On January 25,2019 President of India Ram Nath Kovind announced Padma Awards,which is the highest civilian Awards in the country.The Padma Awards are conferred under 3 categorized viz- Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.
About Padma Award:
- For the Year 2019,President Ram Nath Kovind has approved conferment of 112 Padma Awards including one duo which is considered to be one award.The Padma Awards consist of 4 Padma Vibhushan award,14 Padma Bhushan Award and 94 Padma Shri awards.
- 21 of the awardees are women,11 are from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI, 3 Posthumous awardees and 1 transgender person.
Padma Vibhushan(Second Highest Civilian Award):
The Padma Vibhushan,instituted on 2 January 1954,is given for “exceptional and distinguished service”, without distinction of race, occupation, position, or sex.This year president approved the conferment of Padma Vibhushan to 4 Person.
Winners of Padma Vibhushan 2019:
| Name | Field | State |
| Ms. Teejan Bai | Art-Vocals-Folk | Chhattisgarh |
| Shri Ismail Omar Guelleh (Foreigner) | Public Affairs | Djibouti |
| Shri Anilkumar Manibhai Naik
| Trade & Industry-Infrastructure | Maharashtra |
| Shri Balwant Moreshwar Purandare | Art-Acting-Theatre | Maharashtra |
Padma Bhushan(Third Highest civilian Award):
Padma Bhushan, Instituted on 2 January 1954,is given for “distinguished service of a high order without distinction of race, occupation, position or sex.”This year President approved the conferment of Padma Bhushan to 14 Persons.
Winners of Padma Bhushan 2019:
| Name | Field | State |
| Shri John Chambers (Foreigner) | Trade & Industry-Technology | USA |
| Shri Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa
| Public Affairs | Punjab |
| Shri Pravin Gordhan (Foreigner) | Public Affairs | South Africa |
| Shri Mahashay Dharam Pal Gulati | Trade & Industry-Food Processing | Delhi |
| Shri Darshan Lal Jain | Social Work | Haryana |
| Shri Ashok Laxmanrao Kukade | Medicine-Affordable Healthcare | Maharashtra |
| Shri Kariya Munda | Public Affairs | Jharkhand |
| Shri Budhaditya Mukherjee | Art-Music-Sitar | West Bengal |
| Shri Mohanlal Viswanathan Nair | Art-Acting-Film | Kerala |
| Shri S Nambi Narayan | Science & Engineering-Space | Kerala |
| Shri Kuldip Nayar (Posthumous) | Literature & Education (Journalism) | Delhi |
| Ms. Bachendri Pal | Sports-Mountaineering | Uttarakhand |
| Shri V K Shunglu | Civil Service | Delhi |
| Shri Hukumdev Narayan Yadav | Public Affairs | Bihar |
Padma Shri
Padma Shri, Instituted on 2 January 1954,is given for “distinguished service of a high order without distinction of race, occupation, position or sex.”This year President approved the conferment of Padma Shri to 94 Persons.
Winners of Padma Shri 2019:
| Name | Field | State |
| Shri Rajeshwar Acharya
| Art-Vocal-Hindustani | Uttar Pradesh |
| Shri Bangaru Adigalar | Others-Spiritualism | Tamil Nadu |
| Shri Illias Ali | Medicine-Surgery | Assam |
| Shri Manoj Bajpayee | Art-Acting-Films | Maharashtra |
| Shri Uddhab Kumar Bharali | Science & Engineering-Grassroots Innovation | Assam |
| Shri Omesh Kumar Bharti | Medicine-Rabies | Himachal Pradesh |
| Shri Pritam Bhartwan | Art-Vocals-Folk | Uttarakhand |
| Shri Jyoti Bhatt | Art-Painting | Gujarat |
| Shri Dilip Chakravarty | Others-Archaeology | Delhi |
| Shri Mammen Chandy | Medicine-Hematology | West Bengal |
| Shri Swapan Chaudhuri | Art-Music-Tabla | West Bengal |
| Shri Kanwal Singh Chauhan | Others-Agriculture | Haryana |
| Shri Sunil Chhetri | Sports-Football | Telangana |
| Shri Dinyar Contractor | Art-Acting-Theatre | Maharashtra |
| Ms. Muktaben Pankajkumar Dagli | Social Work-Divyang Welfare | Gujarat |
| Shri Babulal Dahiya | Others-Agriculture | Madhya Pradesh |
| Shri Thanga Darlong | Art-Music-Flute | Tripura |
| Shri Prabhu Deva
| Art-Dance | Karnataka |
| Ms. Rajkumari Devi | Others-Agriculture | Bihar |
| Ms. Bhagirathi Devi | Public Affairs | Bihar |
| Shri Baldev Singh Dhillon | Science & Engineering-Agriculture | Punjab |
| Ms. Harika Dronavalli | Sports-Chess | Andhra Pradesh |
| Ms. Godawari Dutta | Art-Painting | Bihar |
| Shri Gautam Gambhir
| Sports-Cricket | Delhi |
| Ms. Draupadi Ghimiray | Social Work-Divyang Welfare | Sikkim |
| Ms. Rohini Godbole | Science & Engineering-Nuclear | Karnataka |
| Shri Sandeep Guleria | Medicine-Surgery | Delhi |
| Shri Pratap Singh Hardia | Medicine- Ophthmology | Madhya Pradesh |
| Shri Bulu Imam | Social Work-Culture | Jharkhand |
| Ms. Friederike Irina (Foreigner) | Social Work-Animal Welfare | Germany |
| Shri Joravarsinh Jadav | Art-Dance Folk | Gujarat |
| Shri S Jaishankar | Civil Service | Delhi |
| Shri Narsingh Dev Jamwal | Literature & Education | Jammu & Kashmir |
| Shri Fayaz Ahmad Jan | Art-Craft-Papier Mache | Jammu & Kashmir |
| Shri K G Jayan | Art-Music-Bhakti | Kerala |
| Shri Subhash Kak (Foreigner) | Science & Engineering-Technology | USA |
| Shri Sharath Kamal | Sports-Table Tennis | Tamil Nadu |
| Shri Rajani Kant | Social Work | Uttar Pradesh |
| Shri Sudam Kate | Medicine-Sickle Cell | Maharashtra |
| Shri Waman Kendre | Art-Acting-Theatre | Maharashtra |
| Shri Kader Khan (Posthumous-Foreigner) | Art-Acting-Films | Canada |
| Shri Abdul Gafur Khatri | Art-Painting | Gujarat |
| Shri Ravindra Kolhe (Duo)* | Medicine-Affordable Healthcare | Maharashtra |
| Ms. Smita Kolhe (Duo)* | Medicine-Affordable Healthcare | Maharashtra |
| Ms. Bombayla Devi Laishram | Sports-Archery | Manipur |
| Shri Kailash Madbaiya | Literature & Education | Madhya Pradesh |
| Shri Ramesh Babaji Maharaj | Social Work-Animal Welfare | Uttar Pradesh |
| Shri Vallabhbhai Vasrambhai Marvaniya | Others-Agriculture | Gujarat |
| Ms. Gita Mehta (Foreigner) | Literature & Education | USA |
| Shri Shadab Mohammad | Medicine-Dentistry | Uttar Pradesh |
| Shri K K Muhammed | Others-Archaeology | Kerala |
| Shri Shyama Prasad Mukherjee | Medicine-Affordable Healthcare | Jharkhand |
| Shri Daitari Naik
| Social Work | Odisha |
| Shri Shankar Mahadevan Narayan | Art-Vocals-Films | Maharashtra |
| Shri Shantanu Narayen (Foreigner) | Trade & Industry-Technology | USA |
| Nartaki Natraj | Art-Dance-Bharatnatyam | Tamil Nadu |
| Shri Tsering Norboo | Medicine-Surgery | Jammu & Kashmir |
| Shri Anup Ranjan Pandey | Art-Music | Chhattisgarh |
| Shri Jagdish Prasad Parikh | Others-Agriculture | Rajasthan |
| Shri Ganpatbhai Patel (Foreigner) | Literature & Education | USA |
| Shri Bimal Patel | Others-Architecture | Gujarat |
| Shri Hukumchand Patidar | Others-Agriculture | Rajasthan |
| Shri Harvinder Singh Phoolka | Public Affairs | Punjab |
| Ms. Madurai Chinna Pillai | Social Work-Microfinance | Tamil Nadu |
| Ms. Tao Porchon-Lynch (Foreigner) | Others-Yoga | USA |
| Ms. Kamala Pujhari | Others-Agriculture | Odisha |
| Shri Bajrang Punia
| Sports-Wrestling | Haryana |
| Shri Jagat Ram | Medicine-Ophthalmology | Chandigarh |
| Shri R V Ramani | Medicine-Ophthalmology | Tamil Nadu |
| Shri Devarapalli Prakash Rao | Social Work-Affordable Education | Odisha |
| Shri Anup Sah | Art-Photography | Uttarakhand |
| Ms. Milena Salvini (Foreigner) | Art-Dance-Kathakali | France |
| Shri Nagindas Sanghavi | Literature & Education-Journalism | Maharashtra |
| Shri Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry | Art-Lyrics | Telangana |
| Shri Shabbir Sayyad | Social Work-Animal Welfare | Maharashtra |
| Shri Mahesh Sharma | Social Work-Tribal Welfare | Madhya Pradesh |
| Shri Mohammad Hanif Khan Shastri | Literature & Education | Delhi |
| Shri Brijesh Kumar Shukla | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| Shri Narendra Singh | Others-Animal Husbandry | Haryana |
| Ms. Prashanti Singh | Sports-Basketball | Uttar Pradesh |
| Shri Sultan Singh | Others-Animal Husbandry | Haryana |
| Shri Jyoti Kumar Sinha | Social Work-Affordable Education | Bihar |
| Shri Anandan Sivamani | Art-Music | Tamil Nadu |
| Ms. Sharada Srinivasan | Others-Archaeology | Karnataka |
| Shri Devendra Swarup (Posthumous) | Literature & Education-Journalism | Uttar Pradesh |
| Shri Ajay Thakur | Sports-Kabaddi | Himachal Pradesh |
| Shri Rajeev Tharanath | Art-Music-Sarod | Karnataka |
| Ms. Saalumarada Thimmakka | Social Work-Environment | Karnataka |
| Ms. Jamuna Tudu | Social Work-Environment | Jharkhand |
| Shri Bharat Bhushan Tyagi | Others-Agriculture | Uttar Pradesh |
| Shri Ramaswami Venkataswami | Medicine-Surgery | Tamil Nadu |
| Shri Ram Saran Verma | Others-Agriculture | Uttar Pradesh |
| Shri Swami Vishudhananda | Others-Spiritualism | Kerala |
| Shri Hiralal Yadav | Art-Vocals-Folk | Uttar Pradesh |
| Shri Venkateswara Rao Yadlapalli | Others-Agriculture | Andhra Pradesh |
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