Bhupen Hazarika, Mario Miranda, Dharmendra, Shabana Get Padma Awards
Bhupen Hazarika, Mario Miranda, Dharmendra, Shabana Get Padma Awards
New Delhi, Jan 25: On the eve of Republic Day, the government today announced the Padma awards to eminent personalities which include Late Bhupen Hazarika, late Mario Miranda, Dharmendra and Shabana Azmi. Former civil servant
India TV News DeskPublished : Jan 25, 2012 14:25 IST, Updated : Jan 25, 2012 16:53 IST
New Delhi, Jan 25: On the eve of Republic Day, the government today announced the Padma awards to eminent personalities which include Late Bhupen Hazarika, late Mario Miranda, Dharmendra and Shabana Azmi.
Former civil servant and governor T V Rajeswar have been chosen for Padma Vibushan, the second highest civilian honour.
Late cartoonist Mario de Miranda, 88-year-old eminent painter, K G Subramanyan and Kantilal H Sancheti, well known orthopaedic in whose hospital in Pune Anna Hazare had undergone treatment recently, were also named for the Padma Vibushan.
As many as 109 awards, including five Padma Vibushan, Padma Bushan and Padma Shri, from various disciplines and fields of activity were announced on the eve of Republic Day. 14 people in the category of Foreigners, NRIs, PIOs and posthumous figure in the award list today.
There are 19 women among the awardees and about one-third of the awards has gone to those in various disciplines of art category.
Nobody was named for the highest honour of Bharat Ratna this year too. Late Bhimsen Joshi was the last awardee in this category in 2008.
Film actors Dharmendra and Shabana Azmi, director Mira Nair, painter Jatin Das, London-based sculpture artist Anish Kapoor and Carnatic instrumentalist T V Gopalakrishnan and M S Gopalakrishnan get Padma Bushan awards.
Among those picked for Padma Bushan award are B Muthuraman (Managing Director of Tata Steel), Subbiah Vellayan (industrialist), eminent cardiologist Devi Prasad Shetty and cancer specialist Suresh H Advani.
N Vittal, who brought Central Vigilance Commission to limelight during his tenure as its Chief, and former Ambassador to the US Ronen Sen, who played a crucial role in the clinching of the Indo-US nuclear deal, were among 27 awarded Padma Bushan.
Noted musician Vanraj Bhatia, playwright Moti Lal Khemmu, famous Bhajan singer Anup Jalota, Malayalam film director Priyadarshan, industrialists Priya Paul and Swati Piramal, eminent diabetologist V Mohan, Marathi theatre playwright Satish Alekar, Vice Chancellor of Mata Vaishno Devi University Rameshwar Nath Koul Bamezai and agriculture scientist K L Chadha were among the 77 persons chosen for Padma Shri awards.
In the sports category, woman cricketer Jhulan Goswami, former hockey Olympian Zaffar Iqbal, archer Limba Ram and cricket commentator of yesteryear Ravi Chaturvedi were picked for Padma Shri awards.
The list:
Padma Vibhushan
SlNo.
Name
Discipline
State/ Domicile
1.
Shri K GSubramanyan
Art-Painting & Sculpture
West Bengal
2.
Late Shri Mario De Miranda
Art-Cartoonist
Goa*
3.
Late (Dr.)BhupenHazarika
Art- Vocal Music
Assam*
4.
Dr. KantilalHastimal Sancheti
Medicine - Orthopedics
Maharashtra
5.
Shri T VRajeswar
Civil Service
Delhi
Padma Bhushan
SlNo.
Name
Discipline
State/ Domicile
1.
Smt. Shabana Azmi
Art - Cinema
Maharashtra
2.
Shri Khaled Choudhury
Art - Theatre
West Bengal
3.
Shri Jatin Das
Art - Painting
Delhi
4.
Pandit Buddhadev Das Gupta
Art - Instrumental Music - Sarod
West Bengal
5.
Shri Dharmendra SinghDeol alias Dharmendra
Art - Cinema
Maharashtra
6.
Dr. TrippunithwraViswanathanGopalkrishnan
Art - Classical vocal and instrumental music
Tamil Nadu
7.
Ms. Mira Nair
Art - Cinema
Delhi
8.
Shri M.S.Gopalakrishnan
Art - Instrumental Music-Violin
Tamil Nadu
9.
Shri Anish Kapoor
Art - Sculpture
UK*
10.
Shri Satya NarayanGoenka
Social Work
Maharashtra
11.
Dr.(Judge) PatibandlaChandrasekhar Rao
Public Affairs
Germany*
12.
Shri George Yong-Boon Yeo
Public Affairs
Singapore*
13.
Prof. ShashikumarChitre
Science and Engineering
Maharashtra
14.
Dr. M S Raghunathan
Science and Engineering
Maharashtra
15.
Shri SubbiahMurugappa Vellayan
Trade and Industry
Tamil Nadu
16.
Shri BalasubramanianMuthuraman
Trade and Industry
Maharashtra
17.
Dr. Suresh H. Advani
Medicine - Oncology
Maharashtra
18.
Dr. Noshir H Wadia
Medicine-Neurology
Maharashtra
19.
Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty
Medicine-Cardiology
Karnataka
20.
Prof. (Dr.) ShantaramBalwant Mujumdar
Literature and Education
Maharashtra
21.
Prof. Vidya Dehejia
Literature and Education
USA*
22.
Prof. ArvindPanagariya
Literature and Education
USA*
23.
Dr. Jose Pereira
Literature and Education
USA*
24.
Dr. Homi K. Bhabha
Literature and Education
UK *
25.
Shri N Vittal
Civil Service
Kerala
26.
Shri Mata Prasad
Civil Service
Uttar Pradesh
27.
Shri Ronen Sen
Civil Service
West Bengal
Padma Shri
SlNo.
Name
Discipline
State/ Domicile
1.
Shri Vanraj Bhatia
Art - Music
Maharashtra
2.
Shri Zia FariduddinDagar
Art - Music - vocal
Maharashtra
3.
Smt. NameirakpamIbemni Devi
Art - Music-Khongjom Parba
Manipur
4.
Shri RamachandraSubraya Hegde Chittani
Art - Yakshaganadance drama
Karnataka
5.
Shri Moti Lal Kemmu
Art - Playwright
Jammu and Kashmir
6.
Shri Shahid ParvezKhan
Art - Instrumental Music-Sitar
Maharashtra
7.
Shri Mohan LalKumhar
Art - Terracotta
Rajasthan
8.
Shri Sakar KhanManganiar
Art - Rajasthani Folk Music
Rajasthan
9.
Smt. Joy Michael
Art - Theatre
Delhi
10.
Dr. Minati Mishra
Art - Indian Classical Dance-Odissi.
Orissa
11.
Shri NatesanMuthuswamy
Art - Theatre.
Tamil Nadu
12.
Smt. R.Nagarathnamma
Art - Theatre
Karnataka
13.
Shri KalamandalmSivan Nambootiri
Art - Indian Classical Dance- Kutiyattam
Kerala
14.
Smt. YamunabaiWaikar
Art - Indian Folk Music-Lavani.
Maharashtra
15.
Shri Satish Alekar
Art - Playwright
Maharashtra
16.
Pandit Gopal PrasadDubey
Art - Chhau dance and choreography
Jharkhand
17. a
Shri RamakantGundecha #
Art - Indian Classical Music- Vocal
Madhya Pradesh
17. b
Shri UmakantGundecha #
Art - Indian Classical Music- Vocal
Madhya Pradesh
18.
Shri Anup Jalota
Art-Indian Classical Music- Vocal
Maharashtra
19.
Shri Soman NairPriyadarsan
Art - Cinema- Direction
Kerala
20.
Shri Sunil Janah
Art-Photography
Assam
21.
Ms. Laila Tyebji
Art-Handicrafts
Delhi
22.
Shri Vijay Sharma
Art-Painting
Himachal Pradesh
23.
Smt. ShamshadBegum
Social Work
Chattisgarh
24.
Smt. Reeta Devi
Social Work
Delhi
25.
Dr. P.K. Gopal
Social Work
Tamil Nadu
26.
Smt. Phoolbasan BaiYadav
Social Work
Chattisgarh
27.
Dr. G. Muniratnam
Social Work
Andhra Pradesh
28.
Shri NiranjanPranshankar Pandya
Social Work
Maharashtra
29.
Dr. Uma Tuli
Social Work
Delhi
30.
Shri Sat Paul Varma
Social Work
Jammu and Kashmir
31.
Smt.Binny Yanga
Social Work
Arunachal Pradesh
32.
Shri Yezdi HirjiMalegam
Public Affairs
Maharashtra
33.
Shri Pravin H. Parekh
Pubic Affairs
Delhi
34.
Dr. V. Adimurthy
Science and Engineering
Kerala
35.
Dr. Krishna LalChadha
Science and Engineering - Agriculture
Delhi
36.
Prof. Virander SinghChauhan
Science and Engineering
Delhi
37.
Prof. RameshwarNath Koul Bamezai
Science and Engineering
Jammu and Kashmir
38.
Dr. Vijaypal Singh
Science and Engineering - Agricultural Research
Uttar Pradesh
39.
Dr. Lokesh KumarSinghal
Science and Engineering
Punjab
40.
Dr. YagnaswamiSundara Rajan
Science and Engineering
Karnataka
41.
Prof. Jagadish Shukla
Science and Engineering
USA*
42.
Ms. Priya Paul
Trade and Industry
Delhi
43.
Shri Shoji Shiba
Trade and Industry
Japan*
44.
Shri Gopinath Pillai
Trade and Industry
Singapore*
45.
Shri Arun HastimalFirodia
Trade and Industry
Maharashtra
46.
Dr. Swati A. Piramal
Trade and Industry
Maharashtra
47.
Prof. Mahdi Hasan
Medicine-Anatomy
Uttar Pradesh
48.
Dr. ViswanathanMohan
Medicine - Diabetology
Tamil Nadu
49.
Dr. J. HareendranNair
Medicine - Ayurveda
Kerala
50.
Dr. VallalarpuramSennimalai Natarajan
Medicine - Geriatrics
Tamil Nadu
51.
Dr. Jitendra Kumar Singh
Medicine - Oncology
Bihar
52.
Dr. Shrinivas S.Vaishya
Medicine-Healthcare
Daman and Diu
53.
Dr. Nitya Anand
Medicine - Drugs Research
Uttar Pradesh
54.
Late Dr. JugalKishore
Medicine - Homoeopathy
Delhi *
55.
Dr. Mukesh Batra
Medicine-Homeopathy
Maharashtra
56.
Dr. Eberhard Fischer
Literature and Education
Switzerland*
57.
Shri Kedar Gurung
Literature and Education
Sikkim
58.
Shri Surjit Singh Patar
Literature and Education - Poetry
Punjab
59.
Shri Vijay DuttShridhar
Literature and Education - Journalism
Madhya Pradesh
60.
Shri Irwin Allan Sealy
Literature and Education
Uttarakhand
61.
Ms. GeetaDharmarajan
Literature and Education
Delhi
62.
Prof. SachchidanandSahai
Literature and Education
Haryana
63.
Smt. Pepita Seth
Literature and Education
Kerala
64.
Dr. Ralte L.Thanmawia
Literature and Education
Mizoram
65.
Shri Ajeet Bajaj
Sports - Skiing
Delhi
66.
Smt. Jhulan Goswami
Sports - Women's Cricket
West Bengal
67.
Shri Zafar Iqbal
Sports-Hockey
Uttar Pradesh
68.
Shri Devendra Jhajrija
Sports - Athletics- Paralympics
Rajasthan
69.
Shri Limba Ram
Sports - Archery
Rajasthan
70.
Shri Syed MohammedArif
Sports - Badminton
Andhra Pradesh
71.
Prof. Ravi Chaturvedi
Sports- Commentary
Delhi
72.
Shri PrabhakarVaidya
Sports-Physical Education
Maharashtra
73.
Shri T. VenkatapathiReddiar
Others-Horticulture
Puducherry
74.
Dr. K. (Kota) UllasKaranth
Others-Wildlife Conservation and Environment Protection