January 2012 Awards

The Padma awards for the year 2012 were announced on the eve of India’s 63rd Republic Day. The Awards comprises 5 Padma Vibhushan, 27 Padma Bhushan and 77 Padma Shri Awards.


Padma Vibhushan

1. Shri K G Subramanyan - Art-Painting & Sculpture - West Bengal
2. Late Shri Mario De Miranda - Art-Cartoonist - Goa
3. Late (Dr.)Bhupen Hazarika - Art- Vocal Music - Assam
4. Dr. Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti - Medicine - Orthopedics - Maharashtra
5. Shri T V Rajeswar - Civil Service - Delhi

Padma Bhushan

1. Smt. Shabana Azmi - Art - Cinema - Maharashtra
2. Shri Khaled Choudhury - Art - Theatre - West Bengal
3. Shri Jatin Das - Art - Painting - Delhi
4. Pandit Buddhadev Das Gupta - Art - Instrumental Music - Sarod - West Bengal
5. Shri Dharmendra Singh Deol alias Dharmendra - Art - Cinema - Maharashtra
6. Dr. Trippunithwra Viswanathan Gopalkrishnan - Art - Classical vocal and instrumental music - Tamil Nadu
7. Ms. Mira Nair - Art - Cinema - Delhi
8. Shri M.S. Gopalakrishnan - Art - Instrumental Music-Violin - Tamil Nadu
9. Shri Anish Kapoor - Art - Sculpture - UK*
10. Shri Satya Narayan Goenka - Social Work - Maharashtra
11. Dr. (Judge) Patibandla Chandrasekhar Rao - Public Affairs - Germany*
12. Shri George Yong-Boon Yeo - Public Affairs - Singapore*
13. Prof. Shashikumar Chitre - Science and Engineering - Maharashtra
14. Dr. M S Raghunathan - Science and Engineering - Maharashtra
15. Shri Subbiah Murugappa Vellayan - Trade and Industry - Tamil Nadu
16. Shri Balasubramanian Muthuraman - Trade and Industry - Maharashtra
17. Dr. Suresh H. Advani - Medicine - Oncology - Maharashtra
18. Dr. Noshir H Wadia - Medicine-Neurology - Maharashtra
19. Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty - Medicine-Cardiology - Karnataka
20. Prof. (Dr.) Shantaram Balwant Mujumdar - Literature and Education - Maharashtra
21. Prof. Vidya Dehejia - Literature and Education - USA*
22. Prof. Arvind Panagariya - Literature and Education - USA*
23. Dr. Jose Pereira - Literature and Education - USA*
24. Dr. Homi K. Bhabha - Literature and Education - UK *
25. Shri N Vittal - Civil Service - Kerala
26. Shri Mata Prasad - Civil Service - Uttar Pradesh
27. Shri Ronen Sen - Civil Service - West Bengal

Padma Shri awardees are -

1. Shri Vanraj Bhatia - Art - Music - Maharashtra
2. Shri Zia Fariduddin Dagar - Art - Music - vocal - Maharashtra
3. Smt. Nameirakpam Ibemni Devi - Art - Music- Khongjom Parba - Manipur
4. Shri Ramachandra Subraya Hegde Chittani - Art - Yakshagana dance drama - Karnataka
5. Shri Moti Lal Kemmu - Art - Playwright - Jammu and Kashmir
6. Shri Shahid Parvez Khan - Art - Instrumental Music-Sitar - Maharashtra
7. Shri Mohan Lal Kumhar - Art - Terracotta - Rajasthan
8. Shri Sakar Khan Manganiar - Art - Rajasthani Folk Music - Rajasthan
9. Smt. Joy Michael - Art - Theatre - Delhi
10. Dr. Minati Mishra - Art - Indian Classical Dance-Odissi. - Orissa
11. Shri Natesan Muthuswamy - Art - Theatre. - Tamil Nadu
12. Smt. R. Nagarathnamma - Art - Theatre - Karnataka
13. Shri Kalamandalm Sivan Nambootiri - Art - Indian Classical Dance- Kutiyattam - Kerala
14. Smt. Yamunabai Waikar - Art - Indian Folk Music-Lavani. - Maharashtra
15. Shri Satish Alekar - Art - Playwright - Maharashtra
16. Pandit Gopal Prasad Dubey - Art - Chhau dance and choreography - Jharkhand
17. Shri Ramakant Gundecha and Shri Umakant Gundecha# - Art - Indian Classical Music- Vocal - Madhya Pradesh
18. Shri Anup Jalota - Art-Indian Classical Music- Vocal - Maharashtra
19. Shri Soman Nair Priyadarsan - Art - Cinema- Direction - Kerala
20. Shri Sunil Janah - Art-Photography - Assam
21. Ms. Laila Tyebji - Art-Handicrafts - Delhi
22. Shri Vijay Sharma - Art-Painting - Himachal Pradesh
23. Smt. Shamshad Begum - Social Work - Chattisgarh
24. Smt. Reeta Devi - Social Work - Delhi
25. Dr. P.K. Gopal - Social Work - Tamil Nadu
26. Smt. Phoolbasan Bai Yadav - Social Work - Chattisgarh
27. Dr. G. Muniratnam - Social Work - Andhra Pradesh
28. Shri Niranjan Pranshankar Pandya - Social Work - Maharashtra
29. Dr. Uma Tuli - Social Work - Delhi
30. Shri Sat Paul Varma - Social Work - Jammu and Kashmir
31. Smt.Binny Yanga - Social Work - Arunachal Pradesh
32. Shri Yezdi Hirji Malegam - Public Affairs - Maharashtra
33. Shri Pravin H. Parekh - Public Affairs - Delhi
34. Dr. V. Adimurthy - Science and Engineering - Kerala
35. Dr. Krishna Lal Chadha - Science and Engineering - Agriculture - Delhi
36. Prof. Virander Singh Chauhan - Science and Engineering - Delhi
37. Prof. Rameshwar Nath Koul Bamezai - Science and Engineering - Jammu and Kashmir
38. Dr. Vijaypal Singh - Science and Engineering - Agricultural Research - Uttar Pradesh
39. Dr. Lokesh Kumar Singhal - Science and Engineering - Punjab
40. Dr. Yagnaswami Sundara Rajan - Science and Engineering - Karnataka
41. Prof. Jagadish Shukla - Science and Engineering - USA*
42. Ms. Priya Paul - Trade and Industry - Delhi
43. Shri Shoji Shiba - Trade and Industry - Japan*
44. Shri Gopinath Pillai - Trade and Industry - Singapore*
45. Shri Arun Hastimal Firodia - Trade and Industry - Maharashtra
46. Dr. Swati A. Piramal - Trade and Industry - Maharashtra
47. Prof. Mahdi Hasan - Medicine-Anatomy - Uttar Pradesh
48. Dr. Viswanathan Mohan - Medicine - Diabetology - Tamil Nadu
49. Dr. J. Hareendran Nair - Medicine - Ayurveda - Kerala
50. Dr. Vallalarpuram Sennimalai Natarajan - Medicine - Geriatrics - Tamil Nadu
51. Dr. Jitendra Kumar Singh - Medicine - Oncology - Bihar
52. Dr. Shrinivas S. Vaishya - Medicine-Healthcare - Daman and Diu
53. Dr. Nitya Anand - Medicine - Drugs Research - Uttar Pradesh
54. Late Dr. Jugal Kishore - Medicine - Homoeopathy - Delhi *
55. Dr. Mukesh Batra - Medicine-Homeopathy - Maharashtra
56. Dr. Eberhard Fischer - Literature and Education - Switzerland*
57. Shri Kedar Gurung - Literature and Education - Sikkim
58. Shri Surjit Singh Patar - Literature and Education - Poetry - Punjab
59. Shri Vijay Dutt Shridhar - Literature and Education - Journalism - Madhya Pradesh
60. Shri Irwin Allan Sealy - Literature and Education - Uttarakhand
61. Ms. Geeta Dharmarajan - Literature and Education - Delhi
62. Prof. Sachchidanand Sahai - Literature and Education - Haryana
63. Smt. Pepita Seth - Literature and Education - Kerala
64. Dr. Ralte L. Thanmawia - Literature and Education - Mizoram
65. Shri Ajeet Bajaj - Sports - Skiing - Delhi
66. Smt. Jhulan Goswami - Sports - Women's Cricket - West Bengal
67. Shri Zafar Iqbal - Sports-Hockey - Uttar Pradesh
68. Shri Devendra Jhajrija - Sports - Athletics- Paralympics - Rajasthan
69. Shri Limba Ram - Sports - Archery - Rajasthan
70. Shri Syed Mohammed Arif - Sports - Badminton - Andhra Pradesh
71. Prof. Ravi Chaturvedi - Sports- Commentary - Delhi
72. Shri Prabhakar Vaidya - Sports-Physical Education - Maharashtra
73. Shri T. Venkatapathi Reddiar - Others-Horticulture - Puducherry
74. Dr. K. (Kota) Ullas Karanth - Others-Wildlife Conservation and Environment Protection - Karnataka
75. Shri K Paddayya - Others-Archaeology - Maharashtra
76. Shri Swapan Guha - Others-Ceramics - Rajasthan
77. Dr. Kartikeya V. Sarabhai - Others - Environmental Education - Gujarat

President of India Pratibha Patil conferred the Ashoka Chakra on Lt. Navdeep Singh (posthumous) on the occasion of the 63rd Republic Day Parade 2012 in New Delhi. He was awarded the Ashoka Chakra for single-handedly eliminating four infiltrating terrorists on 20 August 20 2011.He was Ghatak Platoon Commander of 15 Maratha Light Infantry deployed in the High Altitude Area near the Line of Control. President also approved the award of three Kirti Chakra. For Lt. Col. Kamaldeep Singh , Capt. Ashutosh Kumar and Lt. Sushil Khajuria.

Bollywood music director Rajesh Roshan was elected for the Latamangeshkar award-2011 which was sponsored by government of Madhya Pradesh.

69th Annual Golden Globe Awards were held in Beverly Hills, California on 15 January 15 2012. The Artist, the French movie , directed by Michel Hazanavicius won three awards.
Some of the winners of the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards is as follows. Best Picture: Drama- The Descendants, Best Actor: Drama- George Clooney (The Descendants), Best Actress: Drama- Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady), Best Director- Martin Scorsese(Hugo), BestForeign Language Film- A Separation (Iran), Best Animated Film- The Adventures of Tintin.

Ramnath Goenka Awards for Excellence in Journalism 2012 function was held in New Delhi on 16 January 2012. Vice President of India, Hamid ansari gave away the awards. The Pioneer’s J Gopikrishnan and CNBC-TV18’s Udayan Mukherjee were adjudged Journalist of the Year at the 5th Ramnath Goenka Awards for Excellence in Journalism.CNN-IBN bagged three prestigious awards in various categories. The awards will cover the entire range of Indian media, Print & Broadcast, in English & Indian languages.The Ramnath Goenka foundation was set up in 1992 in the memory of late Ramnath Goenka, founder of The Indian Express, to encourage and propagate high-quality, objective journalism.

Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari, conferred an honorary Doctor of Literature (honoris causa) of Tripura University on Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Secretary to the Ministry of culture, India Jawahar sirkar was awarded the British Museum Award .It was given for his reforms in the field of Indian museum.

Senior Indian diplomat D. Bala Venkatesh Varma — a key member of the negotiating team that saw the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal, was given the first S.K. Singh award. Award was given for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen India's position in the global nuclear order .Award was given by UPA chairperson and Congress president Sonia Gandhi at a high-profile function in New delhi. The award for excellence in the Indian Foreign Service is named after the former foreign secretary and Governor, Shailendra Kumar Singh. Mr. Varma was selected as the first recipient of the prestigious award.

Tibetan spiritual leader, Dalai Lama was presented the Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Peace and Reconciliation on 4 January 2011. The granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi, Ila Gandhi, presented this award,which was instituted in 2003.The Gandhi Development Trust that gives the award is chaired by Ila Gandhi.

Sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan was presented the Mallikarjun Mansur award which was instituted by the Karnataka government on 3 January 2012.