Sports-Athletics | Tamil Nadu |
| 79. | Dipa Karmakar | Sports-Gymnastics | Tripura |
| 80. | P R Shreejesh | Sports-Hockey | Kerala |
| 81. | Sakshi Malik | Sports-Wrestling | Haryana |
| 82. | Mohan Reddy Venkatrama Bodanapu | Trade & Industry | Telangana |
| 83. | Imrat Khan (NRI/PIO) | Art-Music | USA |
| 84. | Anant Agarwal (NRI/PIO) | Literature & Education | USA |
| 85. | H.R. Shah (NRI/PIO) | Literature & Education-Journalism | USA |
| 86. | Late (Smt.) Suniti Solomon (Posthumous) | Medicine | Tamil Nadu |
| 87. | Asoke Kumar Bhattacharyya (Posthumous) | Others-Archaeology | West Bengal |
| 88. | Dr. Mapuskar (Posthumous) | Social Work | Maharashtra |
| 89. | Anuradha Koirala (Foreigner) | Social Work | Nepal |
