Introduction
The article Padma Awards 2018 present the list of Padma Awards winners 2018. This is an important topic for General Awareness section of different competitive exams such as IBPS PO, Clerk, SSC, RRB etc.
Awards
President Ram Nath Kovind has announced names of recipients of year 2018 Padma awards viz.Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. He approved conferment of Padma Awards on 85 persons.
Padma Awards, the country’s highest civilian awards bestowed for distinguished service of high order in various disciplines- art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc.
The 2018 list includes 3 Padma Vibhushan, 9 Padma Bhushan and 73 Padma Shri Awardees. 14 awardees are women, 16 awardees are from category of foreigners, NRIs, and PIOs while 3 are posthumous awardees. The list also includes unsung persons and also people who rendered selfless service at the grassroots.
The Padma Vibhushan is the second-highest civilian award of the Republic of India. The award criteria include "service in any field including service rendered by Government servants" including doctors and scientists, but excluding those working with the public sector undertakings.
| Name | Field | State |
|---|---|---|
| Ghulam Mustafa Khan | Art-Music | Maharashtra |
| Ilaiyaraaja | Art-Music | Tamil Nadu |
| P.Parameswaran | Literature and Education | Kerala |
The Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, preceded by the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan and followed by the Padma Shri. The award criteria include "service in any field including service rendered by Government servants" including doctors and scientists, but exclude those working with the public sector undertakings.
| Name | Field | State |
|---|---|---|
| Arvind Parikh | Art-Music | Maharashtra |
| Alexander Kadakin (Foreigner/Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Russia |
| Laxman Pai | Art-Painting | Goa |
| Mahendra Singh Dhoni | Sports-Cricket | Jharkhand |
| Pankaj Advani | Sports-Billiards/Snooker | Karnataka |
| Philipose Mar Chrysostom | Others-Spiritualism | Kerala |
| Ramachandran Nagaswamy | Others-Archaeology | Tamil Nadu |
| Sharda Sinha | Art-Music | Bihar |
| Ved Prakash Nanda (OCI) | Literature and Education | USA |
Padma Shri (also Padma Shree) is the fourth highest civilian award in the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Awarded by the Government of India, it is announced every year on India's Republic Day.
| Name | Field | State |
|---|---|---|
| Abhay Bang (Duo) | Medicine | Maharashtra |
| Arup Kumar Dutta | Literature and Education | Assam |
| Arvind Gupta | Literature and Education | Maharashtra |
| Anwar Jalalpuri (Posthumous) | Lieterature and Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| A Zakia | Literature and Education | Mizoram |
| Amitava Roy | Science and Engineering | West Bengal |
| Bounlap Keokangna (Foreigner) | Others-Architecture | Laos |
| Bhabani Charan Pattanaik | Public Affairs | Odisha |
| Bhajju Shyam | Art-Painting | Madhya Pradesh |
| Bhagirath Prasad Tripathi | Literature and Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| Baba Yogendra | Art | Madhya Pradesh |
| Chandra Sekhar Rath | Literature and Education | Odisha |
| Damodar Ganesh Bapat | Social Work | Chhattisgarh |
| Doddarange Gowda | Art-Lyrics | Karnataka |
| Digamber Hansda | Literature and Education | Jharkhand |
| Dr Thant Myint-U (Foreigner) | Public Affairs | Myanmar |
| Gobardhan Panika | Art-Weaving | Odisha |
| Hun Many (Foreigner) | Public Affairs | Cambodia |
| Habibullo Rajabov (Foreigner) | Literature and Education | Tajikistan |
| I Nyoman Nuarta (Foreigner) | Art-Sculpture | Indonesia |
| Ibrahim Sutar | Art-Music | Karnataka |
| Jayashree Goswami Mahanta | Literature and Education | Assam |
| Jose Ma Joey Concepcion III (Foreigner) | Trade & Industry | Philippines |
| Keshav Rao Musalgaonkar | Literature and Education | Madhya Pradesh |
| Krishna Bihari Mishra | Literature and Education | West Bengal |
| Kidambi Srikanth | Sports-Badminton | Andhra Pradesh |
| Langpoklakpam Subadani Devi | Art-Weaving | Manipur |
| Lakshmikutty | Medicine-Traditional | Kerala |
| Lentina Ao Thakkar | Social Work | Nagaland |
| Mohan Swaroop Bhatia | Art-Folk Music | Uttar Pradesh |
| Malti Joshi | Literature and Education | Madhya Pradesh |
| Manoj Joshi | Art-Acting | Maharashtra |
| Malai Haji Abdullah Bin Malai Haji Othman (Foreigner) | Social Work | Brunei Darussalam |
| Murlikant Petkar | Sports-Swimming | Maharashtra |
| M R Rajagopal | Medicine-Palliative Care | Kerala |
| Maharao Raghuveer Singh | Literature and Education | Rajasthan |
| Manas Bihari Verma | Science and Engineering | Bihar |
| Narayan Das Maharaj | Others-Spiritualism | Rajasthan |
| Nouf Marwaai (Foreigner) | Others-Yoga | Saudi Arabia |
| Nguyen Tien Thien (Foreigner) | Others-Spiritualism | Vietnam |
| Prafulla Govinda Baruah | Literature and Education-Journalism | Assam |
| Pandit Shyamlal Chaturvedi | Literature and Education-Journalism | Chhattisgarh |
| Piyong Temjen Jamir | Literature and Education | Nagaland |
| Pran Kishore Kaul | Art | Jammu and Kashmir |
| Pravakara Maharana | Art-Sculpture | Odisha |
| Pankaj M Shah | Medicine-Oncology | Gujarat |
| Pantawane Gangadhar Vithobaji | Literature and Education | Maharashtra |
| Rani Bang (Duo) | Medicine | Maharashtra |
| Ramli Bin Ibrahim (Foreigner) | Art-Dance | Malayasia |
| Rameshwarlal Kabra | Trade & Industry | Maharashtra |
| R Sathyanarayana | Art-Music | Karnataka |
| Rudrapatnam Narayanaswamy Tharanathan (Duo) | Art-Music | Karnataka |
| Rudrapatnam Narayanaswamy Thyagarajan (Duo) | Art-Music | Karnataka |
| Rajagopalan Vasudevan | Science and Engineering | Tamil Nadu |
| Romulus Whitaker | Others-Wildlife Conservation | Tamil Nadu |
| Sudhanshu Biswas | Social Work | West Bengal |
| Saikhom Mirabai Chanu | Sports-Weightlifting | Manipur |
| Somdev Devvarman | Sports-Tennis | Tripura |
| Sitavva Joddati | Social Work | Karnataka |
| Sisir Purushottam Mishra | Art-Cinema | Maharashtra |
| Subhasini Mistry | Social Work | West Bengal |
| Somdet Phra Maha Muniwong (Foreigner) | Others-Spiritualism | Thailand |
| Sulagitti Narasamma | Social Work | Karnataka |
| Sampat Ramteke (Posthumous) | Social Work | Maharashtra |
| S S Rathore | Civil Service | Gujarat |
| Sanduk Ruit (Foreigner) | Medicine-Ophthalmology | Nepal |
| Siddeshwar Swamiji | Others-Spiritualism | Karnataka |
| Tommy Koh (Foreigner) | Public Affairs | Singapore |
| Tomio Mizokami (Foreigner) | Literature and Education | Japan |
| Vijay Kichlu | Art-Music | West Bengal |
| V Nanammal | Others-Yoga | Tamil Nadu |
| Vijayalakshmi Navaneethakrishnan | Art-Folk Music | Tamil Nadu |
| Vikram Chandra Thakur | Science and Engineering | Uttarakhand |
| Yeshi Dhonden | Medicine | Himachal Pradesh |
| Zaverilal Mehta | Literature and Education-Journalism | Gujarat |