Padma Vibhushan for MT; Padma Bhushan for PR Sreejesh and Shobhana; Padma Shri for IM Vijayan and K Omanakutty

NEW DELHI: The country has honored renowned Malayalam writer MT Vasudevan Nair with Padma Vibhushan. MT will be awarded the Padma Vibhushan posthumously. Indian hockey player PR Sreejesh, actress Shobhana, Jose Chacko Periappuram, actor Ajith Kumar and others will also be awarded the Padma Bhushan. Former Indian football player IM Vijayan, musician K Omanakutty and cricketer R Ashwin have also been announced as Padma Shri winners. Including them, 113 people will be awarded the Padma Shri.

Telugu actor Balakrishna will be awarded the Padma Bhushan. Singer Pankaj Udas and BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi will be awarded the Padma Bhushan posthumously. Supreme Court lawyer CS Vaidyanathan, singer Arijit Singh, mridangam vidwan Guruvayur Dorai, Velu Ashan, para-athlete Harvinder Singh, Kuwaiti yoga instructor Sheikha AJ Al Sabha, folk singer Batul Begum, freedom fighter Leeba Lo Bo Sardesai and gynecologist Dr Neeraj Bhatia are also in the list of Padma Shri awardees.

A total of seven people were announced as Padma Vibhushans. 19 people were awarded the Padma Bhushan and 113 people were awarded the Padma Shri.

Full list of Padma Award winners:

Padma Vibhushan

• Duvvur Nageshwar Reddy
• Justice (Retd.) Jagdish Singh Khehar
• Kumudini Rajnikant Lakhia
• Lakshminarayana Subramaniam
• MT Vasudevan Nair (Posthumous)
• Osamu Suzuki (Posthumous)
• Sharda Sinha (Posthumous)

Padma Bhushan

• A Surya Prakash
• Anant Nag
• Bibek Debroy (Posthumous)
• Jatin Goswami
• Jose Chacko Periappuram
• Kailash Nath Dikshit
• Manohar Joshi (Posthumous)
• Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti
• Nandamuri Balakrishna
• PR Sreejesh
• Pankaj Patel
• Pankaj Udhas (Posthumous)
• Rambahadur Rai
• Sadhvi Ritambhara
• S Ajith Kumar
• Shekhar Kapur
• Shobana Chandrakumar
• Sushil Kumar Modi (Posthumous)
• Vinod Dham

Padma Shri

• Advaita Charan Gadanayak
• Achyut Ramchandra Palav
• Ajay V Bhatt
• Anil Kumar Boro
• Arijit Singh
• Arundhati Bhattacharya
• Arunoday Saha
• Arvind Sharma
• Ashok Kumar Mahapatra
• Ashok Laxman Saraf
• Ashutosh Sharma
• Ashwini Bhide Deshpande
• Baijnath Maharaj
• Barry Godfray John
• Begam Batool
• Bharat Gupt
• Bheru Singh Chouhan
• Bhim Singh Bhavesh
• Bhimawa Doddabalappa Shiilekyathara
• Budhendra Kumar Jain
• C S Vaidyanathan
• Chaitram Deochand Pawar
• Chandrakant Sheth (Posthumous)
• Chandrakant Sompura
• Chetan E Chitnis
• David R Syiemlieh
• Durga Charan Ranbir
• Farooq Ahmad Mir
• Ganeshwar Shastri Dravid
• Gita Upadhyay
• Gokul Chandra Das
• Guruvayur Dorai
• Harchandan Singh Bhatty
• Hariman Sharma
• Harjinder Singh Srinagar Wale
• Harvinder Singh
• Hassan Raghu
• Hemant Kumar
• Hriday Narayan Dixit
• Hugh and Colleen Gantzer (Posthumous)
• Inivalappil Mani Vijayan
• Jagadish Joshila
• Jaspinder Narula
• Jonas Masetti
• Joynacharan Bathari
• Jumde Yomgam Gamlin
• K. Damodaran
• K L Krishna
• K Omanakutty Amma
• Kishore Kunal (Posthumous)
• L Hangthing
• Lakshmipathy Ramasubbaiyer
• Lalit Kumar Mangotra
• Lama Lobzang (Posthumous)
• Libia Lobo Sardesai
• M D Srinivas
• Madugula Nagaphani Sarma
• Mahabir Nayak
• Mamata Shankar
• Manda Krishna Madiga
• Maruti Bhujangrao Chitampalli
• Miriyala Apparao (Posthumous)
• Nagendra Nath Roy
• Narayan (Bhulai Bhai) (Posthumous)
• Naren Gurung
• Neerja Bhatla
• Nirmala Devi
• Nitin Nohria
• Onkar Singh Pahwa
• P Datchanamoorthy
• Pandi Ram Mandavi
• Parmar Lavjibhai Nagjibhai
• Pawan Goenka
• Prashanth Prakash
• Pratibha Satpathy
• Purisai Kannappa Sambandan
• R Ashwin
• R G Chandramogan
• Radha Bahin Bhatt
• Radhakrishnan Devasenapathy
• Ramdarash Mishra
• Ranendra Bhanu Majumdar
• Ratan Kumar Parimoo
• Reba Kanta Mahanta
• Renthlei Lalrawna
• Ricky Gyan Kej
• Sajjan Bhajanka
• Sally Holkar
• Sant Ram Deswal
• Satyapal Singh
• Seeni Viswanathan
• Sethuraman Panchanathan
• Sheikha Shaikha Ali Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
• Sheen Kaaf Nizam (Shiv Kishan Bissa)
• Shyam Bihari Agrawal
• Soniya Nityanand
• Stephen Knapp
• Subhash Khetulal Sharma
• Suresh Harilal Soni
• Surinder Kumar Vasal
• Swami Pradiptananda (Kartik Maharaj)
• Syed Ainu Hasan
• Tejendra Narayan Majumdar
• Thiyam Suryamukhi Devi
• Tushar Durgeshbhai Shukla
• Vadiraj Raghavendracharya Panchamukhi
• Vasudeo Kamath
• Velu Assaan
• Venkappa Ambaji Sugatekar
• Vijay Nityanand Surishwar Ji Maharaj
• Vijayalakshmi Deshamane
• Vilas Dangre
• Vinayak Lohani