The government announced names of the Padma awardees 2019 on the day before of the 70th Republic Day (25.01.2019).
Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan are the second and third highest civilian awards of the country respectively.
This year 112 recipients have been selected for the prestigious awards. This includes 4 Padma Vibhushan, 14 Padma Bhushan and 94 Padma Shri awards.
Padma Vibhushan is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service.
Padma Bhushan is for distinguished service of high order.
Padma Shri is for distinguished service in any field.
21 of the awardees are women and the list also include 11 persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI, 3 Posthumous awardees and 1 transgender person.
Following Seven peoples from Tamil Nadu selected for Padma Shri awards