Padma Shri Awards (2010–2019) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

This is a list of the recipients of the Padma Shri
Padma Shri
Padma Shri is the fourth highest civilian award in the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan...

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

's fourth highest civilian honour for 2010-2019.

Key

*	denotes awardees in the category of Foreigners/ NRIs/ PIOs.
^†	denotes joint award.

2010

The following is the list of the recipients of the Padma Shri in 2010:

Name	Field	State	Country
Gulam Mohammed Mir	Public Service	Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir is the northernmost state of India. It is situated mostly in the Himalayan mountains. Jammu and Kashmir shares a border with the states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab to the south and internationally with the People's Republic of China to the north and east and the...	India India India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
Rekha	Art	Maharashtra Maharashtra Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...	India
Arjun Prajapati Arjun Prajapati Arjun Prajapatiis an Indian artisan known for his work on pottery.He is a receiver of Padma ShriAward in 2010He hails from Rajasthan.-References:...	Art	Rajasthan Rajasthan Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...	India
Arundhati Nag	Art	Karnataka Karnataka Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...	India
Carmel Berkson	Art	Maharashtra	India
F. Wasifuddin Dagar	Art	Delhi Delhi Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...	India
Gul Bardhan	Art	Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and Indore is the largest city....	India
Haobam Ongbi Ngangbi Devi	Art	Manipur Manipur Manipur is a state in northeastern India, with the city of Imphal as its capital. Manipur is bounded by the Indian states of Nagaland to the north, Mizoram to the south and Assam to the west; it also borders Burma to the east. It covers an area of...	India
Hari Uppal	Art	Bihar Bihar Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....	India
K. Raghavan K. Raghavan K. Raghavan is a Malayalam music composer. Along with Baburaj, Raghavan is often credited for the renaissance of Malayalam film music. K.Raghavan gave a new direction and identity to Malayalam film music.As he searched for the right tune for the lyrics, little did K...	Art	Kerala Kerala or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....	India
Mayadhar Raut Mayadhar Raut Guru Mayadhar Raut is an Indian classical Odissi dancer and Guru.-Early life and education:Mayadhar Raut was born in the village Kantapenhara in Cuttack district, subsequently he received his dance training under the Guru-shishya tradition of Odissi by Rukmini Devi Arundale at Kalakshetra.He is...	Art	Delhi	India
Mukund Lath	Art	Rajasthan Rajasthan Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...	India
Nemai Ghosh	Art	West Bengal West Bengal West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...	India
Raghunath Panigrahi Raghunath Panigrahi Pandit Raghunath Panigrahi is a famous Indian classical singer and Music Director. A noted vocalist of Gita Govinda, he left a promising career in film music in Chennai, to provide vocal support in his wife, Sanjukta Panigrahi, legendary Odissi danseuse performances and also a composer...	Art	Orissa Orissa Orissa , officially Odisha since Nov 2011, is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of the ancient nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC. The modern state of Orissa was established on 1 April...	India
Rajkumar Achouba Singh	Art	Manipur Manipur Manipur is a state in northeastern India, with the city of Imphal as its capital. Manipur is bounded by the Indian states of Nagaland to the north, Mizoram to the south and Assam to the west; it also borders Burma to the east. It covers an area of...	India
Ram Dayal Munda Ram Dayal Munda Dr.R.D.Munda, an Indian scholar and regional music exponent, was awarded the Padma Shri of the year 2010 for his contribution to the field of art....	Art	Jharkhand Jharkhand Jharkhand is a state in eastern India. It was carved out of the southern part of Bihar on 15 November 2000. Jharkhand shares its border with the states of Bihar to the north, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to the west, Orissa to the south, and West Bengal to the east...	India
Resul Pokutty Resul Pookutty Resul Pookutty is an Indian film sound designer, sound editor and mixer. He, along with Richard Pryke and Ian Tapp won the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing for the film Slumdog Millionaire...	Art	Kerala Kerala or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....	India
Saif Ali Khan Saif Ali Khan Saif Ali Khan is an Indian actor known for his work in Bollywood films. He is the son of the late former Nawab of Pataudi, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, and actress Sharmila Tagore. He has two sisters: Saba Ali Khan and actress Soha Ali Khan....	Art	Maharashtra	India
Shobha Raju Shobha Raju Dr. Shobha Raju is an Indian musician, devotional singer, writer and composer, known as an exponent of sankirtana of the gospel of the 15th century saint-composer, Annamacharya....	Art	Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...	India
Sumitra Guha	Art	Delhi	India
Ulhas Kashalkar Ulhas Kashalkar Pandit Ulhas N Kashalkar is a noted Hindustani classical vocalist. He has received training in the Gwalior, Jaipur and Agra gharanas, and is considered a legitimate representative of all three schools.-Early life:...	Art	West Bengal West Bengal West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...	India
D.R. Karthikeyan	Civil Service	Delhi	India
Ranjit Bhargava	Environment Protection	Uttarakhand Uttarakhand Uttarakhand , formerly Uttaranchal, is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the Land of Gods due to the many holy Hindu temples and cities found throughout the state, some of which are among Hinduism's most spiritual and auspicious places of pilgrimage and worship...	India
Arun Sarma	Literature and Education	Assam Assam Assam , also, rarely, Assam Valley and formerly the Assam Province , is a northeastern state of India and is one of the most culturally and geographically distinct regions of the country...	India
Arvind Kumar	Literature and Education	Maharashtra	India
Bertha Gyndykes Dkhar	Literature and Education	Meghalaya Meghalaya Meghalaya is a state in north-eastern India. The word "Meghalaya" literally means the Abode of Clouds in Sanskrit and other Indic languages. Meghalaya is a hilly strip in the eastern part of the country about 300 km long and 100 km wide, with a total area of about 8,700 sq mi . The...	India
Govind Chandra Pande Govind Chandra Pande Govind Chandra Pande is a well-known Indian historian of the Vedic and the Buddhist periods . He has served a professor of ancient history and vice-chancellor at Jaipur and Allahabad universities...	Literature and Education	Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and Indore is the largest city....	India
Hamidi Kashmiri	Literature and Education	Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir is the northernmost state of India. It is situated mostly in the Himalayan mountains. Jammu and Kashmir shares a border with the states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab to the south and internationally with the People's Republic of China to the north and east and the...	India
Hermann Kulke Hermann Kulke Hermann Kulke is a German Historian and Indologist, who was Professor of the South and Southeast Asian History at the Department of History, Kiel University . After receiving his Ph.D...	Literature and Education		Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... *
Janaki Ballav Shastri	Literature and Education	Bihar Bihar Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....	India
Jitendra Udhampuri	Literature and Education	Jammu and Kashmir	India
Lal Bahadur Singh Chauhan	Literature and Education	Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...	India
Lalzuia Colney	Literature and Education	Mizoram Mizoram Mizoram is one of the Seven Sister States in North Eastern India, sharing borders with the states of Tripura, Assam, Manipur and with the neighbouring countries of Bangladesh and Burma. Mizoram became the 23rd state of India on 20 February 1987. Its capital is Aizawl. Mizoram is located in the...	India
Maria Aurora Couto Maria Aurora Couto Maria Aurora Couto is an Indian writer, historian and educationalist from Goa. Her family hails from the Goan Catholic community, a Christian community in Goa. She taught English literature in colleges in India and has contributed to periodicals in India and the United Kingdom.She lives in the...	Literature and Education	Goa Goa Goa , a former Portuguese colony, is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population. Located in South West India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its...	India
Rajalakshmi Parthasarathy Rajalakshmi Parthasarathy Rajalakshmi Parthasarathy , popularly known as Mrs. Y. G. P. is an Indian journalist, educationist and social worker. She is the founder and dean of the P. S. B. B. Group of Institutions.- Early life :...	Literature and Education	Tamilnadu	India
Ramaranjan Mukherji	Literature and Education	West Bengal West Bengal West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...	India
Ranganathan Parthasarathy	Literature and Education	Tamilnadu	India
Romuald D'Souza Romuald D'Souza Romuald D'Souza is a Jesuit priest and the Founder Director of Goa Institute of Management.Director of XLRI, Jamshedpur from 1982-1989. In 1987, he founded Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar and was its Director till 1993. Fr...	Literature and Education	Goa Goa Goa , a former Portuguese colony, is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population. Located in South West India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its...	India
Sadiq-ur-Rahman Kidwai	Literature and Education	Delhi	India
Sheldon Pollock Sheldon Pollock Sheldon I. Pollock is a scholar of Sanskrit, Indian intellectual and literary history, and comparative intellectual history. He is currently the William B. Ransford Professor of Sanskrit and South Asian Studies at the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies, Columbia University...	Literature and Education		United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... *
Surendra Dubey	Literature and Education	Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh is a state in Central India, formed when the 16 Chhattisgarhi-speaking South-Eastern districts of Madhya Pradesh gained separate statehood on 1 November 2000....	India
Anil Kumar Bhalla Anil Kumar Bhalla Anil Kumar Bhalla is an Indian Kidney transplant surgeon from Delhi. Bhalla was awarded the Padma Shri in 2010 for his contribution to the field of medical science.-References:*...	\|Medicine	Delhi	India
Arvinder Singh Soin Arvinder Singh Soin Arvinder Singh Soin is an Indian Liver Transplant surgeon from Gurgaon, Haryana. Dr. Soin was awarded the Padma Shri in 2010 for his contribution to the field of medical science....	Medicine	Delhi	India
B. Ramana Rao B. Ramana Rao Dr Bhogaraju Ramana Rao is an Indian physician from Bangalore. Rao has been offering health care to rural people free of cost for the last 36 years. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2010 for his contribution to the field of medicine in Bangalore. Rao was Kannada thespian Rajkumar’s consulting...	Medicine	Karnataka Karnataka Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...	India
Jalakantapuram Ramaswamy Krishnamoorthy Jalakantapuram Ramaswamy Krishnamoorthy J. R. Krishnamoorthy was awarded a Padma Shri in 2010 for his contribution in the field of medicine.His lifetime contributions to the society as a medical practitioner in rural India .As a pioneer in motivating scientific spirit in the Siddha system of medicine for giving...	Medicine	Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...	India
K.K. Aggarwal	Medicine	Delhi	India
Kodaganur S. Gopinath	Medicine	Karnataka Karnataka Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...	India
Laxmi Chand Gupta	Medicine	Delhi	India
Philip Augustine	Medicine	Kerala Kerala or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....	India
Rabindra Narain Singh	Medicine	Bihar Bihar Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....	India
Vikas Mahatme Vikas Mahatme Dr. Vikas Mahatme Founder Medical Director and the leader of TEAM MAHATME, is an eye surgeon.Vikas Mahatme has established a Mahatme Eye Bank & Eye Hospital run by SMM Eye welfare Charitable trust & is a Govt. recognized Eye Bank with maximum corneal retrieval & usage in the Nagpur, Maharashtra,...	Medicine	Maharashtra	India
Rafael Iruzubieta Fernandez	Public Affairs		Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... *
M.R. Satyanarayana Rao Manchanahalli Rangaswamy Satyanarayana Rao Manchanahalli Rangaswamy Satyanarayana Rao is an eminent Indian scientist, born on January 21, 1948 at Mysore, India. He has been awarded Padma Shri in Science and Engineering category by the Government of India. He is the President of Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research ,...	Science and Engineering	Karnataka Karnataka Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...	India
Palpu Pushpangadan Palpu Pushpangadan Palpu Pushpangadan is a former Director of the Tropical Botanical Garden and Research Institute in Kerala. He is also a former Director of the National Botanical Research Institute , Lucknow and Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram...	Science and Engineering	Kerala	India
Ponisseril Somasundaran	Science and Engineering		United States*
Pucadyil Ittoop John Pucadyil Ittoop John Professor P. I. John is a prominent Indian plasma physicist. He occupies the Meghnad Saha Chair in Plasma Science and Technology at the Institute for Plasma Research....	Science and Engineering	Gujarat	India
Vijay Prasad Dimri	Science and Engineering	Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...	India
Vijaylakshmi Ravindranath	Science and Engineering	Karnataka Karnataka Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...	India
Anu Aga Anu Aga Anu Aga is an Indian businesswoman and social worker, who led Thermax Ltd., the Rs 3246-crore energy and environment engineering major, as its chairperson 1996-2004...	Social Work	Maharashtra	India
Ayekpam Tomba Meetei	Social Work	Manipur Manipur Manipur is a state in northeastern India, with the city of Imphal as its capital. Manipur is bounded by the Indian states of Nagaland to the north, Mizoram to the south and Assam to the west; it also borders Burma to the east. It covers an area of...	India
Deep Joshi Deep Joshi Deep Joshi is an Indian social worker and NGO activist and the recipient of 2009 Magsaysay award. He is recognized for his leadership in bringing professionalism to the NGO movement in India. He co-founded a non-profit organisation, Professional Assistance for Development Action of which he was...	Social Work	Delhi Delhi Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...	India
J.R. Gangaramani	Social Work		United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a... *
Kranti Shah Kranti Shah Kranti Shah is the Founder, Director and Managing Trustee of Yuvak Biradari which is a voluntary, social, educational, cultural and youth movement of India. He has championed the cause of social welfare and youth development since 1974....	Social Work	Maharashtra	India
Kurian John Melamparambil	Social Work	Kerala	India
Baba Sewa Singh	Social Work	Punjab Punjab (India) Punjab ) is a state in the northwest of the Republic of India, forming part of the larger Punjab region. The state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest as well as the Pakistani province of Punjab to the...	India
Sudha Kaul	Social Work	West Bengal West Bengal West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...	India
Sudhir M. Parikh	Social Work		United States*
Ignace Tirkey Ignace Tirkey Ignacious Tirkey is a member of India's hockey team. He plays as a midfielder and has captained the Indian team.He also serves the Madras Engineering Group Indian army as junior commisioned officer.He holds the rank of Subedar.-Early life:His younger brother Prabodh Tirkey also represented India...	Sports	Orissa Orissa Orissa , officially Odisha since Nov 2011, is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of the ancient nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC. The modern state of Orissa was established on 1 April...	India
Kumar Ram Narain Karthikeyan Narain Karthikeyan Kumar Ram Narain Karthikeyan , is the first Formula One motor racing driver from India. He has previously competed in A1GP, and the Le Mans Series. He made his Formula One debut in with the Jordan team, and was a WilliamsF1 test driver in and...	Sports	Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...	India
Ramakant Vithal Achrekar Ramakant Achrekar Ramakant Achrekar is an Indian cricket coach from Mumbai . He is most famous for coaching young cricketers at Shivaji Park in Dadar, Mumbai...	Sports	Maharashtra	India
Saina Nehwal Saina Nehwal Saina Nehwal is an Indian Khel Ratna badminton player currently ranked 4 in the world by Badminton World Federation. Saina is the first Indian woman to reach the singles quarterfinals at the Olympics and the first Indian to win the World Junior Badminton Championships...	Sports	Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...	India
Vijender Singh	Sports	Haryana Haryana Haryana is a state in India. Historically, it has been a part of the Kuru region in North India. The name Haryana is found mentioned in the 12th century AD by the apabhramsha writer Vibudh Shridhar . It is bordered by Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to the north, and by Rajasthan to the west and south...	India
Virender Sehwag Virender Sehwag Virender Sehwag , affectionately known as Viru, the Nawab of Najafgarh, or the Zen master of modern cricket, is one of the leading batsmen in the Indian cricket team. Sehwag is an aggressive right-handed opening batsman and a part-time right-arm off-spin bowler...	Sports	Delhi	India
Alluri Venkata Satyanarayana Raju AVS Raju Alluri Venkata Sathyanarayana Raju familiarly known as AVS Raju is a person in the Indian Construction Industry. He is also now as Doyen of Indian Construction Industry...	Trade and Industry	Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...	India
B. Raveendran Pillai	Trade and Industry		Bahrain Bahrain ' , officially the Kingdom of Bahrain , is a small island state near the western shores of the Persian Gulf. It is ruled by the Al Khalifa royal family. The population in 2010 stood at 1,214,705, including 235,108 non-nationals. Formerly an emirate, Bahrain was declared a kingdom in 2002.Bahrain is... *
Deepak Puri Deepak Puri Deepak Puri is the founder, Chairman and Managing Director of Moser Baer, the world's second largest optical storage media manufacturer.-References:...	Trade and Industry	Delhi	India
Irshad Mirza	Trade and Industry	Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...	India
Kapil Mohan	Trade and Industry	Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh is a state in Northern India. It is spread over , and is bordered by the Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir on the north, Punjab on the west and south-west, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh on the south, Uttarakhand on the south-east and by the Tibet Autonomous Region on the east...	India
Karsanbhai Khodidas Patel	Trade and Industry	Gujarat	India
T.N. Manoharan	Trade and Industry	Tamilnadu	India
Venu Srinivasan Venu Srinivasan Venu Srinivasan is an Indian industrialist; the Chairman and Managing Director of Sundaram Clayton Ltd and TVS Motor Company, the third largest two wheeler manufacturer in India. He also served as the President of Confederation of Indian Industry for the year 2009-10...	Trade and Industry	Tamilnadu	India

2011

The following is the list of the recipients of the Padma Shri in 2011:

Name	Field	State	Country
Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry is a Chandigarh based theatre artist. She was awarded the 2003 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in the Theatre Direction category. She is also the recipient of the 2011 Padma Shri award.-References:...	Art-Theatre	Chandigarh Chandigarh Chandigarh is a union territory of India that serves as the capital of two states, Haryana and Punjab. The name Chandigarh translates as "The Fort of Chandi". The name is from an ancient temple called Chandi Mandir, devoted to the Hindu goddess Chandi, in the city...	India
Makar Dhwaja Darogha	Art-Chhau Dance	Jharkhand Jharkhand Jharkhand is a state in eastern India. It was carved out of the southern part of Bihar on 15 November 2000. Jharkhand shares its border with the states of Bihar to the north, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to the west, Orissa to the south, and West Bengal to the east...	India
Shaji Neelakantan Karun	Art-Film Direction	Kerala Kerala or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....	India
Girish Kasaravalli Girish Kasaravalli Girish Kasaravalli is a noted film director, and one of the pioneers of the Parallel Cinema in Kannada cinema, who has won the National Film Award for Best Film four times, Ghatashraddha , Tabarana Kathe , Thaayi Saheba and Dweepa...	Art-Film making	Karnataka Karnataka Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...	India
Tabassum Hashmi Khan Tabu (actress) Tabu is an Indian film actress. She has mainly acted in Hindi films, though she has also starred in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Bengali language films, as well as one American film...	Art-Cinema	Maharashtra	India
Jivya Soma Mase Jivya Soma Mashe Jivya Soma Mashe is an artist of the Maharashtra state in India, who popularised the Warli tribal art form.Mashe was born in Dhamangaon village in Talasari taluka of Thane district of Maharashtra. At the age of 11, he came to Kalambipada village in Dahanu taluka of Thane district, where he...	Art-Warli Painting	Maharashtra	India
M. K. Saroja	Art-Dance-Bharatnatyam	Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...	India
Jayaram Subramaniam Jayaram Jayaram is an Indian film actor who mainly acts in Malayalam and Tamil films. He is also a chenda percussionist and mimic artist. In 2011, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India for his contribution towards the arts.-Early life:...	Art-Cinema	Kerala	India
Ajoy Chakraborty Ajoy Chakraborty Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty is an Indian Hindustani classical vocalist. He belongs to the Patiala gharana.-Early life and background:Chakrabarty was born in Bengal to Ajit Chakrabarty in a Hindu Brahmin family. They moved to India from his homeland, Bangladesh during the partition and raised his two...	Art - Music-Indian Classical Vocal	West Bengal West Bengal West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...	India
Mahasundari Devi	Art-Mithilia/Madhubani Painting	Bihar Bihar Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....	India
Gajam Govardhana	Art-Handloom Weaving	Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...	India
Sunayana Hazarilal	Art-Dance-Kathak	Maharashtra	India
S. R. Janakiraman S. R. Janakiraman S. R. Janakiraman is a Carnatic vocalist and a musicologist. He was born in Lalgudi, Tamilnadu on July 12, 1928 to Rangaswami Iyer and Gowri Ammal....	Art-Carnatic Vocal Music	Tamil Nadu	India
Peruvanam Kuttan Marar Peruvanam Kuttan Marar Peruvanam Kuttan Marar is a chenda artist. He leads several popular traditional orchestra performances in Kerala. He is a recipient of Padma Shri award in the year 2011 for his contributions in the field of art.-Early life:...	Art-Chenda Melam-Drum concert	Kerala Kerala or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....	India India India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
Kalamandalam Kshemavathy Pavithran	Art-Dance-Mohiniattam	Kerala	India
Dadi Dorab Pudumjee	Art-Puppetry	Delhi	India
Khangembam Mangi Singh	Art-Traditional Music of Manipur (Pena)	Manipur	India
Prahlad Singh Tipaniya Prahlad Tipanya Prahlad Singh Tipaniya is an Indian folk singer who performs Kabir bhajans in the Malwi folk style from Madhya Pradesh. He performs together with a group of tambura, khartal, manjira, dholak, harmonium, timki and violin players....	Art-Folk Music	Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and Indore is the largest city....	India
Usha Uthup Usha Uthup Usha Uthup is a popular Indian pop, jazz and playback singer. She is well known for popular hits in the late 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.She started her Bollywood playback career, when she sang an English verse in hit song, "Dum maro dum"" in Hare Rama Hare Krishna, and went on work with music...	Art-Music	West Bengal	India
Kajol Kajol Kajol Devgn , better known as Kajol, is an Indian film actress appearing in Hindi films. She is regarded as one of India's most successful and talented female actors....	Art-Cinema	Maharashtra	India
Irfan Khan	Art-Cinema	Maharashtra	India
Mamraj Agrawal	Social work	West Bengal	India
Jockin Arputham Jockin Arputham Jockin Arputham has worked for more than 40 years in ‘slums’ and shanty towns, building representative organizations into powerful partners with governments and international agencies for the betterment of urban living...	Social work	Maharashtra	India
Nomita Chandy	Social work	Karnataka Karnataka Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...	India
Sheela Patel Sheela Patel Sheela Patel is the founding director of the Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centers , which she organised in Mumbai in 1984 as an advocacy group for the pavement dwellers of Mumbai. SPARC continues to this day to play a major role in the politics of slum development in India and...	Social work	Maharashtra	India
Anita Reddy	Social work	Karnataka	India
Kanubhai Hasmukhbhai Tailor	Social work	Gujarat	India
Anant Darshan Shankar	Public Affairs	Karnataka	India
M. Annamalai	Science and Engineering	Karnataka	India
Mahesh Haribhai Mehta	Science and Engineering-Agricultural Science	Gujarat	India
Coimbatore Narayana Rao Raghavendran	Science and Engineering	Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...	India
Suman Sahai	Science and Engineering	Delhi	India
E. A. Siddiq	Science and Engineering-Agricultural Science	Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...	India
Gopalan Nair Shankar	Science and Engineering-Architecture	Kerala Kerala or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....	India
Mecca Rafeeque Ahmed Mecca Rafeeque Ahmed Mecca Rafeeque Ahmed is an Indian businessman and entrepreneur from Tamil Nadu. He is a recipient of 2011 Padma Shri Award.-Career:Ahmed started his career in 1978 under the guidance of Haji Mecca Abdul Majid Sahib and took over full control of the business after his father’s demise in 1965. Under...	Trade and Industry	Tamil Nadu	India
Kailasam Raghavendra Rao	Trade and Industry	Tamil Nadu	India
Narayan Singh Bhati Narayan Singh Bhati Narayan Singh Bhati was a prominent writer in Rajasthani language.-Works:He was the founder and director of Rajasthani Research Institute based at Chopasani Jodhpur since 1955 until 1993...	Civil Services	Andhra Pradesh	India
P. K. Sen	Civil Services	Bihar Bihar Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....	India
Shital Mahajan	Sports-Adventure Sports-Para Jumping	Maharashtra	India
Nameirakpam Kunjarani Devi Kunjarani Devi Nameirakpam Kunjarani Devi is the most decorated Indian sportswoman in weightlifting.-Background:Born on 1 March 1968 at Kairang Mayai Leikai in Imphal in Manipur, Kunjarani Devi started taking interest in sports while still in Imphal's Sindam Sinshang Resident High school in 1978...	Sports-Weightlifting	Manipur	India
Sushil Kumar Sushil Kumar (wrestler) Sushil Kumar Solanki is an Indian World Champion wrestler who won the gold medal in the 66 kg freestyle competition at the FILA 2010 World Wrestling Championships and a bronze medal in the Men's 66kg Freestyle Wrestling event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Kumar defeated Leonid Spiridonov of...	Sports-Wrestling	Delhi	India
Vangipurapu Venkata Sai Laxman V. V. S. Laxman Vangipurapu Venkata Sai Laxman , sometimes shortened to Venkatsai Laxman but generally known as V.V.S. Laxman, is an Indian cricketer. Laxman represents Hyderabad in domestic cricket and has played for Lancashire in English county cricket. Laxman is the great grand nephew of Dr. Sarvepalli...	Sports-Cricket	Andhra Pradesh	India
Gagan Narang Gagan Narang Gagan Narang is an ace Indian shooter, especially in Air rifle shooting, supported by the Olympic Gold Quest. He is the first Indian to qualify for the London Olympics.-Career:...	Sports-Shooting	Andhra Pradesh	India
Krishna Poonia	Sports-Discus Throw	Rajasthan Rajasthan Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...	India
Harbhajan Singh	Sports-Mountaineering	Punjab	India
Pukhraj Bafna	Medicine-Padeatrics	Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh is a state in Central India, formed when the 16 Chhattisgarhi-speaking South-Eastern districts of Madhya Pradesh gained separate statehood on 1 November 2000....	India
Mansoor Hasan	Medicine-Cardiology	Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...	India
Shyama Prasad Mandal	Medicine-Orthopaedic	Delhi	India
Sivapatham Vittal	Medicine-Endocrinology	Tamil Nadu	India
Madanur Ahmed Ali	Medicine-Gastroenterology	Tamil Nadu	India
Indira Hinduja	Medicine - Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Maharashtra	India
Jose Chacko Periappuram Jose Chacko Periappuram "Periappuram" often misspelled as "Periapuram", "Periyapuram" or "Periyappuram".Padmashri Dr. Jose Chacko Periappuram MBBS, FRCS , FRCS , FRCS is an Indian Cardiac Surgeon at Mar Augustine Memorial Lisie Hospital, Kerala who performed the first successful human-to-human Heart Transplant in the...	Medicine-Cardio-Thoracic Surgery	Kerala	India
A. Marthanda Pillai	Medicine-Neurosurgery	Kerala	India
Mahim Bora Mahim Bora Mahim Bora is an Indian writer and educationist from Assam state. He was born at a tea estate of Sonitpur district. He is an M.A. in Assamese literature from Gauhati University and had been a teacher in the Nowgong College for most of his teaching career.He has now retired and lives at Nagaon...	Literature and Education	Assam Assam Assam , also, rarely, Assam Valley and formerly the Assam Province , is a northeastern state of India and is one of the most culturally and geographically distinct regions of the country...	India
Pullella Srirama Chandrudu	Literature and Education-Sanskrit	Andhra Pradesh	India
Pravin Darji	Literature and Education	Gujarat	India
Chandra Prakash Deval Chandra Prakash Deval Dr. Chandra Prakash Deval is a famous Rajasthani poet and translator. He is also the convener of Rajasthani Advisory Council of Sahitya Akademi.-Translations:...	Literature and Education	Rajasthan	India
Balraj Komal	Literature and Education	Delhi	India
Rajni Kumar	Literature and Education	Delhi	India
Devanooru Mahadeva	Literature and Education	Karnataka Karnataka Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...	India
Barun Mazumder	Literature and Education	West Bengal	India
Avvai Natarajan	Literature and Education	Tamil Nadu	India
Bhalchandra Nemade Bhalchandra Nemade Bhalchandra Vanaji Nemade is a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.-Life:Nemade was born in 1938 in the village of Sangavi in Khandesh. He received his bachelor's degree from Fergusson College in Pune and Master's degree in Linguistics from Deccan College in Pune and English Literature from...	Literature and Education	Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh is a state in Northern India. It is spread over , and is bordered by the Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir on the north, Punjab on the west and south-west, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh on the south, Uttarakhand on the south-east and by the Tibet Autonomous Region on the east...	India
Riyaz Punjabi Riyaz Punjabi Prof. Riyaz Punjabi, formerly the Vice Chancellor, University of Kashmir has had a distinguished career spanning over 40 years in academics, research and voluntary action. In view of his immense contribution in these areas he was awarded the prestigious Socrates Award 2008...	Literature and Education	Jammu and Kashmir	India
Koneru Ramakrishna Rao Koneru Ramakrishna Rao Professor Koneru Ramakrishna Rao is a philosopher, psychologist, parapsychologist, educationist, teacher, researcher and administrator. Rao was born on October 4, 1932, in India. He did his college and graduate work at Andhra University, Waltair, India...	Literature and Education	Andhra Pradesh	India
Buangi Sailo	Literature and Education	Mizoram Mizoram Mizoram is one of the Seven Sister States in North Eastern India, sharing borders with the states of Tripura, Assam, Manipur and with the neighbouring countries of Bangladesh and Burma. Mizoram became the 23rd state of India on 20 February 1987. Its capital is Aizawl. Mizoram is located in the...	India
Devi Dutt Sharma	Literature and Education	Uttarakhand Uttarakhand Uttarakhand , formerly Uttaranchal, is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the Land of Gods due to the many holy Hindu temples and cities found throughout the state, some of which are among Hinduism's most spiritual and auspicious places of pilgrimage and worship...	India
Nilamber Dev Sharma	Literature and Education	Jammu and Kashmir	India
Urvashi Butalia Urvashi Butalia Urvashi Butalia is an Indian feminist and historian. She is the Director and Co-founder of Kali for Women, India's first feminist publishing house.... and Ritu Menon^†	Literature and Education	Delhi	India
Krishna Kumar	Literature and Education	Delhi	India
Deviprasad Dwivedi	Literature and Education	Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...	India
Mamang Dai Mamang Dai Mamang Dai is an Indian journalist, author, poet, and former civil servant based in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh.-Literary career:Mamang Dai's first collection of poetry, River Poems, introduced by Keki Daruwalla established her as a major voice in Indian English Literature and Literature from...	Literature and Education	Arunachal Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh is a state of India, located in the far northeast. It borders the states of Assam and Nagaland to the south, and shares international borders with Burma in the east, Bhutan in the west, and the People's Republic of China in the north. The majority of the territory is claimed by...	India
Om Prakash Agrawal	Others-Heritage Conservation	Uttar Pradesh	India
Madhukar Keshav Dhavalikar Madhukar Keshav Dhavalikar Professor Madhukar Keshav Dhavalikar was born on 16 May 1930. Having graduated he served the Archaeological Survey of India as Technical Assistant from 1953 to 1965. He was a Lecturer in Ancient Indian History Culture and Archaeology at the Nagpur University from 1965 to 1967...	Others-Archeology	Maharashtra	India
Shanti Teresa Lakra	Others-Nursing	Andaman & Nicobar	India
Gulshan Nanda	Others-Handicrafts promotion	Delhi	India
Azad Moopen	Social work		United Arab Emirates*
Upendra Baxi Upendra Baxi Upendra Baxi is a legal scholar, since 1996 Professor of Law in Development at the University of Warwick, United Kingdom. He has been the Vice Chancellor of University of Delhi , prior to which he held the position of Professor of Law at the same University for 23 years...	Public Affairs-Legal Affairs		United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages... *
Mani Lal Bhaumik Mani Lal Bhaumik Mani Lal Bhaumik is an Indian-born American physicist. He has been an author, lecturer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist.His early contributions to laser technology are exemplified by the development of the excimer laser at the Northrop Corporation Research and Technology Center in Los Angeles. As...	Science and Engineering		United States*
Subra Suresh Subra Suresh Subra Suresh is the Director of National Science Foundation and former Dean of Engineering and the Vannevar Bush Professor of Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...	Science and Engineering		United States*
Karl Harrington Potter	Literature and Education		United States*
Martha Chen Martha Chen Martha Alter Chen is an American academic, scholar and social worker, who presently a Lecturer in Public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and International Coordinator of the global research-policy-action network WIEGO . Dr...	Social work		United States*
Satpal Khattar	Trade and Industry		Singapore Singapore Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the... *
Granville Austin Granville Austin Granville Austin is an independent historian and a leading authority on the Indian Constitution. For his contribution to the field of literature and education, he was recently honoured with Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award of the Republic of India....	Literature and Education		United States*

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