Updated 25 January 2019 at 22:46 IST
The Government on Friday announced the Padma Awards, as is the norm on the occasion of Republic Day.
The Padma Awards are bestowed on persons for excellence in the field of art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc.
‘Padma Vibhushan', the second-highest civilian honour, is to honour persons for exceptional and distinguished service; ‘Padma Bhushan’, third-highest civilian honour, for distinguished service of high order and ‘Padma Shri’, fourth-highest civilian honour, for distinguished service in any field, the note read.
In a press note from the Ministry of Home Affairs, the list of the 112 persons honoured with the Padma Awards was released.
4 persons have been awarded the Padma Vibhushan, 14 have been bestowed with Padma Bhushan, Malayalam superstar Mohanlal one of them, and 94 persons have been honoured with the fourth-highest civilian honour Padma Shri, including cricketer Gautam Gambhir, footballer Sunil Chhetri, late actor-writer Kader Khan, actor Manoj Bajpayee, singer-musician Shankar Mahadevan, actor-director Prabhu Deva, to name a few.
21 women are among the awardees, 11 persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI, 3 Posthumous awardees and 1 transgender person.
Here's the full list in the format:
S.No, Name
Field
State
Art-Vocals-Folk
Chhattisgarh
Trade & Industry-Infrastructure
Maharashtra
Art-Acting-Theatre
Maharashtra
Public Affairs
Punjab
Public Affairs
South Africa
Trade & Industry-Food Processing
Delhi
Social Work
Haryana
Medicine-Affordable Healthcare
Maharashtra
Public Affairs
Jharkhand
Art-Music-Sitar
West Bengal
Art-Acting-Film
Kerala
Science & Engineering-Space
Kerala
(Posthumous)
Literature & Education (Journalism)
Delhi
Sports-Mountaineering
Uttarakhand
Civil Service
Delhi
Public Affairs
Bihar
Art-Vocal-Hindustani
Uttar Pradesh
Others-Spiritualism
Tamil Nadu
Medicine-Surgery
Assam
Art-Acting-Films
Maharashtra
Science & Engineering-Grassroots Innovation
Assam
Medicine-Rabies
Himachal Pradesh
Art-Vocals-Folk
Uttarakhand
Art-Painting
Gujarat
Others-Archaeology
Delhi
Medicine-Hematology
West Bengal
Art-Music-Tabla
West Bengal
Others-Agriculture
Haryana
Sports-Football
Telangana
Art-Acting-Theatre
Maharashtra
Social Work-Divyang Welfare
Gujarat
Others-Agriculture
Madhya Pradesh
Art-Music-Flute
Tripura
Art-Dance
Karnataka
Others-Agriculture
Bihar
Public Affairs
Bihar
Science & Engineering-Agriculture
Punjab
Sports-Chess
Andhra Pradesh
Art-Painting
Bihar
Sports-Cricket
Delhi
Social Work-Divyang Welfare
Sikkim
Science & Engineering-Nuclear
Karnataka
Medicine-Surgery
Delhi
Medicine- Ophthmology
Madhya Pradesh
Social Work-Culture
Jharkhand
Social Work-Animal Welfare
Germany
Art-Dance Folk
Gujarat
Civil Service
Delhi
Literature & Education
Jammu & Kashmir
Art-Craft-Papier Mache
Jammu & Kashmir
Art-Music-Bhakti
Kerala
Science & Engineering-Technology
USA
Sports-Table Tennis
Tamil Nadu
Social Work
Uttar Pradesh
Medicine-Sickle Cell
Maharashtra
Art-Acting-Theatre
Maharashtra
(Posthumous-Foreigner)
Art-Acting-Films
Canada
Art-Painting
Gujarat
Medicine-Affordable Healthcare
Maharashtra
Medicine-Affordable Healthcare
Maharashtra
Sports-Archery
Manipur
Literature & Education
Madhya Pradesh
Social Work-Animal Welfare
Uttar Pradesh
Others-Agriculture
Gujarat
Literature & Education
USA
68. Shri Shadab Mohammad
Medicine-Dentistry
Uttar Pradesh
Others-Archaeology
Kerala
Medicine-Affordable Healthcare
Jharkhand
Social Work
Odisha
Art-Vocals-Films
Maharashtra
Trade & Industry-Technology
USA
Art-Dance-Bharatnatyam
Tamil Nadu
Medicine-Surgery
Jammu & Kashmir
Art-Music
Chhattisgarh
Others-Agriculture
Rajasthan
(Foreigner)
Literature & Education
USA
Others-Architecture
Gujarat
Others-Agriculture
Rajasthan
Public Affairs
Punjab
Social Work-Microfinance
Tamil Nadu
Others-Yoga
USA
Others-Agriculture
Odisha
Sports-Wrestling
Haryana
Medicine-Ophthalmology
Chandigarh
Medicine-Ophthalmology
Tamil Nadu
Social Work-Affordable Education
Odisha
Art-Photography
Uttarakhand
Art-Dance-Kathakali
France
Literature & Education-Journalism
Maharashtra
Art-Lyrics
Telangana
Social Work-Animal Welfare
Maharashtra
Social Work-Tribal Welfare
Madhya Pradesh
Literature & Education
Delhi
Literature & Education
Uttar Pradesh
Others-Animal Husbandry
Haryana
Sports-Basketball
Uttar Pradesh
Others-Animal Husbandry
Haryana
Social Work-Affordable Education
Bihar
Art-Music
Tamil Nadu
Others-Archaeology
Karnataka
Literature & Education-Journalism
Uttar Pradesh
Sports-Kabaddi
Himachal Pradesh
Art-Music-Sarod
Karnataka
Social Work-Environment
Karnataka
Social Work-Environment
Jharkhand
Others-Agriculture
Uttar Pradesh
Medicine-Surgery
Tamil Nadu
Others-Agriculture
Uttar Pradesh
Others-Spiritualism
Kerala
Art-Vocals-Folk
Uttar Pradesh
Others-Agriculture
Andhra Pradesh
The President of India will be honouring the awardees at the ceremonial functions to be held in March or April this year.
Published 25 January 2019 at 21:56 IST