Here Is the Complete List of Padma Awardees of 2017

President Pranab Mukherjee confers Padma Awards in New Delhi on 28 March. (Picture Courtesy: The Quint)

In the hierarchy of awards given by the government of India, the Padma Shri is the fourth highest civilian award behind Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan and Padma Bhushan.

This year the President of India has approved conferment of Padma Awards to 89 persons.

Padma Vibhushan Awardees

Sharad Pawar, Politician
Murli Manohar Joshi, Politician
KJ Yesudas, Carnatic Musician
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, Late Politician
PA Sangma, Politician
Sunder Lal Patwah, Late Politician
Vishwa Mohan Bhat, Hindustani Musician

Padma Shri

Vishwa Mohan Bhat, Hindustani Musician
Tehemton Udwadia, Medicine
Ratna Sundar Maharaj, Spiritualism
HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn , Literature and Education
Prof. (Dr.) Devi Prasad Dwivedi, Literature and Education
Late Shri Cho Ramaswamy (Posthumously)

Padma Shri Awardees

While five prominent sportsperson were recipients of this prestigious awards, here’s a list of awardees from various other fields.

Arts

Basanti Bisht, Music
Chemanchery Kunhiraman Nair, Dance
Aruna Mohanty, Dance
Bharathi Vishnuvardhan, Cinema
Sadhu Meher, Cinema
T K Murthy , Music
Laishram Birendra kumar Singh, Music
Krishna Ram Chaudhary, Music
Baoa Devi, Painting
Tilak Gitai, Painting
Dr. Prof. Aekka Yadagiri Rao, Sculpture
Jitendra Haripal, Music
Kailash Kher, Music
Parassala B Ponnamma, Music
Sukri Bommagowda, Music
Mukund Nayak, Music
Purushottam Upadhyay, Music
Anuradha Paudwal, Music
Wareppa Naba Nil, Art-Theatre
Birkha Bahadur Limboo Muringla, Literature and Education
Eli Ahmed, Literature and Education
Dr Narendra Kohli, Literature and Education
Prof. G. Venkatasubbiah, Literature and Education
Akkitham Achyuthan Namboothiri, Literature and Education
Kashi Nath Pandita, Literature and Education
Chamu Krishna Shastry, Literature and Education
Harihar Kripalu Tripathi, Literature and Education
Michel Danino, Literature and Education
Punam Suri, Literature and Education
VG Patel, Literature and Education
V Koteswaramma, Literature and Education

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Social Work

Dr SV Mapuskar
Anuradha Koirala
Girish Bharadwaj
Balbir Singh Seechewal
Daripalli Ramaiah
Bipin Ganatra
Shri Daripalli Ramaiah
Karimul Hak
Bipin Ganatra
Nivedita Raghunath Bhide
Appasaheb Dharmadhikari

Journalism

HR Shah
Bhawana Somaaya
Balbir Dutt
Vishnu Pandya

Medicine

Dr Suniti Solomon
Dr Subroto Das
Dr Bhakti Yadav
Tehemton Udwadia
Dr. Mukut Minz
Prof. Harkishan Singh
Dr. Mukut Minz
Dr. (Smt.) Bhakti
Dr. Mohammed Abdul Waheed
Dr. Madan Madhav Godbole
Dr. Devendra Dayabhai Patel
Late (Smt.) Suniti Solomon (Posthumously)

Others

Retired civil servant TK Vishwanathan
Meenakshi Amma, Martial Arts
Prof Harkishan Singh from Chandigarh
Ex-foreign secretary Kanwal Sibal
Shri T.K. Viswanathan, Civil Service
Shri Tripuraneni Hanuman Chowdary, Civil Service
Shri Kanwal Sibal, Civil Service
Shri Arun Kumar Sharma, Archaeology
Shri Sanjeev Kapoor, Culinary
Smt. Meenakshi Amma, Martial Art
Shri Genabhai Dargabhai Patel, Agriculture
Shri Mohan Reddy Venkatrama Bodanapu, Trade and Industry
Shri Asoke Kumar Bhattacharyya, Archaelogy (Posthumously)
Swami Niranjana Nanda , Yoga