Music director Isaignani Ilaiyaraaja will be awarded the Padma Vibhushan award at the Republic Day celebrations on Friday by the President of India.
President Ramanath Kovind will award the Padma awards this Republic Day to a host of distinguished personalities including 98-year-old social worker Sudhanshu Biswas, and 'father of palliative care in India' MR Rajagopal.
Renowned scientist toymaker Arvind Gupta, painter Bhajju Shyam, herbal medicine expert known as 'grandmother of medicine' - Lakshmikutty are among the ‘Unsung Heroes’ awarded Padma Sri this year.
There are many women in the Padma awards list this year, including Tamil folk art exponent Vijayalakshmi. The other recipients include a housemaid who built a hospital for the poor Subhasini Mistry, midwife Sulagatti Narasamma, and more.
The list of recipients also includes Paralympic gold medalist Murlikant Petkar and monk physician Yeshi Dhoden.
These awardees are given awards in their fields and disciplines of speciality such as art, literature and education, sports, medicine, social work, science and engineering, public affairs, civil service, trade and industry.
More than 15,000 Indians are nominated for the Padma awards for 2018, with the government laying stress on honouring the unsung heroes.
Full list of Padma Awardees:
Padma Vibhushan:
1. Shri Ilaiyaraaja
Art-Music
Tamil Nadu
2. Shri Ghulam Mustafa Khan
Art-Music
Maharashtra
3. Shri Parameswaran Parameswaran
Literature and Education
Kerala
Padma Bhushan:
4. Shri Pankaj Advani
SportsBilliards/Snooker
Karnataka
5. Shri Philipose Mar Chrysostom
Others-Spiritualism
Kerala
6. Shri Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Sports-Cricket
Jharkhand
7. Shri Alexander Kadakin
(Foreigner/Posthumous)
Public Affairs
Russia
8. Shri Ramachandran Nagaswamy
Others-Archaeology
Tamil Nadu
9. Shri Ved Prakash Nanda
(OCI) Literature and Education
USA
10. Shri Laxman Pai
Art-Painting
Goa
11. Shri Arvind Parikh
Art-Music
Maharashtra
12. Ms. Sharda Sinha
Art-Music
Bihar
Padma Shri:
13. Shri Abhay Bang and Ms. Rani Bang (Duo)
Medicine
Maharashtra
14. Shri Damodar Ganesh Bapat
Social Work
Chhattisgarh
15. Shri Prafulla Govinda Baruah
Literature and Education-Journalism
Assam
16. Shri Mohan Swaroop Bhatia
Art-Folk Music
Uttar Pradesh
17. Shri Sudhanshu Biswas
Social Work
West Bengal
18. Ms. Saikhom Mirabai Chanu
Sports-Weightlifting
Manipur
19. Shri Pandit Shyamlal Chaturvedi
Literature and Education-Journalism
Chhattisgarh
20. Shri Jose Ma Joey Concepcion III
(Foreigner)
Trade & Industry
Philippines
21. Ms. Langpoklakpam Subadani Devi
Art-Weaving
Manipur
22. Shri Somdev Devvarman
Sports-Tennis
Tripura
23. Shri 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 Digamber Hansda
Literature and Education
Jharkhand
28. Shri Ramli Bin Ibrahim
(Foreigner)
Art-Dance
Malaysia
29. Shri Anwar Jalalpuri
(Posthumous)
Literature and Education
Uttar Pradesh
30. Shri Piyong Temjen Jamir
Literature and Education
Nagaland
31. Ms. Sitavva Joddati
Social Work
Karnataka
32. Ms. Malti Joshi
Literature and Education
Madhya Pradesh
33. Shri Manoj Joshi
Art-Acting
Maharashtra
34. Shri Rameshwarlal Kabra
Trade & Industry
Maharashtra
35. Shri Pran Kishore Kaul
Art
Jammu and Kashmir
36. Shri Bounlap Keokangna
(Foreigner)
Others-Architecture
Laos
37. Shri Vijay Kichlu
Art-Music
West Bengal
38. Shri Tommy Koh
(Foreigner)
Public Affairs Singapore
39. Ms. Lakshmikutty
Medicine-Traditional
Kerala
40. Ms. Joyshree Goswami Mahanta
Literature and Education
Assam
41. Shri Narayan Das Maharaj
Others-Spiritualism
Rajasthan
42. Shri Pravakara Maharana
Art-Sculpture
Odisha
43. Shri Hun Many
(Foreigner)
Public Affairs
Cambodia
44. Ms. Nouf Marwaai
(Foreigner)
Others- Yoga
Saudi Arabia
45. Shri Zaverilal Mehta
Literature and Education-Journalism
Gujarat
46. Shri Krishna Bihari Mishra
Literature and Education
West Bengal
47. Shri Sisir Purushottam Mishra
Art-Cinema
Maharashtra
48. Ms. Subhasini Mistry
Social Work
West Bengal
49. Shri Tomio Mizokami
(Foreigner)
Literature and Education
Japan
50. Shri Somdet Phra Maha Muniwong
(Foreigner)
Others-Spiritualism
Thailand
51. Shri Keshav Rao Musalgaonkar
Literature and Education
Madhya Pradesh
52. Dr Thant Myint – U
(Foreigner) Public Affairs
Myanmar
53. Ms. V Nanammal
Others-Yoga
Tamil Nadu
54. Ms. Sulagitti Narasamma
Social Work
Karnataka
55. Ms. Vijayalakshmi Navaneethakrishnan
Art-Folk Music
Tamil Nadu
56. Shri I Nyoman Nuarta
(Foreigner)
Art- Sculpture
Indonesia
57. Shri Malai Haji Abdullah Bin Malai Haji Othman
(Foreigner) Social Work
Brunei Darussalam
58. Shri Gobaradhan Panika
Art-Weaving
Odisha
59. Shri Bhabani Charan Pattanaik
Public Affairs
Odisha
60. Shri Murlikant Petkar
Sports-Swimming
Maharashtra
61. Shri Habibullo Rajabov
(Foreigner)
Literature and Education
Tajikistan
62. Shri M R Rajagopal
Medicine-Palliative Care
Kerala
63. Shri Sampat Ramteke (Posthumous)
Social Work
Maharashtra
64. Shri Chandra Sekhar Rath
Literature and Education
Odisha
65. Shri S S Rathore
Civil Service
Gujarat
66. Shri Amitava Roy
Science and Engineering
West Bengal
67. Shri Sanduk Ruit (Foreigner)
MedicineOphthalmology
Nepal
68. Shri R Sathyanarayana
Art-Music
Karnataka
69. Shri Pankaj M Shah
Medicine-Oncology
Gujarat
70. Shri Bhajju Shyam
Art-Painting
Madhya Pradesh
71. Shri Maharao Raghuveer Singh
Literature and Education
Rajasthan
72. Shri Kidambi Srikanth
Sports-Badminton
Andhra Pradesh
73. Shri Ibrahim Sutar
Art-Music
Karnataka
74. Shri Siddeshwara Swamiji
Others-Spiritualism
Karnataka
75. Ms. Lentina Ao Thakkar
Social Work
Nagaland
76. Shri Vikram Chandra Thakur
Science and Engineering
Uttarakhand
77. Shri Rudrapatnam Narayanaswamy Tharanathan and Shri Rudrapatnam Narayanaswamy Thyagarajan (Duo)
Art-Music
Karnataka
78. Shri Nguyen Tien Thien (Foreigner)
Others-Spiritualism
Vietnam
79. Shri Bhagirath Prasad Tripathi
Literature and Education
Uttar Pradesh
80. Shri Rajagopalan Vasudevan
Science and Engineering
Tamil Nadu
81. Shri Manas Bihari Verma
Science and Engineering
Bihar
82. Shri Panatawane Gangadhar Vithobaji
Literature and Education
Maharashtra
83. Shri Romulus Whitaker
Others-Wildlife Conservation
Tamil Nadu
84. Shri Baba Yogendra
Art
Madhya Pradesh
85. Shri A Zakia
Literature and Education
Mizoram
Note: More names will be added as and when announcements are made.