Padma Shri (also Padmashree) is the fourth highest civilian award in the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. It is awarded by the Government of India.
It is awarded to citizens of India to recognize their distinguished contribution in various spheres of activity including the Arts, Education, Industry, Literature, Science, Sports, Medicine, Social Service and Public Affairs. However it has also been awarded to some distinguished individuals who were not citizens of India and who did contribute in various ways to India. The selection criteria, however, has been heavily criticized as many highly deserving artists have been left out in order to favor certain individuals. On its obverse, the words "Padma", meaning lotus in Sanskrit and "Shri", in Devanagari, appear above and below a lotus flower. The geometrical pattern on either side is in burnished bronze. All embossing is in white gold. As of 2013, 2577 people have received the award.
पद्म श्री या पद्मश्री सम्मान
पद्म श्री या पद्मश्री, भारत सरकार द्वारा आम तौर पर सिर्फ भारतीय नागरिकों को दिया जाने वाला सम्मान है जो जीवन के विभिन्न क्षेत्रों जैसे कि, कला, शिक्षा, उद्योग, साहित्य, विज्ञान, खेल, चिकित्सा, समाज सेवा और सार्वजनिक जीवन आदि में उनके विशिष्ट योगदान को मान्यता प्रदान करने के लिए दिया जाता है। भारत के नागरिक पुरस्कारों के पदानुक्रम में यह चौथा पुरस्कार है इससे पहले क्रमश: भारत रत्न, पद्म विभूषण और पद्म भूषण का स्थान है. इसके अग्रभाग पर, "पद्म" और "श्री" शब्द देवनागरी लिपि में अंकित रहते हैं। 2013 (आजतक) तक, 2577 व्यक्ति इस पुरस्कार को प्राप्त कर चुके हैं।
List of PadmaShri awardees in 2013
1. Shri Gajam Anjaiah, Discipline – Art, State/ Domicile – Andhra Pradesh
2. Swami G.C.D. Bharti alias Bharati Bandhu, Discipline – Art, State/ Domicile – Chhattisgarh
3. Ms. B. Jayashree, Discipline – Art, State/ Domicile – Karnataka
4. Smt. Sridevi Kapoor, Discipline – Art, State/ Domicile – Maharashtra
5. Shri Kailash Chandra Meher, Discipline – Art, State/ Domicile – Orissa
6. Shri Brahmdeo Ram Pandit, Discipline – Art, State/ Domicile – Maharashtra
7. Shri Vishwanath Dinkar Patekar alias Nana Patekar, Discipline – Art, State/ Domicile – Maharashtra
8. Shri Rekandar Nageswara Rao alias Surabhi Babji, Discipline – Art, State/ Domicile – Andhra Pradesh
9. Shri Lakshmi Narayana Sathiraju, Discipline – Art, State/ Domicile – Tamil Nadu
10. Smt. Jaymala Shiledar, Discipline – Art, State/ Domicile – Maharashtra
11. Shri Suresh Dattatray Talwalkar, Discipline – Art, State/ Domicile – Maharashtra
12. Shri P. Madhavan Nair alias Madhu, Discipline – Art, State/ Domicile – Kerala
13. Shri Apurba Kishore Bir, Discipline – Art, State/ Domicile – Maharashtra
14. Shri Ghanakanta Bora Borbayan, Discipline – Art, State/ Domicile – Assam
15. Smt. Hilda Mit Lepcha, Discipline – Art, State/ Domicile – Sikkim
16. Smt. Sudha Malhotra, Discipline – Art, State/ Domicile – Maharashtra
17. Shri Ghulam Mohammad Saznawaz, Discipline – Art, State/ Domicile – Jammu and Kashmir
18. Shri Ramesh Gopaldas Sippy, Discipline – Art, State/ Domicile – Maharashtra
19. Ms. Mahrukh Tarapor, Discipline – Art, State/ Domicile – Maharashtra
20. Shri Balwant Thakur, Discipline – Art, State/ Domicile – Jammu & Kashmir
21. Shri Puran Das Baul, Discipline – Art, State/ Domicile – West Bengal
22. Shri Rajendra Tikku, Discipline – Art, State/ Domicile – Jammu& Kashmir
23. Shri Pablo Bartholomew, Discipline – Art, State/ Domicile – Delhi
24. Shri S. Shakir Ali, Discipline – Art, State/ Domicile – Rajasthan
25. Sh. S.K.M Maeilanandhan Social Work Tamil Nadu
26. Ms. Nileema Mishra, Discipline – Social Work, State/ Domicile – Maharashtra
27. Ms. Reema Nanavati, Discipline – Social Work, State/ Domicile – Gujarat
28. Ms. Jharna Dhara Chowdhury, Discipline – Social Work, State/ Domicile – Bangladesh *
29. Late Dr. Ram Krishan, Discipline – Social Work, State/ Domicile – Uttar Pradesh #
30. Late Manju Bharat Ram, Discipline – Social Work, State/ Domicile – Delhi #
31. Prof. Mustansir Barma, Discipline – Science and Engineering, State/ Domicile – Maharashtra
32. Shri Avinash Chander, Discipline – Science and Engineering, State/ Domicile – Delhi
33. Prof. Sanjay Govind Dhande, Discipline – Science and Engineering, State/ Domicile – Uttar Pradesh
34. Prof. (Dr.) Sankar Kumar Pal, Discipline – Science and Engineering, State/ Domicile – West Bengal
35. Prof. Deepak B. Phatak, Discipline – Science and Engineering, State/ Domicile – Maharashtra
36. Dr. Mudundi Ramakrishna Raju, Discipline – Science and Engineering, State/ Domicile – Andhra Pradesh
37. Prof. Ajay K. Sood, Discipline – Science and Engineering, State/ Domicile – Karnataka
38. Prof. Krishnaswamy Vijayraghavan, Discipline – Science and Engineering, State/ Domicile – Karnataka
39. Dr. Manindra Agrawal, Discipline – Science and Engineering, State/ Domicile – Uttar Pradesh
40. Dr. Jayaraman Gowrishankar, Discipline – Science and Engineering, State/ Domicile – Andhra Pradesh
41. Prof. Sharad Pandurang Kale, Discipline – Science and Engineering, State/ Domicile – Maharashtra
42. Smt. Vandana Luthra, Discipline – Trade and Industry, State/ Domicile – Delhi
43. Ms. Rajshree Pathy, Discipline – Trade and Industry, State/ Domicile – Tamil Nadu
44. Shri Hemendra Prasad Barooah, Discipline – Trade and Industry, State/ Domicile – Assam
45. Shri Milind Kamble, Discipline – Trade and Industry, State/ Domicile – Maharashtra
46. Ms. Kalpana Saroj, Discipline – Trade and Industry, State/ Domicile – Maharashtra
47. Dr. Sudarshan K. Aggarwal, Discipline – Medicine, State/ Domicile – Delhi
48. Dr. C. Venkata S. Ram alias Chitta Venkata Sundara Ram, Discipline – Medicine, State/ Domicile – Andhra Pradesh
49. Dr. Rajendra Achyut Badwe, Discipline – Medicine, State/ Domicile – Maharashtra
50. Dr. Taraprasad Das, Discipline – Medicine, State/ Domicile – Orissa
51. Prof. (Dr.) T.V. Devarajan, Discipline – Medicine, State/ Domicile – Tamil Nadu
52. Prof. (Dr.) Saroj Chooramani Gopal, Discipline – Medicine, State/ Domicile – Uttar Pradesh
53. Dr. Pramod Kumar Julka, Discipline – Medicine, State/ Domicile – Delhi
54. Dr. Gulshan Rai Khatri, Discipline – Medicine, State/ Domicile – Delhi
55. Dr. Ganesh Kumar Mani, Discipline – Medicine, State/ Domicile – Delhi
56. Dr. Amit Prabhakar Maydeo, Discipline – Medicine, State/ Domicile – Maharashtra
57. Dr. Sundaram Natarajan, Discipline – Medicine, State/ Domicile – Maharashtra
58. Prof. Krishna Chandra Chunekar, Discipline – Medicine, State/ Domicile – Uttar Pradesh
59. Dr. Vishwa Kumar Gupta, Discipline – Medicine, State/ Domicile – Delhi
60. Prof. (Capt.) Dr. Mohammad Sharaf-eAlam, Discipline – Literature & Education, State/ Domicile – Bihar
61. Dr. Radhika Herzberger, Discipline – Literature & Education, State/ Domicile – Andhra Pradesh
62. Shri J. Malsawma, Discipline – Literature & Education, State/ Domicile – Mizoram
63. Shri Devendra Patel, Discipline – Literature & Education, State/ Domicile – Gujarat
64. Dr. Rama Kant Shukla, Discipline – Literature & Education, State/ Domicile – Delhi
65. Prof. Akhtarul Wasey, Discipline – Literature & Education, State/ Domicile – Delhi
66. Prof. Anvita Abbi, Discipline – Literature & Education, State/ Domicile – Delhi
67. Shri Nida Fazli, Discipline – Literature & Education, State/ Domicile – Madhya Pradesh
68. Shri Surender Kumar Sharma, Discipline – Literature & Education, State/ Domicile – Delhi
69. Dr. Jagdish Prasad Singh, Discipline – Literature & Education, State/ Domicile – Bihar
70. Late Shaukat Riaz Kapoor Alias Salik
Lakhnawi, Discipline – Literature & Education, State/ Domicile – West Bengal #
71. Prof. Noboru Karashima, Discipline – Literature & Education, State/ Domicile – Japan *
72. Shri Christopher Pinney, Discipline – Literature & Education, State/ Domicile – UK *
73. Smt. Premlata Agrawal, Discipline – Sports, State/ Domicile – Jharkhand
74. Shri Yogeshwar Dutt, Discipline – Sports, State/ Domicile – Haryana
75. Shri Hosanagara Nagarajegowda Girisha, Discipline – Sports, State/ Domicile – Karnataka
76. Subedar Major Vijay Kumar, Discipline – Sports, State/ Domicile – Himachal Pradesh
77. Shri Ngangom Dingko Singh, Discipline – Sports, State/ Domicile – Maharashtra
78. Naib Subedar Bajrang Lal Takhar, Discipline – Sports, State/ Domicile – Rajasthan
79. Ms. Ritu Kumar, Discipline – Fashion Designing, State/ Domicile – Designing Delhi
80. Dr. Ravindra Singh Bisht, Discipline – Archaeology, State/ Domicile – Uttar Pradesh
* indicates awardees in the category of Foreigners / NRIs/ PIOs.
# indicates awardees in the posthumous category.
Bihar became the first state in India to have separate web page for every city and village in the state on its website www.brandbihar.com (Now www.brandbharat.com)
See the record in Limca Book of Records 2012 on Page No. 217