Kerala’ s Meenakshi Amma awarded with Padma Shri:
A 76 year old grandmother and resident of Kerala Meenakshi Amma known for her martial arts and fencing is awarded with Padma Shri. Meenakshi Amma is the oldest woman swordsman in India and she is expert in kalaripayattus Indian martial arts. She started taking martial arts classes as early as age of 7 years. She has been practicing Kalaripayattu for no less than 68 years. Meenakshi Amma is running Meenakshi Gurukul where she is passing on her skills to a younger generation, including increasing numbers of girls who are learning how to defend themselves.
Padma Awards 2017:
This year Eighty None persons has been awarded with Padma Awards the President of India has approved conferment of Padma Awards that comprises of 7 Padma Vibhushan, 7 Padma Bhushan and 75 Padma Shri Awardees. 19 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 5 persons from the category of foreigners, NRIs, PIOs and 6 Posthumous awardees. Padma Awards, one of the highest civilian Awards of the country, 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.
Review List of Names of Padma awardees 2017:
This time there are many names in the list who all work in anonymity and stay away from the limelight. Like Meenakshi Amma -The grandmother swordsmen od Kerala, Doctor Dadi – A 91 year old doctor of Indore, Ambulance Dada – Karimul Haq from West Bengal, Tree man or Son of earth- Daripalli Ramaiah, Sanitation pioneer – Dr. Mapuskar, an unsung hero who has worked relentlessly in the field of rural sanitation for the last 50 years etc..
List of Padma Vibhushan Awardees 2017 (Name – Field of work – State):
Shri K J Yesudas – Art-Music – Kerala
Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev – Others-Spiritualism – Tamil Nadu
Shri Sharad Pawar – Public Affairs – Maharashtra
Shri Murli Manohar Joshi – Public Affairs – Uttar Pradesh
Prof. Udipi Ramachandra Rao – Science & Engineering – Karnataka
Late Shri Sunder Lal Patwa (Posthumous) – Public Affairs – Madhya Pradesh
Late Shri PA Sangma(Posthumous) – Public Affairs – Meghalaya
List of Padma Bhushan Awardees 2017 (Name – Field of work – State):
Shri Vishwa Mohan Bhatt – Art-Music – Rajasthan
Prof. (Dr.) Devi Prasad Dwivedi – Literature & Education – Uttar Pradesh
Shri Tehemton Udwadia – Medicine – Maharashtra
Shri Ratna Sundar Maharaj – Others-Spiritualism – Gujarat
Swami Niranjana Nanda Saraswati – Others-Yoga – Bihar
H.R.H. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn (Foreigner) – Literature & Education – Thailand
Late Shri Cho Ramaswamy (Posthumous) – Literature & Education –Journalism – Tamil Nadu
List of Padma Shri Awardees 2017 (Name – Field of work – State):
Smt. Basanti Bisht – Art-Music – Uttarakhand
Shri Chemanchery Kunhiraman Nair – Art-Dance – Kerala
Smt. Aruna Mohanty – Art-Dance – Odisha
Smt. Bharathi Vishnuvardhan – Art-Cinema – Karnataka
Shri Sadhu Meher – Art-Cinema – Odisha
Shri T K Murthy – Art-Music – Tamil Nadu
Shri Laishram Birendrakumar Singh – Art-Music – Manipur
Shri Krishna Ram Chaudhary – Art-Music – Uttar Pradesh
Smt. Baoa Devi – Art-Painting – Bihar
Shri Tilak Gitai – Art-Painting – Rajasthan
Dr. Prof. Aekka Yadagiri Rao – Art-Sculpture – Telangana
Shri Jitendra Haripal – Art-Music – Odisha
Shri Kailash Kher – Art-Music – Maharashtra
Smt. Parassala B Ponnammal – Art-Music – Kerala
Smt. Sukri Bommagowda – Art-Music – Karnataka
Shri Mukund Nayak – Art-Music – Jharkhand
Shri Purushottam Upadhyay – Art-Music – Gujarat
Smt. Anuradha Paudwal – Art-Music – Maharashtra
Shri Wareppa Naba Nil – Art-Theatre – Manipur
Shri Tripuraneni Hanuman Chowdary – Civil Service – Telangana
Shri T.K. Viswanathan – Civil Service – Haryana
Shri Kanwal Sibal – Civil Service – Delhi
Shri Birkha Bahadur Limboo Muringla – Literature & Education – Sikkim
Smt. Eli Ahmed – Literature & Education – Assam
Dr. Narendra Kohli – Literature & Education – Delhi
Prof. G. Venkatasubbiah – Literature & Education – Karnataka
Shri Akkitham Achyuthan Namboothiri – Literature & Education – Kerala
Shri Kashi Nath Pandita – Literature & Education – Jammu & Kashmir
Shri Chamu Krishna Shastry – Literature & Education – Delhi
Shri Harihar Kripalu Tripathi – Literature & Education – Uttar Pradesh
Shri Michel Danino – Literature & Education – Tamil Nadu
Shri Punam Suri – Literature & Education – Delhi
Shri VG Patel – Literature & Education – Gujarat
Smt. V Koteswaramma – Literature & Education – Andhra Pradesh
Shri Balbir Dutt – Literature & Education-Journalism – Jharkhand
Smt. Bhawana Somaaya – Literature & Education-Journalism – Maharashtra
Shri Vishnu Pandya – Literature & Education-Journalism – Gujarat
Dr. Subroto Das – Medicine – Gujarat
Dr. (Smt.) Bhakti Yadav – Medicine – Madhya Pradesh
Dr. Mohammed Abdul Waheed – Medicine – Telangana
Dr. Madan Madhav Godbole – Medicine – Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Devendra Dayabhai Patel – Medicine – Gujarat
Prof. Harkishan Singh – Medicine – Chandigarh
Dr. Mukut Minz – Medicine – Chandigarh
Shri Arun Kumar Sharma – Others-Archaeology – Chhattisgarh
Shri Sanjeev Kapoor – Others-Culinary – Maharashtra
Smt. Meenakshi Amma – Others-Martial Art – Kerala
Shri Genabhai Dargabhai Patel – Others-Agriculture – Gujarat
Shri Chandrakant Pithawa – Science & Engineering – Telangana
Prof. Ajoy Kumar Ray – Science & Engineering – West Bengal
Shri Chintakindi Mallesham – Science & Engineering – Andhra Pradesh
Shri Jitendra Nath Goswami – Science & Engineering – Assam
Shri Daripalli Ramaiah – Social Work – Telangana
Shri Girish Bhardwaj – Social Work – Karnataka
Shri Karimul Hak – Social Work – West Bengal
Shri Bipin Ganatra – Social Work – West Bengal
Smt. Nivedita Raghunath Bhide – Social work – Tamil Nadu
Shri Appasaheb Dharmadhikari – Social Work – Maharashtra
Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal – Social Work – Punjab
Shri Virat Kohli – Sports-Cricket – Delhi
Shri Shekar Naik – Sports-Cricket – Karnataka
Shri Vikasa Gowda – Sports-Discus Throw – Karnataka
Smt. Deepa Malik – Sports-Athletics – Haryana
Shri Mariyappan Thangavelu – Sports-Athletics – Tamil Nadu
Smt. Dipa Karmakar – Sports-Gymnastics – Tripura
Shri P R Shreejesh – Sports-Hockey – Kerala
Smt. Sakshi Malik – Sports-Wrestling – Haryana
Shri Mohan Reddy Venkatrama Bodanapu – Trade & Industry – Telangana
Shri Imrat Khan(NRI/PIO) – Art-Music – USA
Shri Anant Agarwal(NRI/PIO) – Literature & Education – USA
Shri H.R. Shah(NRI/PIO) – Literature & Education-Journalism – USA
Late (Smt.) Suniti Solomon(Posthumous) – Medicine – Tamil Nadu
Shri Asoke Kumar Bhattacharyya(Posthumous) – Others-Archaeology – West Bengal
Dr. Mapuskar(Posthumous) – Social Work – Maharashtra
Smt. Anuradha Koirala (Foreigner) – Social Work – Nepal
Source: pib.nic.in
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