PIB Delhi. Padma Awards – one of the highest civilian Awards of the country, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.
The Awards are given in various disciplines/ fields of activities, viz.- art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering,
trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. ‘Padma Vibhushan’ is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service;
‘Padma Bhushan’ for distinguished service of high order and ‘Padma Shri’ for distinguished service in any field.
The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year.
These awards are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March/ April every year.
This year the President has approved conferment of 119 Padma Awards including 1 duo case (in a duo case, the Award is counted as one) as per list below.
The list comprises 7 Padma Vibhushan, 10 Padma Bhushan and 102 Padma Shri Awards.
29 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 10 persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI, 16 Posthumous awardees and 1 transgender awardee.
Padma Vibhushan (7)
SN
Name
Field
State/Country
Shri Shinzo Abe
Public Affairs
Japan
Shri S P Balasubramaniam
(Posthumous)
Art
Tamil Nadu
Dr. Belle Monappa Hegde
Medicine
Karnataka
Shri Narinder Singh Kapany
(Posthumous)
Science and Engineering
United States of America
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Others- Spiritualism
Delhi
Shri B. B. Lal
Others- Archaeology
Delhi
Shri Sudarshan Sahoo
Art
Odisha
Padma Bhushan (10)
Ms. Krishnan Nair Shantakumari Chithra
Art
Kerala
Shri Tarun Gogoi
(Posthumous)
Public Affairs
Assam
Shri Chandrashekhar Kambara
Literature and Education
Karnataka
Ms. Sumitra Mahajan
Public Affairs
Madhya Pradesh
Shri Nripendra Misra
Civil Service
Uttar Pradesh
Shri Ram Vilas Paswan
(Posthumous)
Public Affairs
Bihar
Shri Keshubhai Patel
(Posthumous)
Public Affairs
Gujarat
Shri Kalbe Sadiq
(Posthumous)
Others-Spiritualism
Uttar Pradesh
Shri Rajnikant Devidas Shroff
Trade and Industry
Maharashtra
Shri Tarlochan Singh
Public Affairs
Haryana
Padma Shri (102)
Shri Gulfam Ahmed
Art
Uttar Pradesh
Ms. P. Anitha
Sports
Tamil Nadu
Shri Rama Swamy Annavarapu
Art
Andhra Pradesh
Shri Subbu Arumugam
Art
Tamil Nadu
Shri Prakasarao Asavadi
Literature and Education
Andhra Pradesh
Ms. Bhuri Bai
Art
Madhya Pradesh
Shri Radhe Shyam Barle
Art
Chhattisgarh
Shri Dharma Narayan Barma
Literature and Education
West Bengal
Ms. Lakhimi Baruah
Social Work
Assam
Shri Biren Kumar Basak
Art
West Bengal
Ms. Rajni Bector
Trade and Industry
Punjab
Shri Peter Brook
Art
United Kingdom
Ms. Sangkhumi Bualchhuak
Social Work
Mizoram
Shri Gopiram Bargayn Burabhakat
Art
Assam
Ms. Bijoya Chakravarty
Public Affairs
Assam
Shri Sujit Chattopadhyay
Literature and Education
West Bengal
Shri Jagdish Chaudhary (Posthumous)
Social Work
Uttar Pradesh
Shri Tsultrim Chonjor
Social Work
Ladakh
Ms. Mouma Das
Sports
West Bengal
Shri Srikant Datar
Literature and Education
United States of America
Shri Narayan Debnath
Art
West Bengal
Ms. Chutni Devi
Social Work
Jharkhand
Ms. Dulari Devi
Art
Bihar
Ms. Radhe Devi
Art
Manipur
Ms. Shanti Devi
Social Work
Odisha
Shri Wayan Dibia
Art
Indonesia
Shri Dadudan Gadhavi
Literature & Education
Gujarat
Shri Parshuram Atmaram Gangavane
Art
Maharashtra
Shri Jai Bhagwan Goyal
Literature and Education
Haryana
Shri Jagadish Chandra Halder
Literature and Education
West Bengal
Shri Mangal Singh Hazowary
Literature and Education
Assam
Ms. Anshu Jamsenpa
Sports
Arunachal Pradesh
Ms. Purnamasi Jani
Art
Odisha
Matha B. Manjamma Jogati
Art
Karnataka
Shri Damodaran Kaithapram
Art
Kerala
Shri Namdeo C Kamble
Literature and Education
Maharashtra
Shri Maheshbhai & Shri Nareshbhai Kanodia (Duo) *
(Posthumous)
Art
Gujarat
Shri Rajat Kumar Kar
Literature and Education
Odisha
Shri Rangasami Lakshminarayana Kashyap
Literature and Education
Karnataka
Ms. Prakash Kaur
Social Work
Punjab
Shri Nicholas Kazanas