Ilaiyaraaja gets Padma Vibhushan: Full list of 2018 Padma awardees

Music director Isaignani Ilaiyaraaja will be awarded the Padma Vibhushan award at the Republic Day celebrations on Friday by the President of India.

President Ramanath Kovind will award the Padma awards this Republic Day to a host of distinguished personalities including 98-year-old social worker Sudhanshu Biswas, and 'father of

palliative care in India' MR Rajagopal.

Renowned scientist toymaker Arvind Gupta, painter Bhajju Shyam, herbal medicine expert known as 'grandmother of medicine' - Lakshmikutty are among the ‘Unsung Heroes’ awarded Padma Sri this

year. 

There are many women in the Padma awards list this year, including Tamil folk art exponent Vijayalakshmi. The other recipients include a housemaid who built a hospital for the poor Subhasini

Mistry, midwife Sulagatti Narasamma, and more.

The list of recipients also includes Paralympic gold medalist Murlikant Petkar and monk physician Yeshi Dhoden.

These awardees are given awards in their fields and disciplines of speciality such as art, literature and education, sports, medicine, social work, science and engineering, public affairs,

civil service, trade and industry.

More than 15,000 Indians are nominated for the Padma awards for 2018, with the government laying stress on honouring the unsung heroes.

3. Shri Parameswaran Parameswaran Literature and Education Kerala 

7. Shri Alexander Kadakin (Foreigner/Posthumous) Public Affairs Russia

8. Shri Ramachandran Nagaswamy Others-Archaeology Tamil Nadu

9. Shri Ved Prakash Nanda (OCI) Literature and Education USA

13. Shri Abhay Bang and Ms. Rani Bang (Duo) Medicine Maharashtra   

15. Shri Prafulla Govinda Baruah Literature and Education-Journalism Assam

19. Shri Pandit Shyamlal Chaturvedi Literature and Education-Journalism Chhattisgarh

20. Shri Jose Ma Joey Concepcion III (Foreigner) Trade & Industry Philippines

29. Shri Anwar Jalalpuri (Posthumous) Literature and Education Uttar Pradesh

30. Shri Piyong Temjen Jamir Literature and Education Nagaland

36. Shri Bounlap Keokangna (Foreigner) Others-Architecture Laos

40. Ms. Joyshree Goswami Mahanta Literature and Education Assam

45. Shri Zaverilal Mehta Literature and Education-Journalism Gujarat

46. Shri Krishna Bihari Mishra Literature and Education West Bengal

49. Shri Tomio Mizokami (Foreigner) Literature and Education Japan

50. Shri Somdet Phra Maha Muniwong (Foreigner) Others-Spiritualism Thailand

51. Shri Keshav Rao Musalgaonkar Literature and Education Madhya Pradesh

55. Ms. Vijayalakshmi Navaneethakrishnan Art-Folk Music Tamil Nadu

56. Shri I Nyoman Nuarta (Foreigner) Art- Sculpture Indonesia

57. Shri Malai Haji Abdullah Bin Malai Haji Othman (Foreigner) Social Work Brunei Darussalam

61. Shri Habibullo Rajabov (Foreigner) Literature and Education Tajikistan

63. Shri Sampat Ramteke (Posthumous) Social Work Maharashtra

64. Shri Chandra Sekhar Rath Literature and Education Odisha

67. Shri Sanduk Ruit (Foreigner) MedicineOphthalmology Nepal

71. Shri Maharao Raghuveer Singh Literature and Education Rajasthan

76. Shri Vikram Chandra Thakur Science and Engineering Uttarakhand

77. Shri Rudrapatnam Narayanaswamy Tharanathan and  Shri Rudrapatnam Narayanaswamy Thyagarajan (Duo) Art-Music Karnataka

78. Shri Nguyen Tien Thien (Foreigner) Others-Spiritualism Vietnam

79. Shri Bhagirath Prasad Tripathi Literature and Education Uttar Pradesh

80. Shri Rajagopalan Vasudevan Science and Engineering Tamil Nadu

82. Shri Panatawane Gangadhar Vithobaji Literature and Education Maharashtra

83. Shri Romulus Whitaker Others-Wildlife Conservation Tamil Nadu

Note: More names will be added as and when announcements are made.