Padma Awards 2017 ,Correctional Service Medals and Jeevan Raksha Padak Awards

Padma Awards 2017 announced

Padma Awards - one of the highest civilian Awards of the country, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The Awards are given in various disciplines/ fields of activities, viz.- art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. ‘Padma Vibhushan’ is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service; ‘Padma Bhushan’ for distinguished service of high order and ‘Padma Shri’ for distinguished service in any field. The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year.

These awards are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March/ April every year. This year the President of India has approved conferment of Padma Awards to 89 persons as per the list below. The list comprises of 7 Padma Vibhushan, 7 Padma Bhushan and 75 Padma Shri Awardees. 19 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 5 persons from the category of foreigners, NRIs, PIOs and 6 Posthumous awardees.

PADMA VIBHUSHAN

Sl. No	Name	Field	State
1.	Shri K J Yesudas	Art-Music	Kerala
2.	Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev	Others-Spiritualism	Tamil Nadu
3.	Shri Sharad Pawar	Public Affairs	Maharashtra
4.	Shri Murli Manohar Joshi	Public Affairs	Uttar Pradesh
5.	Prof. Udipi Ramachandra Rao	Science & Engineering	Karnataka
6.	Late Shri Sunder Lal Patwa (Posthumous)	Public Affairs	Madhya Pradesh
7.	Late Shri PA Sangma (Posthumous)	Public Affairs	Meghalaya

Padma Bhushan

Sl. No.	Name	Field	State
8.	Shri Vishwa Mohan Bhatt	Art-Music	Rajasthan
9.	Prof. (Dr.) Devi Prasad Dwivedi	Literature & Education	Uttar Pradesh
10.	Shri Tehemton Udwadia	Medicine	Maharashtra
11.	Shri Ratna Sundar Maharaj	Others-Spiritualism	Gujarat
12.	Swami Niranjana Nanda Saraswati	Others-Yoga	Bihar
13.	H.R.H. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn (Foreigner)	Literature & Education	Thailand
14.	Late Shri Cho Ramaswamy (Posthumous)	Literature & Education –Journalism	Tamil Nadu

Padma Shri

Sl. No	Name	Field	State
15.	Smt. Basanti Bisht	Art-Music	Uttarakhand
16.	Shri Chemanchery Kunhiraman Nair	Art-Dance	Kerala
17.	Smt. Aruna Mohanty	Art-Dance	Odisha
18.	Smt. Bharathi Vishnuvardhan	Art-Cinema	Karnataka
19.	Shri Sadhu Meher	Art-Cinema	Odisha
20.	Shri T K Murthy	Art-Music	Tamil Nadu
21.	Shri Laishram Birendrakumar Singh	Art-Music	Manipur
22.	Shri Krishna Ram Chaudhary	Art-Music	Uttar Pradesh
23.	Smt. Baoa Devi	Art-Painting	Bihar
24.	Shri Tilak Gitai	Art-Painting	Rajasthan
25.	Dr. Prof. Aekka Yadagiri Rao	Art-Sculpture	Telangana
26.	Shri Jitendra Haripal	Art-Music	Odisha
27.	Shri Kailash Kher	Art-Music	Maharashtra
28.	Smt. Parassala B Ponnammal	Art-Music	Kerala
29.	Smt. Sukri Bommagowda	Art-Music	Karnataka
30.	Shri Mukund Nayak	Art-Music	Jharkhand
31.	Shri Purushottam Upadhyay	Art-Music	Gujarat
32.	Smt. Anuradha Paudwal	Art-Music	Maharashtra
33.	Shri Wareppa Naba Nil	Art-Theatre	Manipur
34.	Shri Tripuraneni Hanuman Chowdary	Civil Service	Telangana
35.	Shri T.K. Viswanathan	Civil Service	Haryana
36.	Shri Kanwal Sibal	Civil Service	Delhi
37.	Shri Birkha Bahadur Limboo Muringla	Literature & Education	Sikkim
38.	Smt. Eli Ahmed	Literature & Education	Assam
39.	Dr. Narendra Kohli	Literature & Education	Delhi
40.	Prof. G. Venkatasubbiah	Literature & Education	Karnataka
41.	Shri Akkitham Achyuthan Namboothiri	Literature & Education	Kerala
42.	Shri Kashi Nath Pandita	Literature & Education	Jammu & Kashmir
43.	Shri Chamu Krishna Shastry	Literature & Education	Delhi
44.	Shri Harihar Kripalu Tripathi	Literature & Education	Uttar Pradesh
45.	Shri Michel Danino	Literature & Education	Tamil Nadu
46.	Shri Punam Suri	Literature & Education	Delhi
47.	Shri VG Patel	Literature & Education	Gujarat
48.	Smt. V Koteswaramma	Literature & Education	Andhra Pradesh
49.	Shri Balbir Dutt	Literature & Education-Journalism	Jharkhand
50.	Smt. Bhawana Somaaya	Literature & Education-Journalism	Maharashtra
51.	Shri Vishnu Pandya	Literature & Education-Journalism	Gujarat
52.	Dr. Subroto Das	Medicine	Gujarat
53.	Dr. (Smt.) Bhakti Yadav	Medicine	Madhya Pradesh
54.	Dr. Mohammed Abdul Waheed	Medicine	Telangana
55.	Dr. Madan Madhav Godbole	Medicine	Uttar Pradesh
56.	Dr. Devendra Dayabhai Patel	Medicine	Gujarat
57.	Prof. Harkishan Singh	Medicine	Chandigarh
58.	Dr. Mukut Minz	Medicine	Chandigarh
59.	Shri Arun Kumar Sharma	Others-Archaeology	Chhattisgarh
60.	Shri Sanjeev Kapoor	Others-Culinary	Maharashtra
61.	Smt. Meenakshi Amma	Others-Martial Art	Kerala
62.	Shri Genabhai Dargabhai Patel	Others-Agriculture	Gujarat
63.	Shri Chandrakant Pithawa	Science & Engineering	Telangana
64.	Prof. Ajoy Kumar Ray	Science & Engineering	West Bengal
65.	Shri Chintakindi Mallesham	Science & Engineering	Andhra Pradesh
66.	Shri Jitendra Nath Goswami	Science & Engineering	Assam
67.	Shri Daripalli Ramaiah	Social Work	Telangana
68.	Shri Girish Bhardwaj	Social Work	Karnataka
69.	Shri Karimul Hak	Social Work	West Bengal
70.	Shri Bipin Ganatra	Social Work	West Bengal
71.	Smt. Nivedita Raghunath Bhide	Social work	Tamil Nadu
72.	Shri Appasaheb Dharmadhikari	Social Work	Maharashtra
73.	Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal	Social Work	Punjab
74.	Shri Virat Kohli	Sports-Cricket	Delhi
75.	Shri Shekar Naik	Sports-Cricket	Karnataka
76.	Shri Vikasa Gowda	Sports-Discus Throw	Karnataka
77.	Smt. Deepa Malik	Sports-Athletics	Haryana
78.	Shri Mariyappan Thangavelu	Sports-Athletics	Tamil Nadu
79.	Smt. Dipa Karmakar	Sports-Gymnastics	Tripura
80.	Shri P R Shreejesh	Sports-Hockey	Kerala
81.	Smt. Sakshi Malik	Sports-Wrestling	Haryana
82.	Shri Mohan Reddy Venkatrama Bodanapu	Trade & Industry	Telangana
83.	Shri Imrat Khan (NRI/PIO)	Art-Music	USA
84.	Shri Anant Agarwal (NRI/PIO)	Literature & Education	USA
85.	Shri H.R. Shah (NRI/PIO)	Literature & Education-Journalism	USA
86.	Late (Smt.) Suniti Solomon (Posthumous)	Medicine	Tamil Nadu
87.	Shri Asoke Kumar Bhattacharyya (Posthumous)	Others-Archaeology	West Bengal
88.	Dr. Mapuskar (Posthumous)	Social Work	Maharashtra
89.	Smt. Anuradha Koirala (Foreigner)	Social Work	Nepal

The above details are also available on MHA website, mha.nic.in, and padmaawards.gov.in

Correctional Service Medals for Distinguished/Meritorious Service announced

The President of India has approved the following Correctional Service medals to the following prison personnel on the occasion of Republic Day, 2017:

President’s Correctional Service Medal for Distinguished Service

Smt. V. Thangam, Chief Head Warder (W), Special Prison for Women, Madurai, Tamil Nadu.
Shri Sharad, DIG, Prison, Agra, Uttar Pradesh.

Correctional Service Medal for Meritorious Service

1. Shri Ganeshbai Jethidas Makwana, Jailor-I Rajkot Central Jail, Rajkot, Gujarat.

2. Shri Ishvarbhai Velajibhai Chaudhari, Superintendent, Patan Sub Jail, Gujarat.

3. Shri Ajit Singh, Head Warder, District Jail, Rewari, Haryana.

4. Shri Naresh Kumar Hooda, Head Warder, District Jail Bhiwani, Haryana.

5. Shri M.C. Kenge Gowda, Jailor, Central Prison, Mysore, Karnataka

6. Shri Ramesh Raghunath Shinde, Havildar, Yerwada Central Prison, Maharashtra.

7. Shri Subhash Dnyanoba Kurhade, Jail Sepoy Yerwada Central Prison, Maharashtra.

8. Shri Shivajirao Baburao Patil, Havildar, Kolhapur Central Prison, Maharashtra.

9. Shri T. Sharat Singh, Head Warder, Manipur Central Jail, Sajiwa, Manipur.

10. Smt. T. Bendangsenla, Assistant Office Suptd., Prison Headquarter, Nagaland.

11. Shri Bivendu Bhuyan, Assistant Jailor, Speicial Jail, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

12. Shri Kalu Charan Swain, Head Warder, Sub-Jail, Paralakhemundi, Odisha.

13. Smt. Monika Agarwal, Dy. Superintendent, Mahila Bandi Sudhar Grih, Jaipur, Rajasthan.

14. Smt. Suman Maliwal, Dy. Superintendent, Distt Jail, Bhilwara, Rajasthan.

15. Shri Jagan Lal Kachlariya, Steno Grade-2, Head Quarters, Prisons & Correctional Services, Raipur, Chhattisgarh.

16. Shri Chhabi Prasad Sharma, Head Warder, Sub Jail Katghora, Chhattisgarh.

17. Shri Mosali Reddy Bhaskar, Deputy Superintendent of Jails, District Jail, Mahaboob Nagar, Telangana.

18. Shri Paidi Vijay Kumar, Chief Head Warder, Central Prison, Cherlapalli, Telangana.

19. Shri A. Madasamy, Deputy Jailor, Central Prison, Palayamcottai, Tamil Nadu.

20. Shri N. Marimuthu, Grade-I Warder, Central Prison, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.

21. Mohd. Javed, Head Warder, Central Prison, Unnao, Uttar Pradesh

22. Shri Ramendra Nath Srivastav, Head Warder, District Prison, Badayun, Uttar Pradesh.

23. Shri Ravindra Nath Srivastav, Head Warder, Central Prison, Naini, Uttar Pradesh.

24. Shri Pradeep Kumar Verma, Head Warder, District Prison, Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh.

25. Shri Uttam Das, Chief Head Warder, Presidency Correctional Home, West Bengal.

26. Shri Tajuddin Ahammad, Chief Head Warder, Burdwan Central Correction Home, West Bengal.

27. Shri Gopal Chandra Biswas, Chief Head Warder, Midnapore Central Correctional Home, West Bengal.

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Jeevan Raksha Padak Awards – 2016 announced

The President of India has approved the conferment of Jeevan Raksha Padak Series of Awards – 2016 on 36 persons which includes Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak to 05, Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak to 08 and Jeevan Raksha Padak to 23 persons; 07 awards are posthumous.
The details are as under:-
Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak
1. Ms. Roluahpuii (Posthumous), Mizoram 2. Shri Shishir Kumar Yadavannavr (Posthumous), Karnataka 3. Shri Vadmitra Choudhary, (Posthumous), Uttar Pradesh 4. Shri Rakesh Kumar CN (Posthumous), Karnataka 5. Shri Suresh NB (Posthumous), Kerala Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak
1. Shri Mrigesh Narayan Barua, Assam
2. Dr. C. Gopakumar (Posthumous), Kerala
3. Shri Govind Laxman Tupe, Maharashtra
4. Shri Churchill, Mizoram
5. Smt. Roluahpuii, Mizoram
6. Shri Bir Bajrangbali Pandey, West Bengal
7. Master Maurice Yengkhom, Manipur
8. Master Shivansh Singh (Posthumous), Uttar Pradesh
Jeevan Raksha Padak
1. Shri Yashwant Kumar Pisda, Chhattisgarh
2. Shri Dara Singh, Haryana
3. Shri Dinesh Kumar, Himachal Pradesh
4. Shri Ratheeshan Nambolan, Kerala
5. Master Anandhakrishnan A, Kerala
6. Master Akhil K. Shibu, Kerala
7. Shri Tejesh Brijlal Sonawane, Maharashtra
8. Shri Manoj Sudhakarrao Barahate, Maharashtra
9. Shri Isac Lalrinchhana, Mizoram
10. Shri Lalmohan Mohanta, Odisha
11. Kum. Nazia, Uttar Pradesh
12. Shri Pankaj Kumar Pandey, Tamil Nadu
13. Shri Anoop Mishra, Uttar Pradesh
14. Shri Kapil Kumar Shishodia, Uttar Pradesh
15. Shri Neelkant Ramesh Harikantra, Maharashtra
16. Shri Manohar Mahato, West Bengal
17. Shri Balen Rajbongshi, West Bengal
18. Shri Dharmendra Kumar Yadav, West Bengal
19. Master Kamlesh Pradhan, Chhattisgarh
20. Kum. Angelica Tynsong, Meghalaya
21. Master Sai Krishna Akhil Kilambi, Telangana
22. Shri Tshewana Thinlay Lachungpa, Sikkim
23. Shri Altaf Ahmed Khan, Jammu & Kashmir
Jeevan Raksha Padak series of awards are given to a person for meritorious act of humane nature in saving the life of a person. The award is given in three categories, namely, Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak, Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak and Jeevan Raksha Padak. Persons of either sex in all walks of life are eligible for these awards. The award can also be conferred posthumously.
The decoration of the award (medal, certificate signed by the Home Minister and demand draft for lump sum monetary allowance) is presented to the awardee in due course by the respective State Government to which the awardee belongs.