Padma Award Types
'Farmer who grew 50,000 trees in the arid Shekawati region of Rajasthan - using a water-saving technique 'dryland agroforestry' that requires only 1 litre of water per tree
'Recurve Archer from Sikkim and member of the Indian Army's Gurkha Rifles regiment - first Indian to win an individual Asian Games Silver medal
Terracotta Artist - 21st generation of the family keeping alive the cultural legacy
Chairman and CEO of Fairfax Financial Holdings - one of Canada's most prominent financial holding companies having extensive investments in India
'Artist of Padya Natakam, a Telugu poetic drama form - more than 5,000 performances nationally over a period of 50 yrs
Veteran Theatre artist, Producer, Director, Writer of 60 years - known as the Doyen of Parsi Theatre
'Sahitya Akademi Award winning Author from Arunachal Pradesh - penned Arunachali folk tales and tribal stories
Now retired Indian pace bowling head who served the national team for over a decade and a half - instrumental in India's 2011 ODI World Cup victory as the joint highest wicket taker
Sri Lankan Dancing icon carrying forward the legacy of her country's traditional dance forms - seminal contribution in India - Sri Lanka cultural exchange
Brazilian Indologist - pioneer of Sanskrit and Vedanta in Brazil
Acclaimed Sattriya dancer from Assam - contributed in establishing it as a classical dance form of India
Wife-Husband Nadaswaram player duo of great acclaim - having performed nationally and internationally