Padma Awards recognise 54 unsung heroes for making extraordinary contributions from across India
New Delhi, January 25
Continuing with the principle of celebrating ordinary Indians making extraordinary contributions, this year’s Padma Awards recognise a wide spectrum of unsung heroes from across the length and breadth of India. According to information received from sources so far, the government has selected 54 people for the Padma Shri award.
he list of Padma Shri awardees includes six individuals from West Bengal, followed by Tamil Nadu with five. Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra have four awardees each. Assam, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Gujarat account for three recipients each.
Two Padma Shri awards each have been conferred on individuals from Telangana, Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir, and Chhattisgarh. Meanwhile, Tripura, Puducherry, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur, Ladakh, Kerala, Haryana, Delhi, Chandigarh, Bihar and Arunachal Pradesh have one awardee each.
The awardees are Anke Gowda from Karnataka in Liturature and Education, Armida Fernandez from Maharashtra in Medicine, Bhagwandas Raikwar from Madhya Pradesh in Sports, Bhiklya Ladakya Dhinda from Maharashtra in Arts, Brij Lal Bhat from Jammu and Kashmir for social work, Budhri Tati from Chhattisgarh for social work, Charan Hembram from Odisha in Literature and Education, Chiranji Lal Yadav from Uttar Pradesh in Arts, Dr Kumarasamy Thangaraj of Telangana in Research and Dharmiklal Chunilal Pandya in Arts from Gujarat, Dr Padma Gurmet from Ladakh in Medicine, Dr Punniamurthy Natesan from Tamil Nadu for vetenary scientists, Dr Shyam Sundar from Uttar Pradesh in Medicine, Gafruddin Mewati Jogi from Rajasthan in Arts, Hally War from Meghalaya for Social Worker, Inderjit Singh Sidhu from Chandigarh for social work, K Pajanivel from Puducherry for Arts, Kailash Chandra Pant from Madhya Pradesh for Literature and Education, Khemraj Sundriyal from Haryana for Arts, Kollakkayil Devaki Amma G from Kerala for Environment and aforestation, Mahendra Kumar Mishra from Odisha for Literatrure and Education, Mir Hajibhai Kasambhai from Gujarat in Arts, Mohan Nagar from Madhya Pradesh in Environment, Naresh Chandra Dev Varma from Tripura for Literature and Education, Nilesh Vinodchandra Mandlewala from Gujarat in Social Work, Nuruddin Ahmed of Assam in Arts, Othuvar Thiruthani Swaminathan from Tamil Nadu in Arts, Jogesh Deuri of Assam for arts, Pokhila Lekthepi from Assam in Arts, R Krishnan from Tamil Nadu, Ram Chandra Godbole and Sunita Godbole from Chhattisgarh in Medicine, Raghupat Singh from Uttar Pradesh in Agriculture, Raghuveer Tukaram Khedkar from Maharastra in Arts, Rajastapathi Kaliappa Goundar from Tamil Nadu for Arts, Ramamurthy Sreedher of Delhi , Rama Reddy Mamidi from Telangana for Animal Husbandry and Dairy, SG Susheelamma from Karnataka in Social Work, Sangyusang S Pongener from Nagaland in Arts, Shafi Shauq from Jammu and Kashmir in Literature and Education, Shrirang Devaba Lad from Maharastra in Agriculture, Simanchal Patro from Odisha in Arts, Suresh Hanagavadi from Karnataka in Medicine, Taga Ram Bheel Rajasthan in Arts, Techi Gubin from Arunachal Pradesh in Social Work, Thiruvaarur Bakthavathsalam from Tamil Nadu in Arts, Vishwa Bandhu of Bihar in Arts, Yumnam Jatra Singh from Manipur in Arts, Mangala Kapoor from Uttar Pradesh, Asok Kumar Haldar from West Bengal, Gambir Singh Yonzone from West Bengal, Hari Madhab Mukhopadhyay from West Bengal, Jyotish Debnath from West Bengal, Mahendra Nath Roy from West Bengal, Tripti Mukherjee from West Bengal.
The full list is likely to be released soon. The Padma Awards, one of the highest civilian honours of India, are announced every year on the eve of Republic Day.
These awardees have overcome tremendous personal hardships and tragedies to not only excel in their chosen fields but also go on to serve society at large. The list includes doctors working on local health challenges such as haemophilia, as well as a neonatologist who set up India’s first human milk bank