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LK Advani, Tarak Mehta, Dr. Tejas Patel, Shri Gunvant Shah and Dr. Hargovind Trivedi are the names of Padma award winners from Gujarat this year, as per a list announced Ministry of Home Affairs today evening. LK Advani has been introduced in the list as an awardee from Gujarat, however he is from Sindh and based in Delhi. He is elected as Lok Sabha MP from Gandhinagar seat in Gujarat. Tarak Mehta is veteran author based in Ahmedabad. Dr. Tejas Patel is heart surgeon with many achievements. He is based and active in Ahmedabad. Shri Gunvant Shah is veteran Gujarati author and columnist based in Vadodara. Dr. HL Trivedi is from Ahmedabad. He is wellknown Kidney doctor.

Padma Vibhushan
LK Advani – Public Affairs

Padma Shri
Tarak Mehta – Art
Dr. Tejas Patel – Medicine
Shri Gunvant Shah – Literature and Education
Dr. Hargovind Laxmishanker Trivedi – Medicine

Dr. Rajesh Kotecha is mentioned in a list as a doctor from Rajasthan. Though he is active in Rajasthan, he is a Gujarati.

Amitabh Bachchan,Dilip Kumar,Prakash Singh Badal,Metro man E Shreedharan,Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan,Swapan Dasgupta,TV Mohandas Pai,Prasoon Joshi,Ravindra Jain,Dr. Ashok Gulati,Bibek Debroy, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Bill and Melinda Gates, Saichiro Misumi,Rajat Sharma, Harish Salve, Subhash Kashyap are among other Padma award winners this year.

Following is the list of the 104 persons conferred Padma Awards. These include nine Padma Vibhushan, 20 Padma Bhushan and 75 Padma Shri awardees:

Padma Vibhushan Name (Discipline) State/Country LK Advani (Public Affairs), Gujarat Amitabh Bachchan (Art), Maharashtra Prakash Singh Badal (Public Affairs), Punjab Dr D Veerendra Heggade (Social Work), Karnataka Dilip Kumar (Art), Maharashtra Jagadguru Rambhadracharya (Others), Uttar Pradesh Prof Malur Ramaswamy Srinivasan (Science and Engg), Tamil Nadu Kottayan K Venugopal (Public Affairs), Delhi Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan (Trade and Industry) France/UK Padma Bhushan Name (Discipline) State/Country Jahnu Barua (Art), Assam Dr Vijay Bhatkar (Science and Engineering), Maharashtra Swapan Dasgupta (Literature and Education), Delhi Swami Satyamitranand Giri (Others), Uttar Pradesh N Gopalaswami (Civil Service), Tamil Nadu Dr Subhash C Kashyap (Public Affairs), Delhi Dr (Pandit) Gokulotsavji Maharaj (Art), Madhya Pradesh Dr Ambrish Mithal (Medicine), Delhi Sudha Ragunathan (Art), Tamil Nadu Harish Salve (Public Affairs), Delhi Dr Ashok Seth (Medicine), Delhi Rajat Sharma (Literature and Education), Delhi Satpal (Sports), Delhi Shivakumara Swami (Others), Karnataka Dr Kharag Singh Valdiya (Science and Engg), Karnataka Prof Manjul Bhargava (Science and Engg), USA David Frawley (Others), USA Bill Gates (Social Work), USA Melinda Gates (Social Work), USA Saichiro Misumi (Others), Japan (MORE) PTI AKV AKV

Name (Discipline) State/Country Dr Manjula Anagani (Medicine), Telangana S Arunan (Science and Engg), Karnataka Kanyakumari Avasarala (Art), Tamil Nadu Dr Bettina Sharada Baumer (Literature and Education), J-K Naresh Bedi (Art), Delhi Ashok Bhagat (Social Work), Jharkhand Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Art), Maharashtra Dr Lakshmi Nandan Bora (Literature and Education), Assam Dr Gyan Chaturvedi (Literature and Education), Madhya Pradesh Prof (Dr) Yogesh Kumar Chawla (Medicine), Chandigarh Jayakumari Chikkala (Medicine), Delhi Bibek Debroy (Literature and Education), Delhi Dr Sarungbam Bimola Kumari Devi (Medicine), Manipur Dr Ashok Gulati (Public Affairs), Delhi Dr Randeep Guleria (Medicine), Delhi Dr KP Haridas (Medicine), Kerala Rahul Jain (Art), Delhi Ravindra Jain (Art), Maharashtra Dr Sunil Jogi (Literature and Education), Delhi Prasoon Joshi (Art), Maharashtra Dr Prafulla Kar (Art), Odisha Saba Anjum (Sports), Chhattisgarh Ushakiran Khan (Literature and Education), Bihar Dr Rajesh Kotecha (Medicine), Rajasthan Prof Alka Kriplani (Medicine), Delhi Dr Harsh Kumar (Medicine), Delhi Narayana Purushothama Mallaya (Literature & Education), Kerala Lambert Mascarenhas (Literature and Education), Goa Dr Janak Palta McGilligan (Social Work), Madhya Pradesh Veerendra Raj Mehta (Social Work), Delhi Tarak Mehta (Art), Gujarat (MORE)

Name (Discipline) State/Country Neil Herbert Nongkynrih (Art), Meghalaya Chewang Norphel (Others), Jammu and Kashmir T V Mohandas Pai (Trade and Industry), Karnataka Dr Tejas Patel (Medicine), Gujarat Jadav Molai Peyang (Others), Assam Bimla Poddar (Others), Uttar Pradesh Dr N Prabhakar (Science and Engg), Delhi Dr Prahalada (Science and Engg), Maharashtra Dr Narendra Prasad (Medicine), Bihar Ram Bahadur Rai (Literature and Education), Delhi Mithali Raj (Sports), Telangana PV Rajaraman (Civil Service), Tamil Nadu Prof JS Rajput (Literature and Education), Uttar Pradesh Kota Srinivasa Rao (Art), Andhra Pradesh Prof Bimal Roy (Literature and Education), West Bengal Shekhar Sen (Art), Maharashtra Gunvant Shah (Literature and Education), Gujarat Brahmdev Sharma (Literature and Education), Delhi Manu Sharma (Literature and Education), Uttar Pradesh Prof Yog Raj Sharma (Medicine), Delhi Vasant Shastri (Science and Engg), Karnataka S K Shivkumar (Science and Engg), Karnataka PV Sindhu (Sports), Telangana Sardara Singh (Sports), Haryana Arunima Sinha (Sports), Uttar Pradesh Mahesh Raj Soni (Art), Rajasthan Dr Nikhil Tandon (Medicine), Delhi

Name (Discipline) State/Country H Thegtse Rinpoche (Social Work), Arunachal Pradesh Dr Hargovind Laxmishanker Trivedi (Medicine), Gujarat Huang Baosheng (Others), China Prof Jacques Blamont (Science and Engg), France Late Syedna Mohammad Burhanuddin (Others), Maharashtra (Posthumous) Jean-Claude Carriere (Literature and Education), France Dr Nandrajan ‘Raj’ Chetty (Literature and Education), France George L Hart (Others), USA Jagat Guru Amrta Suryananda Maha Raja (Others), Portugal Late Meetha Lal Mehta (Social Work), Rajasthan (Posthumous) Tripti Mukherjee (Art), USA Dr Dattatreyudu Nori (Medicine), USA Dr Raghu Rama Pillarisetti (Medicine), USA Dr Saumitra Rawat (Medicine), UK Prof Annette Schmiedchen (Literature and Education), Germany Late Pran Kumar Sharma alias Pran (Art), Delhi (Posthumous) Late R Vasudevan (Civil Service), Tamil Nadu (Posthumous)

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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. The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year.

These awards are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March/ April every year. This year the President of India has approved conferment of Padma Awards to 104 persons as per the list below. The list comprises of 9 Padma Vibhushan, 20 Padma Bhushan and 75 Padma Shri Awardees. 17 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 17 persons from the category of foreigners, NRIs, PIOs and 4 Posthumous awardees.

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