The Padma Awards were announced yesterday and the Telugu states got seven awards (one Padma Vibhushan, one Padma Bhushan and five Padma Shri) combined. While Telangana got two Padma Awards, AP got five. AIG Hospitals chairman Dr D Nageshwar Reddy has been conferred with Padma Vibhushan. Actor Nandamuri Balakrishna was awarded the Padma Bhushan for his contribution towards the field of Arts.

The Padma Shri awardees from Telugu states are Manda Krishna Madhiga (Public Affairs), Madugula Naga Phani Sharma (Art), KL Krishna (Literature and Education), Miryala Apparao (Posthumous) (Arts) and Vadiraj Raghawendracharya Panchamuki (Literature and Education).

While Nageshwar Reddy and Manda Krishna Madiga were awarded from Telangana, the other five represented Andhra Pradesh. A total of 139 Padma Awards were announced today, out of which 113 were Padma Shri, 19 were Padma Bhushan and seven were Padma Vibhushan.

The following is the full list of Padma awardees:

Padma Vibhushan

1. Duvvur Nageshwar Reddy
2. Justice (Retd.) Jagdish Singh Khehar
3. Kumudini Rajnikant Lakhia
4. Lakshminarayana Subramaniam
5. MT Vasudevan Nair (Posthumous)
6. Osamu Suzuki (Posthumous)
7. Sharda Sinha (Posthumous)

Padma Bhushan

1. A Surya Prakash
2. Anant Nag
3. Bibek Debroy (Posthumous)
4. Jatin Goswami
5. Jose Chacko Periappuram
6. Kailash Nath Dikshit
7. Manohar Joshi (Posthumous)
8. Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti
9. Nandamuri Balakrishna
10. PR Sreejesh
11. Pankaj Patel
12. Pankaj Udhas (Posthumous)
13. Rambahadur Rai
14. Sadhvi Ritambhara
15. S Ajith Kumar
16. Shekhar Kapur
17. Shobana Chandrakumar
18. Sushil Kumar Modi (Posthumous)
19. Vinod Dham

Padma Shri

1. Advaita Charan Gadanayak
2. Achyut Ramchandra Palav
3. Ajay V Bhatt
4. Anil Kumar Boro
5. Arijit Singh
6. Arundhati Bhattacharya
7. Arunoday Saha
8. Arvind Sharma
9. Ashok Kumar Mahapatra
10. Ashok Laxman Saraf
11. Ashutosh Sharma
12. Ashwini Bhide Deshpande
13. Baijnath Maharaj
14. Barry Godfray John
15. Begam Batool
16. Bharat Gupt
17. Bheru Singh Chouhan
18. Bhim Singh Bhavesh
19. Bhimawa Doddabalappa Shiilekyathara
20. Budhendra Kumar Jain
21. C S Vaidyanathan
22. Chaitram Deochand Pawar
23. Chandrakant Sheth (Posthumous)
24. Chandrakant Sompura
25. Chetan E Chitnis
26. David R Syiemlieh
27. Durga Charan Ranbir
28. Farooq Ahmad Mir
29. Ganeshwar Shastri Dravid
30. Gita Upadhyay
31. Gokul Chandra Das
32. Guruvayur Dorai
33. Harchandan Singh Bhatty
34. Hariman Sharma
35. Harjinder Singh Srinagar Wale
36. Harvinder Singh
37. Hassan Raghu
38. Hemant Kumar
39. Hriday Narayan Dixit
40. Hugh and Colleen Gantzer (Posthumous)
41. Inivalappil Mani Vijayan
42. Jagadish Joshila
43. Jaspinder Narula
44. Jonas Masetti
45. Joynacharan Bathari
46. Jumde Yomgam Gamlin
47. K. Damodaran
48. K L Krishna
49. K Omanakutty Amma
50. Kishore Kunal (Posthumous)
51. L Hangthing
52. Lakshmipathy Ramasubbaiyer
53. Lalit Kumar Mangotra
54. Lama Lobzang (Posthumous)
55. Libia Lobo Sardesai
56. M D Srinivas
57. Madugula Nagaphani Sarma
58. Mahabir Nayak
59. Mamata Shankar
60. Manda Krishna Madiga
61. Maruti Bhujangrao Chitampalli
62. Miriyala Apparao (Posthumous)
63. Nagendra Nath Roy
64. Narayan (Bhulai Bhai) (Posthumous)
65. Naren Gurung
66. Neerja Bhatla
67. Nirmala Devi
68. Nitin Nohria
69. Onkar Singh Pahwa
70. P Datchanamoorthy
71. Pandi Ram Mandavi
72. Parmar Lavjibhai Nagjibhai
73. Pawan Goenka
74. Prashanth Prakash
75. Pratibha Satpathy
76. Purisai Kannappa Sambandan
77. R Ashwin
78. R G Chandramogan
79. Radha Bahin Bhatt
80. Radhakrishnan Devasenapathy
81. Ramdarash Mishra
82. Ranendra Bhanu Majumdar
83. Ratan Kumar Parimoo
84. Reba Kanta Mahanta
85. Renthlei Lalrawna
86. Ricky Gyan Kej
87. Sajjan Bhajanka
88. Sally Holkar
89. Sant Ram Deswal
90. Satyapal Singh
91. Seeni Viswanathan
92. Sethuraman Panchanathan
93. Sheikha Shaikha Ali Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
94. Sheen Kaaf Nizam (Shiv Kishan Bissa)
95. Shyam Bihari Agrawal
96. Soniya Nityanand
97. Stephen Knapp
98. Subhash Khetulal Sharma
99. Suresh Harilal Soni
100. Surinder Kumar Vasal
101. Swami Pradiptananda (Kartik Maharaj)
102. Syed Ainu Hasan
103. Tejendra Narayan Majumdar
104. Thiyam Suryamukhi Devi
105. Tushar Durgeshbhai Shukla
106. Vadiraj Raghavendracharya Panchamukhi
107. Vasudeo Kamath
108. Velu Assaan
109. Venkappa Ambaji Sugatekar
110. Vijay Nityanand Surishwar Ji Maharaj
111. Vijayalakshmi Deshamane
112. Vilas Dangre
113. Vinayak Lohani