New Delhi, Mar 22 (PTI) President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday conferred Padma awards to renowned people and unsung heroes, a few posthumously, from different walks of life for their contribution in various fields.
The President had approved the conferment of 106 Padma awards, including three duo cases (in a duo case, the award is counted as one), on the eve of this year's Republic Day.
Of these, 54 awards (three Padma Vibhushan, four Padma Bhushan and 47 Padma Shri) were conferred on Wednesday evening at the investiture ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Following is the list of awardees:
Padma Vibhushan
1. Prof Balkrishna Doshi (Posthumous), Architecture, Gujarat.
2. Zakir Hussain, Art, Maharashtra (Not present in the investiture ceremony)
3. Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna, Public Affairs, Karnataka
Padma Bhushan
1. Kumar Mangalam Birla, Trade and Industry, Maharashtra
2. Suman Kalyanpur, Art, Maharashtra
3. Prof Kapil Kapoor, Literature and Education, Delhi
4. Kamlesh D Patel, Spiritualism, Telangana
Padma Shri
1. Jodhaiya Bai Baiga, Art, Madhya Pradesh
2. Usha Barle, Art, Chhattisgarh
3. Sankurathri Chandrasekhar, Social Work, Andhra Pradesh
4. Raman Cheruvayal, Agriculture, Kerala
5. Bhanubhai Chunilal Chitara, Art, Gujarat
6. Narendra Chandra Debbarma (Posthumous), Public Affairs, Tripura
7. Vadivel Gopal and Masi Sadaiyan (Duo), Social Work, Tamil Nadu
8. Hem Chandra Goswami, Art, Assam
9. Pritikana Goswami, Art, West Bengal
10. Dr Modadugu Vijay Gupta, Science and Engineering, Telangana
11. Dilshad Hussain, Art, Uttar Pradesh
12. Bhiku Ramji Idate, Social Work, Maharashtra
13. Dr Rattan Singh Jaggi, Literature and Education, Punjab
14. Bikram Bahadur Jamatia, Social Work, Tripura
15. Rakesh Radheyshyam Jhunjhunwala (Posthumous), Trade and Industry, Maharashtra
16. Guru Thiruvidaimarudur Kuppiah Kalyanasundaram, Art, Tamil Nadu
17. Dr Ratan Chandra Kar, Medicine, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
18. Mahipatrai Prataprai Kavi, Art, Gujarat
19. Maguni Charan Kuanr, Art, Odisha.
20. Prof (Dr) Arvind Kumar, Science and Engineering, Uttar Pradesh
21. Risingbor Kurkalang, Art, Meghalaya
22. Hirbaiben Ibrahimbhai Lobi, Social Work, Gujarat
23. Prabhakar Bhanudas Mande, Literature and Education, Maharashtra
24. Nadoja Pindipapanahalli Munivenkatappa, Art, Karnataka
25. Prof (Dr) Mahendra Pal, Science and Engineering, Gujarat
26. Nalini Parthasarathi, Medicine, Puducherry
27. Dr Hanumantha Rao Pasupuleti, Medicine, Telangana
28. Ramesh Raghunath Patange, Literature and Education, Maharashtra
29. V P Appukuttan Poduval, Social Work, Kerala
30. S R D Prasad, Sports, Kerala
31. Chintalapati Venkatapathi Raju, Art, Andhra Pradesh
32. Dr Bandi Ramakrishna Reddy, Literature and Education, Telangana
33. Mangala Kanta Roy, Art, West Bengal
34. Prof (Dr) Manoranjan Sahu, Medicine, Uttar Pradesh
35. Kota Satchidananda Sastry, Art, Andhra Pradesh
36. Gurcharan Singh, Sports, Delhi
37. Laxman Singh, Social Work, Rajasthan
38. Prof Prakash Chandra Sood, Literature and Education, Andhra Pradesh
39. Neihunuo Sorhie, Art, Nagaland
40. S Subbaraman, Archaeology, Karnataka
41. Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari, Literature and Education, Uttar Pradesh.
42. Dhaniram Toto, Literature and Education, West Bengal
43. Tularam Upreti, Agriculture, Sikkim (not present in the investiture ceremony)
44. Dr G Veluchamy, Medicine, Tamil Nadu
45. Karma Wangchu (Posthumous), Social Work, Arunachal Pradesh
46. Ghulam Mohammad Zaz, Art, Jammu and Kashmir
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