PADMA Awards – 2018 List Download PDF

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.

PADMA Awards – 2018 List

Here is the list of all Padma Awards of 2018.

Padma Vibhushan

• Shri Ilaiyaraaja
  • Art-Music
• Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan
  • Art-Music
• Shri P. Parameswaran
  • Literature and Education

Padma Bhushan

• Shri Pankaj Advani Sports
  • Billiards/Snooker
• Most Rev. Dr. Philipose Mar Chrysostom Mar Thoma Valiya Metropolitan
  • Others-Spiritualism
• Shri Mahendra Singh Dhoni
  • Sports-Cricket
• His Excellency Alexander Kadakin (Foreigner/Posthumous)
• Public Affairs Russian Federation
• Dr. Ramachandran Nagaswamy
  • Others-Archaeology
• Prof. Ved Prakash Nanda (OCI)
  • Literature and Education
• Shri Laxman Pai
  • Art-Painting
• Pandit Arvind Parikh
  • Art-Music
• Dr. Sharda Sinha
  • Art-Music

Padma Shri

• Shri Abhay Bang (Duo) & Ms. Rani Bang (Duo)
  • Medicine
• Shri Damodar Ganesh Bapat
  • Social Work
• Shri Prafulla Govinda Baruah
  • Literature and Education Journalism
• Shri Mohan Swaroop Bhatia
  • Art-Folk Music
• Shri Sudhanshu Biswas
  • Social Work
• Ms. Saikhom Mirabai Chanu
  • Sports-Weightlifting
• Pandit Shyamlal Chaturvedi
  • Literature and Education Journalism
• Shri Jose Ma Joey Concepcion (Foreigner)
  • Trade and Industry
• Smt. Langpoklakpam Subadani Devi
  • Art-Weaving
• Shri Somdev Kishore Devvarman
  • Sports-Tennis
• Dr. Yeshi Dhonden
  • Medicine
• Shri Arup Kumar Dutta
  • Literature and Education
• Dr. Dodda Range Gowda
  • Art-Lyrics
• Shri Arvind Kumar Gupta
  • Literature and Education
• Prof. Digamber Hansda
  • Literature and Education
• Shri Datuk Ramli Ibrahim (Foreigner)
  • Art-Dance
• Shri Anwar Ahmad (Anwar Jalalpuri) (Posthumous)
  • Literature and Education
• Shri M. Piyongtemjen Jamir
  • Literature and Education
• Smt. Sitavva Dundappa Jodatti
  • Social Work
• Smt. Malti Joshi
  • Literature and Education
• Shri Manoj Navneet Joshi
  • Art-Acting
• Shri Rameshwarlal Kabra
  • Trade and Industry
• Shri Pran Kishore Kaul
  • Art
• Shri Bounlap Keokangna (Foreigner)
  • Others-Architecture
• Shri Vijay Kumar Kichlu
  • Art-Music
• Prof. Tommy Koh (Foreigner)
  • Public Affairs
• Smt. Lekshmikutty
  • Medicine-Traditional
• Ms. Joyshree Goswami Mahanta
  • Literature and Education
• Shri Narayan Das Maharaj
  • Others-Spiritualism
• Shri Pravakar Maharana
  • Art-Sculpture
• His Excellency Hun Many (Foreigner)
  • Public Affairs