Ratan Chandra Kar - ‘Jarawa ke Jeevandata’
🏅Padma Shri - Medicine
📍Andaman & Nicobar Islands
➡️Treated & saved Jarawa tribe during the measles epidemic (1999)
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Hirabai Lobi - ‘Siddi Ni Shakti’!
🏅Padma Shri - Social Work
📍Gujarat
➡️Providing education to children of Siddi tribe
➡️Promoting financial independence among Siddi women
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Munishwar Chander Dawar - ‘Dawar ki Dawa’
🏅Padma Shri - Medicine
📍Madhya Pradesh
➡️1971 War Veteran & Doctor
➡️Selflessly treats the poor & weaker section of the society at an affordable cost
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Ramkuiwangbe Newme - ‘Hero of Heraka’
🏅Padma Shri - Social Work
📍Assam
➡️He dedicated his life for the conservation and preservation of Heraka religion. He established 10 primary schools & encouraged education for women.
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V P Appukuttan Poduval - ‘Kannur ke Gandhi’
🏅Padma Shri - Social Work
📍Kerala
➡️He actively participated in Quit India Movement (1942) and worked tirelessly to uplift the lives of the weaker sections of the society.
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Sankurathri Chandra Sekhar - ‘Seva ke Shikhar’
🏅Padma Shri - Social Work
📍Andhra Pradesh
➡️As a social worker, he dedicated his life towards providing free medical & education services to the needy people.
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Vadivel Gopal & Masi Sadaiyan - ‘Global Snake Experts’
🏅Padma Shri - Social Work
📍Tamil Nadu
➡️Expert Snake Catchers from Irula Tribe
➡️Uses old snake catching techniques inherited as indigenous knowledge from their forefathers
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Tula Ram Upreti - ‘Jaivik Kheti ke Prerak’
🏅Padma Shri - Others (Agriculture)
📍Sikkim
➡️98 year old self-sustained organic farmer, using only traditional methods
➡️Reduced dependency of farmers on Agrochemical industry
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Nekram Sharma - ‘Nau Anaj ke Nayak’
🏅Padma Shri - Others (Agriculture)
📍Himachal Pradesh
➡️Organic farmer, reviving the traditional crop system - 'Nau-Anaj’, cutting water usage
➡️Also produces local indigenous seeds & distributes it to 10,000+ farmers at no cost
Janum Singh Soy - ‘Hero of Ho’
🏅Padma Shri-Literature & Education
📍Jharkhand
➡️Tribal Ho language scholar, working for its promotion & preservation
➡️Authored 6 books on culture & lifestyle of Ho tribe & pioneered it as formal course
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B Ramakrishna Reddy - ‘Bhasha Rakshak’
🏅Padma Shri - Literature & Education
📍Telangana
➡️Known for contributing towards the preservation of Tribal & Southern languages Kuvi, Manda & Kui.
➡️He has drafted Manda-English Dictionary & Kuvi-Oriya-English Dictionary.
Ajay Kumar Mandavi - ‘Carver of Kanker’
🏅Padma Shri - Art
📍Chhattisgarh
➡️Gond Tribal Wood Carver
➡️Worked for rehabilitating misguided people in LWE affected regions by teaching them wood calligraphy
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Rani Machaiah - ‘Ummathat ki Rani’
🏅Padma Shri - Art
📍Karnataka
➡️Ummathat Folk Dancer, promoting & preserving
Kodava culture through dance
➡️Training women artist in Ummathat Folk dance
K C Runremsangi
‘Queen of Mizo Folk’
🏅Padma Shri - Art
📍Mizoram
➡️As a popular Mizo Folk singer, he has been safeguarding Mizo cultural heritage for over 3 decades
➡️He is credited with recording many Mizo folk songs
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Risingbor Kurkalang - ‘Master of Duitara’
🏅Padma Shri - Art
📍Meghalaya
➡️Tribal Duitara Instrument Maker & Musician
➡️He has promoted Khasi folk music by crafting & playing Duitara across the world
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Mangala Kanti Roy - ‘Sarinda Ke Sartaj’
🏅Padma Shri - Art
📍West Bengal
➡️102 year old Sarinda Player & one of the oldest
folk musicians of West Bengal
➡️Worked to promote & preserve Sarinda instrument since 8 decades
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Moa Subong - ‘Tunes of Bamhum’
🏅Padma Shri - Art (Folk Music)
📍Nagaland
➡️He is an eminent Naga Musician & Innovator who invented an easy to play wind instrument, Bamhum
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Munivenkatappa - ‘Thamaṭeya Tande (Father of Thamata)’
🏅Padma Shri - Art
📍Karnataka
➡️Veteran 'Thamate' exponent from Chikkaballapur has worked for preservation & promotion of Art
➡️Leads the artists showcasing traditional percussion folk instrument across state & nation
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