One of the highest civilian awards of the country, Padma honors are conferred in three categories -
Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.
The awards are given in various disciplines and fields of activities like art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering.
- 'Padma Vibhushan' is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service.
- 'Padma Bhushan' for distinguished service of high order.
- 'Padma Shri' for distinguished service in any field.
The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year.
This year, the Padma Awards list features only 87 names, making it the shortest list in years. The list comprises of
- 7 Padma Vibhushan,
- 7 Padma Bhushan
- 75 Padma Shri Awardees.
19 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 5 persons from the category of foreigners, NRIs, PIOs and 6 Posthumous awardees.
Below is the Complete list of Padma Awardees of 2017:
Padma Vibhushan
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AWARDEE
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FIELD OF
PROMINENCE
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Sharad Pawar
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Public Affairs
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Murli Manohar Joshi
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Public Affairs
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P.A. Sangma (posthumous)
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Public Affairs
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Sunder Lal Patwah (posthumous)
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Public Affairs
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K.J.Yesudas
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Art - Music
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Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev
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Others - Spiritualism
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Udipi Ramachandra Rao
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Science & Engineering
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Padma Bhushan
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AWARDEE
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FIELD OF
PROMINENCE
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Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
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Art - Music
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Devi Prasad Dwivedi
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Literature & Education
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Tehemton Udwadia
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Medicine
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Ratna Sundar Maharaj
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Others-Spiritualism
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Swami Niranjana Nanda Saraswati
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Others-Yoga
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H.R.H. Princess Maha Chakri
Sirindhorn (Foreigner)
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Literature & Education
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Cho Ramaswamy (Posthumous)
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Literature & Education –Journalism
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Padma Shri
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AWARDEE
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FIELD OF
PROMINENCE
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Basanti Bisht
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Art-Music
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Chemanchery Kunhiraman Nair
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Art-Dance
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Aruna Mohanty
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Art-Dance
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Bharathi Vishnuvardhan
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Art-Cinema
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Sadhu Meher
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Art-Cinema
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T K Murthy
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Art-Music
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Laishram Birendrakumar Singh
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Art-Music
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Krishna Ram Chaudhary
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Art-Music
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Baoa Devi
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Art-Painting
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Tilak Gitai
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Art-Painting
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Aekka Yadagiri Rao
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Art-Sculpture
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Jitendra Haripal
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Art-Music
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Kailash Kher
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Art-Music
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Parassala B Ponnammal
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Art-Music
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Sukri Bommagowda
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Art-Music
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Mukund Nayak
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Art-Music
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Purushottam Upadhyay
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Art-Music
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Anuradha Paudwal
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Art-Music
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Wareppa Naba Nil
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Art-Theatre
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Tripuraneni Hanuman Chowdary
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Civil Service
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T.K. Viswanathan
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Civil Service
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Kanwal Sibal
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Civil Service
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Birkha Bahadur Limboo Muringla
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Literature & Education
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Eli Ahmed
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Literature & Education
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Narendra Kohli
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Literature & Education
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G. Venkatasubbiah
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Literature & Education
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Akkitham Achyuthan Namboothiri
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Literature & Education
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Kashi Nath Pandita
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Literature & Education
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Chamu Krishna Shastry
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Literature & Education
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Harihar Kripalu Tripathi
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Literature & Education
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Michel Danino
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Literature & Education
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Punam Suri
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Literature & Education
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VG Patel
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Literature & Education
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V Koteswaramma
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Literature & Education
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Balbir Dutt
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Literature & Education-Journalism
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Bhawana Somaaya
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Literature & Education-Journalism
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Vishnu Pandya
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Literature & Education-Journalism
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Subroto Das
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Medicine
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Bhakti Yadav
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Medicine
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Mohammed Abdul Waheed
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Medicine
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Madan Madhav Godbole
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Medicine
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Devendra Dayabhai Patel
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Medicine
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Harkishan Singh
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Medicine
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Mukut Minz
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Medicine
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Arun Kumar Sharma
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Others-Archaeology
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Sanjeev Kapoor
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Others-Culinary
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Meenakshi Amma
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Others-Martial Art
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Genabhai Dargabhai Patel
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Others-Agriculture
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Chandrakant Pithawa
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Science & Engineering
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Ajoy Kumar Ray
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Science & Engineering
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Chintakindi Mallesham
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Science & Engineering
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Jitendra Nath Goswami
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Science & Engineering
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Daripalli Ramaiah
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Social Work
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Girish Bhardwaj
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Social Work
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Karimul Hak
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Social Work
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Bipin Ganatra
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Social Work
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Nivedita Raghunath Bhide
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Social work
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Appasaheb Dharmadhikari
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Social Work
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Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal
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Social Work
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Virat Kohli
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Sports-Cricket
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Shekar Naik
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Sports-Cricket
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Vikasa Gowda
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Sports-Discus Throw
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Deepa Malik
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Sports-Athletics
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Mariyappan Thangavelu
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Sports-Athletics
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Dipa Karmakar
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Sports-Gymnastics
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P. R. Shreejesh
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Sports-Hockey
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Sakshi Malik
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Sports-Wrestling
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Mohan Reddy Venkatrama Bodanapu
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Trade & Industry
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Imrat Khan (NRI/PIO)
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Art-Music
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Anant Agarwal (NRI/PIO)
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Literature & Education
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H.R. Shah (NRI/PIO)
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Literature & Education-Journalism
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Suniti Solomon (Posthumous)
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Medicine
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Asoke Kumar Bhattacharyya (Posthumous)
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Others-Archaeology
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Dr. Mapuskar (Posthumous)
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Social Work
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Anuradha Koirala (Foreigner)
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Social Work
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