The Padma awards for the year 2012 have been announced a day before India’s Republic Day tomorrow.Padma Awards, the country’s highest civilian awards, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.
The President of India, Pratibha Patil, has approved 109 awards including one duo case (counted as one) and 14 in the category of Foreigners/ NRIs/ PIOs/ Posthumous. These comprise 5 Padma Vibhushan, 27 Padma Bhushan and 77 Padma Shri Awards.
There are 19 ladies among the awardees.
The awards are given out to people who have carried out exceptional work in various fields including art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc.
The ‘Padma Vibhushan’ is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service; ‘Padma Bhushan’ for distinguished service of high order and ‘Padma Shri’ for distinguished service in any field.
The late cartoonist Mario Miranda and the late musician Bhupen Hazarika were amongst the five people awarded the Padma Vibhushan Wednesday.
The others are sculptor K.G. Subramanyan, orthopaedist Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti and civil servant T.V. Rajeswar.
Dharmendra and Shabana Azmi were confirmed for Padma Bhushan along with 25 more awardees.
The awards will be distributed by the President at the Rashtrapati Bhawan in March/April.
Padma Vibhushan
1. Shri K G Subramanyan Art-Painting & Sculpture West Bengal
2. Late Shri Mario De Miranda Art-Cartoonist Goa*
3. Late (Dr.)Bhupen Hazarika Art- Vocal Music Assam*
4. Dr. Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti Medicine – Orthopedics Maharashtra
5. Shri T V Rajeswar Civil Service Delhi
2. Late Shri Mario De Miranda Art-Cartoonist Goa*
3. Late (Dr.)Bhupen Hazarika Art- Vocal Music Assam*
4. Dr. Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti Medicine – Orthopedics Maharashtra
5. Shri T V Rajeswar Civil Service Delhi
Padma Bhushan
1. Smt. Shabana Azmi Art – Cinema Maharashtra
2. Shri Khaled Choudhury Art – Theatre West Bengal
3. Shri Jatin Das Art – Painting Delhi
4. Pandit Buddhadev Das Gupta Art – Instrumental Music – Sarod West Bengal
5. Shri Dharmendra Singh Deol alias Dharmendra Art – Cinema Maharashtra
6. Dr. Trippunithwra Viswanathan Gopalkrishnan Art – Classical vocal and instrumental music Tamil Nadu
7. Ms. Mira Nair Art – Cinema Delhi
8. Shri M.S. Gopalakrishnan Art – Instrumental Music-Violin Tamil Nadu
9. Shri Anish Kapoor Art – Sculpture UK*
10. Shri Satya Narayan Goenka Social Work Maharashtra
11. Dr. (Judge) Patibandla Chandrasekhar Rao Public Affairs Germany*
12. Shri George Yong-Boon Yeo Public Affairs Singapore*
13. Prof. Shashikumar Chitre Science and Engineering Maharashtra
14. Dr. M S Raghunathan Science and Engineering Maharashtra
15. Shri Subbiah Murugappa Vellayan Trade and Industry Tamil Nadu
16. Shri Balasubramanian Muthuraman Trade and Industry Maharashtra
17. Dr. Suresh H. Advani Medicine – Oncology Maharashtra
18. Dr. Noshir H Wadia Medicine-Neurology Maharashtra
19. Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty Medicine-Cardiology Karnataka
20. Prof. (Dr.) Shantaram Balwant Mujumdar Literature and Education Maharashtra
21. Prof. Vidya Dehejia Literature and Education USA*
22. Prof. Arvind Panagariya Literature and Education USA*
23. Dr. Jose Pereira Literature and Education USA*
24. Dr. Homi K. Bhabha Literature and Education UK *
25. Shri N Vittal Civil Service Kerala
26. Shri Mata Prasad Civil Service Uttar Pradesh
27. Shri Ronen Sen Civil Service West Bengal
2. Shri Khaled Choudhury Art – Theatre West Bengal
3. Shri Jatin Das Art – Painting Delhi
4. Pandit Buddhadev Das Gupta Art – Instrumental Music – Sarod West Bengal
5. Shri Dharmendra Singh Deol alias Dharmendra Art – Cinema Maharashtra
6. Dr. Trippunithwra Viswanathan Gopalkrishnan Art – Classical vocal and instrumental music Tamil Nadu
7. Ms. Mira Nair Art – Cinema Delhi
8. Shri M.S. Gopalakrishnan Art – Instrumental Music-Violin Tamil Nadu
9. Shri Anish Kapoor Art – Sculpture UK*
10. Shri Satya Narayan Goenka Social Work Maharashtra
11. Dr. (Judge) Patibandla Chandrasekhar Rao Public Affairs Germany*
12. Shri George Yong-Boon Yeo Public Affairs Singapore*
13. Prof. Shashikumar Chitre Science and Engineering Maharashtra
14. Dr. M S Raghunathan Science and Engineering Maharashtra
15. Shri Subbiah Murugappa Vellayan Trade and Industry Tamil Nadu
16. Shri Balasubramanian Muthuraman Trade and Industry Maharashtra
17. Dr. Suresh H. Advani Medicine – Oncology Maharashtra
18. Dr. Noshir H Wadia Medicine-Neurology Maharashtra
19. Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty Medicine-Cardiology Karnataka
20. Prof. (Dr.) Shantaram Balwant Mujumdar Literature and Education Maharashtra
21. Prof. Vidya Dehejia Literature and Education USA*
22. Prof. Arvind Panagariya Literature and Education USA*
23. Dr. Jose Pereira Literature and Education USA*
24. Dr. Homi K. Bhabha Literature and Education UK *
25. Shri N Vittal Civil Service Kerala
26. Shri Mata Prasad Civil Service Uttar Pradesh
27. Shri Ronen Sen Civil Service West Bengal
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