Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Padma Awards for the Year 2012 announced on the Eve of India’s 63rd Republic Day


The Padma awards for the year 2012 were announced on the eve of India’s 63rd Republic Day. The President approved 109 awards including one duo case (counted as one) and 14 in the category of Foreigners/ NRIs/ PIOs/ Posthumous. The Padma Awards 2012 comprise 5 Padma Vibhushan, 27 Padma Bhushan and 77 Padma Shri Awards. There are 19 ladies among the awardees.
The late cartoonist Mario Miranda and the late musician Bhupen Hazarika were amongst the five people awarded the Padma Vibhushan. Dharmendra and Shabana Azmi were confirmed for Padma Bhushan along with 25 more awardees.
India’s highest civilian awards, Padma Awards are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The Awards are given in all disciplines/ fields of activities, 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. The awards are conferred by the President of India at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhawan around March/ April.
The list of winners for Padma Awards 2012 in the three different categories is as follows:
Awardees of Padma Vibhushan
Name
Discipline
State/ Domicile
Shri K G Subramanyan
Art-Painting & Sculpture
West Bengal
Late Shri Mario De Miranda
Art-Cartoonist
Goa
Late (Dr.)Bhupen Hazarika
Art- Vocal Music
Assam
Dr. Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti
Medicine Orthopedic
Maharashtra
Shri T V Rajeswar
Civil Service
Delhi
Awardees of Padma Bhushan 
Name
Discipline
State/ Domicile
Smt. Shabana Azmi
Art - Cinema
Maharashtra
Shri Khaled Choudhury
Art - Theatre
West Bengal
Shri Jatin Das
Art - Painting
Delhi
Pandit Buddhadev Das Gupta
Art - Instrumental Music - Sarod
West Bengal
Shri Dharmendra Singh Deol alias Dharmendra
Art - Cinema
Maharashtra
Dr. Trippunithwra Viswanathan Gopalkrishnan
Art - Classical vocal and instrumental music
Tamil Nadu
Ms. Mira Nair
Art - Cinema
Delhi
Shri M.S. Gopalakrishnan
Art - Instrumental Music-Violin
Tamil Nadu
Shri Anish Kapoor
Art - Sculpture
UK
Shri Satya Narayan Goenka
Social Work
Maharashtra
Dr. (Judge) Patibandla Chandrasekhar Rao
Public Affairs
Germany
Shri George Yong-Boon Yeo
Public Affairs
Singapore
Prof. Shashikumar Chitre
Science and Engineering
Maharashtra
Dr. M S Raghunathan
Science and Engineering
Maharashtra
Shri Subbiah Murugappa Vellayan
Trade and Industry
Tamil Nadu
Shri Balasubramanian Muthuraman
Trade and Industry
Maharashtra
Dr. Suresh H. Advani
Medicine - Oncology
Maharashtra
Dr. Noshir H Wadia
Medicine-Neurology
Maharashtra
Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty
Medicine-Cardiology
Karnataka
Prof. (Dr.) Shantaram Balwant Mujumdar
Literature and Education
Maharashtra
Prof. Vidya Dehejia
Literature and Education
USA
Prof. Arvind Panagariya
Literature and Education
USA
Dr. Jose Pereira
Literature and Education
USA
Dr. Homi K. Bhabha
Literature and Education
UK 
Shri N Vittal
Civil Service
Kerala
Shri Mata Prasad
Civil Service
Uttar Pradesh
Shri Ronen Sen
Civil Service
West Bengal
Awardees of Padma Shri

Name
Discipline
State/ Domicile
Shri Vanraj Bhatia
Art - Music
Maharashtra
Shri Zia Fariduddin Dagar
Art - Music - vocal
Maharashtra
Smt. Nameirakpam Ibemni Devi
Art - Music- Khongjom Parba
Manipur
Shri Ramachandra Subraya Hegde Chittani
Art - Yakshagana dance drama
Karnataka
Shri Moti Lal Kemmu
Art - Playwright
Jammu and Kashmir
Shri Shahid Parvez Khan
Art - Instrumental Music-Sitar
Maharashtra
Shri Mohan Lal Kumhar
Art - Terracotta
Rajasthan
Shri Sakar Khan Manganiar
Art - Rajasthani Folk Music
Rajasthan
Smt. Joy Michael
Art - Theatre
Delhi
Dr. Minati Mishra
Art - Indian Classical Dance- Odissi.
Orissa
Shri Natesan Muthuswamy
Art - Theatre.
Tamil Nadu
Smt. R. Nagarathnamma
Art - Theatre
Karnataka
Shri Kalamandalm Sivan Nambootiri
Art - Indian Classical Dance- Kutiyattam
Kerala
Smt. Yamunabai Waikar
Art - Indian Folk Music-Lavani.
Maharashtra
Shri Satish Alekar
Art - Playwright
Maharashtra
Pandit Gopal Prasad Dubey
Art - Chhau dance and choreography
Jharkhand
Shri Ramakant Gundecha #
Shri Umakant Gundecha #
Art - Indian Classical Music- Vocal
Art - Indian Classical Music- Vocal
Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Shri Anup Jalota
Art-Indian Classical Music- Vocal
Maharashtra
Shri Soman Nair Priyadarsan
Art - Cinema- Direction
Kerala
Shri Sunil Janah
Art-Photography
Assam
Ms. Laila Tyebji
Art-Handicrafts
Delhi
Shri Vijay Sharma
Art-Painting
Himachal Pradesh
Smt. Shamshad Begum
Social Work
Chattisgarh
Smt. Reeta Devi
Social Work
Delhi
Dr. P.K. Gopal
Social Work
Tamil Nadu
Smt. Phoolbasan Bai Yadav
Social Work
Chattisgarh
Dr. G. Muniratnam
Social Work
Andhra Pradesh
Shri Niranjan Pranshankar Pandya
Social Work
Maharashtra
Dr. Uma Tuli
Social Work
Delhi
Shri Sat Paul Varma
Social Work
Jammu and Kashmir
Smt. Binny Yanga
Social Work
Arunachal Pradesh 
Shri Yezdi Hirji Malegam
Public Affairs
Maharashtra 
Shri Pravin H. Parekh
Pubic Affairs 
Delhi 
Dr. V. Adimurthy
Science and Engineering
Kerala 
Dr. Krishna Lal Chadha
Science and Engineering - Agriculture
Delhi 
Prof. Virander Singh Chauhan
Science and Engineering
Delhi 
Prof. Rameshwar Nath Koul Bamezai
Science and Engineering  
Jammu and Kashmir 
Dr. Vijaypal Singh
Science and Engineering - Agricultural Research
Uttar Pradesh 
Dr. Lokesh Kumar Singhal
Science and Engineering
Punjab 
Dr. Yagnaswami Sundara Rajan
Science and Engineering
Karnataka 
Prof. Jagadish Shukla
Science and Engineering
USA
Ms. Priya Paul
Trade and Industry
Delhi 
Shri Shoji Shiba
Trade and Industry
Japan 
Shri Gopinath Pillai
Trade and Industry
Singapore 
Shri Arun Hastimal Firodia
Trade and Industry
Maharashtra 
Dr. Swati A. Piramal
Trade and Industry
Maharashtra 
Prof. Mahdi Hasan 
Medicine-Anatomy
Uttar Pradesh 
Dr. Viswanathan Mohan
Medicine - Diabetology
Tamil Nadu 
Dr. J. Hareendran Nair
Medicine - Ayurveda
Kerala 
Dr. Vallalarpuram Sennimalai Natarajan
Medicine - Geriatrics
Tamil Nadu 
Dr. Jitendra Kumar Singh
Medicine - Oncology
Bihar 
Dr. Shrinivas S. Vaishya
Medicine-Healthcare
Daman and Diu
Dr. Nitya Anand
Medicine - Drugs Research
Uttar Pradesh
Late Dr. Jugal Kishore
Medicine - Homoeopathy
Delhi 
Dr. Mukesh Batra
Medicine-Homeopathy
Maharashtra
Dr. Eberhard Fischer
Literature and Education
Switzerland
Shri Kedar Gurung
Literature and Education
Sikkim
Shri Surjit Singh Patar
Literature and Education - Poetry
Punjab
Shri Vijay Dutt Shridhar
Literature and Education - Journalism
Madhya Pradesh
Shri Irwin Allan Sealy
Literature and Education
Uttarakhand
Ms. Geeta Dharmarajan
Literature and Education
Delhi 
Prof. Sachchidanand Sahai
Literature and Education
Haryana 
Smt. Pepita Seth
Literature and Education
Kerala 
Dr. Ralte L. Thanmawia
Literature and Education
Mizoram 
Shri Ajeet Bajaj
Sports - Skiing
Delhi 
Smt. Jhulan Goswami
Sports - Women's Cricket
West Bengal 
Shri Zafar Iqbal
Sports-Hockey
Uttar Pradesh 
Shri Devendra Jhajrija
Sports - Athletics- Paralympics
Rajasthan 
Shri Limba Ram
Sports - Archery
Rajasthan 
Shri Syed Mohammed Arif
Sports - Badminton
Andhra Pradesh 
Prof. Ravi Chaturvedi
Sports- Commentary
Delhi 
Shri Prabhakar Vaidya
Sports-Physical Education
Maharashtra 
Shri T. Venkatapathi Reddiar
Others-Horticulture
Puducherry 
Dr. K. (Kota) Ullas Karanth
Others-Wildlife Conservation and Environment Protection 
Karnataka 
Shri K Paddayya
Others-Archaeology
Maharashtra 
Shri Swapan Guha
Others-Ceramics
Rajasthan 
Dr. Kartikeya V. Sarabhai
Others - Environmental Education
Gujarat 
Sports Field to be included in Bharat Ratna
Master balster Sachin Tendulkar’s name was not recommended for 2012 Bharat Ratna. the BCCI did not send across any names, including that of Sachin's. The Sports Ministry recommended the names of hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand and mountaineer Tenzing Norgay for the India's highest civilian honour.
The Bharat Ratna earlier did not include sportsmen and it was only in 2012 that this category was introduced. The various fields for which the Bharat Ratna was bestowed was restricted to literature, art and science.
The last recipient of the coveted title was noted vocalist Pandit Bhimsen Joshi in 2008.

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