Padma awards: 2019

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Introduction

1. 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.

2. These awards are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March/ April every year. This year the President of India has approved conferment of 112 Padma Awards including one duo case (in a duo case, the Award is counted as one) as per list below. The list comprises 4 Padma Vibhushan, 14 Padma Bhushan and 94 Padma Shri Awards. 21 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 11 persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI, 3 Posthumous awardees and 1 transgender person.

The awardees of Padma awards- 2019

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PADMA VIBHUSHAN (4)

S.No	Name	Field	State
1.	Ms. Teejan Bai	Art-Vocals-Folk	Chhattisgarh
2.	Shri Ismail Omar Guelleh(Foreigner)	Public Affairs	Djibouti
3.	Shri Anilkumar Manibhai Naik	Trade & Industry- Infrastructure	Maharashtra
4.	Shri Balwant Moreshwar Purandare	Art-Acting-Theatre	Maharashtra

PADMA BHUSHAN- (14)

S.No	Name	Field	State
5.	Shri John Chambers(Foreigner)	Trade & Industry- Technology	USA
6.	Shri Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa	Public Affairs	Punjab
7.	Shri Pravin Gordhan(Foreigner)	Public Affairs	South Africa
8.	Shri Mahashay Dharam Pal Gulati	Trade & Industry- Food Processing	Delhi
9.	Shri Darshan Lal Jain	Social Work	Haryana
10.	Shri Ashok Laxmanrao Kukade	Medicine-Affordable Healthcare	Maharashtra
11.	Shri Kariya Munda	Public Affairs	Jharkhand
12.	Shri Budhaditya Mukherjee	Art-Music-Sitar	West Bengal
13.	Shri Mohanlal Viswanathan Nair	Art-Acting-Film	Kerala
14.	Shri S Nambi Narayan	Science & Engineering-Space	Kerala
15.	Shri Kuldip Nayar(Posthumous)	Literature & Education (Journalism)	Delhi
16.	Ms. Bachendri Pal	Sports- Mountaineering	Uttarakhand
17.	Shri V K Shunglu	Civil Service	Delhi
18.	Shri Hukumdev Narayan Yadav	Public Affairs	Bihar