Padma Awards, the highest civilian award of India which id categorised in three, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri was conferred by President Pranab Mukherjee today at the Rashtrapati Bhawan in Delhi. Earlier in the month of January, a list of 89 people was approved by the President for some exceptional work in various fields. The list of 89 recepiants included the names of 7 Padma Vibhushan, 7 Padma Bhushan and 75 Padma Shri Awardees. The list named 19 women and 70 men, including 5 persons from the category of foreigners, NRIs, PIOs and 6 Posthumous awardees. The Padma Awards are given for work in the field of art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. While ‘Padma Vibhushan’ is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service; ‘Padma Bhushan’ is given for distinguished service of high order and ‘Padma Shri’ for distinguished service in any field.
Today Dr Subroto Das, Jitendra Nath Goswami, Gymnast Dipa Karmakar, Wrestler Sakshi Malik, Chef Sanjeev Kapoor, Discus Thrower Vikas Gowda and Paralympian Mariyappan Thangavelu were among the ones who were awarded Padma Shri from President Pranab Mukherjee. Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt received Padma Bhushan and Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev received Padma Vibhushan from President Pranab Mukherjee in Delhi.
Padma Vibhushan
Sl. No | Name | Field | State |
| 1. | Shri K J Yesudas | Art-Music | Kerala |
| 2. | Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev | Others-Spiritualism | Tamil Nadu |
| 3. | Shri Sharad Pawar | Public Affairs | Maharashtra |
| 4. | Shri Murli Manohar Joshi | Public Affairs | Uttar Pradesh |
| 5. | Prof. Udipi Ramachandra Rao | Science & Engineering | Karnataka |
| 6. | Late Shri Sunder Lal Patwa (Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Madhya Pradesh |
| 7. | Late Shri PA Sangma (Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Meghalaya |
Padma Bhushan
Sl. No. | Name | Field | State |
8. | Shri Vishwa Mohan Bhatt | Art-Music | Rajasthan |
9. | Prof. (Dr.) Devi Prasad Dwivedi | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh |
10. | Shri Tehemton Udwadia | Medicine | Maharashtra |
11. | Shri Ratna Sundar Maharaj | Others-Spiritualism | Gujarat |
12. | Swami Niranjana Nanda Saraswati | Others-Yoga | Bihar |
13. | H.R.H. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn (Foreigner) | Literature & Education | Thailand |
14. | Late Shri Cho Ramaswamy (Posthumous) | Literature & Education –Journalism | Tamil Nadu |
Padma Shri
Sl. No | Name | Field | State |
| 15. | Smt. Basanti Bisht | Art-Music | Uttarakhand |
| 16. | Shri Chemanchery Kunhiraman Nair | Art-Dance | Kerala |
| 17. | Smt. Aruna Mohanty | Art-Dance | Odisha |
| 18. | Smt. Bharathi Vishnuvardhan | Art-Cinema | Karnataka |
| 19. | Shri Sadhu Meher | Art-Cinema | Odisha |
| 20. | Shri T K Murthy | Art-Music | Tamil Nadu |
| 21. | Shri Laishram Birendrakumar Singh | Art-Music | Manipur |
| 22. | Shri Krishna Ram Chaudhary | Art-Music | Uttar Pradesh |
| 23. | Smt. Baoa Devi | Art-Painting | Bihar |
| 24. | Shri Tilak Gitai | Art-Painting | Rajasthan |
| 25. | Dr. Prof. Aekka Yadagiri Rao | Art-Sculpture | Telangana |
| 26. | Shri Jitendra Haripal | Art-Music | Odisha |
| 27. | Shri Kailash Kher | Art-Music | Maharashtra |
| 28. | Smt. Parassala B Ponnammal | Art-Music | Kerala |
| 29. | Smt. Sukri Bommagowda | Art-Music | Karnataka |
| 30. | Shri Mukund Nayak | Art-Music | Jharkhand |
| 31. | Shri Purushottam Upadhyay | Art-Music | Gujarat |
| 32. | Smt. Anuradha Paudwal | Art-Music | Maharashtra |
| 33. | Shri Wareppa Naba Nil | Art-Theatre | Manipur |
| 34. | Shri Tripuraneni Hanuman Chowdary | Civil Service | Telangana |
| 35. | Shri T.K. Viswanathan | Civil Service | Haryana |
| 36. | Shri Kanwal Sibal | Civil Service | Delhi |
| 37. | Shri Birkha Bahadur Limboo Muringla | Literature & Education | Sikkim |
| 38. | Smt. Eli Ahmed | Literature & Education | Assam |
| 39. | Dr. Narendra Kohli | Literature & Education | Delhi |
| 40. | Prof. G. Venkatasubbiah | Literature & Education | Karnataka |
| 41. | Shri Akkitham Achyuthan Namboothiri | Literature & Education | Kerala |
| 42. | Shri Kashi Nath Pandita | Literature & Education | Jammu & Kashmir |
| 43. | Shri Chamu Krishna Shastry | Literature & Education | Delhi |
| 44. | Shri Harihar Kripalu Tripathi | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| 45. | Shri Michel Danino | Literature & Education | Tamil Nadu |
| 46. | Shri Punam Suri | Literature & Education | Delhi |
| 47. | Shri VG Patel | Literature & Education | Gujarat |
| 48. | Smt. V Koteswaramma | Literature & Education | Andhra Pradesh |
| 49. | Shri Balbir Dutt | Literature & Education-Journalism | Jharkhand |
| 50. | Smt. Bhawana Somaaya | Literature & Education-Journalism | Maharashtra |
| 51. | Shri Vishnu Pandya | Literature & Education-Journalism | Gujarat |
| 52. | Dr. Subroto Das | Medicine | Gujarat |
| 53. | Dr. (Smt.) Bhakti Yadav | Medicine | Madhya Pradesh |
| 54. | Dr. Mohammed Abdul Waheed | Medicine | Telangana |
| 55. | Dr. Madan Madhav Godbole | Medicine | Uttar Pradesh |
| 56. | Dr. Devendra Dayabhai Patel | Medicine | Gujarat |
| 57. | Prof. Harkishan Singh | Medicine | Chandigarh |
| 58. | Dr. Mukut Minz | Medicine | Chandigarh |
| 59. | Shri Arun Kumar Sharma | Others-Archaeology | Chhattisgarh |
| 60. | Shri Sanjeev Kapoor | Others-Culinary | Maharashtra |
| 61. | Smt. Meenakshi Amma | Others-Martial Art | Kerala |
| 62. | Shri Genabhai Dargabhai Patel | Others-Agriculture | Gujarat |
| 63. | Shri Chandrakant Pithawa | Science & Engineering | Telangana |
| 64. | Prof. Ajoy Kumar Ray | Science & Engineering | West Bengal |
| 65. | Shri Chintakindi Mallesham | Science & Engineering | Andhra Pradesh |
| 66. | Shri Jitendra Nath Goswami | Science & Engineering | Assam |
| 67. | Shri Daripalli Ramaiah | Social Work | Telangana |
| 68. | Shri Girish Bhardwaj | Social Work | Karnataka |
| 69. | Shri Karimul Hak | Social Work | West Bengal |
| 70. | Shri Bipin Ganatra | Social Work | West Bengal |
| 71. | Smt. Nivedita Raghunath Bhide | Social work | Tamil Nadu |
| 72. | Shri Appasaheb Dharmadhikari | Social Work | Maharashtra |
| 73. | Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal | Social Work | Punjab |
| 74. | Shri Virat Kohli | Sports-Cricket | Delhi |
| 75. | Shri Shekar Naik | Sports-Cricket | Karnataka |
| 76. | Shri Vikasa Gowda | Sports-Discus Throw | Karnataka |
| 77. | Smt. Deepa Malik | Sports-Athletics | Haryana |
| 78. | Shri Mariyappan Thangavelu | Sports-Athletics | Tamil Nadu |
| 79. | Smt. Dipa Karmakar | Sports-Gymnastics | Tripura |
| 80. | Shri P R Shreejesh | Sports-Hockey | Kerala |
| 81. | Smt. Sakshi Malik | Sports-Wrestling | Haryana |
| 82. | Shri Mohan Reddy Venkatrama Bodanapu | Trade & Industry | Telangana |
| 83. | Shri Imrat Khan (NRI/PIO) | Art-Music | USA |
| 84. | Shri Anant Agarwal (NRI/PIO) | Literature & Education | USA |
| 85. | Shri H.R. Shah (NRI/PIO) | Literature & Education-Journalism | USA |
| 86. | Late (Smt.) Suniti Solomon (Posthumous) | Medicine | Tamil Nadu |
| 87. | Shri Asoke Kumar Bhattacharyya (Posthumous) | Others-Archaeology | West Bengal |
| 88. | Dr. Mapuskar (Posthumous) | Social Work | Maharashtra |
| 89. | Smt. Anuradha Koirala (Foreigner) | Social Work |