Padma Sri Award 2018: 8 unsung heroes recognised by govenment
From the daily wage labourer and housemaid who struggled for 20 years to build a free hospital for the most underprivileged to India’s first paralympic Gold Medallist as early as 1972, the Padma Shri Awards this year have honoured the contributions of over 73 individuals from fields like Arts, Education, Industry, Literature, Science, Sports, Medicine, Social Service and Public Affairs.
And we take immense pride to say some of the awardees have been TBI heroes as well, who have impacted the lives of hundreds of thousands individuals and communities. (DNA India, TBI)
Here’s a list of some of these outstanding unsung heroes!Rajagopalan Vasudevan
This Madurai Professor is known as the ‘Plastic Man of India’. He patented an innovative method of reusing plastic to construct roads. Thanks to his technology, India made it mandatory for all road developers in the country to use waste plastic, along with bituminous mixes, for road construction. This is one step ahead to curb the problem of plastic waste.
Subhasini Mistry
People mocked her saying, “She could not even count her money when she first started selling vegetables. How can she build a hospital when she cannot even rebuild her own home, which is in shambles?”
But she proved everyone wrong. Twenty years after her husband’s death, she started a clinic which was later transformed into a hospital. Read Subhasini’s story
Bhajju Shyam
His life was never a bed of roses. From struggling for a better life in his village to working as a security guard in MP, Bhajju Shyam’s journey to becoming an acclaimed Gond artist, illustrator, and writer is nothing short of spectacular.
Today, his book, ‘London Jungle Book’, has been published in five foreign languages and his paintings have been exhibited around the globe.“How did a tribal man like me go from a village in a forest to a city like London? That’s the question in everyone’s mind. It’s quite simple. An artist goes where there is work.”
Sudhanshu Biswas
The man has been around for almost a century. At 99, this freedom
fighter spent his life fighting against the British Rule. He then
dedicated it to serve the most underprivileged. Founder of the Sri
Ramakrishna Sevaashram in West Bengal, he runs free schools, orphanages
and dispensaries.
Sulagatti Narasamma
Nonagenarian farm labourer Sulagatti Narasamma, who provides midwifery services in backward region of Karnataka without any medical facility, was awarded Padma Shri. She has done over 15,000 deliveries in over 70 years free of charge.
Sitavva Joddati
This year's list of PadmaShri awardees has a champion of development of
women, especially Devadasis and Dalits. Herself a former Devadasi,
Sitavva Joddati has been empowering women in rural areas for more than 3
decades. She provides financial support through self-help groups.
Anwar Jalalpuri
Lucknow's Urdu poet Anwar Jalalpuri, who translated over 700 shlokas of Bhagwad Gita from Sanskrit to Urdu, will also be given the Padma Shri. He is former Chairman of UP Madrasa Board.
V Nanammal
India's oldest Yoga teacher is one of the PadmaShri 2018 awardees. 98-year-old V Nanammal has trained more than 10 lakh students and teaches 100 students daily. 600 of her students have become Yoga instructors around the world. 36 of her family members are also Yoga instructors.
Lakshmikutty
Lakshmikutty, a tribal woman from Kerala, who prepares 500 herbal medicine from memory and helps thousands of people especially in snake and insect bite cases, is among the awardees. She teaches at Kerala Folklore Academy and lives in a small hut made of palm leaves roof in tribal settlement in a forest. She is the only tribal woman from her area to attend school in the 1950s.
A total of 85 people belonging to various disciplines have been named for the Padma Awards in three categories -- Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri -- on the eve of Republic Day.
These awards will be conferred by President Ram Nath Kovind at the ceremonial functions which will be held at Rashtrapati Bhawan in March or April.The list comprises three Padma Vibhushan, nine Padma Bhushan and 73 Padma Shri Awards.
Out of the total 14 awardees are women, 16 are in the category of Foreigners/NRI and three Posthumous awardees.
The Padma Vibhushan is the second highest award conferred for exceptional and distinguished service.
Padma Vibhushan awardees- Illaiyaraja -Art (Music)- Ghulam Mustafa Khan- Art (Music)- Parameswaran Parameswaran- Literature and EducationThe Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award for distinguished service of high order. Nine people have been named for the award.Padma Bhushan awardees- Pankaj Advani- Sports (Billiards/Snooker)- Philipose Mar Chrysostom - Spiritualism- Mahendra Singh Dhoni- Sports (Cricket)- Alexander Kadakin (Foreigner/Posthumous) - Public Affairs- Ramachandran Nagaswamy - Archaeology- Ved Prakash Nanda (OCI) - Literature and Education- Laxman Pai - Art (Painting)- Arvind Parikh - Art (Music)- Sharda Sinha - Art (Music)
The Padma Shri, which is the fourth highest award, is conferred for distinguished service in any field.Padma Shri awardees
- Abhay Bang and Rani Bang - Medicine- Damodar Ganesh Bapat - Social Work- Prafulla Govinda Baruah - Literature and Education (Journalism)- Mohan Swaroop Bhatia - Art (Folk Music)- Sudhanshu Biswas - Social Work- Saikhom Mirabai Chanu - Sports (Weightlifting)- Pandit Shyamlal Chaturvedi - Literature and Education (Journalism)- Jose Ma Joey Concepcion III (Foreigner) - Trade & Industry- Langpoklakpam Subadani Devi - Art (Weaving)- Somdev Devvarman - Sports (Tennis)- Yeshi Dhoden - Medicine- Arup Kumar Dutta - Literature and Education- Doddarange Gowda - Art (Lyrics)- Arvind Gupta - Literature and Education- Digamber Hansda - Literature and Education- Ramli Bin Ibrahim (Foreigner) - Art (Dance)- Anwar Jalalpuri (Posthumous) - Literature and Education- Piyong Temjen Jamir - Literature and Education- Sitavva Joddati - Social Work- Malti Joshi - Literature and Education- Manoj Joshi - Art (Acting)- Rameshwarlal Kabra - Trade & Industry- Pran Kishore Kaul - Art- Bounlap Keokangna (Foreigner) -Architecture- Vijay Kichlu - Art-Music- Tommy Koh (Foreigner) - Public Affairs- Lakshmikutty - Medicine (Traditional)- Joyshree Goswami Mahanta - Literature and Education- Narayan Das Maharaj - Spiritualism- Pravakara Maharana - Art (Sculpture)- Hun Many (Foreigner) - Public Affairs- Nouf Marwaai (Foreigner) - Yoga- Zaverilal Mehta - Literature and Education (Journalism)- Krishna Bihari Mishra - Literature and Education- Sisir Purushottam Mishra - Art (Cinema)- Subhasini Mistry - Social Work- Tornio Mizokami (Foreigner) - Literature and Education- Somdet Phra Maha Muniwong (Foreigner) - Spiritualism- Keshav Rao Musalgaonkar - Literature and Education- Dr Thant Myint - U (Foreigner) - Public Affairs- V Nanammal - Yoga- Sulagitti Narasamma - Social Work- Vijayalakshmi Navaneethakrishnan - Art (Folk Music)- I Nyoman Nuarta (Foreigner) - Art (Sculpture)- Malai Haji Abdullah Bin Malai Haji Othman (Foreigner) - Social Work - Gobaradhan Panika - Art (Weaving)- Bhabani Charan Pattanaik - Public Affairs- Murlikant Petkar - Sports (Swimming)- Habibullo Rajabov (Foreigner) - Literature and Education- M R Rajagopal - Medicine (Palliative Care)- Sampat Ramteke (Posthumous) - Social Work- Chandra Sekhar Rath - Literature and Education- S S Rathore - Civil Service- Amitava Roy- Science and Engineering- Sanduk Ruit (Foreigner) - Medicine (Ophthalmology)- R Sathyanarayana - Art (Music)- Pankaj M Shah - Medicine (Oncology)- Bhajju Shyam - Art (Painting)- Maharao Raghuveer Singh Literature and Education Rajasthan- Kidambi Srikanth - Sport (Badminton)- Ibrahim Sutar - Art(Music)- Siddeshwara Swamiji - Spiritualism- Lentina Ao Thakkar - Social Work- Vikram Chandra Thakur - Science and Engineering- Rudrapatnam Narayanaswamy Tharanathan and Rudrapatnam Narayanaswamy Thyagarajan - Art (Music)- Nguyen Tien Then (Foreigner) - Spiritualism- Bhagirath Prasad Tripathi - Literature and Education Uttar Pradesh- Rajagopalan Vasudevan - Science and Engineering- Manas Bihari Verma - Science and Engineering- Panatawane Gangadhar Vithobaji - Literature and Education- Romulus Whitaker - Wildlife Conservation- Baba Yogendra - Art - A Zakia - Literature and Education
With inputs from agencies
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