
President Pranab Mukherjee presented the Padma Shri awards at Rashtrapati Bhawan on Thursday.
Rio Olympic Bronze medal winner Sakshi Malik and gymnast Dipa Karmakar received the award from the President. Also, discus thrower Vikas Gowda and Paralympian Mariyappan Thangavelu were conferred with this award.
The others who were honoured with this prestigious award were Chef Sanjeev Kapoor, space scientist Jitendra Nath Goswami, musician Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt and Vadodara-based doctor Subroto Das.
The fourth highest civilian award in the Republic of India, Padma Shri after Bharat Ratna, Padma vibhushan and Padma Bhushan is given for the work in the field of art, science, literature, education, sports, trade, medicine, industry, civil service, social works and public affairs.
The 23-year-old Tripura girl, Dipa Karmakar created a milestone in the history of Indian sports after she became the first Indian gymnast to enter the final on her debut at the quadrennial multi-discipline games after finishing eighth in the qualifying round. She is the first Indian woman gymnast who qualified for the Olympics. She ranked fourth in the women’s vault finals in Rio Olympics.
Sakshi Malik became the first Indian woman wrestler to win an Olympic medal and became the fourth Indian woman athlete to grab a medal after Karnam Malleshwari, Mary Kom and Saina Nehwal. She won the Bronze medal in the 58 kg category at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Paralympian Mariyappan Thangavelu also won a gold medal at the Rio Paralympics.
The President earlier in this month approved a list of 89 people for some exceptional work in different fields.
The complete list of Padma Shri awardees
Sl. No | Name | Field | State | |||
1. | Smt. Basanti Bisht | Art-Music | Uttarakhand | |||
2. | Shri Chemanchery Kunhiraman Nair | Art-Dance | Kerala | |||
3. | Smt. Aruna Mohanty | Art-Dance | Odisha | |||
4. | Smt. Bharathi Vishnuvardhan | Art-Cinema | Karnataka | |||
5. | Shri Sadhu Meher | Art-Cinema | Odisha | |||
6. | Shri T K Murthy | Art-Music | Tamil Nadu | |||
7. | Shri Laishram Birendrakumar Singh | Art-Music | Manipur | |||
8. | Shri Krishna Ram Chaudhary | Art-Music | Uttar Pradesh | |||
9. | Smt. Baoa Devi | Art-Painting | Bihar | |||
10. | Shri Tilak Gitai | Art-Painting | Rajasthan | |||
11. | Dr. Prof. Aekka Yadagiri Rao | Art-Sculpture | Telangana | |||
12. | Shri Jitendra Haripal | Art-Music | Odisha | |||
13. | Shri Kailash Kher | Art-Music | Maharashtra | |||
14. | Smt. Parassala B Ponnammal | Art-Music | Kerala | |||
15. | Smt. Sukri Bommagowda | Art-Music | Karnataka | |||
16. | Shri Mukund Nayak | Art-Music | Jharkhand | |||
17. | Shri Purushottam Upadhyay | Art-Music | Gujarat | |||
18. | Smt. Anuradha Paudwal | Art-Music | Maharashtra | |||
19. | Shri Wareppa Naba Nil | Art-Theatre | Manipur | |||
20. | Shri Tripuraneni Hanuman Chowdary | Civil Service | Telangana | |||
21. | Shri T.K. Viswanathan | Civil Service | Haryana | |||
22. | Shri Kanwal Sibal | Civil Service | Delhi | |||
23. | Shri Birkha Bahadur Limboo Muringla | Literature & Education | Sikkim | |||
24. | Smt. Eli Ahmed | Literature & Education | Assam | |||
25. | Dr. Narendra Kohli | Literature & Education | Delhi | |||
26. | Prof. G. Venkatasubbiah | Literature & Education | Karnataka | |||
27. | Shri Akkitham Achyuthan Namboothiri | Literature & Education | Kerala | |||
28. | Shri Kashi Nath Pandita | Literature & Education | Jammu & Kashmir | |||
29. | Shri Chamu Krishna Shastry | Literature & Education | Delhi | |||
30. | Shri Harihar Kripalu Tripathi | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh | |||
31. | Shri Michel Danino | Literature & Education | Tamil Nadu | |||
32. | Shri Punam Suri | Literature & Education | Delhi | |||
33. | Shri VG Patel | Literature & Education | Gujarat | |||
34. | Smt. V Koteswaramma | Literature & Education | Andhra Pradesh | |||
35. | Shri Balbir Dutt | Literature & Education-Journalism | Jharkhand | |||
36. | Smt. Bhawana Somaaya | Literature & Education-Journalism | Maharashtra | |||
37. | Shri Vishnu Pandya | Literature & Education-Journalism | Gujarat | |||
38. | Dr. Subroto Das | Medicine | Gujarat | |||
39. | Dr. (Smt.) Bhakti Yadav | Medicine | Madhya Pradesh | |||
40. | Dr. Mohammed Abdul Waheed | Medicine | Telangana | |||
41. | Dr. Madan Madhav Godbole | Medicine | Uttar Pradesh | |||
42. | Dr. Devendra Dayabhai Patel | Medicine | Gujarat | |||
43. | Prof. Harkishan Singh | Medicine | Chandigarh | |||
44. | Dr. Mukut Minz | Medicine | Chandigarh | |||
45. | Shri Arun Kumar Sharma | Others-Archaeology | Chhattisgarh | |||
46. | Shri Sanjeev Kapoor | Others-Culinary | Maharashtra | |||
47. | Smt. Meenakshi Amma | Others-Martial Art | Kerala | |||
48. | Shri Genabhai Dargabhai Patel | Others-Agriculture | Gujarat | |||
49. | Shri Chandrakant Pithawa | Science & Engineering | Telangana | |||
50. | Prof. Ajoy Kumar Ray | Science & Engineering | West Bengal | |||
51. | Shri Chintakindi Mallesham | Science & Engineering | Andhra Pradesh | |||
52. | Shri Jitendra Nath Goswami | Science & Engineering | Assam | |||
53. | Shri Daripalli Ramaiah | Social Work | Telangana | |||
54. | Shri Girish Bhardwaj | Social Work | Karnataka | |||
55. | Shri Karimul Hak | Social Work | West Bengal | |||
56. | Shri Bipin Ganatra | Social Work | West Bengal | |||
57. | Smt. Nivedita Raghunath Bhide | Social work | Tamil Nadu | |||
58. | Shri Appasaheb Dharmadhikari | Social Work | Maharashtra | |||
59. | Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal | Social Work | Punjab | |||
60. | Shri Virat Kohli | Sports-Cricket | Delhi | |||
61. | Shri Shekar Naik | Sports-Cricket | Karnataka | |||
62. | Shri Vikasa Gowda | Sports-Discus Throw | Karnataka | |||
63. | Smt. Deepa Malik | Sports-Athletics | Haryana | |||
64. | Shri Mariyappan Thangavelu | Sports-Athletics | Tamil Nadu | |||
65. | Smt. Dipa Karmakar | Sports-Gymnastics | Tripura | |||
66. | Shri P R Shreejesh | Sports-Hockey | Kerala | |||
67. | Smt. Sakshi Malik | Sports-Wrestling | Haryana | |||
68. | Shri Mohan Reddy Venkatrama Bodanapu | Trade & Industry | Telangana | |||
69. | Shri Imrat Khan
(NRI/PIO) |
Art-Music | USA | |||
70. | Shri Anant Agarwal
(NRI/PIO) |
Literature & Education | USA | |||
71. | Shri H.R. Shah
(NRI/PIO) |
Literature & Education-Journalism | USA | |||
72. | Late (Smt.) Suniti Solomon
(Posthumous) |
Medicine | Tamil Nadu | |||
73. | Shri Asoke Kumar Bhattacharyya
(Posthumous) |
Others-Archaeology | West Bengal | |||
74. | Dr. Mapuskar
(Posthumous) |
Social Work | Maharashtra | |||
75. | Smt. Anuradha Koirala (Foreigner) | Social Work | Nepal |