Padma Awards - one of the highest civilian Awards of the
country, 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’ for distinguished service of high order and ‘Padma Shri’ for
distinguished service in any field. The awards are announced on the occasion of
Republic Day every year
List of Padma awardees 2017
Here is the list of 2017 Padma award winners. The list comprises of 7
Padma Vibhushan, 7 Padma Bhushan and 75 Padma Shri Awardees. 19 of the
awardees are women and the list also includes 5 persons from the
category of foreigners, NRIs, PIOs and 6 Posthumous awardees.
Padma Vibhushan
| Awardee | Field of Prominence |
| Sharad Pawar | Public Affairs |
| Murli Manohar Joshi | Public Affairs |
| P.A. Sangma (posthumous) | Public Affairs |
| Sunder Lal Patwah (posthumous) | Public Affairs |
| K.J.Yesudas | Art - Music |
| Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev | Others - Spiritualism |
| Udipi Ramachandra Rao | Science & Engineering |
Padma Bhushan
| Awardee | Field of Prominence |
| Vishwa Mohan Bhatt | Art - Music |
| Devi Prasad Dwivedi | Literature & Education |
| Tehemton Udwadia | Medicine |
| Ratna Sundar Maharaj | Others-Spiritualism |
| Swami Niranjana Nanda Saraswati | Others-Yoga |
| H.R.H. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn (Foreigner) | Literature & Education |
| Cho Ramaswamy (Posthumous) | Literature & Education –Journalism |
Padma Shri
| Awardee | Field of Prominence |
| Basanti Bisht | Art-Music |
| Chemanchery Kunhiraman Nair | Art-Dance |
| Aruna Mohanty | Art-Dance |
| Bharathi Vishnuvardhan | Art-Cinema |
| Sadhu Meher | Art-Cinema |
| T K Murthy | Art-Music |
| Laishram Birendrakumar Singh | Art-Music |
| Krishna Ram Chaudhary | Art-Music |
| Baoa Devi | Art-Painting |
| Tilak Gitai | Art-Painting |
| Aekka Yadagiri Rao | Art-Sculpture |
| Jitendra Haripal | Art-Music |
| Kailash Kher | Art-Music |
| Parassala B Ponnammal | Art-Music |
| Sukri Bommagowda | Art-Music |
| Mukund Nayak | Art-Music |
| Purushottam Upadhyay | Art-Music |
| Anuradha Paudwal | Art-Music |
| Wareppa Naba Nil | Art-Theatre |
| Tripuraneni Hanuman Chowdary | Civil Service |
| T.K. Viswanathan | Civil Service |
| Kanwal Sibal | Civil Service |
| Birkha Bahadur Limboo Muringla | Literature & Education |
| Eli Ahmed | Literature & Education |
| Narendra Kohli | Literature & Education |
| G. Venkatasubbiah | Literature & Education |
| Akkitham Achyuthan Namboothiri | Literature & Education |
| Kashi Nath Pandita | Literature & Education |
| Chamu Krishna Shastry | Literature & Education |
| Harihar Kripalu Tripathi | Literature & Education |
| Michel Danino | Literature & Education |
| Punam Suri | Literature & Education |
| VG Patel | Literature & Education |
| V Koteswaramma | Literature & Education |
| Balbir Dutt | Literature & Education-Journalism |
| Bhawana Somaaya | Literature & Education-Journalism |
| Vishnu Pandya | Literature & Education-Journalism |
| Subroto Das | Medicine |
| Bhakti Yadav | Medicine |
| Mohammed Abdul Waheed | Medicine |
| Madan Madhav Godbole | Medicine |
| Devendra Dayabhai Patel | Medicine |
| Harkishan Singh | Medicine |
| Mukut Minz | Medicine |
| Arun Kumar Sharma | Others-Archaeology |
| Sanjeev Kapoor | Others-Culinary |
| Meenakshi Amma | Others-Martial Art |
| Genabhai Dargabhai Patel | Others-Agriculture |
| Chandrakant Pithawa | Science & Engineering |
| Ajoy Kumar Ray | Science & Engineering |
| Chintakindi Mallesham | Science & Engineering |
| Jitendra Nath Goswami | Science & Engineering |
| Daripalli Ramaiah | Social Work |
| Girish Bhardwaj | Social Work |
| Karimul Hak | Social Work |
| Bipin Ganatra | Social Work |
| Nivedita Raghunath Bhide | Social work |
| Appasaheb Dharmadhikari | Social Work |
| Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal | Social Work |
| Virat Kohli | Sports-Cricket |
| Shekar Naik | Sports-Cricket |
| Vikasa Gowda | Sports-Discus Throw |
| Deepa Malik | Sports-Athletics |
| Mariyappan Thangavelu | Sports-Athletics |
| Dipa Karmakar | Sports-Gymnastics |
| P. R. Shreejesh | Sports-Hockey |
| Sakshi Malik | Sports-Wrestling |
| Mohan Reddy Venkatrama Bodanapu | Trade & Industry |
| Imrat Khan (NRI/PIO) | Art-Music |
| Anant Agarwal (NRI/PIO) | Literature & Education |
| H.R. Shah (NRI/PIO) | Literature & Education-Journalism |
| Suniti Solomon (Posthumous) | Medicine |
| Asoke Kumar Bhattacharyya (Posthumous) | Others-Archaeology |
| Dr. Mapuskar (Posthumous) | Social Work |
| Anuradha Koirala (Foreigner) | Social Work |
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