New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday approved the conferment of Padma awards to music composer Illaiyaraja, Indian classical musician Ghulam Mustafa Khan, billiards player Pankaj Advani, cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni and folk singer from Bihar Sharda Sinha.
Three people will be given the Padma Vibhushan, nine Padma Bhushan and 73 Padma Shri awards.
Following is the full list:
Padma Vibhushan
Illaiyaraja, Art-Music, Tamil Nadu
Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Art-Music, Maharashtra
Parameswaran, Literature, Kerala
Padma Bhushan
Pankaj Advani, Billiards, Karnataka
Philipose Mar Chrysostom, Spiritualism, Kerala
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Cricket, Jharkhand
Alexander Kadakin, Public Affairs, Russia
Ramachandran Nagaswamy, Archaeology, Tamil Nadu
Ved Prakash Nanda, Literature, USA
Laxman Pai, Art, Goa
Arvind Parikh, Art, Maharashtra
Sharda Sinha, Art, Bihar
Padma Shri
Abhay Bang and Rani Bang (Duo) Medicine Maharashtra
Damodar Ganesh Bapat Social Work Chhattisgarh
Prafulla Govinda Baruah Journalism Assam
Mohan Swaroop Bhatia Art UP
Sudhanshu Biswas Social Work West Bengal
Saikhom Mirabai Chanu Weightlifting Manipur
Pandit Shyamlal Chaturvedi Literature Chhattisgarh
Jose Ma Joey Concepcion III Industry Philippines
Langpoklakpam S Devi Art Manipur
Somdev Devvarman Tennis Tripura
Yeshi Dhoden Medicine Himachal Pradesh
Arup Kumar Dutta Literature Assam
Doddarange Gowda Art Karnataka
Arvind Gupta Literature Maharashtra
Digamber Hansda Literature Jharkhand
Ramli Bin Ibrahim Art Malaysia
Anwar Jalalpuri Literature UP
Piyong Temjen Jamir Literature Nagaland
Sitavva Joddati Social Work Karnataka
Malti Joshi Literature Madhya Pradesh
Manoj Joshi Art Maharashtra
Rameshwarlal Kabra Trade Maharashtra
Pran Kishore Kaul Art Jammu and Kashmir
Bounlap Keokangna Architecture Laos
Vijay Kichlu Art West Bengal
Tommy Koh Public Affairs Singapore
Lakshmikutty Medicine-Traditional Kerala
Joyshree Goswami Mahanta Literature Assam
Narayan Das Maharaj Spiritualism Rajasthan
Pravakara Maharana Art Odisha
Hun Many Public Affairs Cambodia
Nouf Marwaai Yoga Saudi Arabia
Zaverilal Mehta Journalism Gujarat
Krishna Bihari Mishra Literature West Bengal
Sisir Purushottam Mishra Art Maharashtra
Subhasini Mistry Social Work West Bengal
Tomio Mizokami Literature Japan
Somdet Phra Maha Muniwong Spiritualism Thailand
Keshav Rao Musalgaonkar Literature Madhya Pradesh
Thant Myint Public Affairs Myanmar
V Nanammal Yoga Tamil Nadu
Sulagitti Narasamma Social Work Karnataka
Vijayalakshmi Navaneethakrishnan Art Tamil Nadu
I Nyoman Nuarta Art Indonesia
Malai Haji Abdullah Bin Malai Social Work Brunei
Gobaradhan Panika Art Odisha
Bhabani Charan Pattanaik Public Affairs Odisha
Murlikant Petkar Sports Maharashtra
Habibullo Rajabov Education Tajikistan
M R Rajagopal Medicine Kerala
Sampat Ramteke Social Work Maharashtra
Chandra Sekhar Rath Literature Odisha
S S Rathore Civil Service Gujarat
Amitava Roy Science West Bengal
Sanduk Ruit Medicine Nepal
R Sathyanarayana Art Karnataka
Pankaj M Shah Medicine Gujarat
Bhajju Shyam Art Madhya Pradesh
Maharao Raghuveer Singh Literature Rajasthan
Kidambi Srikanth Badminton Andhra Pradesh
Ibrahim Sutar Art Karnataka
Siddeshwara Swamiji Spiritualism Karnataka
Lentina Ao Thakkar Social Work Nagaland
Vikram Chandra Thakur Science Uttarakhand
Rudrapatnam Narayanaswamy and Rudrapatnam Narayanaswamy Thyagarajan (Duo) Art Karnataka
Nguyen Tien Thien Spiritualism Vietnam
Bhagirath Prasad Tripathi Literature UP
Rajagopalan Vasudevan Science Tamil Nadu
Manas Bihari Verma Science Bihar
Panatawane Gangadhar Vithobaji Literature Maharashtra
Romulus Whitaker Wildlife Conservation Tamil Nadu
Baba Yogendra Art Madhya Pradesh
A Zakia Literature Mizoram
(With PTI inputs)
Source: Zee News