Padma Vibhushan Awards 2019 was announced on January 25, 2019. Only four persons of this year have been awarded the Padma Vibhushan Awards. India’s second highest Civilian Awards, Padma Awards are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.
The awards are given in various disciplines or fields of activities: social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. The Padma Vibhushan is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service; the Padma Bhushan for distinguished service of high order and the 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 or April every year. This year the President of India Ram Nath Kovind approved conferment of 112 Padma Awards including one duo case (in a duo case, the Award is counted as one). The list comprises 4 Padma Vibhushan, 14 Padma Bhushan and 94 Padma Shri Awards. 21 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 11 persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI, 3 Posthumous awardees and 1 transgender person.
Here is the full list of Padma Vibhushan Awardees 2019–
Padma Vibhushan Winners (4)
S.No | Name | Field | State |
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1. | Ms. Teejan Bai | Art-Vocals-Folk | Chhattisgarh |
2. | Ismail Omar Guelleh (Foreigner) | Public Affairs | Djibouti |
3. | Anilkumar Manibhai Naik | Trade & Industry Infrastructure | Maharashtra |
4. | Balwant Moreshwar Purandare | Art-Acting-Theatre | Maharashtra |
Padma Bhushan Winners (14)
S.No | Name | Field | State |
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1. | John Chambers (Foreigner) | Trade & Industry Technology | USA |
2. | Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa | Public Affairs | Punjab |
3. | Pravin Gordhan (Foreigner) | Public Affairs | South Africa |
4. | Mahashay Dharam Pal Gulati | Trade & Industry Food Processing | Delhi |
5. | Darshan Lal Jain | Social Work | Haryana |
6. | Ashok Laxmanrao Kukade | Medicine-Affordable Healthcare | Maharashtra |
7. | Kariya Munda | Public Affairs | Jharkhand |
8. | Budhaditya Mukherjee | Art-Music-Sitar | West Bengal |
9. | Mohanlal Viswanathan Nair | Art-Acting-Film | Kerala |
10. | S Nambi Narayan | Science & Engineering-Space | Kerala |
11. | Kuldip Nayar (Posthumous) | Literature & Education (Journalism) | Delhi |
12. | Ms. Bachendri Pal | Sports-Mountaineering | Uttarakhand |
13. | V K Shunglu | Civil Service | Delhi |
14. | Hukumdev Narayan Yadav | Public Affairs | Bihar |
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