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The Centre has released the list of Padma Awards 2025 winners. This year, the government has awarded 7 Padma Vibhushan, 19 Padma Bhushan and 113 Padma Shri awards.
Mentioned below is the full list of Padma Vibhushan Awards 2025 winners-
SN |
Name |
Field |
State/Country |
1 |
Shri Duvvur Nageshwar Reddy |
Medicine |
Telangana |
2 |
Justice (Retd.) Shri Jagdish Singh Khehar |
Public Affairs |
Chandigarh |
3 |
Smt. Kumudini Rajnikant Lakhia |
Art |
Gujarat |
4 |
Shri Lakshminarayana Subramaniam |
Art |
Karnataka |
5 |
Shri M. T. Vasudevan Nair (Posthumous) |
Literature and Education |
Kerala |
6 |
Shri Osamu Suzuki (Posthumous) |
Trade and Industry |
Japan |
7 |
Smt. Sharda Sinha (Posthumous) |
Art |
Bihar |
Mentioned below is the full list of padma bhushan winners of this year 2025
SN |
Name |
Field |
State/Country |
1 |
Shri A Surya Prakash |
Literature and Education - Journalism |
Karnataka |
2 |
Shri Anant Nag |
Art |
Karnataka |
3 |
Shri Bibek Debroy (Posthumous) |
Literature and Education |
NCT Delhi |
4 |
Shri Jatin Goswami |
Art |
Assam |
5 |
Shri Jose Chacko Periappuram |
Medicine |
Kerala |
6 |
Shri Kailash Nath Dikshit |
Others - Archaeology |
NCT Delhi |
7 |
Shri Manohar Joshi (Posthumous) |
Public Affairs |
Maharashtra |
8 |
Shri Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti |
Trade and Industry |
Tamil Nadu |
9 |
Shri Nandamuri Balakrishna |
Art |
Andhra Pradesh |
10 |
Shri P R Sreejesh |
Sports |
Kerala |
11 |
Shri Pankaj Patel |
Trade and Industry |
Gujarat |
12 |
Shri Pankaj Udhas (Posthumous) |
Art |
Maharashtra |
13 |
Shri Rambahadur Rai |
Literature and Education - Journalism |
Uttar Pradesh |
14 |
Sadhvi Ritambhara |
Social Work |
Uttar Pradesh |
15 |
Shri S Ajith Kumar |
Art |
Tamil Nadu |
16 |
Shri Shekhar Kapur |
Art |
Maharashtra |
17 |
Ms. Shobana Chandrakumar |
Art |
Tamil Nadu |
18 |
Shri Sushil Kumar Modi (Posthumous) |
Public Affairs |
Bihar |
19 |
Shri Vinod Dham |
Science and Engineering |
United States of America |
Mentioned below is the Padma Shri Award list 2025 winners-
S.No. |
Name |
Category |
State/Country |
1 |
Adwaita Charan Gadanayak |
Art |
Odisha |
2 |
Achyut Ramchandra Palat |
Art |
Maharashtra |
3 |
Ajay V Bhatt |
Science and Engineering |
USA |
4 |
Anil Kumar Boro |
Literature and Education |
Assam |
5 |
Arijit Singh |
Art |
West Bengal |
6 |
Arundhati Bhattacharya |
Trade and Industry |
Maharashtra |
7 |
Arunoday Saha |
Literature and Education |
Tripura |
8 |
Arvind Sharma |
Literature and Education |
Canada |
9 |
Ashok Kumar Mahapatra |
Medicine |
Odisha |
10 |
Ashok Laxman Saraf |
Art |
Maharashtra |
11 |
Ashutosh Sharma |
Science and Engineering |
Uttar Pradesh |
12 |
Ashwini Bhinde Deshpande |
Art |
Maharashtra |
13 |
Baijnath Maharaj |
Spiritualism |
Rajasthan |
14 |
Barry Godfray John |
Art |
Delhi |
15 |
Begam Batool |
Art |
Rajasthan |
16 |
Bharat Gupta |
Art |
Delhi |
17 |
Bheru Singh Chouhan |
Art |
Madhya Pradesh |
18 |
Bhim Singh Bhavesh |
Social work |
Bihar |
19 |
Bhimavva Doddabalappa Shillekyathara |
Art |
Karnataka |
20 |
Budhendra Kumar Jain |
Medicine |
Madhya Pradesh |
21 |
CS Vaidyanathan |
Public Affairs |
Delhi |
22 |
Chaitram Deochand Pawar |
Social work |
Maharashtra |
23 |
Chandrakant Sheth (posthumous) |
Literature and Education |
Gujarat |
24 |
Chandrakant Sompura |
Architecture |
Gujarat |
25 |
Chetan E Chitnis |
Science and Engineering |
France |
26 |
David R Syiemlieh |
Literature and Education |
Meghalaya |
27 |
Durga Charan Ranbir |
Art |
Odisha |
28 |
Farooq Ahmad Mir |
Art |
Jammu Kashmir |
29 |
Ganeshwar Shastri |
Literature and Education |
Uttar Pradesh |
30 |
Gita Upadhyay |
Literature and Education |
Assam |
31 |
Gokul Chandra Das |
Art |
West Bengal |
32 |
Guruvayur Dorai |
Art |
Tamil Nadu |
33 |
Harcharan Singh Bhatty |
Art |
Madhya Pradesh |
34 |
Hariman Sharma |
Agriculture |
Himachal Pradesh |
35 |
Harjinder Singh |
Art |
Punjab |
36 |
Harvinder Singh |
Sports |
Haryana |
37 |
Hassan Raghu |
Art |
Karnataka |
38 |
Hemant Kumar |
Medicine |
Bihar |
39 |
Hriday Narayan Dixit |
Literature and Education |
Uttar Pradesh |
40 |
Hugh, and Colleen Gantzer (posthumous) |
Literature and Education (Journalism) |
Uttarakhand |
41 |
Inivalappil Mnai Vijayan |
Sports |
Kerala |
42 |
Jagadish Joshila |
Literature and Education |
Madhya Pradesh |
43 |
Jaspinder Narula |
Art |
Maharashtra |
44 |
Jonas Masetti |
Spiritualism |
Brazil |
45 |
Joynacharan Bathari |
Art |
Assam |
46 |
Jumde Yomgam Gamlin |
Social work |
Andhra Pradesh |
47 |
K Damodaran |
Culinary |
Tamil Nadu |
48 |
K L Krishna |
Literature and Education |
Andhra Pradesh |
49 |
K Omanakutty Amma |
Art |
Kerala |
50 |
Kishore Kunal (posthumous) |
Civil services |
Bihar |
51 |
L Hangthing |
Agriculture |
Nagaland |
52 |
Lakshimpathy Ramasubbaiyer |
Literature and Education |
Jammu and Kashmir |
53 |
Lalit Kumar Mangotra |
Literature and Education |
Jammu and Kashmir |
54 |
Lama Lobzang (posthumous) |
Spiritualism |
Ladakh |
55 |
Libia Lobo Sardesai |
Social work |
Goa |
56 |
M D Srinivas |
Science and Engineering |
Tamil Nadu |
57 |
Madugula Nagaphani Sarma |
Art |
Andhra Pradesh |
58 |
Mahabir Nayak |
Art |
Jharkhand |
59 |
Mamata Shankar |
Art |
West Bengal |
60 |
Manda Krishna Madiga |
Public Affairs |
Telangana |
61 |
Maruti Bhujangrao Chitampalli |
Literature and Education |
Maharashtra |
62 |
Miriyala Apparao (Posthumous) |
Art |
Andhra Pradesh |
63 |
Nagendra Nath Roy |
Literature and Education |
West Bengal |
64 |
Narayan Bhulai Bhai (posthumous) |
Public Affairs |
Uttar Pradesh |
65 |
Naren Gurung |
Art |
Sikkim |
66 |
Neerja Bhatla |
Medicine |
Delhi |
67 |
Nirmala Devi |
Art |
Bihar |
68 |
Nitin Nohria |
Literature and Education |
USA |
69 |
Onkar Singh Pahwa |
Trade and Industry |
Punjab |
70 |
P Datchanamoorthy |
Art |
Puducherry |
71 |
Pandi Ram Mandavi |
Art |
Chhattisgarh |
72 |
Parmar Navjibhai Lagjibhai |
Art |
Gujarat |
73 |
Pawan Goenka |
Trade and Industry |
West Bengal |
74 |
Prashant Prakash |
Trade and Industry |
Karnataka |
75 |
Pratibha Satpathy |
Literature and Education |
Odisha |
76 |
Purisai Kannappa Sambandan |
Art |
Tamil Nadu |
77 |
R Ashwin |
Sports |
Tamil Nadu |
78 |
R G Chandramogan |
Trade and Industry |
Tamil Nadu |
79 |
Radha Bahin Bhatt |
Social work |
Uttarakhand |
80 |
Radhakrishnan Devasenapathy |
Art |
Tamil Nadu |
81 |
Ramdarash Mishra |
Literature and Education |
Delhi |
82 |
Ranendra Bhanu Majumdar |
Art |
Maharashtra |
83 |
Ratan Kumar Parimoo |
Art |
Gujarat |
84 |
Reba Kanta Mahanta |
Art |
Assam |
85 |
Renthei Lalrawna |
Literature and Education |
Mizoram |
86 |
Ricky Gyan Kej |
Art |
Maharashtra |
87 |
Sajjan Bhajanka |
Trade and Industry |
West Bengal |
88 |
Sally Holkar |
Trade and Industry |
Madhya Pradesh |
89 |
Sant Ram Deswal |
Literature and Education |
Haryana |
90 |
Satyapal Singh |
Sports |
Uttar Pradesh |
91 |
Seeni Vishwanathan |
Literature and Education |
Tamil Nadu |
92 |
Sethuraman Panchananthan |
Science and Engineering |
USA |
93 |
Sheikha Shaika Ali |
Medicine |
Kuwait |
94 |
Sheen Kaaf Nizam |
Literature and Education |
Rajasthan |
95 |
Shyam Bihari Agrawal |
Art |
Uttar Pradesh |
96 |
Soniya Nityanand |
Medicine |
Uttar Pradesh |
97 |
Stephen Knapp |
Literature and Education |
USA |
98 |
Shubhash Khetulal Sharma |
Agriculture |
Maharashtra |
99 |
Suresh Harilal Soni |
Social work |
Gujarat |
100 |
Surinder Kumar Vasal |
Science and Engineering |
Delhi |
101 |
Swami Pradiptananda |
Spiritualism |
West Bengal |
102 |
Sayed Ainul Hasan |
Literature and Education |
Uttar Pradesh |
103 |
Tejendra Narayan Majumdar |
Art |
West Bengal |
104 |
Thiyam Suryamukhi Devi |
Art |
Manipur |
105 |
Tushar Durgeshbhai Shukla |
Literature and Education |
Gujarat |
106 |
Vadiraj Raghawendracharya Panchamukhi |
Literature and Education |
Andhra Pradesh |
107 |
Vasudeo Kamath |
Art |
Maharashtra |
108 |
Velu Aasaaan |
Art |
Tamil Nadu |
109 |
Venkappa Ambaji Sugatekar |
Art |
Karnataka |
110 |
Vijay Nityanand Surishwar |
Spiritualism |
Bihar |
111 |
Vijayalakshmi Deshamana |
Medicine |
Karnataka |
112 |
Vilas Dangre |
Medicine |
Maharashtra |
113 |
Vinayak Lohani |
Social work |
West Bengal |
The details relating to Padma Awards 2024 has been provided as under-
Mentioned below is the full list of winners of this year's Padma Vibhushan Awards 2024
Name |
Categories |
State |
Ms. Vyjayantimala Bali |
Art |
Tamil Nadu |
Shri Konidela Chiranjeevi |
Art |
Andhra Pradesh |
Shri M Venkaiah Naidu |
Public Affairs |
Andhra Pradesh |
Shri Bindeshwar Pathak |
Social Work |
Bihar |
Ms. Padma Subrahmanyam |
Art |
Tamil Nadu |
Mentioned below is the full list of Padma Bhushan winners of this year's 2024
Name |
Category |
State |
Ms. M Fathima Beevi |
Public Affairs |
Kerala |
Shri Hormusji N Cama |
Literature & Education |
Maharashtra |
Shri Mithun Chakraborty |
Art |
West Bengal |
Shri Sitaram Jindal |
Trade & Industry |
Karnataka |
Shri Young Liu |
Trade & Industry |
Taiwan |
Shri Ashwin Balachand Mehta |
Medicine |
Maharashtra |
Shri Satyabrata Mookherjee |
Public Affairs |
West Bengal |
Shri Ram Naik |
Public Affairs |
Maharashtra |
Shri Tejas Madhusudan Patel |
Medicine |
Gujarat |
Shri Olanchery Rajagopal |
Public Affairs |
Kerala |
Shri Dattatray Ambadas Mayaloo alias Rajdutt |
Art |
Maharashtra |
Shri Togdan Rinpoche |
Others - Spiritualism |
Ladakh |
Shri Pyarelal Sharma |
Art |
Maharashtra |
Shri Chandreshwar Prasad Thakur |
Medicine |
Bihar |
Ms. Usha Uthup |
Art |
West Bengal |
Shri Vijaykanth |
Art |
Tamil Nadu |
Shri Kundan Vyas |
Literature & Education - Journalism |
Maharashtra |
Mentioned below is the full list of winners of this year's Padma Shri Awards 2024
Name |
Category |
Parbati Baruah |
India’s first female elephant mahout |
Chami Murmu |
Renowned tribal environmentalist |
Sangthankima |
Social worker from Mizoram |
Jageshwar Yadav |
Tribal welfare worker |
Gurvinder Singh |
Divyang social worker from Sirsa |
Sathyanarayana Beleri |
Rice farmer from Kasaragod |
Dukhu Majhi |
Tribal environmentalist from Sindri village |
K Chellammal |
Organic farmer from Andaman |
Hemchand Manjhi |
Medicinal practitioner from Narayanpur |
Yanung Jamoh Lego |
Herbal medicine expert from Arunachal Pradesh |
Somanna |
Tribal welfare worker from Mysuru |
Sarbeswar Basumatary |
Tribal farmer from Chirang |
Prema Dhanraj |
Plastic surgeon and social worker |
Uday Vishwanath Deshpande |
International Mallakhamb coach |
Yazdi Maneksha Italia |
Microbiologist expert in sickle cell anemia |
Shanti Devi Paswan & Shivan Paswan |
Husband-wife duo Godna painters |
Ratan Kahar |
Bhadu folk singer |
Ashok Kumar Biswas |
Prolific Tikuli painter |
Balakrishnan Sadanam Puthiya Veetil |
Distinguished Kalluvazhi Kathakali dancer |
Uma Maheshwari D |
Female Harikatha exponent |
Gopinath Swain |
Krishna Leela singer |
Smriti Rekha Chakma |
Chakma Loinloom shawl weaver from Tripura |
Omprakash Sharma |
Mach theatre artist |
Narayanan E P |
Veteran Theyyam Folk Dancer from Kannur |
Bhagabat Padhan |
Sabda Nrutya Folk dance expert |
Sanatan Rudra Pal |
Distinguished sculptor |
Badrappan M |
Exponent of Valli Oyil Kummi Folk Dance |
Jordan Lepcha |
Bamboo craftsman from Lepcha tribe |
Machihan Sasa |
Longpi potter from Ukhrul |
Gaddam Sammaiah |
Eminent Chindu Yakshaganam theatre artist |
Jankilal |
Behrupiya Artist from Bhilwara |
Dasari Kondappa |
3rd generation Burra Veena player |
Babu Ram Yadav |
Brass Marori craftsperson |
Nepal Chandra Sutradhar |
3rd Generation Chhau mask maker |
At formal events held at Rashtrapati Bhavan typically in March or April each year, the President of India bestows these Honors. According to the list below, the President has authorised the presentation of 106 Padma Awards in 2023, including 3 pair cases (in a duo case, the Award is counted as one). The list includes 91 Padma Shri Awards, 9 Padma Bhushan Awards, and 6 Padma Vibhushan Awards. There are 19 female award recipients on the list, as well as 2 foreigners, NRIs, PIOs, OCIs, and 7 posthumous recipients.
Mentioned below is the full list of winners of this year's Padma Vibhushan Awards 2023
Name |
Field |
Shri Balkrishna Doshi (Posthumous) |
Others - Architecture |
Shri Zakir Hussain |
Art |
Shri S M Krishna |
Public Affairs |
Shri Dilip Mahalanabis (Posthumous) |
Medicine |
Shri Srinivas Varadhan |
Science & Engineering |
Shri Mulayam Singh Yadav (Posthumous) |
Public Affairs |
Mentioned below is the full list of winners of this year's Padma Bhushan Awards 2023
Name |
Field |
Shri S L Bhyrappa |
Literature & Education |
Shri Kumar Mangalam Birla |
Trade & Industry |
Shri Deepak Dhar |
Science & Engineering |
Ms. Vani Jairam |
Art |
Swami Chinna Jeeyar |
Others - Spiritualism |
Ms. Suman Kalyanpur |
Art |
Shri Kapil Kapoor |
Literature & Education |
Ms. Sudha Murty |
Social Work |
Shri Kamlesh D Patel |
Others - Spiritualism |
Mentioned below is the full list of winners of this year's Padma Shri Awards 2023
Name |
Field |
Dr. Sukama Acharya |
Others - Spiritualism |
Ms. Jodhaiyabai Baiga |
Art |
Shri Premjit Baria |
Art |
Ms. Usha Barle |
Art |
Shri Munishwar Chanddawar |
Medicine |
Shri Hemant Chauhan |
Art |
Shri Bhanubhai Chitara |
Art |
Ms. Hemoprova Chutia |
Art |
Shri Narendra Chandra Debbarma (Posthumous) |
Public Affairs |
Ms. Subhadra Devi |
Art |
Shri Khadar Valli Dudekula |
Science & Engineering |
Shri Hem Chandra Goswami |
Art |
Ms. Pritikana Goswami |
Art |
Shri Radha Charan Gupta |
Literature & Education |
Shri Modadugu Vijay Gupta |
Science & Engineering |
Shri Ahmed Hussain & Shri Mohd Hussain *(Duo) |
Art |
Shri Dilshad Hussain |
Art |
Shri Bhiku Ramji Idate |
Social Work |
Shri C I Issac |
Literature & Education |
Shri Rattan Singh Jaggi |
Literature & Education |
Shri Bikram Bahadur Jamatia |
Social Work |
Shri Ramkuiwangbe Jene |
Social Work |
Shri Rakesh Radheshyam Jhunjhunwala (Posthumous) |
Trade & Industry |
Shri Ratan Chandra Kar |
Medicine |
Shri Mahipat Kavi |
Art |
Shri M M Keeravaani |
Art |
Shri Areez Khambatta (Posthumous) |
Trade & Industry |
Shri Parshuram Komaji Khune |
Art |
Shri Ganesh Nagappa Krishnarajanagara |
Science & Engineering |
Shri Maguni Charan Kuanr |
Art |
Shri Anand Kumar |
Literature & Education |
Shri Arvind Kumar |
Science & Engineering |
Shri Domar Singh Kunvar |
Art |
Shri Risingbor Kurkalang |
Art |
Ms. Hirabai Lobi |
Social Work |
Shri Moolchand Lodha |
Social Work |
Ms. Rani Machaiah |
Art |
Shri Ajay Kumar Mandavi |
Art |
Shri Prabhakar Bhanudas Mande |
Literature & Education |
Shri Gajanan Jagannath Mane |
Social Work |
Shri Antaryami Mishra |
Literature & Education |
Shri Nadoja Pindipapanahalli Munivenkatappa |
Art |
Prof. (Dr.) Mahendra Pal |
Science & Engineering |
Shri Uma Shankar Pandey |
Social Work |
Shri Ramesh Parmar & Ms. Shanti Parmar *(Duo) |
Art |
Dr. Nalini Parthasarathi |
Medicine |
Shri Hanumantha Rao Pasupuleti |
Medicine |
Shri Ramesh Patange |
Literature & Education |
Ms. Krishna Patel |
Art |
Shri K Kalyanasundaram Pillai |
Art |
Shri V P Appukuttan Poduval |
Social Work |
Shri Kapil Dev Prasad |
Art |
Shri S R D Prasad |
Sports |
Shri Shah Rasheed Ahmed Quadri |
Art |
Shri C V Raju |
Art |
Shri Bakshi Ram |
Science & Engineering |
Shri Cheruvayal K Raman |
Others - Agriculture |
Ms. Sujatha Ramdorai |
Science & Engineering |
Shri Abbareddy Nageswara Rao |
Science & Engineering |
Shri Pareshbhai Rathwa |
Art |
Shri B Ramakrishna Reddy |
Literature & Education |
Shri Mangala Kanti Roy |
Art |
Ms. K C Runremsangi |
Art |
Shri Vadivel Gopal & Shri Masi Sadaiyan *(Duo) |
Social Work |
Shri Manoranjan Sahu |
Medicine |
Shri Patayat Sahu |
Others - Agriculture |
Shri Ritwik Sanyal |
Art |
Shri Kota Satchidananda Sastry |
Art |
Shri Sankurathri Chandra Sekhar |
Social Work |
Shri K Shanathoiba Sharma |
Sports |
Shri Nekram Sharma |
Others - Agriculture |
Shri Gurcharan Singh |
Sports |
Shri Laxman Singh |
Social Work |
Shri Mohan Singh |
Literature & Education |
Shri Thounaojam Chaoba Singh |
Public Affairs |
Shri Prakash Chandra Sood |
Literature & Education |
Ms. Neihunuo Sorhie |
Art |
Dr. Janum Singh Soy |
Literature & Education |
Shri Kushok Thiksey Nawang Chamba Stanzin |
Others - Spiritualism |
Shri S Subbaraman |
Others - Archaeology |
Shri Moa Subong |
Art |
Shri Palam Kalyana Sundaram |
Social Work |
Ms. Raveena Ravi Tandon |
Art |
Shri Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari |
Literature & Education |
Shri Dhaniram Toto |
Literature & Education |
Shri Tula Ram Upreti |
Others - Agriculture |
Dr. Gopalsamy Veluchamy |
Medicine |
Dr. Ishwar Chander Verma |
Medicine |
Ms. Coomi Nariman Wadia |
Art |
Shri Karma Wangchu (Posthumous) |
Social Work |
Shri Ghulam Muhammad Zaz |
Art |
The Padma Awards for 2022 were announced on 25th January 2022, on the occasion of India's 73rd Republic Day. A total of 119 Padma Awards were conferred, including 7 Padma Vibhushan, 10 Padma Bhushan, and 102 Padma Shri awards.
Mentioned below is the full list of winners of this year's Padma Vibhushan Awards 2022
Name |
Categories |
Ms Prabha Atre |
Art |
General Bipin Rawat (Posthumous) |
Civil Service |
Shri Kalyan Singh (Posthumous) |
Public Affairs |
Shri Radheyshyam Khemka (Posthumous) |
Literature and Education |
Mentioned below is the full list of Padma Bhushan winners for the 2022 year.
Name |
Categories |
Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad |
Public Affairs |
Shri Victor Banerjee |
Art |
Ms. Gurmeet Bawa (Posthumous) |
Art |
Shri Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee |
Public Affairs |
Shri Natarajan Chandrasekaran |
Trade and Industry |
Shri Krishna Ella and Smt. Suchitra Ella* (Duo) |
Trade and Industry |
Ms. Madhur Jaffery |
Others-Culinary |
Shri Devendra Jhajharia |
Sports |
Shri Rashid Khan |
Art |
Shri Rajiv Mehrishi |
Civil Service |
Shri Satya Narayana Nadella |
Trade and Industry |
Shri Sundararajan Pichai |
Trade and Industry |
Shri Cyrus Poonawalla |
Trade and Industry |
Shri Sanjaya Rajaram (Posthumous) |
Science and Engineering |
Ms. Pratibha Ray |
Literature and Education |
Shri Vashishth Tripathi |
Literature and Education |
Swami Sachidanand |
Literature and Education |
Mentioned below is the full list of winners of this year's Padma Shri Awards 2022
Name |
Categories |
Prof. Najma Akhtar |
Literature and Education |
Shri Sumit Antil |
Sports |
Shri T Senka Ao |
Literature and Education |
Ms. Kamalini Asthana and Ms. Nalini Asthana* (Duo) |
Art |
Shri Subbanna Ayyappan |
Science and Engineering |
Shri J K Bajaj |
Literature and Education |
Shri Sirpi Balasubramaniam |
Literature and Education |
Srimad Baba Balia |
Social Work |
Ms. Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay |
Science and Engineering |
Ms. Madhuri Barthwal |
Art |
Shri Akhone Asgar Ali Basharat |
Literature and Education |
Dr. Himmatrao Bawaskar |
Medicine |
Shri Harmohinder Singh Bedi |
Literature and Education |
Shri Pramod Bhagat |
Sports |
Shri S Ballesh Bhajantri |
Art |
Shri Khandu Wangchuk Bhutia |
Art |
Shri Maria Christopher Byrski |
Literature and Education |
Acharya Chandanaji |
Social Work |
Ms. Sulochana Chavan |
Art |
Shri Neeraj Chopra |
Sports |
Ms. Shakuntala Choudhary |
Social Work |
Shri Sankaranarayana Menon Chundayil |
Sports |
Shri S Damodaran |
Social Work |
Shri Faisal Ali Dar |
Sports |
Shri Jagjit Singh Dardi |
Trade and Industry |
Dr. Prokar Dasgupta |
Medicine |
Shri Aditya Prasad Dash |
Science and Engineering |
Dr. Lata Desai |
Medicine |
Shri Malji bhai Desai |
Public Affairs |
Ms. Basanti Devi |
Social Work |
Ms. Lourembam Bino Devi |
Art |
Ms. Muktamani Devi |
Trade and Industry |
Ms. Shyamamani Devi |
Art |
Shri Khalil Dhantejvi (Posthumous) |
Literature and Education |
Shri Savaji Bhai Dholakia |
Social Work |
Shri Arjun Singh Dhurve |
Art |
Dr. Vijaykumar Vinayak Dongre |
Medicine |
Shri Chandraprakash Dwivedi |
Art |
Shri Dhaneswar Engti |
Literature and Education |
Shri Om Prakash Gandhi |
Social Work |
Shri Narasimha Rao Garikapati |
Literature and Education |
Shri Girdhari Ram Ghonju (Posthumous) |
Literature and Education |
Shri Shaibal Gupta (Posthumous) |
Literature and Education |
Shri Narasingha Prasad Guru |
Literature and Education |
Shri Gosaveedu Shaik Hassan (Posthumous) |
Art |
Shri Ryuko Hira |
Trade and Industry |
Ms. Sosamma Iype |
Others - Animal Husbandry |
Shri Avadh Kishore Jadia |
Literature and Education |
Ms. Sowcar Janaki |
Art |
Ms. Tara Jauhar |
Literature and Education |
Ms. Vandana Kataria |
Sports |
Shri H R Keshavamurthy |
Art |
Shri Rutger Kortenhorst |
Literature and Education |
Shri P Narayana Kurup |
Literature and Education |
Ms. Avani Lekhara |
Sports |
Shri Moti Lal Madan |
Science and Engineering |
Shri Shivnath Mishra |
Art |
Dr. Narendra Prasad Misra (Posthumous) |
Medicine |
Shri Darshanam Mogilaiah |
Art |
Shri Guruprasad Mohapatra (Posthumous) |
Civil Service |
Shri Thavil Kongampattu A V Murugaiyan |
Art |
Ms. R Muthukannammal |
Art |
Shri Abdul Khader Nadakattin |
Others - Grassroots Innovation |
Shri Amai Mahalinga Naik |
Others - Agriculture |
Shri Tsering Namgyal |
Art |
Shri A K C Natarajan |
Art |
Shri V L Nghaka |
Literature and Education |
Shri Sonu Nigam |
Art |
Shri Ram Sahay Panday |
Art |
Shri Chirapat Prapandavidya |
Literature and Education |
Ms. K V Rabiya |
Social Work |
Shri Anil Kumar Rajvanshi |
Science and Engineering |
Shri Sheesh Ram |
Art |
Shri Ramachandraiah |
Art |
Dr. Sunkara Venkata Adinarayana Rao |
Medicine |
Ms. Gamit Ramilaben Raysingbhai |
Social Work |
Ms. Padmaja Reddy |
Art |
Guru Tulku Rinpoche |
Others - Spiritualism |
Shri Brahmanand Sankhwalkar |
Sports |
Shri Vidyanand Sarek |
Literature and Education |
Shri Kali Pada Saren |
Literature and Education |
Dr. Veeraswamy Seshiah |
Medicine |
Ms. Prabhaben Shah |
Social Work |
Shri Dilip Shahani |
Literature and Education |
Shri Ram Dayal Sharma |
Art |
Shri Vishwamurti Shastri |
Literature and Education |
Ms. Tatiana Lvovna Shaumyan |
Literature and Education |
Shri Siddhalingaiah (Posthumous) |
Literature and Education |
Shri Kaajee Singh |
Art |
Shri Konsam Ibomcha Singh |
Art |
Shri Prem Singh |
Social Work |
Shri Seth Pal Singh |
Others - Agriculture |
Ms. Vidya Vindu Singh |
Literature and Education |
Baba Iqbal Singh Ji |
Social Work |
Dr. Bhimsen Singhal |
Medicine |
Shri Sivananda |
Others - Yoga |
Shri Ajay Kumar Sonkar |
Science and Engineering |
Ms. Ajita Srivastava |
Art |
Sadguru Brahmeshanand Acharya Swami |
Others - Spiritualism |
Dr. Balaji Tambe (Posthumous) |
Medicine |
Shri Raghuvendra Tanwar |
Literature and Education |
Dr. Kamlakar Tripathi |
Medicine |
Ms. Lalita Vakil |
Art |
Ms. Durga Bai Vyam |
Art |
Shri Jyantkumar Maganlal Vyas |
Science and Engineering |
Ms. Badaplin War |
Literature and Education |
The Padma Awards for 2021 were announced on the occasion of India's 72nd Republic Day on 25th January 2021. A total of 119 Padma Awards were conferred, including 7 Padma Vibhushan, 10 Padma Bhushan, and 102 Padma Shri awards.
Padma Vibhushan |
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Padma Bhushan |
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Padma Shri |
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The Padma Awards for 2020 were announced on the occasion of India's 71st Republic Day on 26th January 2020. A total of 141 Padma Awards were conferred, including 7 Padma Vibhushan, 16 Padma Bhushan, and 118 Padma Shri awards.
Padma Vibhushan |
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Padma Bhushan |
|
Padma Shri |
|
No |
Name |
State |
Year |
Department |
1 |
Shri Balkrishna Doshi (Posthumous) |
Gujarat |
2023 |
Architecture |
2 |
Shri Zakir Hussain |
Maharashtra |
2023 |
Arts |
3 |
Shri S M Krishna |
Karnataka |
2023 |
Public Affairs |
4 |
Shri Dilip Mahalanabis (Posthumous) |
West Bengal |
2023 |
Medicine |
5 |
Shri Srinivas Varadhan |
United States of America |
2023 |
Science & Engineering |
6 |
Shri Mulayam Singh Yadav (Posthumous) |
Uttar Pradesh |
2023 |
Public Affairs |
7 |
Prabha Atre |
Maharashtra |
2022 |
Arts |
8 |
Radheshyam Khemka |
Uttar Pradesh |
2022 |
Literature & Education |
9 |
Bipin Rawat |
Uttarakhand |
2022 |
Civil Service |
10 |
Kalyan Singh |
Uttar Pradesh |
2022 |
Public Affairs |
11 |
Shinzo Abe |
Japan |
2021 |
Public Affairs |
12 |
S. P. Balasubramaniam |
Andhra Pradesh |
2021 |
Arts |
13 |
Belle Monappa Hegde |
Karnataka |
2021 |
Medicine |
14 |
Narinder Singh Kapany |
Punjab |
2021 |
Science & Engineering |
15 |
Wahiduddin Khan |
Delhi |
2021 |
Others |
16 |
B. B. Lal |
Delhi |
2021 |
Others |
17 |
Sudarshan Sahoo |
Odisha |
2021 |
Arts |
18 |
George Fernandes |
Bihar |
2020 |
Public Affairs |
19 |
Arun Jaitley |
Delhi |
2020 |
Public Affairs |
20 |
Anerood Jugnauth |
Mauritius |
2020 |
Public Affairs |
21 |
Mary Kom |
Manipur |
2020 |
Sports |
22 |
Chhannulal Mishra |
Uttar Pradesh |
2020 |
Arts |
23 |
Sushma Swaraj |
Delhi |
2020 |
Public Affairs |
24 |
Vishwesha Teertha |
Karnataka |
2020 |
Others |
25 |
Teejan Bai |
Chhattisgarh |
2019 |
Arts |
26 |
Ismaïl Omar Guelleh |
Ethiopia |
2019 |
Public Affairs |
27 |
Anil Manibhai Naik |
Maharashtra |
2019 |
Trade & Industry |
28 |
Balwant Moreshwar Purandare |
Maharashtra |
2019 |
Arts |
29 |
Ilaiyaraaja |
Tamil Nadu |
2018 |
Arts |
30 |
Ghulam Mustafa Khan |
Maharashtra |
2018 |
Arts |
31 |
P. Parameswaran |
Kerala |
2018 |
Literature & Education |
32 |
Murli Manohar Joshi |
Uttar Pradesh |
2017 |
Public Affairs |
33 |
Sunder Lal Patwa |
Madhya Pradesh |
2017 |
Public Affairs |
34 |
Sharad Pawar |
Maharashtra |
2017 |
Public Affairs |
35 |
Udupi Ramachandra Rao |
Karnataka |
2017 |
Science & Engineering |
36 |
P. A. Sangma |
Meghalaya |
2017 |
Public Affairs |
37 |
Jaggi Vasudev |
Tamil Nadu |
2017 |
Others |
38 |
K. J. Yesudas |
Kerala |
2017 |
Arts |
39 |
V. K. Aatre |
Karnataka |
2016 |
Science & Engineering |
40 |
Dhirubhai Ambani |
Maharashtra |
2016 |
Trade & Industry |
41 |
Girija Devi |
West Bengal |
2016 |
Arts |
42 |
Avinash Dixit |
Maharashtra |
2016 |
Literature & Education |
43 |
Jagmohan |
Delhi |
2016 |
Public Affairs |
44 |
Yamini Krishnamurthy |
Delhi |
2016 |
Arts |
45 |
Rajinikanth |
Tamil Nadu |
2016 |
Arts |
46 |
Ramoji Rao |
Andhra Pradesh |
2016 |
Literature & Education |
47 |
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar |
Karnataka |
2016 |
Others |
48 |
V. Shanta |
Tamil Nadu |
2016 |
Medicine |
49 |
L. K. Advani |
Gujarat |
2015 |
Public Affairs |
50 |
Amitabh Bachchan |
Maharashtra |
2015 |
Arts |
51 |
Parkash Singh Badal |
Punjab |
2015 |
Public Affairs |
52 |
Veerendra Heggade |
Karnataka |
2015 |
Social Work |
53 |
Dilip Kumar |
Maharashtra |
2015 |
Arts |
54 |
Rambhadracharya |
Uttar Pradesh |
2015 |
Literature & Education |
55 |
M. R. Srinivasan |
Tamil Nadu |
2015 |
Science & Engineering |
56 |
Kottayan Katankot Venugopal |
Delhi |
2015 |
Public Affairs |
57 |
Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan |
Switzerland |
2015 |
Social Work |
58 |
B. K. S. Iyengar |
Maharashtra |
2014 |
Others |
59 |
Raghunath Anant Mashelkar |
Maharashtra |
2014 |
Science & Engineering |
60 |
Raghunath Mohapatra |
Odisha |
2013 |
Arts |
61 |
Roddam Narasimha |
Karnataka |
2013 |
Science & Engineering |
62 |
Yash Pal |
Uttar Pradesh |
2013 |
Science & Engineering |
63 |
S. H. Raza |
Delhi |
2013 |
Arts |
64 |
Bhupen Hazarika |
Assam |
2012 |
Arts |
65 |
Mario Miranda |
Goa |
2012 |
Arts |
66 |
T. V. Rajeswar |
Delhi |
2012 |
Civil Service |
67 |
Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti |
Maharashtra |
2012 |
Medicine |
68 |
K. G. Subramanyan |
Gujarat |
2012 |
Arts |
69 |
Homai Vyarawalla |
Gujarat |
2011 |
Arts |
70 |
Montek Singh Ahluwalia |
Delhi |
2011 |
Public Affairs |
71 |
Vijay Kelkar |
Maharashtra |
2011 |
Public Affairs |
72 |
Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai |
Delhi |
2011 |
Public Affairs |
73 |
O. N. V. Kurup |
Kerala |
2011 |
Literature & Education |
74 |
Sitakant Mahapatra |
Odisha |
2011 |
Literature & Education |
75 |
Brajesh Mishra |
Delhi |
2011 |
Civil Service |
76 |
K. Parasaran |
Delhi |
2011 |
Public Affairs |
77 |
Azim Premji |
Karnataka |
2011 |
Trade & Industry |
78 |
Palle Rama Rao |
Andhra Pradesh |
2011 |
Science & Engineering |
79 |
Akkineni Nageswara Rao |
Andhra Pradesh |
2011 |
Arts |
80 |
Kapila Vatsyayan |
Delhi |
2011 |
Arts |
81 |
Ebrahim Alkazi |
Delhi |
2010 |
Arts |
82 |
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan |
Tamil Nadu |
2010 |
Science & Engineering |
83 |
Prathap C. Reddy |
Andhra Pradesh |
2010 |
Trade & Industry |
84 |
Y. Venugopal Reddy |
Andhra Pradesh |
2010 |
Public Affairs |
85 |
Zohra Sehgal |
Delhi |
2010 |
Arts |
86 |
Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman |
Tamil Nadu |
2010 |
Arts |
87 |
Sunderlal Bahuguna |
Uttarakhand |
2009 |
Others |
88 |
Jasbir Singh Bajaj |
Punjab |
2009 |
Medicine |
89 |
D. P. Chattopadhyaya |
West Bengal |
2009 |
Literature & Education |
90 |
Ashok Sekhar Ganguly |
Maharashtra |
2009 |
Trade & Industry |
91 |
Sister Nirmala |
West Bengal |
2009 |
Social Work |
92 |
Anil Kakodkar |
Maharashtra |
2009 |
Science & Engineering |
93 |
Purshotam Lal |
Uttar Pradesh |
2009 |
Medicine |
94 |
G. Madhavan Nair |
Karnataka |
2009 |
Science & Engineering |
95 |
Govind Narain |
Uttar Pradesh |
2009 |
Public Affairs |
96 |
Chandrika Prasad Srivastava |
Maharashtra |
2009 |
Civil Service |
97 |
Adarsh Sein Anand |
Uttar Pradesh |
2008 |
Public Affairs |
98 |
Viswanathan Anand |
Tamil Nadu |
2008 |
Sports |
99 |
Asha Bhosle |
Maharashtra |
2008 |
Arts |
100 |
P. N. Dhar |
Delhi |
2008 |
Public Affairs |
101 |
Edmund Hillary |
New Zealand |
2008 |
Sports |
102 |
Lakshmi Mittal |
Rajasthan |
2008 |
Trade & Industry |
103 |
Pranab Mukherjee |
Delhi |
2008 |
Public Affairs |
104 |
N. R. Narayana Murthy |
Karnataka |
2008 |
Trade & Industry |
105 |
Prithvi Raj Singh Oberoi |
Delhi |
2008 |
Trade & Industry |
106 |
Rajendra K. Pachauri |
Delhi |
2008 |
Science & Engineering |
107 |
E. Sreedharan |
Delhi |
2008 |
Science & Engineering |
108 |
Ratan Tata |
Maharashtra |
2008 |
Trade & Industry |
109 |
Sachin Tendulkar |
Maharashtra |
2008 |
Sports |
110 |
P. N. Bhagwati |
Delhi |
2007 |
Public Affairs |
111 |
Naresh Chandra |
Delhi |
2007 |
Civil Service |
112 |
Raja Chelliah |
Tamil Nadu |
2007 |
Public Affairs |
113 |
V. Krishnamurthy |
Delhi |
2007 |
Civil Service |
114 |
Fali Sam Nariman |
Delhi |
2007 |
Public Affairs |
115 |
Raja Rao |
Karnataka |
2007 |
Literature & Education |
116 |
Balu Sankaran |
Delhi |
2007 |
Medicine |
117 |
Khushwant Singh |
Delhi |
2007 |
Literature & Education |
118 |
George Sudarshan |
Kerala |
2007 |
Science & Engineering |
119 |
Narinder Nath Vohra |
Haryana |
2007 |
Civil Service |
120 |
Norman Borlaug |
United States |
2006 |
Science & Engineering |
121 |
Charles Correa |
Maharashtra |
2006 |
Science & Engineering |
122 |
Nirmala Deshpande |
Delhi |
2006 |
Social Work |
123 |
Mahasweta Devi |
West Bengal |
2006 |
Literature & Education |
124 |
Adoor Gopalakrishnan |
Kerala |
2006 |
Arts |
125 |
V. N. Khare |
Uttar Pradesh |
2006 |
Public Affairs |
126 |
C. R. Krishnaswamy Rao |
Tamil Nadu |
2006 |
Civil Service |
127 |
Obaid Siddiqi |
Karnataka |
2006 |
Science & Engineering |
128 |
Prakash Narain Tandon |
Delhi |
2006 |
Medicine |
129 |
Milon K. Banerji |
Delhi |
2005 |
Public Affairs |
130 |
Mohan Dharia |
Maharashtra |
2005 |
Social Work |
131 |
Jyotindra Nath Dixit |
Delhi |
2005 |
Civil Service |
132 |
B. K. Goyal |
Maharashtra |
2005 |
Medicine |
133 |
R. K. Laxman |
Maharashtra |
2005 |
Arts |
134 |
Ram Narayan |
Maharashtra |
2005 |
Arts |
135 |
Karan Singh |
Delhi |
2005 |
Public Affairs |
136 |
M. S. Valiathan |
Delhi |
2005 |
Medicine |
137 |
Jayant Narlikar |
Maharashtra |
2004 |
Science & Engineering |
138 |
Amrita Pritam |
Delhi |
2004 |
Literature & Education |
139 |
M. N. Venkatachaliah |
Karnataka |
2004 |
Public Affairs |
140 |
Kazi Lhendup Dorjee |
West Bengal |
2003 |
Public Affairs |
141 |
Sonal Mansingh |
Delhi |
2003 |
Arts |
142 |
Bal Ram Nanda |
Delhi |
2003 |
Literature & Education |
143 |
Brihaspati Dev Triguna |
Delhi |
2003 |
Medicine |
144 |
Kishori Amonkar |
Maharashtra |
2002 |
Arts |
145 |
Gangubai Hangal |
Karnataka |
2002 |
Arts |
146 |
Kishan Maharaj |
Uttar Pradesh |
2002 |
Arts |
147 |
C. Rangarajan |
Tamil Nadu |
2002 |
Literature & Education |
148 |
Soli Sorabjee |
Delhi |
2002 |
Public Affairs |
149 |
John Kenneth Galbraith |
Canada |
2001 |
Literature & Education |
150 |
Benjamin A. Gilman |
New York |
2001 |
Public Affairs |
151 |
Amjad Ali Khan |
Delhi |
2001 |
Arts |
152 |
Zubin Mehta |
Maharashtra |
2001 |
Arts |
153 |
Hrishikesh Mukherjee |
Maharashtra |
2001 |
Arts |
154 |
Kotha Satchidananda Murthy |
Andhra Pradesh |
2001 |
Literature & Education |
155 |
Chakravarthi V. Narasimhan |
Tamil Nadu |
2001 |
Civil Service |
156 |
Hosei Norota |
Japan |
2001 |
Public Affairs |
157 |
C. R. Rao |
Karnataka |
2001 |
Science & Engineering |
158 |
Man Mohan Sharma |
Maharashtra |
2001 |
Science & Engineering |
159 |
Shivkumar Sharma |
Maharashtra |
2001 |
Arts |
160 |
Sikander Bakht |
Delhi |
2000 |
Public Affairs |
161 |
Jagdish Bhagwati |
Maharashtra |
2000 |
Literature & Education |
162 |
Hariprasad Chaurasia |
Maharashtra |
2000 |
Arts |
163 |
M. S. Gill |
Delhi |
2000 |
Civil Service |
164 |
Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan |
Karnataka |
2000 |
Science & Engineering |
165 |
K. B. Lall |
Delhi |
2000 |
Civil Service |
166 |
Kelucharan Mohapatra |
Odisha |
2000 |
Arts |
167 |
Jasraj Motiram |
Maharashtra |
2000 |
Arts |
168 |
M. Narasimham |
Andhra Pradesh |
2000 |
Trade & Industry |
169 |
R. K. Narayan |
Tamil Nadu |
2000 |
Literature & Education |
170 |
B. D. Pande |
Uttar Pradesh |
2000 |
Civil Service |
171 |
K. N. Raj |
Kerala |
2000 |
Literature & Education |
172 |
Tarlok Singh |
Delhi |
2000 |
Civil Service |
173 |
Pandurang Shastri Athavale |
Maharashtra |
1999 |
Social Work |
174 |
Rajagopala Chidambaram |
Maharashtra |
1999 |
Science & Engineering |
175 |
Nanaji Deshmukh |
Delhi |
1999 |
Social Work |
176 |
Sarvepalli Gopal |
Tamil Nadu |
1999 |
Literature & Education |
177 |
Satish Gujral |
Delhi |
1999 |
Arts |
178 |
V. R. Krishna Iyer |
Kerala |
1999 |
Public Affairs |
179 |
Bhimsen Joshi |
Maharashtra |
1999 |
Arts |
180 |
Hans Raj Khanna |
Delhi |
1999 |
Public Affairs |
181 |
Verghese Kurien |
Gujarat |
1999 |
Science & Engineering |
182 |
Lata Mangeshkar |
Maharashtra |
1999 |
Arts |
183 |
Braj Kumar Nehru |
Himachal Pradesh |
1999 |
Civil Service |
184 |
D. K. Pattammal |
Tamil Nadu |
1999 |
Arts |
185 |
Lallan Prasad Singh[iv]# |
Delhi |
1999 |
Civil Service |
186 |
Dharma Vira |
Delhi |
1999 |
Civil Service |
187 |
Usha Mehta |
Maharashtra |
1998 |
Social Work |
188 |
Nanabhoy Palkhivala |
Maharashtra |
1998 |
Public Affairs |
189 |
Lakshmi Sahgal |
Uttar Pradesh |
1998 |
Public Affairs |
190 |
Walter Sisulu |
South Africa |
1998 |
Public Affairs |
191 |
S. I. Padmavati |
Delhi |
1992 |
Medicine |
192 |
Kaloji Narayana Rao |
Telangana |
1992 |
Arts |
193 |
Ravi Narayana Reddy |
Andhra Pradesh |
1992 |
Public Affairs |
194 |
V. Shantaram |
Maharashtra |
1992 |
Arts |
195 |
Govindbhai Shroff |
Maharashtra |
1992 |
Literature & Education |
196 |
Swaran Singh |
Punjab |
1992 |
Public Affairs |
197 |
Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
Delhi |
1992 |
Public Affairs |
198 |
Aruna Asaf Ali |
Delhi |
1992 |
Public Affairs |
199 |
Lakshman Shastri Joshi |
Maharashtra |
1992 |
Literature & Education |
200 |
Mallikarjun Mansur |
Karnataka |
1992 |
Arts |
201 |
M. Balamuralikrishna |
Tamil Nadu |
1991 |
Arts |
202 |
M. F. Husain |
Maharashtra |
1991 |
Arts |
203 |
Hirendranath Mukherjee |
West Bengal |
1991 |
Public Affairs |
204 |
Gulzarilal Nanda |
Gujarat |
1991 |
Public Affairs |
205 |
I. G. Patel |
Gujarat |
1991 |
Science & Engineering |
206 |
N. G. Ranga |
Andhra Pradesh |
1991 |
Public Affairs |
207 |
Khusro Faramurz Rustamji |
Maharashtra |
1991 |
Civil Service |
208 |
Rajaram Shastri |
Uttar Pradesh |
1991 |
Literature & Education |
209 |
V. S. R. Arunachalam |
Delhi |
1990 |
Literature & Education |
210 |
Triloki Nath Chaturvedi |
Karnataka |
1990 |
Civil Service |
211 |
Bhabatosh Datta |
West Bengal |
1990 |
Literature & Education |
212 |
Kumar Gandharva |
Madhya Pradesh |
1990 |
Arts |
213 |
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam |
Tamil Nadu |
1990 |
Science & Engineering |
214 |
Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer |
Tamil Nadu |
1990 |
Arts |
215 |
Uma Shankar Dikshit |
Uttar Pradesh |
1989 |
Public Affairs |
216 |
Ali Akbar Khan |
West Bengal |
1989 |
Arts |
217 |
M. S. Swaminathan |
Tamil Nadu |
1989 |
Science & Engineering |
218 |
Mirza Hameedullah Beg |
Delhi |
1988 |
Public Affairs |
219 |
Kuvempu |
Karnataka |
1988 |
Literature & Education |
220 |
Mahadevi Varma |
Uttar Pradesh |
1988 |
Literature & Education |
221 |
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay |
Karnataka |
1987 |
Social Work |
222 |
Benjamin Peary Pal |
Punjab |
1987 |
Science & Engineering |
223 |
Manmohan Singh |
Delhi |
1987 |
Civil Service |
224 |
Arun Shridhar Vaidya |
Maharashtra |
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1980 |
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1977 |
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1976 |
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1976 |
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1976 |
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1976 |
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1976 |
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1976 |
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1976 |
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1975 |
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1975 |
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1975 |
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1975 |
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1975 |
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1975 |
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1975 |
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255 |
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1975 |
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256 |
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1974 |
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257 |
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1974 |
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258 |
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1974 |
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259 |
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1974 |
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1973 |
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261 |
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1973 |
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262 |
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1973 |
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1973 |
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1973 |
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1973 |
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1972 |
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1972 |
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1972 |
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1972 |
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1972 |
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271 |
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1972 |
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1972 |
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1972 |
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275 |
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1971 |
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1971 |
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277 |
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1971 |
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1971 |
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1971 |
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1971 |
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1970 |
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1970 |
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1970 |
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1970 |
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1969 |
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1969 |
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1969 |
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1969 |
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1968 |
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1968 |
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1968 |
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298 |
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1967 |
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299 |
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1967 |
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1967 |
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301 |
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1967 |
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302 |
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1966 |
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1965 |
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1965 |
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1965 |
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A Padma Award is one of the highest civilian honors given by the Government of India to recognize individuals who have made exceptional contributions and achievements in their respective fields. The award was instituted in 1954 to acknowledge and recognize the service rendered by individuals to the nation in various fields including art, literature, science, sports, social work, public affairs, and more.
There are three categories of Padma Awards, namely Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri, with each category denoting a different level of recognition. These awards are conferred annually by the President of India at a ceremony held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.
Padma Awards are some of the highest civilian awards given by the government of India to recognize the exceptional contributions made by individuals in various fields such as arts, literature, science, social work, sports, medicine, etc.
The eligibility criteria for Padma Awards are as follows:
The nominations for Padma Awards are open to the public, and anyone can recommend a deserving individual. The nominations are then evaluated by an independent committee appointed by the government. The committee evaluates the nominations based on the eligibility criteria mentioned above, and the final decision is made by the government.
The Padma Awards are given to individuals who have excelled in their fields and have contributed to the betterment of society. The selection process for the Padma Awards is as follows:
The selection process is a rigorous and transparent one, and the awards are given to deserving individuals who have made significant contributions to their respective fields.
The Padma Awards are one of the highest civilian honors bestowed by the Indian government in recognition of exceptional achievements in various fields such as arts, literature, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, and sports. The awards are divided into three categories based on their level of recognition, which are as follows:
The awards were instituted in 1954, with the first awards being conferred on January 2, 1955.
The awards are named after the Padma River, which flows through India, Bangladesh, and Nepal, and symbolize the spirit of service and excellence in various fields. The awards are given in three categories - Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri, with Padma Vibhushan being the highest.
Initially, the awards were given only for exceptional contributions made in the fields of arts, literature, science, and public service. However, in 2010, the scope of the awards was expanded to include contributions made in any field of human endeavor.
The Padma Awards are given to individuals from all walks of life who have made exceptional contributions in their respective fields of work. The following categories of people are eligible for the Padma Awards:
Yes, an individual can refuse to accept the Padma Awards. The decision to accept or refuse the award is entirely voluntary and up to the recipient.
In the past, some individuals have refused to accept the award for various reasons such as personal beliefs, disagreement with the government, or as a form of protest. For instance, in 2015, renowned author and activist Arundhati Roy declined to accept the Padma Bhushan, citing her opposition to the government's policies on various issues.
When an individual declines the award, the government may not disclose the reason behind the refusal. The decision to refuse the award is respected by the government, and the individual is not eligible for the award in the future.
The Padma Awards have been a subject of controversy over the years due to various reasons. Some of the major controversies surrounding the Padma Awards are:
Despite these controversies, the Padma Awards remain one of the highest civilian honors in India and are regarded as a symbol of excellence and achievement. The government has taken steps to address some of these issues and improve the transparency and fairness of the selection process.
Every year, between May 1 and September 15, recommendations for the Padma Awards are invited. In most cases, the reward is not given after death. Yet in circumstances that need special recognition, the government might think about making a posthumous prize.
Only five years have passed since the earlier Padma award was given before one can confer the higher category. Nonetheless, the Prize Committee may exercise moderation in extremely admirable circumstances. Due to the change in government, no Padma awards were granted in the years 1978, 1979, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997.
The Padma Awards are given in three categories - Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri. Mentioned in the table below is the difference between all these three categories
Topic |
Padma Vibhushan |
Padma Bhushan |
Padma Shri |
Category |
Civilian |
Civilia |
Civilian |
Level |
Second-highest |
Third-highest |
Fourth-highest |
Cash Prize |
Rs. 7,00,000 |
Rs. 5,00,000 |
Rs. 1,00,000 |
Awarded for |
Exceptional and distinguished service in any field including services rendered by Government employees. |
Distinguished service of a high order in any field including services rendered by Government employees. |
Distinguished service in any field including services rendered by Government employees. |
It is important to note that all the Padma Awards are conferred upon individuals who have made exceptional contributions and achievements in their respective fields, and the categories represent a difference in the level of recognition and prestige.
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Q1. What is the Padma Bhushan award? How to get the Padma Bhushan award? How to apply for Padma awards?
Padma Bhushan is India's third-highest civilian honor, recognizing distinguished service across fields like art, literature, education, sports, medicine, social work, and science. Eligibility is open to all except government servants (excluding doctors and scientists). The nomination process, which is open to the public, involves filing online on the Rashtriya Puraskar Portal from May 1 to September 15. Applicants provide personal details, nominee achievements, and relevant documentation. The Padma Awards Committee, formed annually by the Prime Minister, reviews nominations based on excellence plus special services. Awardees receive a certificate and a medallion. Posthumous awards are generally not conferred. The Padma Bhushan is preceded by the Bharat Ratna and Padma Vibhushan, followed by the Padma Shri.
Q2. How to nominate for Padma awards? How are Padma awardees selected?
Nominating for Padma Awards involves online submission on the Rashtriya Puraskar Portal from May 1 to September 15. The process includes registering, providing personal details, specifying the award category, detailing nominee achievements, and attaching documentation. The criteria emphasize "excellence plus" and "special services" in various fields. The Padma Awards Committee, formed annually by the Prime Minister and comprising eminent individuals, reviews all nominations. Government agencies conduct character and antecedent verification. The awardees, announced on Republic Day, receive a certificate and a medallion, and monetary grants are not associated with the awards.
Q3. What is the Padma Bhushan award? Who gets the Padma Bhushan award?
Padma Bhushan is India's third-highest civilian honor, recognizing distinguished service in various fields, including art, literature, sports, and science. Individuals who have demonstrated exceptional contributions to society receive this prestigious award. Awardees represent diverse domains such as literature, trade and industry, science, social work, and spiritualism. Notable figures who received the Padma Bhushan in 2023 include S L Bhyrappa, Kumar Mangalam Birla, Deepak Dhar, Vani Jairam, and Sudha Murty. The award is given without distinction of race, occupation, position, or sex, symbolizing recognition for outstanding service of a high order to the nation.
Q4. What is the Padma Shri award? Who gets the Padma Shri award? Who got the Padma Shri award in 2023?
Padma Shri is India's third-highest civilian award, recognizing exceptional contributions in areas like arts, education, literature, industry, sports, medicine, and public affairs. Open to individuals without distinction, excluding government servants (except doctors and scientists), Padma Shri is conferred for distinguished service. In 2023, notable Padma Shri awardees included individuals such as Jodhaiyabai Baiga in Art, Premjit Baria in Art, and Raveena Ravi Tandon in Art, among others. Awardees receive a certificate and a medallion, with the awards not serving as titles, and recipients are discouraged from using them as prefixes or suffixes to their names.
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