Padma Awards - one of the highest civilian Awards of the country, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The Awards are given in various disciplines/ fields of activities, viz.- art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. Padma Vibhushan is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service; Padma Bhushan for distinguished service of high order and Padma Shri for distinguished service in any field. The awards are announced on the occasion of Repu
Padma Vibhushan Awards Winners 2018Shri Illaiyaraja from Tamil Nadu for is contribution in Art and Music.Shri Ghulam Mustafa Khan from Maharashtra for his contribution in Art and Music.Shri Parameswaran Parameswaran from Kerala for his contribution in Literature and Education. Padma Bhushan Awards Winners 2018Shri Pankaj Advani from Karnataka for his contribution in Sports- Billiards/Snooker.Shri Philipose Mar Chrysostom from Kerala for his contribution in Spiritualism.Shri Mahendra Singh Dhoni from Jharkhand for his contributio in Sports-Cricket.Shri Alexander Kadakin (Foreigner/Posthumous) f
This year the President of India has approved conferment of Padma Awards to 89 persons as per the list below. The list comprises of 7 Padma Vibhushan, 7 Padma Bhushan and 75 Padma Shri Awardees. 19 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 5 persons from the category of foreigners, NRIs, PIOs and 6 Posthumous awardees. Padma Vibhushan Name Field State Shri K J Yesudas Art-Music Kerala Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev Others-Spiritualism Tamil Nadu Shri Sharad Pawar Public Affairs Maharashtra Shri Murli Manohar Joshi Public Affairs Uttar Pradesh Prof. Udipi Ramachandra Rao Scienc
Padma Vibhushan 2016Winner Field Ms. Yamini Krishnamurthi Art-Classical dance Shri Rajinikanth Art - Cinema Smt. Girija Devi Art-Classical Vocal Shri Ramoji Rao Literature & Education-Journalism Dr. Viswanathan Shanta Medicine - Oncology Shri Shri Ravi Shankar Others - Spiritualism Shri Jagmohan Public Affairs Dr.Vasudev Kalkunte Aatre Science & Engineering Shri Avinash Dixit(Foreigner) Literature & Education Late Shri Dhiru Bhai Ambani(Posthumous) Trade & Industry Padma Bhushan 2016Name Field Shri Anupam Kher Art-Cinema Shri Udit Narayan Jha Art-Playback Singing
Padma Vibhushan 2015Name of the Awardee Discipline Shri L. K. Advani Public Affairs Shri Amitabh Bachchan Art Shri Prakash Singh Badal Public Affairs Dr. D. Veerendra Heggade Social Work Shri Mohammad Yusuf Khan alias Dilip Kumar Art Shri Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Swami Rambhadracharya Others Prof. Malur Ramaswamy Srinivasan Science and Engineering Shri Kottayan K. Venugopal Public Affairs Shri Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan (Foreigner) Trade and Industry Padma Bhushan 2015Shri Jahnu Barua Art Dr. Vijay Bhatkar Science and Engineering Shri Swapan Dasgupta Literature and Education Swam
2018 Nobel Winners in MedicineThe 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been jointly awarded to James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo, by the Nobel committee of the Karolinska Institute. The two immunologists - from the U.S. and Japan, respectively - were awarded the Prize “for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation.” 2018 Nobel Winners in PhysicsAmerican scientist Arthur Ashkin, French engineer Gérard Mourou and Canadian professor Donna Strickland have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for their work in the field of laser physics. Dr. Ashkin
2019 Nobel Prize in LiteratureThe Nobel Prize in Literature 2019 was awarded to Peter Handke "for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience." 2019 Nobel Prize in ChemistryThe Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019 was awarded jointly to John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino "for the development of lithium-ion batteries". John B. Goodenough was associated with University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA at the time award. M. Stanley Whittingham was associated with Binghamton University, State University of New Yo
Nobel Prize in Medicine 2017Three Americans Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael Young awarded for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling our biological clocks. Mr. Rosbash is on the faculty at Brandeis University, Mr. Young is at Rockefeller University and Mr. Hall has been associated with the University of Maine. Nobel Prize in Physics 2017The 2017 Nobel Physics Prize was divided, one half awarded to Rainer Weiss, the other half jointly to Barry C. Barish and Kip S. Thorne "for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves". Ripple
Nobel Prize in Physics 2016 The Nobel Prize in Physics 2016 was divided, one half awarded to David J. Thouless (University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA), the other half jointly to F. Duncan M. Haldane (Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA) and J. Michael Kosterlitz (Brown University, Providence, RI, USA) "for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter". Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2016 The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2016 was awarded jointly to Jean-Pierre Sauvage (University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France), Sir J. Fraser Stoddart (Northwester
The Sahitya Akademi was formally inaugurated by the Government of India on 12 March 1954. The Government of India Resolution, which set forth the constitution of the Akademi, described it as a national organisation to work actively for the development of Indian letters and to set high literary standards, to foster and co-ordinate literary activities in all the Indian languages and to promote through them all the cultural unity of the country. Though set up by the Government, the Akademi functions as an autonomous organisation. It was registered as a society on 7 January 1956, under the Societi
Fashion design is a dynamic and creative field that offers innovative career openings for those with a passion for style, creativity, and invention. This composition will explore the colorful job prospects in the fashion design assiduity, the original hires one can anticipate, and punctuate some o →
Foundation Date: December 8, 1991 Headquarters: The Republic of Belarus Executive Secretaries: Sergei Lebedev Member Countries: 12 Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) was established on December 8, 1991, and the leaders of the Republic of Belarus, the Russian Federation, and Ukraine signed an a →
In 2009, an unknown programmer by the name of Satoshi Nakamoto put forward a whitepaper that proposed a creation of new form of digital currency - cryptocurrency. Cryptocurrency functions the same way as regular currencies do in that its used as a means of exchange, unit of account and a store of va →
Headquarter: New Delhi Function and Objective of the Organization: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)has been established under Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 which consolidates various acts & orders that have hitherto handled food-related issues in various Ministries →
If you contribute your content to our site. Please mail us your content to editor@onlinegk.net