MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS PRESS NOTE
North Block, New Delhi.
Dated the 25th January, 2013.
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 consented to confer Padma Awards to 108 persons as per the list below. The list comprises of 4 Padma Vibhushan, 24 Padma Bhushan and 80 Padma Shri Awardees. 24 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 11 persons from the category of foreigners, NRIs, PIOs and Posthumous awardees.
Padma Vibhushan
http://mha.nic.in/pdfs/Padma%28E%292013.pdf
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No.
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Name
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Discipline
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State/ Domicile
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1
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Shri Raghunath Mohapatra
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Art
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Orissa
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2
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Shri S. Haider Raza
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Art
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Delhi
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3
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Prof. Yash Pal
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Science and Engineering
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Uttar Pradesh
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4
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Prof. Roddam Narasimha
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Science and Engineering
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Karnataka
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