Current General Knowledge Today: Padma Award 2018

Winners of Padma Bhushan Award 2018:

No order

Name Field State
1. Shri Ilayaraja Art-music Tamil Nadu
2. Shri Golam Mostafa Khan Art-music Maharashtra
3. Sri Parameshwaran Parameshwaran Literature and education Kerala


Padma Bhushan Award 2018 Winners:
The Padma Bhushan is the third highest civilian award of the Republic of India (after the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Bhushan). Padma Bhushan is awarded for high quality services.

No order Name Field State
4. Shri Pankaj Advani Sports-billiards / snooker Karnataka
5. Mr. Philip Mar Mar Chrysostom Other – Spiritualism Kerala
6. Shri Mahendra Singh Dhoni Sports-cricket Jharkhand
7. Mr. Alexander Kadakin (Foreigner / Posthumous) Public Affairs Russia
8. Sri Ramachandran Nagaswamy Other – Archeology Tamil Nadu
9. Shri Ved Prakash Nanda (OCI) Literature and education America
10. Sri Lakshman Pai Art-painting Goa
11. Shri Arvind Parikh Art-music Maharashtra
12. Microsoft. Sharda Sinha Art-music Bihar


Winners of Padma Shri Award 2018:
Padma Shri (also Padma Shri) is the fourth highest civilian award of the Republic of India (after Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan and Padma Bhushan). Padma Shri is awarded for outstanding service in any field.

No order Name Field

State

13. Sri Abhay Banga (Duo) Medicine Maharashtra
Mrs. Rani Bang (Duo) Medicine Maharashtra
14. Shri Damodar Ganesh Bapat Social work Chhattisgarh
15 Shri Prafulla Govinda Barua Literature and education-journalism Assam
16. Shri Mohan Swarup Bhatia Art-folk music Uttar Pradesh
17. Shri Sudhanshu Biswas Social work

West Bengal

18. Microsoft. Saikhom Mirabai Chanu Sport-weightlifting Manipur
19. Shri Pandit Shyamlal Chaturvedi Literature and education-journalism Chhattisgarh
20 Mr. Jose Ma Joey Concepcion III (Foreign) Trade and industry Philippines
21. Microsoft. Lampoklakpam subadani devi Art-weaving Manipur
22. Shri Somdev Devvarman Sport-tennis

Tripura

23. Mr. Yeshi Dhoden Medicine Himachal Pradesh
24. Shri Arup Kumar Dutta Literature and education Assam
25 Shri Doddarange Gowda Art-lyrics Karnataka
26. Shri Arvind Gupta Literature and education Maharashtra
27. Shri Digambar Hansada Literature and education Jharkhand
28. Shri Ramli Bin Ibrahim (Foreigner) Art-dance Malaysia
29 Shri Anwar Jalalpuri (posthumous) Literature and education Uttar Pradesh
30 Mr. Piang Temjen Jamir Literature and education Nagaland
31. Ms. Sitavva Joddati Social work Karnataka
32. Mrs. Malati Joshi Literature and education Madhya Pradesh
33. Shri Manoj Joshi Art-acting Maharashtra
34. Shri Rameshwarlal Kabra Trade and industry Maharashtra
35. Shri Pran Kishore Kaul Art Jammu and Kashmir
36. Mr. Baunlap Keokangna (Foreign) Other – Architecture Laos
37. Mr. Vijay Kichlu Art-music West Bengal
38. Mr. Tommy Koh (Foreigner) Public Affairs Singapore
39. Mrs. Laxmikutty Medicine-Traditional Kerala
40. Microsoft. Jayshree Goswami Mahanta Literature and education Assam
41. Shri Narayan Das Maharaj Other – Spiritualism Rajasthan
42. Shri Prabhakar Maharana Art-sculpture Orissa
43. Mr. Hoon Many (Foreign) Public Affairs Cambodia
44. Microsoft. Nouf Marwai (foreign) Other- Yoga Saudi Arabia
45. Mr. Xavier Lal Mehta Literature and education-journalism Gujarat
46. Sri Krishna Bihari Mishra Literature and education West Bengal
47. Mr. Shishir Purushottam Mishra Art-cinema Maharashtra
48. Subhashini Mistry Social work West Bengal
49 Mr. Tomio Mizokami (foreign) Literature and education Japan
50. Shri Somdet Fra Maha Muniyong (Foreign) Other – Spiritualism Thailand
51. Shri Keshab Rao Musalgaonkar Literature and education Madhya Pradesh
52. Dr. Thant Mint – U (Foreign) Public Affairs Myanmar
53. Microsoft. V Nanammal Other – Addition Tamil Nadu
54. Microsoft. Sulagitti Narasamma Social work Karnataka
55. Microsoft. Vijayalakshmi Navanithakrishnan Art-folk music Tamil Nadu
56. Mr. I. Newman Nuarta (Foreign) Art-Sculpture Indonesia
57. Shri Malay Haji Abdullah Bin Malay Haji Usman (Foreign) Social work Brunei Darussalam
58. Shri Govardhan Panika Art-weaving Orissa
59. Shri Bhabani Charan Pattanaik Public Affairs Orissa
60. Mr. Murlikant Petkar Sport-swimming Maharashtra
61. Mr. Habibullah Rajabov (Foreign) Literature and education Tajikistan
62. Shri MR Rajagopal Medicine-Palliative Care Kerala
63. Shri Sampat Ramteke (posthumous) Social work Maharashtra
64. Shri Chandra Shekhar Rath Literature and education Orissa
65. Shri SS Rathore Civil service Gujarat
66. Shri Amitabh Roy Science and engineering West Bengal
67. Mr. Sanduk Ruit (Foreigner) Medicine-Ophthalmology Nepal
68. Shri R. Satyanarayana Art-music Karnataka
69 Shri Pankaj M Shah Medicine-Oncology Gujarat
70. Shri Bhajju Shyam Art-painting Madhya Pradesh
71. Shri Maharao Raghubir Singh Literature and education Rajasthan
72. Sri Kidambi Srikanta Sports Badminton Andhra Pradesh
73. Mr. Ibrahim Sutar Art-music Karnataka
74. Shri Siddheshwar Swamiji Other – Spiritualism Karnataka
75. Microsoft. Lentina ao thakkar Social work Nagaland
76. Shri Vikram Chandra Tagore Science and engineering Uttarakhand
77. Sri Rudrapattanam Narayanswamy Tharnathan (duo) Art-music Karnataka
Sri Rudrapattanam Narayanswamy Thagrajan (Duo) Art-music Karnataka
78. Mr. Nguyen Tien Thien (Foreigner) Other – Spiritualism Vietnam
79. Shri Bhagirath Prasad Tripathi Literature and education Uttar Pradesh
80 Shri Rajagopalan Basudevan Science and engineering Tamil Nadu
81. Shri Manas Bihari Verma Science and engineering Bihar
82. Gangadhar Vithobaji in Sri Pantawane Literature and education Maharashtra
83. Mr. Romulus Whitaker Other-wildlife conservation Tamil Nadu
84. Shri Baba Yogendra Art Madhya Pradesh
85. Mr. A. Zakia Literature and education Mizoram


The Padma Awards are announced every year on the occasion of Republic Day. The awards are presented by the President of India in a formal ceremony which is usually held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan around March / April every year.

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