Saturday, February 2, 2013

Padma Awards Winners 2013

Padma Awards Winners 2013
President has approved the conferment of 108 Padma Awards. These comprise 04 Padma Vibhushan, 24 Padma Bhushan and   80 Padma Shri Awards. 24 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 11 persons in the category of Foreigners, NRIs, PIOs and  Posthumous awardees.
Padma Awards, the country’s highest civilian awards, 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. The awards are conferred by the President of India at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhawan sometime around March/ April…

Padma Vibhushan Winners

SlNo.
Name
Discipline
State/ Domicile
1.       
Shri RaghunathMohapatra
Art
Orissa
2.       
Shri S. HaiderRaza
Art
Delhi
3.       
Prof. Yash Pal
Science and Engineering
Uttar Pradesh
4.       
Prof. RoddamNarasimha
Science and Engineering
Karnataka


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