Padma Awards 2025 ; Tushar Shukla, Pankaj Patel, Pankaj Udhas, Chandrakant Sompura among awardees
January 25, 2025
New Delhi: The names of awardees for Padma awards 2025 are declared today on eve of Republic Day. Among the names of awardees several are from Gujarat. Among them are:
Padma Vibhushan
Kumudini Lakhia for Art
Padma Bhushan
Pankaj Patel for Trade & Industry
Pankaj Udhas (Posthumous) for Art
Padma Shri
Chandrakant Sheth (Posthumous) for Literature & Education
Chandrakant Sompura for Architecture
Lavjibhai Parmar for Art
Ratan Kumar Parimoo for Art
Suresh Harilal Soni for Social Work
Tushar Durgeshbhai Shukla for Literature and Education
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Suresh Soni
Sabarkantha no Sahyojak
-Founder of Sahyog Kushtha Yagna Trust in Sabarkantha in 1988 – one of the few organizations in India of its kind
-Dedicated over 36 years his life for care, welfare and rehabilitation of leprosy patients, intellectually disabled and divyang-jan
-Established a village named ‘Sahyog’ for people suffering from leprosy and also providing shelter to divyangjan and intellectually disabled
-Sahyog village is currently home for hundreds of patients and it has facilities like electoral booth, a primary school, a grocery shop
-Taking care of marginalized and vulnerable sections of the society who are being abandoned by family and society
Parmar Lavjibhai Nagjibhai
Tanglaliya no Taran-har
-Weaver from the Dangasia community of Surendranagar – dedicated over 4 decades to preserving and promoting the 700 year old traditional weaving technique of Tangaliya and promoting its adoption among younger generations
-Tangaliya Weave – made by extra-weft patterns of raised dots that give appearance of embroidered beadwork
-Promoted this unique and dying weave through exhibitions across India and collaboration with sellers
-Impacted many down trodden families engaged in Tangaliya Art by creating a Common Facility Center and training them so that this Art flow through next generations
-Providing technical and market supports to them – employing 20-25 weavers and creates sustainable livelihood for others.
Padma Vibhushan(7)
| SN | Name | Field | State/Country |
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Shri Duvvur Nageshwar Reddy | Medicine | Telangana |
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Justice (Retd.) Shri Jagdish Singh Khehar | Public Affairs | Chandigarh |
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Smt. Kumudini Rajnikant Lakhia | Art | Gujarat |
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Shri LakshminarayanaSubramaniam | Art | Karnataka |
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Shri M. T. Vasudevan Nair (Posthumous) | Literature and Education | Kerala |
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Shri Osamu Suzuki (Posthumous) | Trade and Industry | Japan |
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Smt. Sharda Sinha (Posthumous) | Art | Bihar |
Padma Bhushan(19)
| SN | Name | Field | State/Country |
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Shri A Surya Prakash | Literature and Education-Journalism | Karnataka |
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Shri Anant Nag | Art | Karnataka |
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Shri Bibek Debroy(Posthumous) | Literature and Education | NCT Delhi |
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Shri Jatin Goswami | Art | Assam |
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Shri Jose Chacko Periappuram | Medicine | Kerala |
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Shri Kailash Nath Dikshit | Others-Archaeology | NCT Delhi |
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Shri Manohar Joshi(Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Maharashtra |
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Shri Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti | Trade and Industry | Tamil Nadu |
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Shri Nandamuri Balakrishna | Art | Andhra Pradesh |
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Shri P R Sreejesh | Sports | Kerala |
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Shri Pankaj Patel | Trade and Industry | Gujarat |
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Shri Pankaj Udhas(Posthumous) | Art | Maharashtra |
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Shri Rambahadur Rai | Literature and Education-Journalism | Uttar Pradesh |
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Sadhvi Ritambhara | Social Work | Uttar Pradesh |
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Shri S Ajith Kumar | Art | Tamil Nadu |
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Shri Shekhar Kapur | Art | Maharashtra |
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Ms. Shobana Chandrakumar | Art | Tamil Nadu |
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Shri Sushil Kumar Modi(Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Bihar |
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Shri Vinod Dham | Science and Engineering | United States of America |
Padma Shri (113)
| SN | Name | Field | State/Country |
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Shri Adwaita Charan Gadanayak | Art | Odisha |
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Shri Achyut Ramchandra Palav | Art | Maharashtra |
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Shri Ajay V Bhatt | Science and Engineering | United States of America |
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Shri Anil Kumar Boro | Literature and Education | Assam |
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Shri Arijit Singh | Art | West Bengal |
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Smt. Arundhati Bhattacharya | Trade and Industry | Maharashtra |
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Shri Arunoday Saha | Literature and Education | Tripura |
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Shri Arvind Sharma | Literature and Education | Canada |
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Shri Ashok Kumar Mahapatra | Medicine | Odisha |
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Shri Ashok Laxman Saraf | Art | Maharashtra |
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Shri Ashutosh Sharma | Science and Engineering | Uttar Pradesh |
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Smt. Ashwini Bhide Deshpande | Art | Maharashtra |
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Shri Baijnath Maharaj | Others-Spiritualism | Rajasthan |
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Shri Barry Godfray John | Art | NCT Delhi |
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Smt. Begam Batool | Art | Rajasthan |
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Shri Bharat Gupt | Art | NCT Delhi |
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Shri Bheru Singh Chouhan | Art | Madhya Pradesh |
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Shri Bhim Singh Bhavesh | Social Work | Bihar |
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Smt. Bhimavva Doddabalappa Shillekyathara | Art | Karnataka |
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Shri Budhendra Kumar Jain | Medicine | Madhya Pradesh |
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Shri C S Vaidyanathan | Public Affairs | NCT Delhi |
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Shri Chaitram Deochand Pawar | Social Work | Maharashtra |
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Shri Chandrakant Sheth(Posthumous) | Literature and Education | Gujarat |
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Shri Chandrakant Sompura | Others-Architecture | Gujarat |
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Shri Chetan E Chitnis | Science and Engineering | France |
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Shri David R Syiemlieh | Literature and Education | Meghalaya |
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Shri Durga Charan Ranbir | Art | Odisha |
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Shri Farooq Ahmad Mir | Art | Jammu And Kashmir |
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Shri Ganeshwar Shastri Dravid | Literature and Education | Uttar Pradesh |
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Smt. Gita Upadhyay | Literature and Education | Assam |
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Shri Gokul Chandra Das | Art | West Bengal |
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Shri Guruvayur Dorai | Art | Tamil Nadu |
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Shri Harchandan Singh Bhatty | Art | Madhya Pradesh |
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Shri Hariman Sharma | Others-Agriculture | Himachal Pradesh |
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Shri Harjinder Singh Srinagar Wale | Art | Punjab |
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Shri Harvinder Singh | Sports | Haryana |
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Shri Hassan Raghu | Art | Karnataka |
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Shri Hemant Kumar | Medicine | Bihar |
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Shri Hriday Narayan Dixit | Literature and Education | Uttar Pradesh |
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Shri Hugh and Colleen Gantzer(Posthumous)(Duo)* | Literature and Education-Journalism | Uttarakhand |
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Shri Inivalappil Mani Vijayan | Sports | Kerala |
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Shri Jagadish Joshila | Literature and Education | Madhya Pradesh |
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Smt. Jaspinder Narula | Art
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Maharashtra |
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Shri Jonas Masetti | Others-Spiritualism | Brazil |
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Shri Joynacharan Bathari | Art | Assam |
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Smt. Jumde Yomgam Gamlin | Social Work | Arunachal Pradesh |
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Shri K. Damodaran | Others-Culinary | Tamil Nadu |
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Shri K L Krishna | Literature and Education | Andhra Pradesh |
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Smt. K Omanakutty Amma | Art | Kerala |
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Shri Kishore Kunal(Posthumous) | Civil Service | Bihar |
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Shri L Hangthing | Others-Agriculture | Nagaland |
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Shri Lakshmipathy Ramasubbaiyer | Literature and Education-Journalism | Tamil Nadu |
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Shri Lalit Kumar Mangotra | Literature and Education | Jammu And Kashmir |
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Shri Lama Lobzang(Posthumous) | Others-Spiritualism | Ladakh |
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Smt. Libia Lobo Sardesai | Social Work | Goa |
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Shri M D Srinivas | Science and Engineering | Tamil Nadu |
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Shri Madugula Nagaphani Sarma | Art | Andhra Pradesh |
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Shri Mahabir Nayak | Art | Jharkhand |
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Smt. Mamata Shankar | Art | West Bengal |
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Shri Manda Krishna Madiga | Public Affairs | Telangana |
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Shri Maruti Bhujangrao Chitampalli | Literature and Education | Maharashtra |
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Shri Miriyala Apparao(Posthumous) | Art | Andhra Pradesh |
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Shri Nagendra Nath Roy | Literature and Education | West Bengal |
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Shri Narayan (Bhulai Bhai)(Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Uttar Pradesh |
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Shri Naren Gurung | Art | Sikkim |
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Smt. Neerja Bhatla | Medicine | NCT Delhi |
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Smt. Nirmala Devi | Art | Bihar |
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Shri Nitin Nohria | Literature and Education | United States of America |
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Shri Onkar Singh Pahwa | Trade and Industry | Punjab |
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Shri P Datchanamoorthy | Art | Puducherry |
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Shri Pandi Ram Mandavi | Art | Chhattisgarh |
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Shri Parmar Lavjibhai Nagjibhai | Art | Gujarat |
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Shri Pawan Goenka | Trade and Industry | West Bengal |
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Shri Prashanth Prakash | Trade and Industry | Karnataka |
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Smt. Pratibha Satpathy | Literature and Education | Odisha |
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Shri Purisai Kannappa Sambandan | Art | Tamil Nadu |
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Shri R Ashwin | Sports | Tamil Nadu |
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Shri R G Chandramogan | Trade and Industry | Tamil Nadu |
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Smt. Radha Bahin Bhatt | Social Work | Uttarakhand |
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Shri Radhakrishnan Devasenapathy | Art | Tamil Nadu |
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Shri Ramdarash Mishra | Literature and Education | NCT Delhi |
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Shri Ranendra Bhanu Majumdar | Art | Maharashtra |
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Shri Ratan Kumar Parimoo | Art | Gujarat |
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Shri Reba Kanta Mahanta | Art | Assam |
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Shri Renthlei Lalrawna | Literature and Education | Mizoram |
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Shri Ricky Gyan Kej | Art | Karnataka |
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Shri Sajjan Bhajanka | Trade and Industry | West Bengal |
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Smt. Sally Holkar | Trade and Industry | Madhya Pradesh |
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Shri Sant Ram Deswal | Literature and Education | Haryana |
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Shri Satyapal Singh | Sports | Uttar Pradesh |
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Shri Seeni Viswanathan | Literature and Education | Tamil Nadu |
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Shri Sethuraman Panchanathan | Science and Engineering | United States of America |
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Smt. Sheikha Shaikha Ali Al-Jaber Al-Sabah | Medicine | Kuwait |
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Shri Sheen Kaaf Nizam (Shiv Kishan Bissa) | Literature and Education | Rajasthan |
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Shri Shyam Bihari Agrawal | Art | Uttar Pradesh |
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Smt. Soniya Nityanand | Medicine
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Uttar Pradesh |
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Shri Stephen Knapp | Literature and Education | United States of America |
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Shri Subhash Khetulal Sharma | Others-Agriculture | Maharashtra |
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Shri Suresh Harilal Soni | Social Work | Gujarat |
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Shri Surinder Kumar Vasal | Science and Engineering | Delhi |
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Shri Swami Pradiptananda (Kartik Maharaj) | Others-Spiritualism | West Bengal |
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Shri Syed Ainul Hasan | Literature and Education | Uttar Pradesh |
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Shri Tejendra Narayan Majumdar | Art | West Bengal |
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Smt. Thiyam Suryamukhi Devi | Art | Manipur |
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Shri Tushar Durgeshbhai Shukla | Literature and Education | Gujarat |
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Shri Vadiraj Raghawendracharya Panchamukhi | Literature and Education | Andhra Pradesh |
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Shri Vasudeo Kamath | Art | Maharashtra |
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Shri Velu Aasaan | Art | Tamil Nadu |
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Shri Venkappa Ambaji Sugatekar | Art | Karnataka |
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Shri Vijay Nityanand Surishwar Ji Maharaj | Others-Spiritualism | Bihar |
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Smt. Vijayalakshmi Deshamane | Medicine | Karnataka |
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Shri Vilas Dangre | Medicine | Maharashtra |
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Shri Vinayak Lohani | Social Work | West Bengal |
Note: * In Duo case, the Award is counted as one
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