Folk Artist from Sindhudurg - famous for preserving 500 year old art of Chitrakathi storytelling

Gandhian Social Worker serving the poor for 6 decades in maoist affected Rayagada - especially known for her work in the eradication of Yaws, a chronic bacterial infection

Eminent Economist & Educationist - serving Dean of Harvard Business School

Table Tennis Veteran from West Bengal - representing India for over 2 decades

Dom Raja of Kashi - inheritor of legacy of King of Cremators, responsible for lighting pyres at Manikarnika & Harishachandra Ghats (Posthumous)

Senior Leader and Educationist from Assam - amongst the flag bearers of the Assam movement

Social Worker from Aizwal empowering Mizo women - instrumental in promoting education, enterprise and legal reforms for them

88 years old Potloi Setpi Weaver from Manipur - keeping the art of 'potloi' alive

Foremost Hindi Professor and Journalist from Srinagar - popularized Hindi language across Jammu and Kashmir over 5 decades (Posthumous}

Senior Orthopaedic surgeon from Dehradun - known for conducting public awareness and orthopedic camps