The Government on January 25, 2017 announced Padma Awards in New Delhi to citizens of the country in recognition of their distinguished contribution in various spheres.
- This year the President of India has approved Padma Awards to 89 persons. Out of these 19 are women, 5 awardees are from the category of foreigners, NRIs, PIOs while 6 are posthumous awardees.
- The Award includes 7 Padma Vibhushan, 7 Padma Bhushan and 75 Padma Shri Awardees.
About Padma Awards:
Padma Awards is one of the highest civilian Awards of India instituted in the year 1954. It is given in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.
Padma Vibhushan: is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service.
Padma Bhushan: is awarded for distinguished service of a high order.
Padma Shri: is awarded for distinguished service in any field.
The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year. These awards are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March/ April every year.
List of Padma Award
PADMA VIBHUSHAN:
| No. | Name | Awarded For | State |
| 1 | Shri K J Yesudas | Art-Music | Kerala |
| 2 | Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev | Others-Spiritualism | Tamil Nadu |
| 3 | Shri Sharad Pawar | Public Affairs | Maharashtra |
| 4 | Shri Murli Manohar Joshi | Public Affairs | Uttar Pradesh |
| 5 | Prof. Udipi Ramachandra Rao | Science & Engineering | Karnataka |
| 6 | Late Shri Sunder Lal Patwa (Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Madhya Pradesh |
| 7 | Late Shri PA Sangma (Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Meghalaya |
PADMA BHUSHAN:
| No | Name | Awarded for | State |
| 8 | Shri Vishwa Mohan Bhatt | Art-Music | Rajasthan |
| 9 | Prof. (Dr.) Devi Prasad Dwivedi | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| 10 | Shri Tehemton Udwadia | Medicine | Maharashtra |
| 11 | Shri Ratna Sundar Maharaj | Others-Spiritualism | Gujarat |
| 12 | Swami Niranjana Nanda Saraswati | Yoga | Bihar |
| 13 | H.R.H. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn (Foreigner) | Literature & Education | Thailand |
| 14 | Late Shri Cho Ramaswamy (Posthumous) | Literature & Education – Journalism | Tamil Nadu |
PADMA SHRI:
| No. | Name | Awarded for | State |
| 15 | Smt. Basanti Bisht | Art-Music | Uttarakhand |
| 16 | Shri Chemanchery Kunhiraman Nair | Art-Dance | Kerala |
| 17 | Smt. Aruna Mohanty | Art-Dance | Odisha |
| 18 | Smt. Bharathi Vishnuvardhan | Art-Cinema | Karnataka |
| 19 | Shri Sadhu Meher | Art-Cinema | Odisha |
| 20 | Shri T K Murthy | Art-Music | Tamil Nadu |
| 21 | Shri Laishram Birendrakumar Singh | Art-Music | Manipur |
| 22 | Shri Krishna Ram Chaudhary | Art-Music | Uttar Pradesh |
| 23 | Smt. Baoa Devi | Art-Painting | Bihar |
| 24 | Shri Tilak Gitai | Art-Painting | Rajasthan |
| 25 | Dr. Prof. Aekka Yadagiri Rao | Art-Sculpture | Telangana |
| 26 | Shri Jitendra Haripal | Art-Music | Odisha |
| 27 | Shri Kailash Kher | Art-Music | Maharashtra |
| 28 | Smt. Parassala B Ponnammal | Art-Music | Kerala |
| 29 | Smt. Sukri Bommagowda | Art-Music | Karnataka |
| 30 | Shri Mukund Nayak | Art-Music | Jharkhand |
| 31 | Shri Purushottam Upadhyay | Art-Music | Gujarat |
| 32 | Smt. Anuradha Paudwal | Art-Music | Maharashtra |
| 33 | Shri Wareppa Naba Nil | Art-Theatre | Manipur |
| 34 | Shri Tripuraneni Hanuman Chowdary | Civil Service | Telangana |
| 35 | Shri T.K. Viswanathan | Civil Service | Haryana |
| 36 | Shri Kanwal Sibal | Civil Service | Delhi |
| 37 | Shri Birkha Bahadur Limboo Muringla | Literature & Education | Sikkim |
| 38 | Smt. Eli Ahmed | Literature & Education | Assam |
| 39 | Dr. Narendra Kohli | Literature & Education | Delhi |
| 40 | Prof. G. Venkatasubbiah | Literature & Education | Karnataka |
| 41 | Shri Akkitham Achyuthan Namboothiri | Literature & Education | Kerala |
| 42 | Shri Kashi Nath Pandita | Literature & Education | Jammu & Kashmir |
| 43 | Shri Chamu Krishna Shastry | Literature & Education | Delhi |
| 44 | Shri Harihar Kripalu Tripathi | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| 45 | Shri Michel Danino | Literature & Education | Tamil Nadu |
| 46 | Shri Punam Suri | Literature & Education | Delhi |
| 47 | Shri VG Patel | Literature & Education | Gujarat |
| 48 | Smt. V Koteswaramma | Literature & Education | Andhra Pradesh |
| 49 | Shri Balbir Dutt | Literature & Education Journalism | Jharkhand |
| 50 | Smt. Bhawana Somaaya | Literature & Education Journalism | Maharashtra |
| 51 | Shri 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 | Medicine | Chandigarh |
| 59 | Shri Arun Kumar Sharma | Others-Archaeology | Chhattisgarh |
| 60 | Shri Sanjeev Kapoor | Others-Culinary | Maharashtra |
| 61 | Smt. Meenakshi Amma | Others-Martial Art | Kerala |
| 62 | Shri Genabhai Dargabhai Patel | Others-Agriculture | Gujarat |
| 63 | Shri Chandrakant Pithawa | Science & Engineering | Telangana |
| 64 | Prof. Ajoy Kumar Ray | Science & Engineering | West Bengal |
| 65 | Shri Chintakindi Mallesham | Science & Engineering | Andhra Pradesh |
| 66 | Shri Jitendra Nath Goswami | Science & Engineering | Assam |
| 67 | Shri Daripalli Ramaiah | Social Work | Telangana |
| 68 | Shri Girish Bhardwaj | Social Work | Karnataka |
| 69 | Shri Karimul Hak | Social Work | West Bengal |
| 70 | Shri Bipin Ganatra | Social Work | West Bengal |
| 71 | Smt. Nivedita Raghunath Bhide | Social Work | Tamil Nadu |
| 72 | Shri Appasaheb Dharmadhikari | Social Work | Maharashtra |
| 73 | Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal | Social Work | Punjab |
| 74 | Shri Virat Kohli | Sports-Cricket | Delhi |
| 75 | Shri Shekar Naik | Sports-Cricket | Karnataka |
| 76 | Shri Vikasa Gowda | Sports-Discus Throw | Karnataka |
| 77 | Smt. Deepa Malik | Sports-Athletics | Haryana |
| 78 | Shri Mariyappan Thangavelu | Sports-Athletics | Tamil Nadu |
| 79 | Smt. Dipa Karmakar | Sports-Gymnastics | Tripura |
| 80 | Shri P R Shreejesh | Sports-Hockey | Kerala |
| 81 | Smt. Sakshi Malik | Sports-Wrestling | Haryana |
| 82 | Shri Mohan Reddy Venkatrama Bodanapu | Trade & Industry | Telangana |
| 83 | Shri Imrat Khan (NRI/PIO) | Art-Music | USA |
| 84 | Shri Anant Agarwal (NRI/PIO) | Literature & Education | USA |
| 85 | Shri H.R. Shah (NRI/PIO) | Literature & EducationJournalism | USA |
| 86 | Late (Smt.) Suniti Solomon (Posthumous) | Medicine | Tamil Nadu |
| 87 | Shri Asoke Kumar Bhattacharyya (Posthumous) | Others-Archaeology | West Bengal |
| 88 | Dr. Mapuskar (Posthumous) | Social Work | Maharashtra |
| 89 | Smt. Anuradha Koirala (Foreigner) | Social Work | Nepal |
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