Government announces Padma awards 2019: Gautam Gambhir, Prabhu Deva, Kader Khan among awardees

President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday conferred the Padma Awards, one of the highest civilian awards of the category, to 112 people from various disciplines. The awards were conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.


The list, which was approved by the President, comprises of four Padma Vibhushan, 14 Padma Bhushan and 94 Padma Shri awardees. Twenty-one of the awardees are women, 11 persons are from the category of foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI; there are three posthumous awardees and one transgender person.


Padma Vibhushan: For "exceptional and distinguished service", it is the second-highest civilian award in India.



Ms. Teejan Bai
Shri Ismail Omar Guelleh (Foreigner)
Shri Anilkumar Manibhai Naik
Shri Balwant Moreshwar Purandare



Padma Bhushan: For "distinguished service of a high order", it is the third-highest civilian award in India




Shri John Chambers (Foreigner)
Shri Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa
Shri Pravin Gordhan (Foreigner)
Shri Mahashay Dharam Pal Gulati
Shri Ashok Laxmanrao Kukade
Shri Kariya Munda
Shri Budhaditya Mukherjee
Shri Mohanlal Viswanathan Nair
Shri S Nambi Narayan
Shri Kuldip Nayar (Posthumous)
Ms. Bachendri Pal
Shri V K Shunglu
Shri Hukumdev Narayan Yadav





Padma Shri: Awarded for "distinguished service", it is the fourth-highest civilian award in India.



Rajeshwar Acharya - Art-Vocal-Hindustani - Uttar Pradesh
Bangaru Adigalar - Spiritualism - Tamil Nadu
Illias Ali - Medicine-Surgery – Assam
Manoj Bajpayee - Art-Acting-Films - Maharashtra
Uddhab Kumar Bharali - Science & Engineering-Grassroots Innovation - Assam
Omesh Kumar Bharti – Medicine (Rabies) - Himachal ..
Pritam Bhartwan - Art-Vocals-Folk - Uttarakhand
Jyoti Bhatt - Art-Painting - Gujarat
Dilip Chakravarty – Archaeology - Delhi
Mammen Chandy – Medicine (Hematology) - West Bengal
Swapan Chaudhuri - Art-Music-Tabla - West Bengal
Kanwal Singh Chauhan - Agriculture - Haryana
Sunil Chhetri – Sports (Football) - Telangana
Dinyar Contractor - Art-Acting-Theatre - Maharashtra
Muktaben Pankajkumar Dagli - Social Wo ..
Babulal Dahiya - Agriculture - Madhya Pradesh
Thanga Darlong - Art-Music-Flute - Tripura
Prabhu Deva - Art-Dance - Karnataka
Rajkumari Devi – Agriculture - Bihar
Bhagirathi Devi - Public Affairs - Bihar
Baldev Singh Dhillon - Science and Engineering (Agriculture) - Punjab
Harika Dronavalli - Sports (Chess) - Andhra Pradesh
Godawari Dutta - Art-Painting - Bihar
Gautam Gambhir – Sports (Cricket) - Delhi
Draupadi Ghimiray - Social Work (Divyang Welfare) - Sikkim
Rohini Godbole - Science and Engineering (Nuclear) - Karnataka
Sandeep Guleria – Medicine (Surgery) - Delhi
Pratap Singh Hardia – Medicine (Ophthmology) - Madhya Pradesh
Bulu Imam - Social Work (Culture) - Jharkhand
Friederike Irina (Foreigner) - Social Work (Animal Welfare) - Germany
Joravarsinh Jadav – Art (Dance Folk) - Gujarat
S Jaishankar - Civil Service - De ..
Narsingh Dev Jamwal - Literature and Education - Jammu & Kashmir
Fayaz Ahmad Jan – Art-Craft (Papier Mache) - Jammu and Kashmir
K G Jayan - Art-Music-Bhakti - Kerala
Subhash Kak (Foreigner) - Science and Engineering-Technology - USA
Sharath Kamal – Sports (Table Tennis) - Tamil Nadu
Rajani Kant - Social Work - Uttar Pradesh
Sudam Kate – Medicine (Sickle Cell) - Maharashtra
Waman Kendre - Art-Acting-Theatre - Maharashtr ..
Kader Khan (Posthumous-Foreigner) - Art-Acting-Films - Canada
Abdul Gafur Khatri - Art-Painting - Gujarat
Ravindra Kolhe (Duo)* – Medicine (Affordable Healthcare) - Maharashtra
Smita Kolhe (Duo)* - Medicine (Affordable Healthcare) - Maharashtra
Bombayla Devi Laishram – Sports (Archery) - Manipur
Kailash Madbaiya - Literature and Education - Madhya Pradesh
Ramesh Babaji Maharaj - Social Work (Animal Welfare) - Uttar Pradesh
Vallabhbhai Vasrambhai Marvaniya - Agriculture - Gujarat
Gita Mehta (Foreigner) - Literature and Education - USA
Shadab Mohammad – Medicine (Dentistry) - Uttar Pradesh
K K Muhammed – Archaeology - Kerala
Shyama Prasad Mukherjee – Medicine (Affordable Healthcare) - Jharkhand
Daitari Naik - Social Work - Odisha
Shankar Mahadevan Narayan - Art-Vocals-Films - Maharashtra
Shantanu Narayen (Foreigner) - Trade and Industry (Technology) - USA
Nartaki Natraj - Art-Dance (Bharatnatyam) - Tamil Nadu
Tsering Norboo - Medicine-Surgery - Jammu & Kashmir
Anup Ranjan Pandey - Art-Music - Chhattisgarh
Jagdish Prasad Parikh – Agriculture - Rajasthan
Ganpatbhai Patel (Foreigner) - Literature and Education - USA
Bimal Patel - Architecture - Gujarat
Hukumchand Patidar – Agriculture - Rajasthan
Harvinder Singh Phoolka - Public Affairs - Punjab
Madurai Chinna Pillai - Social Work (Microfinance) - Tamil Nadu
Tao Porchon-Lynch (Foreigner) - Yoga - USA
Kamala Pujhari – Agriculture - Odisha
Bajrang Punia – Sports (Wrestling) - Haryana
Jagat Ram – Medicine (Ophthalmology) - Chandigarh
R V Ramani – Medicine (Ophthalmology) - Tamil Nadu
Devarapalli Prakash Rao - Social Work (Affordable Education)
Anup Sah – Art ..
Milena Salvini (Foreigner) - Art-Dance (Kathakali) - France
Nagindas Sanghavi - Literature & Education-Journalism - Maharashtra
Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry - Art-Lyrics - Telangana
Shabbir Sayyad - Social Work (Animal Welfare) - Maharashtra
Mahesh Sharma - Social Work (Tribal Welfare) - Madhya Pradesh
Mohammad Hanif Khan Shastri - Literature and Education - Delhi
Brijesh Kumar Shukla - Literature & Education - Uttar Prades ..
Narendra Singh - Animal Husbandry - Haryana
Prashanti Singh – Sports (Basketball) - Uttar Pradesh
Sultan Singh - Animal Husbandry - Haryana
Jyoti Kumar Sinha - Social Work (Affordable Education) - Bihar
Anandan Sivamani - Art-Music - Tamil Nadu
Sharada Srinivasan - Archaeology - Karnataka
Devendra Swarup (Posthumous) - Literature and Education-Journalism - Uttar Pradesh
Ajay Thakur - Sports-Kabaddi - Himachal Pradesh
.. Rajeev Tharanath - Art-Music-Sarod - Karnataka
Saalumarada Thimmakka - Social Work (Environment) - Karnataka
Jamuna Tudu - Social Work (Environment) - Jharkhand
Bharat Bhushan Tyagi - Agriculture - Uttar Pradesh
Ramaswami Venkataswami – Medicine (Surgery) - Tamil Nadu
Ram Saran Verma - Agriculture - Uttar Pradesh
Swami Vishudhananda – Spiritualism - Kerala
Hiralal Yadav - Art-Vocals-Folk - Uttar Pradesh
Venkateswara Rao Yadlapalli - Agriculture - Andhra Pradesh


Note: * indicates duo case. (counted as one award)




Nearly 50,000 nominations for 2019 Padma awards:

Nearly 50,000 nominations for the 2019 Padma awards, which are given for work of distinction and exceptional achievement in different fields, were received by the Home Ministry. The record number of 49,992 nominations for the Padma awards received is 32 times higher over the nominations received in 2010 when just 1,313 nominations were received from general public, a home ministry statement said.