The President of India has approved conferment of Padma Awards 2012, the country’s highest civilian awards. This year 109 recipients will get the awards including 14 in the category of Foreigners/ NRIs/ PIOs/ Posthumous and 19 women awardees. These comprise 5 Padma Vibhushan, 27 Padma Bhushan and 77 Padma Shri Awards.
Padmashri Awards of 2012
| 1 | Vanraj Bhatia – Art – Music – Maharashtra |
| 2 | Zia Fariduddin Dagar – Art – Music – vocal – Maharashtra |
| 3 | Nameirakpam Ibemni Devi – Art – Music- Khongjom Parba – Manipur |
| 4 | Ramachandra Subraya Hegde Chittani – Art – Yakshagana dance drama – Karnataka |
| 5 | Moti Lal Kemmu – Art – Playwright – Jammu and Kashmir |
| 6 | Shahid Parvez Khan – Art – Instrumental Music – Sitar – Maharashtra |
| 7 | Mohan Lal Kumhar – Art – Terracotta – Rajasthan |
| 8 | Sakar Khan Manganiar – Art – Rajasthani Folk Music – Rajasthan |
| 9 | Joy Michael – Art – Theatre – Delhi |
| 10 | Dr. Minati Mishra – Art – Indian Classical Dance – Odissi. – Orissa |
| 11 | Natesan Muthuswamy – Art – Theatre – Tamil Nadu |
| 12 | R. Nagarathnamma – Art – Theatre – Karnataka |
| 13 | Kalamandalm Sivan Nambootiri – Art – Indian Classical Dance- Kutiyattam – Kerala |
| 14 | Yamunabai Waikar – Art – Indian Folk Music – Lavani – Maharashtra |
| 15 | Satish Alekar – Art – Playwright – Maharashtra |
| 16 | Pandit Gopal Prasad Dubey – Art – Chhau dance and choreography – Jharkhand |
| 17 | Ramakant Gundecha and Umakant Gundecha – Art – Indian Classical Music – Vocal – Madhya Pradesh |
| 18 | Anup Jalota – Art-Indian Classical Music – Vocal – Maharashtra |
| 19 | Soman Nair Priyadarsan – Art – Cinema – Direction – Kerala |
| 20 | Sunil Janah – Art – Photography – Assam |
| 21 | Ms. Laila Tyebji – Ar t – Handicrafts – Delhi |
| 22 | Vijay Sharma – Art – Painting – Himachal Pradesh |
| 23 | Shamshad Begum – Social Work – Chattisgarh |
| 24 | Reeta Devi – Social Work – Delhi |
| 25 | Dr. P.K. Gopal – Social Work – Tamil Nadu |
| 26 | Phoolbasan Bai Yadav – Social Work – Chattisgarh |
| 27 | Dr. G. Muniratnam – Social Work – Andhra Pradesh |
| 28 | Niranjan Pranshankar Pandya – Social Work – Maharashtra |
| 29 | Dr. Uma Tuli – Social Work – Delhi |
| 30 | Sat Paul Varma – Social Work – Jammu and Kashmir |
| 31 | Binny Yanga – Social Work – Arunachal Pradesh |
| 32 | Yezdi Hirji Malegam – Public Affairs – Maharashtra |
| 33 | Pravin H. Parekh – Public 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 |
| 39 | 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 | Shoji Shiba – Trade and Industry – Japan |
| 44 | Gopinath Pillai – Trade and Industry – Singapore |
| 45 | 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. nivas 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 | Kedar Gurung – Literature and Education – Sikkim |
| 58 | Surjit Singh Patar – Literature and Education – Poetry – Punjab |
| 59 | Vijay Dutt dhar – Literature and Education – Journalism – Madhya Pradesh |
| 60 | Irwin Allan Sealy – Literature and Education – Uttarakhand |
| 61 | Ms. Geeta Dharmarajan – Literature and Education – Delhi |
| 62 | Prof. Sachchidanand Sahai – Literature and Education – Haryana |
| 63 | Pepita Seth – Literature and Education – Kerala |
| 64 | Dr. Ralte L. Thanmawia – Literature and Education – Mizoram |
| 65 | Ajeet Bajaj – Sports – Skiing – Delhi |
| 66 | Jhulan Goswami – Sports – Women’s Cricket – West Bengal |
| 67 | Zafar Iqbal – Sports – Hockey – Uttar Pradesh |
| 68 | Devendra Jhajrija – Sports – Athletics – Paralympics – Rajasthan |
| 69 | Limba Ram – Sports – Archery – Rajasthan |
| 70 | Syed Mohammed Arif – Sports – Badminton – Andhra Pradesh |
| 71 | Prof. Ravi Chaturvedi – Sports – Commentary – Delhi |
| 72 | Prabhakar Vaidya – Sports – Physical Education – Maharashtra |
| 73 | T. Venkatapathi Reddiar – Others – Horticulture – Puducherry |
| 74 | Dr. K. (Kota) Ullas Karanth – Others – Wildlife Conservation and Environment Protection – Karnataka |
| 75 | K Paddayya – Others – Archaeology – Maharashtra |
| 76 | Swapan Guha – Others – Ceramics – Rajasthan |
| 77 | Dr. Kartikeya V. Sarabhai – Others – Environmental Education – Gujarat |
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