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Padma Awards 2021 announced

Posted On: 25 JAN 2021 9:03PM by 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

    Literature and Education

    Greece

  •  
  • Shri K Kesavasamy

     

    Art

    Puducherry

  •  
  • Shri Ghulam Rasool Khan

    Art

    Jammu and Kashmir

  •  
  • Shri Lakha Khan

    Art

    Rajasthan

  •  
  • Ms. Sanjida Khatun

    Art

    Bangladesh

  •  
  • Shri Vinayak Vishnu Khedekar

    Art

    Goa

  •  
  • Ms. Niru Kumar

    Social Work

    Delhi

  •  
  • Ms. Lajwanti

     

    Art

    Punjab

  •  
  • Shri Rattan Lal

    Science and Engineering

    United States of America

  •  
  • Shri Ali Manikfan

    Others-Grassroots Innovation

    Lakshadweep

  •  
  • Shri Ramachandra Manjhi

    Art

    Bihar

  •  
  • Shri Dulal Manki

    Art

    Assam

  •  
  • Shri Nanadro B Marak

    Others- Agriculture

    Meghalaya

  •  
  • Shri Rewben Mashangva

    Art

    Manipur

  •  
  • Shri Chandrakant Mehta

    Literature and Education

    Gujarat

  •  
  • Dr. Rattan Lal Mittal

    Medicine

    Punjab

  •  
  • Shri Madhavan Nambiar

    Sports

    Kerala

  •  
  • Shri Shyam Sundar Paliwal

    Social Work

    Rajasthan

  •  
  • Dr. Chandrakant Sambhaji Pandav

    Medicine

    Delhi

  •  
  • Dr. J N Pande

    (Posthumous)

    Medicine

    Delhi

  •  
  • Shri Solomon Pappaiah

    Literature and Education- Journalism

    Tamil Nadu

  •  
  • Ms. Pappammal

    Others- Agriculture

    Tamil Nadu

  •  
  • Dr. Krishna Mohan Pathi

    Medicine

    Odisha

  •  
  • Ms. Jaswantiben Jamnadas Popat

    Trade and Industry

    Maharashtra

  •  
  • Shri Girish Prabhune

    Social Work

    Maharashtra

  •  
  • Shri Nanda Prusty

    Literature and Education

    Odisha

  •  
  • Shri K K Ramachandra Pulavar

    Art

    Kerala

  •  
  • Shri Balan Putheri

    Literature and Education

    Kerala

  •  
  • Ms. Birubala Rabha

    Social Work

    Assam

  •  
  • Shri Kanaka Raju

    Art

    Telangana

  •  
  • Ms. Bombay Jayashri Ramnath

    Art

    Tamil Nadu

  •  
  • Shri Satyaram Reang

    Art

    Tripura

  •  
  • Dr. Dhananjay Diwakar

    Sagdeo

    Medicine

    Kerala

  •  
  • Shri Ashok Kumar Sahu

    Medicine

    Uttar Pradesh

  •  
  • Dr. Bhupendra Kumar Singh Sanjay

    Medicine

    Uttarakhand

  •  
  • Ms. Sindhutai Sapkal

    Social Work

    Maharashtra

  •  
  • Shri Chaman Lal Sapru

    (Posthumous)

    Literature and Education

    Jammu and Kashmir

  •  
  • Shri Roman Sarmah

    Literature and Education- Journalism

    Assam

  •  
  • Shri Imran Shah

    Literature and Education

    Assam

  •  
  • Shri Prem Chand Sharma

    Others- Agriculture

     

    Uttarakhand

  •  
  • Shri Arjun Singh Shekhawat

    Literature and Education

    Rajasthan

  •  
  • Shri Ram Yatna Shukla

    Literature and Education

    Uttar Pradesh

  •  
  • Shri Jitender Singh Shunty

    Social Work

    Delhi

  •  
  • Shri Kartar Paras Ram Singh

    Art

    Himachal Pradesh

  •  
  • Shri Kartar Singh

    Art

    Punjab

  •  
  • Dr. Dilip Kumar Singh

    Medicine

    Bihar

  •  
  • Shri Chandra Shekhar Singh

    Others-Agriculture

    Uttar Pradesh

  •  
  • Ms. Sudha Hari Narayan Singh

    Sports

    Uttar Pradesh

  •  
  • Shri Virender Singh

    Sports

    Haryana

  •  
  • Ms. Mridula Sinha

    (Posthumous)

    Literature and Education

    Bihar

  •  
  • Shri K C Sivasankar

    (Posthumous)

    Art

    Tamil Nadu

  •  
  • Guru Maa Kamali Soren

    Social Work

    West Bengal

  •  
  • Shri Marachi Subburaman

    Social Work

    Tamil Nadu

  •  
  • Shri P Subramanian

    (Posthumous)

    Trade and Industry

    Tamil Nadu

  •  
  • Ms. Nidumolu Sumathi

     

    Art

    Andhra Pradesh

  •  
  • Shri Kapil Tiwari

    Literature and Education

    Madhya Pradesh

  •  
  • Father Vallés

    (Posthumous)

    Literature and Education

    Spain

  •  
  • Dr. Thiruvengadam Veeraraghavan

    (Posthumous)

    Medicine

    Tamil Nadu

  •  
  • Shri Sridhar Vembu

    Trade and Industry

    Tamil Nadu

  •  
  • Shri K Y Venkatesh

     

    Sports

    Karnataka

  •  
  • Ms. Usha Yadav

    Literature and Education

    Uttar Pradesh

  •  
  • Col Quazi Sajjad Ali Zahir

    Public Affairs

    Bangladesh

     

    Note:  * In duo case, the award is counted as one.

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