Padma awards full list: MS Dhoni, music composer Illaiyaraja among recipients
Ace men’s singles shuttler Kidambi Srikanth won the Padma Shri alongside India’s first Paralympic gold medalist, Murlikant Petkar.
india Updated: Jan 25, 2018 23:52 IST
HT Correspondent
New Delhi
New Delhi
MS Dhoni holds a press conference in Kolkata.(HT FILE PHOTO)
Prominent citizens from each of the 10 Asean members are among the 16 foreigners who will be awarded the prestigious Padma Shri awards this year on January 26. Heads of states and governments of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) members are currently visiting India for the Indo-Asean summit and will attend the Republic Day functions.
Also, noted music composer Illaiyaraja, Hindutava thinker Parameswaran Parameswaran and former Team India captain MS Dhoni are among the 85 people chosen for the prestigious awards in 2018.
Among the awardees, 16 are from the category of foreigners, non-resident Indians and three people will be getting the award posthumously.
Noted Hindustani classical singer Ghulam Mustafa Khan was honoured with the Padma Vibhushan. Cueist Pankaj Advani, former Russian Ambassador to India late Alexander Kadakin, Hindustani classical musician Arvind Parikh, Tamil Nadu-based archaeologist Ramachandran Nagaswamy and Goan artist Laxman Pai were among nine prominent personalities who were honoured with the Padma Bhushan.
Padma Vibhushan | |||
| Sl. No | Name | Field | State |
| 1. | Shri Illaiyaraja | Art-Music | Tamil Nadu |
| 2. | Shri Ghulam Mustafa Khan | Art-Music | Maharashtra |
| 3. | Shri Parameswaran Parameswaran | Literature and Education | Kerala |
Padma Bhushan | |||
| Sl. No | Name | Field | State |
| 4. | Shri Pankaj Advani | Sports- Billiards/ Snooker | Karnataka |
| 5. | Shri Philipose Mar Chrysostom | Others- Spiritualism | Kerala |
| 6. | Shri Mahendra Singh Dhoni | Sports- Cricket | Jharkhand |
| 7. | Shri Alexander Kadakin (Foreigner/ Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Russia |
| 8. | Shri Ramachandran Nagaswamy | Others- Archaeology | Tamil Nadu |
| 9. | Shri Ved Prakash Nanda (OCI) | Literature and Education | USA |
| 10. | Shri Laxman Pai | Art- Painting | Goa |
| 11. | Shri Arvind Parikh | Art- Music | Maharashtra |
| 12. | Ms. Sharda Sinha | Art- Music | Bihar |
Padma Shri | |||
| Sl. No | Name | Field | State |
| 13. | Shri Abhay Bang (Duo) Ms. Rani Bang (Duo) | Medicine | Maharashtra |
| 14. | Shri Damodar Ganesh Bapat | Social Work | Chhattisgarh |
| 15. | Shri Prafulla Govinda Baruah | Literature and Education- Journalism | Assam |
| 16. | Shri Mohan Swaroop Bhatia | Art- Folk Music | Uttar Pradesh |
| 17. | Shri Sudhanshu Biswas | Social Work | West Bengal |
| 18. | Ms. Saikhom Mirabai Chanu | Sports- Weightlifting | Manipur |
| 19. | Shri Pandit Shyamlal Chaturvedi | Literature and Education- Journalism | Chhattisgarh |
| 20. | Shri Jose Ma Joey Concepcion III (Foreigner) | Trade & Industry | Philippines |
| 21. | Ms. Langpoklakpam Subadani Devi | Art- Weaving | Manipur |
| 22. | Shri Somdev Devvarman | Sports- Tennis | Tripura |
| 23. | Shri Yeshi Dhoden | Medicine | Himachal Pradesh |
| 24. | Shri Arup Kumar Dutta | Literature and Education | Assam |
| 25. | Shri Doddarange Gowda | Art- Lyrics | Karnataka |
| 26. | Shri Arvind Gupta | Literature and Education | Maharashtra |
| 27. | Shri Digamber Hansda | Literature and Education | Jharkhand |
| 28. | Shri Ramli Bin Ibrahim (Foreigner) | Art- Dance | Malaysia |
| 29. | Shri Anwar Jalalpuri (Posthumous) | Literature and Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| 30. | Shri Piyong Temjen Jamir | Literature and Education | Nagaland |
| 31. | Ms. Sitavva Joddati | Social Work | Karnataka |
| 32. | Ms. Malti Joshi | Literature and Education | Madhya Pradesh |
| 33. | Shri Manoj Joshi | Art- Acting | Maharashtra |
| 34. | Shri Rameshwarlal Kabra | Trade & Industry | Maharashtra |
| 35. | Shri Pran Kishore Kaul | Art | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 36. | Shri Bounlap Keokangna (Foreigner) | Others- Architecture | Laos |
| 37. | Shri Vijay Kichlu | Art-Music | West Bengal |
| 38. | Shri Tommy Koh (Foreigner) | Public Affairs | Singapore |
| 39. | Ms. Lakshmikutty | Medicine- Traditional | Kerala |
| 40. | Ms. Joyshree Goswami Mahanta | Literature and Education | Assam |
| 41. | Shri Narayan Das Maharaj | Others- Spiritualism | Rajasthan |
| 42. | Shri Pravakara Maharana | Art- Sculpture | Odisha |
| 43. | Shri Hun Many (Foreigner) | Public Affairs | Cambodia |
| 44. | Ms. Nouf Marwaai (Foreigner) | Others- Yoga | Saudi Arabia |
| 45. | Shri Zaverilal Mehta | Literature and Education- Journalism | Gujarat |
| 46. | Shri Krishna Bihari Mishra | Literature and Education | West Bengal |
| 47. | Shri Sisir Purushottam Mishra | Art- Cinema | Maharashtra |
| 48. | Ms. Subhasini Mistry | Social Work | West Bengal |
| 49. | Shri Tomio Mizokami (Foreigner) | Literature and Education | Japan |
| 50. | Shri Somdet Phra Maha Muniwong (Foreigner) | Others- Spiritualism | Thailand |
| 51. | Shri Keshav Rao Musalgaonkar | Literature and Education | Madhya Pradesh |
| 52. | Dr Thant Myint – U (Foreigner) | Public Affairs | Myanmar |
| 53. | Ms. V Nanammal | Others- Yoga | Tamil Nadu |
| 54. | Ms. Sulagitti Narasamma | Social Work | Karnataka |
| 55. | Ms. Vijayalakshmi Navaneethakrishnan | Art- Folk Music | Tamil Nadu |
| 56. | Shri I Nyoman Nuarta (Foreigner) | Art- Sculpture | Indonesia |
| 57. | Shri Malai Haji Abdullah Bin Malai Haji Othman (Foreigner) | Social Work | Brunei Darussalam |
| 58. | Shri Gobaradhan Panika | Art- Weaving | Odisha |
| 59. | Shri Bhabani Charan Pattanaik | Public Affairs | Odisha |
| 60. | Shri Murlikant Petkar | Sports-Swimming | Maharashtra |
| 61. | Shri Habibullo Rajabov (Foreigner) | Literature and Education | Tajikistan |
| 62. | Shri M R Rajagopal | Medicine-Palliative Care | Kerala |
| 63. | Shri Sampat Ramteke (Posthumous) | Social Work | Maharashtra |
| 64. | Shri Chandra Sekhar Rath | Literature and Education | Odisha |
| 65. | Shri S S Rathore | Civil Service | Gujarat |
| 66. | Shri Amitava Roy | Science and Engineering | West Bengal |
| 67. | Shri Sanduk Ruit (Foreigner) | Medicine- Ophthalmology | Nepal |
| 68. | Shri R Sathyanarayana | Art-Music | Karnataka |
| 69. | Shri Pankaj M Shah | Medicine- Oncology | Gujarat |
| 70. | Shri Bhajju Shyam | Art- Painting | Madhya Pradesh |
| 71. | Shri Maharao Raghuveer Singh | Literature and Education | Rajasthan |
| 72. | Shri Kidambi Srikanth | Sports- Badminton | Andhra Pradesh |
| 73. | Shri Ibrahim Sutar | Art-Music | Karnataka |
| 74. | Shri Siddeshwara Swamiji | Others- Spiritualism | Karnataka |
| 75. | Ms. Lentina Ao Thakkar | Social Work | Nagaland |
| 76. | Shri Vikram Chandra Thakur | Science and Engineering | Uttarakhand |
| 77. | Shri Rudrapatnam Narayanaswamy Tharanathan (Duo) | Art- Music | Karnataka |
| 78. | Shri Nguyen Tien Thien (Foreigner) | Others- Spiritualism | Vietnam |
| 79. | Shri Bhagirath Prasad Tripathi | Literature and Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| 80. | Shri Rajagopalan Vasudevan | Science and Engineering | Tamil Nadu |
| 81. | Shri Manas Bihari Verma | Science and Engineering | Bihar |
| 82. | Shri Panatawane Gangadhar Vithobaji | Literature and Education | Maharashtra |
| 83. | Shri Romulus Whitaker | Others- Wildlife Conservation | Tamil Nadu |
| 84. | Shri Baba Yogendra | Art | Madhya Pradesh |
| 85. | Shri A Zakia | Literature and Education | Mizoram |
First Published: Jan 25, 2018 20:50 IST
