Bhupen Hazarika awarded Padma Vibhushan

New Delhi, Jan 25 (ANI): The President of India today approved the conferment of Padma Awards for 2012 with veteran Assamese singer, poet and musician Late (Dr.) Bhupen Hazarika, receiving the Padma Vibhushan along with Cartoonist Late Mario De Miranda from Goa, Orthopedic and close aide of Anna Hazare, Dr. Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti from Maharashtra, Bureaucrat and former Governor of Uttar Pradesh, T V Rajeswar also being among the awardees of Padma Vibhushan.

 

Noted sculptor, K G Subramanyan from West Bengal has also been awarded the Padma Vibhushan.

 

The President, this year, has approved 109 awards including one duo case (counted as one) and 14 in the category of foreigners/ NRIs/ PIOs/ posthumous.

 

The awards comprise of five Padma Vibhushan, 27 Padma Bhushan and 77 Padma Shri Awards. There are 19 women among the list of awardees.

 

The awards will be conferred by the President in March/April at Rashtrapati Bhawan.

 

From the Film fraternity, Bollywood actress Shabana Azmi, Dharmendra and director Mira Nair have been conferred with Padma Bhushan, alongwith veteran painter Jatin Das, well-known cardiologist Devi Prasad Shetty and violinist M S Gopalakrishnan who are also among the recipient of the award.

 

Padma Vibhushan. Shri K G Subramanyan Art-Painting and Sculpture West Bengal

 

2. Late Shri Mario De Miranda Art-Cartoonist Goa*

 

3. Late (Dr.)Bhupen Hazarika Art- Vocal Music Assam*

 

4. Dr. Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti Medicine - Orthopedics Maharashtra . Shri T V Rajeswar Civil Service Delhi

 

Padma Bhushan1. Smt. Shabana Azmi Art - Cinema Maharashtra

 

2. Shri Khaled Choudhury Art - Theatre West Bengal

 

3. Shri Jatin Das Art - Painting Delhi

 

4. Pandit Buddhadev Das Gupta Art - Instrumental Music - Sarod West Bengal

 

5. Shri Dharmendra Singh Deol alias Dharmendra Art - Cinema Maharashtra

 

6. Dr. Trippunithwra Viswanathan Gopalkrishnan Art - Classical vocal and instrumental music Tamil Nadu

 

7. Ms. Mira Nair Art - Cinema Delhi

 

8. Shri M.S. Gopalakrishnan Art - Instrumental Music-Violin Tamil Nadu

 

9. Shri Anish Kapoor Art - Sculpture UK*

 

10. Shri Satya Narayan Goenka Social Work Maharashtra

 

11. Dr. (Judge) Patibandla Chandrasekhar Rao Public Affairs Germany*

 

12. Shri George Yong-Boon Yeo Public Affairs Singapore*

 

13. Prof. Shashikumar Chitre Science and Engineering Maharashtra 4. Dr. M S Raghunathan Science and Engineering Maharashtra 5. Shri Subbiah Murugappa Vellayan Trade and Industry Tamil Nadu

 

16. Shri Balasubramanian Muthuraman Trade and Industry Maharashtra

 

17. Dr. Suresh H. Advani Medicine - Oncology Maharashtra

 

18. Dr. Noshir H Wadia Medicine-Neurology Maharashtra

 

19. Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty Medicine-Cardiology Karnataka

 

20. Prof. (Dr.) Shantaram Balwant Mujumdar Literature and Education Maharashtra

 

21. Prof. Vidya Dehejia Literature and Education USA*

 

22. Prof. Arvind Panagariya Literature and Education USA*

 

23. Dr. Jose Pereira Literature and Education USA*

 

24. Dr. Homi K. Bhabha Literature and Education UK *

 

25. Shri N Vittal Civil Service Kerala

 

26. Shri Mata Prasad Civil Service Uttar Pradesh

 

27. Shri Ronen Sen Civil Service West Bengal Padma Shri . Shri Vanraj Bhatia Art - Music Maharashtra

 

2. Shri Zia Fariduddin Dagar Art - Music - vocal Maharashtra

 

3. Smt. Nameirakpam Ibemni Devi Art - Music- Khongjom Parba Manipur

 

4. Shri Ramachandra Subraya Hegde Chittani Art - Yakshagana dance drama Karnataka

 

5. Shri Moti Lal Kemmu Art - Playwright Jammu and Kashmir

 

6. Shri Shahid Parvez Khan Art - Instrumental Music-Sitar Maharashtra

 

7. Shri Mohan Lal Kumhar Art - Terracotta Rajasthan

 

8. Shri Sakar Khan Manganiar Art - Rajasthani Folk Music Rajasthan

 

9. Smt. Joy Michael Art - Theatre Delhi

 

10. Dr. Minati Mishra Art - Indian Classical Dance-Odissi. Orissa

 

11. Shri Natesan Muthuswamy Art - Theatre. Tamil Nadu

 

12. Smt. R. Nagarathnamma Art - Theatre Karnataka

 

13. Shri Kalamandalm Sivan Nambootiri Art - Indian Classical Dance- Kutiyattam Kerala

 

14. Smt. Yamunabai Waikar Art - Indian Folk Music-Lavani. Maharashtra

 

15. Shri Satish Alekar Art - Playwright Maharashtra

 

16. Pandit Gopal Prasad Dubey Art - Chhau dance and choreography Jharkhand 7. Shri Ramakant Gundecha # Art - Indian Classical Music- Vocal Madhya Pradesh Shri Umakant Gundecha # Art - Indian Classical Music- Vocal Madhya Pradesh

 

18. Shri Anup Jalota Art-Indian Classical Music- Vocal Maharashtra

 

19. Shri Soman Nair Priyadarsan Art - Cinema- Direction Kerala

 

20. Shri Sunil Janah Art-Photography Assam 1. Ms. Laila Tyebji Art-Handicrafts Delhi

 

22. Shri Vijay Sharma Art-Painting Himachal Pradesh

 

23. Smt. Shamshad Begum Social Work Chattisgarh

 

24. Smt. Reeta Devi Social Work Delhi

 

25. Dr. P.K. Gopal Social Work Tamil Nadu

 

26. Smt. Phoolbasan Bai Yadav Social Work Chattisgarh

 

27. Dr. G. Muniratnam Social Work Andhra Pradesh

 

28. Shri Niranjan Pranshankar Pandya Social Work Maharashtra

 

29. Dr. Uma Tuli Social Work Delhi

 

30. Shri Sat Paul Varma Social Work Jammu and Kashmir

 

31. Smt.Binny Yanga Social Work Arunachal Pradesh

 

32. Shri Yezdi Hirji Malegam Public Affairs Maharashtra

 

33. Shri Pravin H. Parekh Pubic Affairs Delhi

 

34. Dr. V. Adimurthy Science and Engineering Kerala

 

35. Dr. Krishna Lal Chadha Science and Engineering - Agriculture Delhi

 

36. Prof. Virander Singh Chauhan Science and Engineering Delhi

 

37. Prof. Rameshwar Nath Koul Bamezai Science and Engineering Jammu and Kashmir

 

38. Dr. Vijaypal Singh Science and Engineering - Agricultural Research Uttar Pradesh 9. Dr. Lokesh Kumar Singhal Science and Engineering Punjab

 

40. Dr. Yagnaswami Sundara Rajan Science and Engineering Karnataka

 

41. Prof. Jagadish Shukla Science and Engineering USA*

 

42. Ms. Priya Paul Trade and Industry Delhi

 

43. Shri Shoji Shiba Trade and Industry Japan*

 

44. Shri Gopinath Pillai Trade and Industry Singapore*

 

45. Shri Arun Hastimal Firodia Trade and Industry Maharashtra

 

46. Dr. Swati A. Piramal Trade and Industry Maharashtra

 

47. Prof. Mahdi Hasan Medicine-Anatomy Uttar Pradesh

 

48. Dr. Viswanathan Mohan Medicine - Diabetology Tamil Nadu

 

49. Dr. J. Hareendran Nair Medicine - Ayurveda Kerala

 

50. Dr. Vallalarpuram Sennimalai Natarajan Medicine - Geriatrics Tamil Nadu

 

51. Dr. Jitendra Kumar Singh Medicine - Oncology Bihar

 

52. Dr. Shrinivas S. Vaishya Medicine-Healthcare Daman and Diu

 

53. Dr. Nitya Anand Medicine - Drugs Research Uttar Pradesh

 

54. Late Dr. Jugal Kishore Medicine - Homoeopathy Delhi *

 

55. Dr. Mukesh Batra Medicine-Homeopathy Maharashtra

 

56. Dr. Eberhard Fischer Literature and Education Switzerland*

 

57. Shri Kedar Gurung Literature and Education Sikkim

 

58. Shri Surjit Singh Patar Literature and Education - Poetry Punjab

 

59. Shri Vijay Dutt Shridhar Literature and Education - Journalism Madhya Pradesh

 

60. Shri Irwin Allan Sealy Literature and Education Uttarakhand

 

61. Ms. Geeta Dharmarajan Literature and Education Delhi

 

62. Prof. Sachchidanand Sahai Literature and Education Haryana

 

63. Smt. Pepita Seth Literature and Education Kerala

 

64. Dr. Ralte L. Thanmawia Literature and Education Mizoram

 

65. Shri Ajeet Bajaj Sports - Skiing Delhi

 

66. Smt. Jhulan Goswami Sports - Women's Cricket West Bengal

 

67. Shri Zafar Iqbal Sports-Hockey Uttar Pradesh

 

68. Shri Devendra Jhajrija Sports - Athletics- Paralympics Rajasthan

 

69. Shri Limba Ram Sports - Archery Rajasthan

 

70. Shri Syed Mohammed Arif Sports - Badminton Andhra Pradesh

 

71. Prof. Ravi Chaturvedi Sports- Commentary Delhi

 

72. Shri Prabhakar Vaidya Sports-Physical Education Maharashtra

 

73. Shri T. Venkatapathi Reddiar Others-Horticulture Puducherry

 

74. Dr. K. (Kota) Ullas Karanth Others-Wildlife Conservation and Environment Protection Karnataka

 

75. Shri K Paddayya Others-Archaeology Maharashtra

 

76. Shri Swapan Guha Others-Ceramics Rajasthan

 

77. Dr. Kartikeya V. Sarabhai Others - Environmental Education Gujarat

 

The awards are conferred by the President of India at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhawan sometime around March/ April.

 

* indicates awardees in the category of Foreigners / NRIs/ PIOs/ Posthumous.

 

# indicates duo case.(ANI)

 

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