On the 63rd Republic day celebrations the Padma Awards will be given to several Indians for their contribution towards the country. President Smt. Pratibha Patil has approved the conferment of Padma Awards-2012 today. This year the she has approved 109 awards including one duo case (counted as one) which includes 14 awards in the category of foreigners/ non-resident Indians/ Persons of Indian Origin/Posthumous. The list comprises of 5 Padma Vibhushan, 27 Padma Bhushan, and 77 Padma Shri Awardees.
Padma Vibhushans:
- Shri K G Subrantinvan (Art-Painting & Sculpture)
- Late Shri Mario De Miranda (Art-Cartoonist)
- Late (Dr.)Bhupen Ilazarika (Art- Vocal Music)
- Dr. Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti (Medicine – Orthopedics)
- Shri T V Rajeswar (Civil Service)
Padma Bhushans:
- Smt Shabana Azmi (Art)
- Shri Khakd Choudhuiy (Art – Theatre)
- Shri Jatin Das (Art – Painting)
- Pandit Buddhadev Das Gupta (Art – Instrumental Music – Sarod)
- Shri Dharmendra Singh Deol alias Dharmendra (Art – Cinema)
- Dr. Trppunithwra Viswanathan GopaLkrishnan (Art – Classical vocal and instrumental music)
- Ms. Mira Nair (Art – Cinema)
- Shri MS. Gopalakrishnan (Art – Instrumental Music-Violin)
- Shri Anish Kapoor (Art – Sculpture)
- Shri Satya Narayan Goenka (Social Work)
- Dr. (Judge) Pati,andla Chandrasekhar Rao (Public Affairs)
- Shri George Yong-Boon Yeo (Public Affairs)
- Prof Shashikuntar Chitre (Science and Engineering)
- Dr. M S Ragiunathan (Science and Engineering)
- Shri Subbiah Murugappa Velbyan (Trade and Industry)
- Shri Balasubraniinian Muthuraman (Trade and Industry)
- Dr. Suresh H. Ad’vani (Medicine – Oncology)
- Dr. Noshir H Wadia (Medicine-Neurology)
- Dr. Devi Prasad Shettv (Medicine-Cardiology)
- Prof (Dr.) Shantaram Baiwant Mujurndar (Literature and Education)
- Prof Vidya Dehejia (Literature and Education)
- Prof Arvind Panagariya (Literature and Education)
- Dr. Jose Pereira (Literature and Education)
- Dr. Ilorni K. Bhabha (Literature and Education)
- Shri N Vinal (Civil Service)
- Shri Mata Prasad (CMI Service)
- Shri Ronen Sen (Civil Service)
Padmashree :
- Shri Vanraj Bhatia (Art – Music)
- Shri Zia Fariduddin Dagar (Art – Music – vocal)
- Smt. Nameirakpam Ibemni Devi (Art – Music- Khongjom Parba)
- Shri Ramachandra Subraya Hegde Chittani (Art – Yakshagana dance drama)
- Shri Moti Lal Kemmu (Art – Playwright)
- Shri Shahid Parvez Khan (Art – Instrumental Music-Sitar)
- Shri Mohan Lal Kumhar (Art – Terracotta)
- Shri Sakar Khan Manganiar (Art – Folk Music)
- Smt. Joy Michael (Art – Theatre)
- Dr. Minati Mishra (Art – Indian Classical Dance-Odissi)
- Shri Natesan Muthuswamy (Art – Theatre)
- Smt. R. Nagarathnamma (Art – Theatre)
- Shri Kalamandalm Sivan Nambootiri (Art – Indian Classical Dance- Kutiyattam)
- Smt. Yamunabai Waikar (Art – Indian Folk Music-Lavani)
- Shri Satish Alekar (Art – Playwright)
- Pandit Gopal Prasad Dubey (Art – Dance and Choreography)
- Shri Ramakant Gundecha and Shri Umakant Gundecha (Art – Indian Classical Music- Vocal)
- Shri Anup Jalota (Art-Indian Classical Music- Vocal)
- Shri Soman Nair Priyadarsan (Art – Cinema- Direction)
- Shri Sunil Janah (Art-Photography)
- Ms. Laila Tyebji (Art-Handicrafts)
- Shri Vijay Sharma (Art-Painting)
- Smt. Shamshad Begum (Social Work)
- Smt. Reeta Devi (Social Work)
- Dr. P.K. Gopal (Social Work)
- Smt. Phoolbasan Bai Yadav (Social Work)
- Dr. G. Muniratnam (Social Work)
- Shri Niranjan Pranshankar Pandya (Social Work)
- Dr. Uma Tuli (Social Work)
- Shri Sat Paul Varma (Social Work)
- Smt.Binny Yanga (Social Work)
- Shri Yezdi Hirji Malegam (Public Affairs)
- Shri Pravin H. Parekh (Pubic Affairs)
- Dr. V. Adimurthy (Science and Engineering)
- Dr. Krishna Lal Chadha (Science and Engineering – Agriculture)
- Prof. Virander Singh Chauhan (Science and Engineering)
- Prof. Rameshwar Nath Koul Bamezai (Science and Engineering)
- Dr. Vijaypal Singh (Science and Engineering – Agricultural Research)
- Dr. Lokesh Kumar Singhal (Science and Engineering)
- Dr. Yagnaswami Sundara Rajan (Science and Engineering)
- Prof. Jagadish Shukla (Science and Engineering)
- Ms. Priya Paul (Trade and Industry)
- Shri Shoji Shiba (Trade and Industry)
- Shri Gopinath Pillai (Trade and Industry)
- Shri Arun Hastimal Firodia (Trade and Industry)
- Dr. Swati A. Piramal (Trade and Industry)
- Prof. Mahdi Hasan (Medicine-Anatomy)
- Dr. Viswanathan Mohan (Medicine – Diabetology)
- Dr. J. Hareendran Nair (Medicine – Ayurveda)
- Dr. Vallalarpuram Sennimalai Natarajan (Medicine – Geriatrics)
- Dr. Jitendra Kumar Singh (Medicine – Oncology)
- Dr. Shrinivas S. Vaishya (Medicine-Healthcare)
- Dr. Nitya Anand (Medicine – Drugs Research)
- Late Dr. Jugal Kishore (Medicine – Homoeopathy)
- Dr. Mukesh Batra (Medicine-Homeopathy)
- Dr. Eberhard Fischer (Literature and Education)
- Shri Kedar Gurung (Literature and Education)
- Shri Surjit Singh Patar (Literature and Education – Poetry)
- Shri Vijay Dutt Shridhar (Literature and Education – Journalism)
- Shri Irwin Allan Sealy (Literature and Education)
- Ms. Geeta Dharmarajan (Literature and Education)
- Prof. Sachchidanand Sahai (Literature and Education)
- Smt. Pepita Seth (Literature and Education)
- Dr. Ralte L. Thanmawia (Literature and Education)
- Shri Ajeet Bajaj (Sports – Skiing)
- Smt. Jhulan Goswami (Sports – Women’s Cricket)
- Shri Zafar Iqbal (Sports-Hockey)
- Shri Devendra Jhajrija (Sports – Athletics- Paralympics)
- Shri Limba Ram (Sports – Archery)
- Shri Syed Mohammed Arif (Sports – Badminton)
- Prof. Ravi Chaturvedi (Sports- Commentary)
- Shri Prabhakar Vaidya (Sports-Physical Education)
- Shri T. Venkatapathi Reddiar (Others-Horticulture)
- Dr. K. (Kota) Ullas Karanth (Others-Wildlife Conservation and Environment Protection)
- Shri K Paddayya (Others-Archaeology)
- Shri Swapan Guha (Others-Ceramics)
- Dr. Kartikeya V. Sarabhai (Others – Environmental Education)


