Padma Shri Awards 2018 Winners

Padma Shri Awards 2018 Winners
Padma Shri Awards 2018 Winners
Padma Shri is the fourth highest award conferred by the Republic of India, after Bharat Ratna, Padma Vihushan, and Padma Bhushan. It is awarded by Government of India every year on Republic Day of India.

Padma Shri was instituted in 1954 along with Padma Vibhushan and Padma Bhushan. The award is given to any individual to honour his or her distinguished contribution in his or her field.

As of 2018, 2912 people have received this award. In 2018 alone, 72 individuals received Padma Shri award for their outstanding work in their specific fields.

Freedom fighter and educationist Asha Devi Aryanayakam was the first person to refuse the Padma Shri in 1954 citing the personal grounds.

Mother Teresa initially refused the Padma Shri twice in 1960 and 1961 as she felt it is inappropriate to receive any award for the service in the name of God. It was Archbishop of Kolkata who persuaded her and she finally accepted the award in 1962.

In 1977, Phanishwar Nath 'Renu' returned the Padma Shri, he had received in 1970, as a protest against the Emergency imposed by the Indira Gandhi Government.

Name of the RecipientFieldState/Region
Abhay and Rani BangMedicineMaharashtra
Damodar BapatSocial WorkChhattisgarh
Prafulla BaruahLiterature & EducationAssam
Mohan Swaroop BhatiaArtsUttar Pradesh
Sudhanshu BiswasSocial WorkWest Bengal
Saikhom Mirabai ChanuSportsManipur
Shyamlal ChaturvediLiterature & EducationChhattisgarh
Jose Ma Joey Concepcion IIITrade & IndustryPhilippines
Langpoklakpam Subadani DeviArtsManipur
Somdev DevvarmanSportsTripura
Yeshi DhodenMedicineHimachal Pradesh
Arup Kumar DuttaLiterature & EducationAssam
Doddarange GowdaArtsKarnataka
Arvind GuptaLiterature & EducationMaharashtra
Digamber HansdaLiterature & EducationJharkhand
Ramli Bin IbrahimArtsMalaysia
Anwar JalapuriLiterature & EducationUttar Pradesh
Piyong Temjen JamirLiterature & EducationNagaland
Sitavva JoddatiSocial workKarnataka
Manoj JoshiArtsMaharashtra
Malti JoshiLiterature & EducationMadhya Pradesh
Rameshwarlal KabraTrade & IndustryMaharashtra
Pran Kishore KaulArtsJammu & Kashmir
Bounlap KeokangaPublic AffairsLaos
Vijay KichluArtsWest Bengal
Tommy KohPublic AffairsSingapore
LakshmikuttyMedicineKerala
Joyasree Goswami MahantaLiterature & EducationAssam
Narayan Das MaharajOthersRajasthan
Pravakara MaharanaArtsOrissa
Hun ManyPublic AffairsCambodia
Nouf MarwaaiOthersSaudi Arabia
Zaverilal MehtaLiterature & EducationGujarat
Krishna Bihari MishraLiterature & EducationWest Bengal
Sisir MishraArtsMaharashtra
Subhasini MistrySocial workWest Bengal
Tomio MizokamiLiterature & EducationJapan
Somdet Phra Maha MuniwongOthersThailand
Keshav Rao MusalgaonkarLiterature & EducationMadhya Pradesh
Thant Myint-UPublic AffairsMyanmar
V. NanammalOthersTamil Nadu
Sulagitti NarasammaSocial workKarnataka
Vijayalakshmi NavaneethakrishnanArtsTamil Nadu
I Nyoman NuartaArtsIndonesia
Malai Haji Abdullah Bin Malai Haji OthmanSocial workBrunei
Gobardhan PanikaArtsOdisha
Bhabani Charan PattanayakPublic AffairsOrissa
Murlikant PetkarSportsMaharashtra
Habibullo RajabovLiterature & EducationTajikistan
M. R. RajagopalMedicineKerala
Sampat RamtekeSocial workMaharashtra
Chandra Sekhar RathLiterature & EducationOrissa
S. S. RathoreCivil ServiceGujarat
Amitava RoyScience & EngineeringWest Bengal
Sanduk RuitMedicineNepal
Vagish ShastriLiterature & EducationUttar Pradesh
R SathyanarayanaArtsKarnataka
Pankaj M ShahMedicineGujarat
Bhajju ShyamArtsMadhya Pradesh
Maharao Raghuveer SinghLiterature & EducationRajasthan
Srikanth KidambiSportsAndhra Pradesh
Ibrahim SutarArtsKarnataka
Lentina Ao ThakkarSocial WorkNagaland
Vikram Chandra ThakurScience & EngineeringUttarakhand
Rudrapatnam BrothersArtsKarnataka
Nguyen Tien ThienOthersVietnam
Rajagopalan VasudevanScience & EngineeringTamil Nadu
Manas Bihari VermaScience & EngineeringBihar
Panatawane Gangadhar VithobajiLiterature & EducationMaharashtra
Romulus WhitakerOthersTamil Nadu
Baba YogendraArtsMadhya Pradesh
A ZakiaLiterature & EducationMizoram
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