On January 25, 2018, Government announced Padma Awards 2018. This year, President of India, Ram Nath Kovind has approved conferment of 85 Padma Awards.
- This year’s 85 Padma Awards also include duo cases, wherein the award is counted as one.
- For 2018, 3 Padma Vibhushan, 9 Padma Bhushan and 73 Padma Shri Awards have been announced.
- Among this year’s Padma Award winners, 14 are women. The winners list also includes 16 persons from the category of Foreigners (from 10 ASEAN Countries)/Non Resident Indian (NRI)/Person of India Origin (PIO)/Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) and 3 Posthumous awardees.
About Padma Awards:
Padma Awards, regarded as one of the highest civilian Awards of India comprise Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.
- These awards are conferred to honour outstanding contribution in various disciplines/ fields of activities including art, sports, public affairs, social work, science and engineering, medicine, trade and industry, literature, civil service etc.
- ‘Padma Vibhushan’ is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service.
- ‘Padma Bhushan’ is awarded for distinguished service of high order.
- ‘Padma Shri’ is awarded for distinguished service in any field.
- These awards are announced around Republic Day every year and are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March/ April every year.
Padma Awards 2018 – Complete List of Winners:
Padma Vibhushan
| Name | Field | State |
| Shri Illaiyaraja | Art-Music | Tamil Nadu |
| Shri Ghulam Mustafa Khan | Art-Music | Maharashtra |
| Shri Parameswaran Parameswaran | Literature and Education | Kerala |
Padma Bhushan
| Name | Field | State |
| Shri Pankaj Advani | Sports- Billiards/Snooker | Karnataka |
| Shri Philipose Mar Chrysostom | Others-Spiritualism | Kerala |
| Shri Mahendra Singh Dhoni | Sports-Cricket | Jharkhand |
| Shri Alexander Kadakin (Foreigner/Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Russia |
| Shri Ramachandran Nagaswamy | Others-Archaeology | Tamil Nadu |
| Shri Ved Prakash Nanda (OCI) | Literature and Education | USA |
| Shri Laxman Pai | Art-Painting | Goa |
| Shri Arvind Parikh | Art-Music | Maharashtra |
| Ms. Sharda Sinha | Art-Music | Bihar |
Padma Shri
| Name | Field | State |
| Shri Abhay Bang & Ms. Rani Bang (Duo) | Medicine | Maharashtra |
| Shri Damodar Ganesh Bapat | Social Work | Chhattisgarh |
| Shri Prafulla Govinda Baruah | Literature and Education-Journalism | Assam |
| Shri Mohan Swaroop Bhatia | Art-Folk Music | Uttar Pradesh |
| Shri Sudhanshu Biswas | Social Work | West Bengal |
| Ms. Saikhom Mirabai Chanu | Sports-Weightlifting | Manipur |
| Shri Pandit Shyamlal Chaturvedi | Literature and Education-Journalism | Chhattisgarh |
| Shri Jose Ma Joey Concepcion III (Foreigner) | Trade & Industry | Philippines |
| Ms. Langpoklakpam Subadani Devi | Art-Weaving | Manipur |
| Shri Somdev Devvarman | Sports-Tennis | Tripura |
| Shri Yeshi Dhoden | Medicine | Himachal Pradesh |
| Shri Arup Kumar Dutta | Literature and Education | Assam |
| Shri Doddarange Gowda | Art-Lyrics | Karnataka |
| Shri Arvind Gupta | Literature and Education | Maharashtra |
| Shri Digamber Hansda | Literature and Education | Jharkhand |
| Shri Ramli Bin Ibrahim (Foreigner) | Art-Dance | Malaysia |
| Shri Anwar Jalalpuri (Posthumous) | Literature and Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| Shri Piyong Temjen Jamir | Literature and Education | Nagaland |
| Ms. Sitavva Joddati | Social Work | Karnataka |
| Ms. Malti Joshi | Literature and Education | Madhya Pradesh |
| Shri Manoj Joshi | Art-Acting | Maharashtra |
| Shri Rameshwarlal Kabra | Trade & Industry | Maharashtra |
| Shri Pran Kishore Kaul | Art | Jammu & Kashmir |
| Shri Bounlap Keokangna (Foreigner) | Others-Architecture | Laos |
| Shri Vijay Kichlu | Art-Music | West Bengal |
| Shri Tommy Koh (Foreigner) | Public Affairs | Singapore |
| Ms. Lakshmikutty | Medicine-Traditional | Kerala |
| Ms. Joyshree Goswami Mahanta | Literature and Education | Assam |
| Shri Narayan Das Maharaj | Others-Spiritualism | Rajasthan |
| Shri Pravakara Maharana | Art-Sculpture | Odisha |
| Shri Hun Many (Foreigner) | Public Affairs | Cambodia |
| Ms. Nouf Marwaai (Foreigner) | Others- Yoga | Saudi Arabia |
| Shri Zaverilal Mehta | Literature and Education – Journalism | Gujarat |
| Shri Krishna Bihari Mishra | Literature and Education | West Bengal |
| Shri Sisir Purushottam Mishra | Art-Cinema | Maharashtra |
| Ms. Subhasini Mistry | Social Work | West Bengal |
| Shri Tomio Mizokami (Foreigner) | Literature and Education | Japan |
| Shri Somdet Phra Maha Muniwong (Foreigener) | Others-Spiritualism | Thailand |
| Shri Keshav Rao | Literature and Education | Madhya Pradesh |
| Dr Thant Myint – U (Foreigner) | Public Affairs | Myanmar |
| Ms. V Nanammal | Others-Yoga | Tamil Nadu |
| Ms. Sulagitti Narasamma | Social Work | Karnataka |
| Ms. Vijayalakshmi Navaneethakrishnan | Art-Folk Music | Tamil Nadu |
| Shri I Nyoman Nuarta (Foreigner) | Art- Sculpture | Indonesia |
| Shri Malai Haji Abdullah Bin Malai Haji Othman | Social Work | Brunei |
| Shri Gobaradhan Panika | Art-Weaving | Odisha |
| Shri Bhabani Charan Pattanaik | Public Affairs | Odisha |
| Shri Murlikant Petkar | Sports-Swimming | Maharashtra |
| Shri Habibullo Rajabov (Foreigner) | Literature and Education | Tajikistan |
| Shri M R Rajagopal | Medicine-Palliative Care | Kerala |
| Shri Sampat Ramteke (Posthumous) | Social Work | Maharashtra |
| Shri Chandra Sekhar Rath | Literature and Education | Odisha |
| Shri S S Rathore | Civil Service | Gujarat |
| Shri Amitava Roy | Science and Engineering | West Bengal |
| Shri Sanduk Ruit (Foreigner) | Medicine- Opthalmoogy | Nepal |
| Shri R Sathyanarayana | Art-Music | Karnataka |
| Shri Pankaj M Shah | Medicine-Oncology | Gujarat |
| Shri Bhajju Shyam | Art-Painting | Madhya Pradesh |
| Shri Maharao Raghuveer Singh | Literature and Education | Rajasthan |
| Shri Kidambi Srikanth | Sports-Badminton | Andhra Pradesh |
| Shri Ibrahim Sutar | Art-Music | Karnataka |
| Shri Siddeshwara Swamiji | Others-Spiritualism | Karnataka |
| Ms. Lentina Ao Thakkar | Social Work | Nagaland |
| Shri Vikram Chandra Thakur | Science and Engineering | Uttarakhand |
| Rudrapatnam Narayanaswamy Tharanathan and Rudrapatnam Narayanaswamy Thyagarajan (Duo) | Art-Music | Karnataka |
| Shri Nguyen Tien Thien (Foreigner) | Others-Spiritualism | Vietnam |
| Shri Bhagirath Prasad Tripathi | Literature and Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| Shri Rajagopalan Vasudevan | Science and Engineering | Tamil Nadu |
| Shri Manas Bihari Verma | Science and Engineering | Bihar |
| Shri Panatawane Gangadhar Vithobaji | Literature and Education | Maharashtra |
| Shri Romulus Whitaker | Others-Wildlife Conservation | Tamil Nadu |
| Shri Baba Yogendra | Art | Madhya Pradesh |
| Shri A Zakia | Literature and Education | Mizoram |
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