34. Chidambaram Subramaniam (1910-2000) 1998
35. Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan (Posthumous) (1902-1979) 1999
36. Professor Amartya Sen (b-1933) 1999
37. Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi (Posthumous) (1890-1950) 1999
38. Pandit Ravi Shankar (1920-2012) 1999
39. Sushil Lata Dinanath Mangeshkar (b-1929) 2001
40. Ustad Bismillah Khan (1916-2006) 2001
41. Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi (b-1922-2011) 2009
42. Prof. C.N.R. Rao (1934) 2014
43. Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar (b-1973) 2014
44. Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya (Posthumous) (1861-1946) 2015
45. Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924-2018) 2015
PADMA AWARDS ANNOUNCED ON REPUBLIC DAY 2018
Padma Awards
Padma Awards are amongst the highest civilian awards of the country. There are three
categories of Padma Awards- ‘Padma Vibhushan’, ‘Padma Bhushan’ and ‘Padma Shri’. These
are given for distinguished service in any fieid including art, literature and education, science,
engineering, sports, medicine, etc. Padma Awards are announced on the eve of the Republic Day
every year. In 2017, the President of India conferred 88 Padma Awards as listed below. The list
comprises 7 Padma Vibhushan, 7 Padma Bhushan and 74 Padma Shri awardees. 19 of the
awardees are women and the list also includes 10 persons from the category of foreigners, NRls,
PIOs and Posthumous Awardees.
Padma Vibhushan Recipients : Ilaiyaraaja
: Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan
: P. Parameswaran
Padma Bhushan Recipients : Pankaj Advani
Most Rev. Dr. Philipose Mar Chrysostom
:
Mar Thoma Valiya Metropolitan
: Mahendra Singh Dhoni
His Excellency Alexander Kadakin
:
(Foreigner/Posthumous)
: Dr. Ramachandran Nagaswamy