- Union Home Ministry of India on 25 January, 2018 announced the name of the distinguished persons who will be felicitated with Padma awards.
- This year the President of India has approved conferment of 85 Padma Awards including two duo cases (in a duo case, the award is counted as one).
- This year’s list comprises 3 Padma Vibhushan, 9 Padma Bhushan and 73 Padma Shri Awards. 14 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 16 persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI and 3 Posthumous awardees.
About Padma Awards:
- Padma Awards are one of the highest civilian Awards of the country. The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year. These awards are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March/ April every year.
- These are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.
- The Awards are given in various disciplines/ fields of activities, viz.- art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc.
- Padma Vibhushan is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service.
- Padma Bhushan is awarded for distinguished service of high order.
- Padma Shri is awarded for distinguished service in any field.
Complete List of Padma Awardees 2018
Padma Vibhushan
- Shri Illaiyaraja: Art-Music (Tamil Nadu)
- Shri Ghulam Mustafa Khan: Art-Music (Maharashtra)
- Shri Parameswaran Parameswaran: Literature and Education (Kerala)
Padma Bushan
- Shri Pankaj Advani: Sports- Billiards/Snooker (Karnataka)
- Shri Philipose Mar Chrysostom: Others-Spiritualism (Kerala)
- Shri Mahendra Singh Dhoni: Sports-Cricket (Jharkhand)
- Shri Alexander Kadakin (Foreigner/Posthumous): Public Affairs (Russia)
- Shri Ramachandran Nagaswamy: Others-Archaeology (Tamil Nadu)
- Shri Ved Prakash Nanda (OCI): Literature and Education (USA)
- Shri Laxman Pai: Art-Painting (Goa)
- Shri Arvind Parikh: Art-Music (Maharashtra)
- Ms. Sharda Sinha: Art-Music (Bihar)
Padma Shri
- Shri Abhay Bang (Duo): Medicine (Maharashtra)
- Ms. Rani Bang (Duo): Medicine (Maharashtra)
- Shri Damodar Ganesh Bapat: Social Work (Chhattisgarh)
- Shri Prafulla Govinda Baruah: Literature and Education-Journalism (Assam)
- Shri Mohan Swaroop Bhatia: Art-Folk Music (Uttar Pradesh)
- Shri Sudhanshu Biswas: Social Work (West Bengal)
- Ms. Saikhom Mirabai Chanu: Sports-Weightlifting (Manipur)
- Shri Pandit Shyamlal Chaturvedi: Literature and Education-Journalism (Chhattisgarh)
- Shri Jose Ma Joey Concepcion III (Foreigner): Trade & Industry (Philippines)
- Ms. Langpoklakpam Subadani Devi: Art-Weaving (Manipur)
- Shri Somdev Devvarman: Sports-Tennis (Tripura)
- Shri Yeshi Dhoden: Medicine (Himachal Pradesh)
- Shri Arup Kumar Dutta: Literature and Education (Assam)
- Shri Doddarange Gowda: Art-Lyrics (Karnataka)
- Shri Arvind Gupta: Literature and Education (Maharashtra)
- Shri Digamber Hansda: Literature and Education (Jharkhand)
- Shri Ramli Bin Ibrahim (Foreigner): Art-Dance (Malaysia)
- Shri Ramli Bin Ibrahim (Foreigner): Art-Dance Malaysia
- Shri Anwar Jalalpuri (Posthumous): Literature and Education (Uttar Pradesh)
- Shri Piyong Temjen Jamir: Literature and Education (Nagaland)
- Ms. Sitavva Joddati: Social Work ( Karnataka )
- Ms. Malti Joshi: Literature and Education (Madhya Pradesh)
- Shri Manoj Joshi: Art-Acting ( Maharashtra)
- Shri Rameshwarlal Kabra: Trade & Industry (Maharashtra)
- Shri Pran Kishore Kaul: Art (Jammu and Kashmir)
- Shri Bounlap Keokangna (Foreigner): Others-Architecture (Laos)
- Shri Vijay Kichlu: Art-Music (West Bengal)
- Shri Tommy Koh (Foreigner): Public Affairs (Singapore)
- Ms. Lakshmikutty: Medicine-Traditional (Kerala)
- Ms. Joyshree Goswami Mahanta: Literature and Education (Assam)
- Shri Narayan Das Maharaj: Others-Spiritualism (Rajasthan)
- Shri Pravakara Maharana: Art-Sculpture (Odisha)
- Shri Hun Many (Foreigner): Public Affairs (Cambodia)
- Ms. Nouf Marwaai (Foreigner): Others- Yoga (Saudi Arabia)
- Shri Zaverilal Mehta: Literature and Education-Journalism (Gujarat)
- Shri Krishna Bihari Mishra: Literature and Education (West Bengal)
- Shri Sisir Purushottam Mishra: Art-Cinema (Maharashtra)
- Ms. Subhasini Mistry: Social Work (West Bengal)
- Shri Tomio Mizokami (Foreigner): Literature and Education (Japan)
- Shri Somdet Phra Maha Muniwong (Foreigner): Others-Spiritualism (Thailand)
- Shri Keshav Rao Musalgaonkar: Literature and Education (Madhya Pradesh)
- Dr Thant Myint – U (Foreigner): Public Affairs (Myanmar)
- Ms. V Nanammal: Others-Yoga (Tamil Nadu)
- Ms. Sulagitti Narasamma: Social Work (Karnataka)
- Ms. Vijayalakshmi Navaneethakrishnan: Art-Folk Music (Tamil Nadu)
- Shri I Nyoman Nuarta (Foreigner): Art- Sculpture (Indonesia)
- Shri Malai Haji Abdullah Bin Malai Haji Othman (Foreigner): Social Work (Brunei Darussalam)
- Shri Gobaradhan Panika: Art-Weaving (Odisha)
- Shri Bhabani Charan Pattanaik: Public Affairs (Odisha)
- Shri Murlikant Petkar: Sports-Swimming (Maharashtra )
- Shri Habibullo Rajabov (Foreigner): Literature and Education (Tajikistan)
- Shri M R Rajagopal: Medicine-Palliative Care (Kerala)
- Shri Sampat Ramteke (Posthumous): Social Work (Maharashtra)
- Shri Chandra Sekhar Rath: Literature and Education (Odisha)
- Shri S S Rathore: Civil Service (Gujarat)
- Shri Amitava Roy: Science and Engineering (West Bengal)
- Shri Sanduk Ruit (Foreigner): Medicine Ophthalmology (Nepal)
- Shri R Sathyanarayan:a Art-Music ( Karnataka)
- Shri Pankaj M Shah: Medicine-Oncology (Gujarat)
- Shri Bhajju Shyam:Art-Painting (Madhya Pradesh)
- Shri Maharao Raghuveer Singh: Literature and Education (Rajasthan)
- Shri Kidambi Srikanth: Sports-Badminton (Andhra Pradesh)
- Shri Ibrahim Sutar: Art-Music (Karnataka)
- Shri Siddeshwara Swamiji: Others-Spiritualism (Karnataka)
- Ms. Lentina Ao Thakkar: Social Work (Nagaland)
- Shri Vikram Chandra Thakur: Science and Engineering (Uttarakhand)
- Shri Rudrapatnam Narayanaswamy Tharanathan (Duo): Art-Music (Karnataka)
- Shri Rudrapatnam Narayanaswamy Thyagarajan (Duo): Art-Music (Karnataka)
- Shri Nguyen Tien Thien (Foreigner): Others-Spiritualism (Vietnam)
- Shri Bhagirath Prasad Tripathi: Literature and Education (Uttar Pradesh)
- Shri Rajagopalan Vasudevan: Science and Engineering (Tamil Nadu)
- Shri Manas Bihari Verma: Science and Engineering (Bihar)
- Shri Panatawane Gangadhar Vithobaji: Literature and Education (Maharashtra)
- Shri Romulus Whitaker: Others-Wildlife Conservation (Tamil Nadu)
- Shri Baba Yogendra: Art (Madhya Pradesh)
- Shri A Zakia: Literature and Education (Mizoram)
