Executive Summary:
This document, published by authority on March 20, 2018, in New Delhi, announces the conferment of Padma Awards by the President of India. The awards are categorized into Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri. There are no immediate deadlines or action items mentioned, besides noting the recipients.
Key Points / Main Content:
Padma Vibhushan Awards:
* Shri Ilaiyaraaja (Art, Tamil Nadu)
* Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan (Art, Maharashtra)
* Shri P. Parameswaran (Literature Education, Kerala)
Padma Bhushan Awards:
* Dr. Philipose Mar Chrysostom Mar Thoma Valiya Metropolitan (Spiritualism, Kerala)
* Dr. Ramachandran Nagaswamy (Archaeology, Tamil Nadu)
* Prof. Ved Prakash Nanda (Literature Education, USA)
* Pandit Arvind Parikh (Art, Maharashtra)
Padma Shri Awards:
* Shri Anwar Ahmad alias Anwar Jalalpuri (Posthumous, Literature Education, Uttar Pradesh)
* Ms. Nouf Almarwaai (Yoga, Saudi Arabia)
* Dr. Smt. Rani Bang and Dr. Abhay Bang (Duo, Medicine, Maharashtra)
* Shri Mohan Swaroop Bhatia (Art, Uttar Pradesh)
* Shri Narayan Das (Spiritualism, Rajasthan)
* Shri Somdev Kishore Devvarman (Sports, Tripura)
* Dr. Yeshi Dhonden (Medicine, Himachal Pradesh)
* Shri Arup Kumar Dutta (Literature Education, Assam)
* Shri Arvind Kumar Gupta (Literature Education, Maharashtra)
* Prof. Digamber Hansda (Literature Education, Jharkhand)
* Shri M. Piyongtemjen Jamir (Literature Education, Nagaland)
* Smt. Malti Joshi (Literature Education, Madhya Pradesh)
* Shri Pran Kishore Kaul (Art, Jammu Kashmir)
* Smt. Lekshmikutty (Medicine, Kerala)
* Dr. Smt. Joyasree Goswami Mahanta (Literature Education, Assam)
* Shri Pravakar Maharana (Art, Odisha)
* Dr. Krishna Bihari Mishra (Literature Education, West Bengal)
* Smt. Subasini Mistry (Social Work, West Bengal)
* Smt. V. Nanammal (Yoga, Tamil Nadu)
* Dr. Smt. Sulagitti Narasamma (Social Work, Karnataka)
* Shri Gobardhan Panika (Art, Odisha)
* Shri Murlikant Rajaram Petkar (Sports, Maharashtra)
* Shri Sampat Tukaram Ramteke (Posthumous, Social Work, Maharashtra)
* Shri Satyanarayansingh Shivsinghji Rathore (Civil Service, Gujarat)
* Shri Amitava Roy (Science Engineering, West Bengal)
* Dr. R. Sathyanarayana (Art, Karnataka)
* Shri Bhajju Shyam (Art, Madhya Pradesh)
* Shri Maharao Raghuveer Singh, Sirohi (Literature Education, Rajasthan)
* Shri Kidambi Srikanth (Sports, Andhra Pradesh)
* Smt. Lentina Ao Thakkar (Social Work, Nagaland)
* Dr. Rudrapatnam Narayanaswamy Tharanathan and Shri Rudrapatnam Narayanaswamy Thyagarajan (Duo, Art, Karnataka)
* Prof. Rajagopalan Vasudevan (Science Engineering, Tamil Nadu)
* Shri Manas Bihari Verma (Science Engineering, Bihar)
* Shri Yogendra (Art, Uttar Pradesh)
Impact Analysis:
Recipients of Padma Awards:
Impact: Recognition and honor conferred by the President of India for their contributions in various fields.
Action Required: No specific action required, beyond receiving the award.
President of India:
Impact: Fulfillment of the duty to recognize and honor distinguished individuals.
Action Required: Confer the awards as announced.
General Public:
Impact: Awareness of the contributions made by these individuals to society.
Action Required: No specific action required.
Key Entities Referenced
Padma Vibhushan: A high civilian award conferred by the President of India.
Padma Bhushan: A civilian award conferred by the President of India.
Padma Shri: A civilian award conferred by the President of India.
President of India: The head of state of the Republic of India, who confers the Padma Awards.
Ilaiyaraaja, Tamil Nadu: Recipient of the Padma Vibhushan award for Art from Tamil Nadu.
Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Maharashtra: Recipient of the Padma Vibhushan award for Art from Maharashtra.
P. Parameswaran, Kerala: Recipient of the Padma Vibhushan award for Literature Education from Kerala.
Anwar Ahmad alias Anwar Jalalpuri, Uttar Pradesh: Recipient of the Padma Shri award for Literature Education from Uttar Pradesh (Posthumous).