The President of India has approved conferment of Padma Awards 2012, the country's highest civilian awards. This year 109 recipients will get the awards including 14 in the category of Foreigners/ NRIs/ PIOs/ Posthumous and 19 women awardees. These comprise 5 Padma Vibhushan, 27 Padma Bhushan and 77 Padma Shri Awards.

Padmashri Awards of 2012 Winners-

1 Vanraj Bhatia – Art – Music – Maharashtra
2 Zia Fariduddin Dagar – Art – Music – vocal – Maharashtra
3 Nameirakpam Ibemni Devi – Art – Music- Khongjom Parba – Manipur
4 Ramachandra Subraya Hegde Chittani – Art – Yakshagana dance drama – Karnataka
5 Moti Lal Kemmu – Art – Playwright – Jammu and Kashmir
6 Shahid Parvez Khan – Art – Instrumental Music – Sitar – Maharashtra
7 Mohan Lal Kumhar – Art – Terracotta – Rajasthan
8 Sakar Khan Manganiar – Art – Rajasthani Folk Music – Rajasthan
9 Joy Michael – Art – Theatre – Delhi
10 Dr. Minati Mishra – Art – Indian Classical Dance – Odissi. – Orissa
11 Natesan Muthuswamy – Art – Theatre – Tamil Nadu
12 R. Nagarathnamma – Art – Theatre – Karnataka
13 Kalamandalm Sivan Nambootiri – Art – Indian Classical Dance- Kutiyattam – Kerala
14 Yamunabai Waikar – Art – Indian Folk Music – Lavani – Maharashtra
15 Satish Alekar – Art – Playwright – Maharashtra
16 Pandit Gopal Prasad Dubey – Art – Chhau dance and choreography – Jharkhand
17 Ramakant Gundecha and Umakant Gundecha – Art – Indian Classical Music – Vocal – Madhya Pradesh
18 Anup Jalota – Art-Indian Classical Music – Vocal – Maharashtra
19 Soman Nair Priyadarsan – Art – Cinema – Direction – Kerala
20 Sunil Janah – Art – Photography – Assam
21 Ms. Laila Tyebji – Ar t – Handicrafts – Delhi
22 Vijay Sharma – Art – Painting – Himachal Pradesh
23 Shamshad Begum – Social Work – Chattisgarh
24 Reeta Devi – Social Work – Delhi
25 Dr. P.K. Gopal – Social Work – Tamil Nadu
26 Phoolbasan Bai Yadav – Social Work – Chattisgarh
27 Dr. G. Muniratnam – Social Work – Andhra Pradesh
28 Niranjan Pranshankar Pandya – Social Work – Maharashtra
29 Dr. Uma Tuli – Social Work – Delhi
30 Sat Paul Varma – Social Work – Jammu and Kashmir
31 Binny Yanga – Social Work – Arunachal Pradesh
32 Yezdi Hirji Malegam – Public Affairs – Maharashtra
33 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 Shoji Shiba – Trade and Industry – Japan
44 Gopinath Pillai – Trade and Industry – Singapore
45 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. nivas 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 Kedar Gurung – Literature and Education – Sikkim
58 Surjit Singh Patar – Literature and Education – Poetry – Punjab
59 Vijay Dutt dhar – Literature and Education – Journalism – Madhya Pradesh
60 Irwin Allan Sealy – Literature and Education – Uttarakhand
61 Ms. Geeta Dharmarajan – Literature and Education – Delhi
62 Prof. Sachchidanand Sahai – Literature and Education – Haryana
63 Pepita Seth – Literature and Education – Kerala
64 Dr. Ralte L. Thanmawia – Literature and Education – Mizoram
65 Ajeet Bajaj – Sports – Skiing – Delhi
66 Jhulan Goswami – Sports – Women’s Cricket – West Bengal
67 Zafar Iqbal – Sports – Hockey – Uttar Pradesh
68 Devendra Jhajrija – Sports – Athletics – Paralympics – Rajasthan
69 Limba Ram – Sports – Archery – Rajasthan
70 Syed Mohammed Arif – Sports – Badminton – Andhra Pradesh
71 Prof. Ravi Chaturvedi – Sports – Commentary – Delhi
72 Prabhakar Vaidya – Sports – Physical Education – Maharashtra
73 T. Venkatapathi Reddiar – Others – Horticulture – Puducherry
74 Dr. K. (Kota) Ullas Karanth – Others – Wildlife Conservation and Environment Protection – Karnataka
75 K Paddayya – Others – Archaeology – Maharashtra
76 Swapan Guha – Others – Ceramics – Rajasthan
77 Dr. Kartikeya V. Sarabhai – Others – Environmental Education – Gujarat