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Padma Awards, the highest civilian Awards of India, are conferred in three categories. They are Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. ‘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 given in various disciplines/ fields of activities i.e art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year.

Padma Vibhushan

This year there are 7 recipients for the prestigious Padma Vibhushan awards for 2021.

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 awardees for 2021

The respected Padma Bhushan was awarded to 10 exemplary individuals

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 awardees for 2021

A total of 102 recipients were awarded Padma Shri for their noted achievemnts in theirt respective fields for year 2021.

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

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

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

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Names of Padma Vibhushan,  Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri Award Winners 2020

Padma Vibhushan

1. George Fernandes, (Posthumous) Public Affairs, Bihar
2. Arun Jaitley (Posthumous) Public Affairs, Delhi
3. Sir Anerood Jugnauth. Public Affairs, Mauritius
4. M. C. Mary Kom, Sports, Manipur
5. Chhannulal Mishra, Art, Uttar Pradesh
6. Sushma Swaraj (Posthumous) Public Affairs, Delhi
7. Sri Vishveshateertha Swamiji Sri Pejavara Adhokhaja Matha Udupi (Posthumous) thers-Spiritualism, Karnataka

Padma Bhushan

8. M. Mumtaz Ali (Sri M) Spiritualism, Kerala
9. Syed Muazzem Ali (Posthumous) Public Affairs, Bangladesh
10. Muzaffar Hussain Baig, Public Affairs, Jammu and Kashmir
11. Ajoy Chakravorty, Art, West Bengal
12. Manoj Das, Literature and Education, Puducherry
13. Balkrishna Doshi, Architecture, Gujarat
14. Krishnammal Jagannathan, Social Work, Tamil Nadu
15. S. C. Jamir, Public Affairs, Nagaland
16. Anil Prakash Joshi, Social Work, Uttarakhand
17. Dr. Tsering Landol, Medicine, Ladakh
18. Anand Mahindra, Trade and Industry, Maharashtra
19. Neelakanta Ramakrishna Madhava Menon (Posthumous), Public Affairs, Kerala
20. Manohar Gopalkrishna Prabhu Parrikar (Posthumous), Public Affairs, Goa
21. Prof. Jagdish Sheth, Literature and Education, USA
22. P. V. Sindhu, Sports, Telangana
23. Venu Srinivasan, Trade and Industry, Tamil Nadu

Padma Shri

24. Guru Shashadhar Acharya, Art, Jharkhand
25. Dr. Yogi Aeron, Medicine, Uttarakhand
26. Jai Prakash Agarwal, Trade and Industry, Delhi
27. Jagdish Lal Ahuja, Social Work, Punjab
28. Kazi Masum Akhtar,Literature and Education, West Bengal
29. Ms. Gloria Arieira, Literature and Education, Brazil
30. Khan Zaheerkhan Bakhtiyarkhan, Sports,Maharashtra
31. Dr. Padmavathy Bandopadhyay, Medicine, Uttar Pradesh
32. Dr. Sushovan Banerjee, Medicine, West Bengal
33. Dr. Digambar Behera, Medicine, Chandigarh
34. Dr. Damayanti Beshra, Literature and Education, Odisha
35. Pawar Popatrao Bhaguji, Social Work, Maharashtra
36. Himmata Ram Bhambhu, Social Work, Rajasthan
37. Sanjeev Bikhchandani, Trade and Industry, Uttar Pradesh
38. Gafurbhai M. Bilakhia, Trade and Industry, Gujarat
39. Bob Blackman, Public Affairs, United Kingdom
40. Indira P. P. Bora, Art, Assam
41. Madan Singh Chauhan, Art, Chhattisgarh
42. Usha Chaumar, Social Work, Rajasthan
43. Lil Bahadur Chettri, Literature and Education, Assam
44. Lalitha & Ms. Saroja Chidambaram (Duo)* Art, Tamil Nadu
45. Dr. Vajira Chitrasena, Art, Sri Lanka
46. Dr. Purushottam Dadheech, Art, Madhya Pradesh
47. Utsav Charan Das, Art, Odisha
48. Prof. Indra Dassanayake (Posthumous), Literature and Education, Sri Lanka
49. H. M. Desai, Literature and Education, Gujarat
50. Manohar Devadoss, Art, Tamil Nadu
51. Oinam Bembem Devi, Sports, Manipur
52. Lia Diskin, Social Work, Brazil
53. M. P. Ganesh, Sports, Karnataka
54. Dr. Bangalore Gangadhar, Medicine, Karnataka
55. Dr. Raman Gangakhedkar, Science and Engineering, Maharashtra
56. Barry GardinerPublic Affairs, United Kingdom
57. Chewang Motup, GobaTrade and Industry, Ladakh
58. Bharat Goenka, Trade and Industry, Karnataka
59. Yadla Gopalarao, Art, Andhra Pradesh
60. Mitrabhanu Gountia, Art, Odisha
61. Tulasi Gowda, Social Work, Karnataka
62. Sujoy K. Guha, Science and Engineering, Bihar
63. Harekala Hajabba, Social Work, Karnataka
64. Enamul Haque, Archaeology, Bangladesh
65. Madhu Mansuri Hasmukh, Art, Jharkhand
66. Abdul Jabbar, Social Work, Madhya Pradesh (Posthumous)
67. Bimal Kumar Jain, Social Work, Bihar
68. Meenakshi Jain, Literature and Education, Delhi
69. Nemnath Jain, Trade and Industry, Madhya Pradesh
70. Shanti Jain, Art, Bihar
71. Sudhir Jain, Science and Engineering, Gujarat
72. Benichandra Jamatia, Literature and Education, Tripura
73. K. V. Sampath Kumar & Ms. Vidushi Jayalakshmi K.S.(Duo)*
Literature and Education-Journalism, Karnataka
74. Karan Johar, Art, Maharashtra
75. Dr. Leela Joshi, MedicinE, Madhya Pradesh
76. Sarita Joshi, Art, Maharashtra
77. C. Kamlova, Literature and Education, Mizoram
78. Dr. Ravi Kannan R, Medicine, Assam
79. Ekta Kapoo, Art, Maharashtra
80. Yazdi Naoshirwan Karanjia, Art, Gujarat
81. Narayan J. Joshi Karayal, Literature and Education, Gujarat
82. Dr. Narindar Nath Khanna, Medicine, Uttar Pradesh
83. Naveen Khanna, Science and Engineering, Delhi
84. S. P. Kothari, Literature and Education, USA
85. V. K. MunusamyKrishnapakthar, Art, Puducherry
86. M. K. Kunjol, Social Work, Kerala
87. Manmohan Mahapatra, Art, Odisha (Posthumous)
88. Ustad Anwar Khan Mangniyar, Art, Rajasthan
89. Kattungal SubramaniamManilal, Science and Engineering, Kerala
90. Munna Master, Art, Rajasthan
91. Prof. Abhiraj Rajendra Mishra, Literature and Education, Himachal Pradesh
92. Binapani Mohanty, Literature and Education, Odisha
93. Dr. Arunoday Mondal ,MedicineWest, Bengal
94. Dr. Prithwindra Mukherjee, Literature and Education, France
95. Sathyanarayan Mundayoor, Social Work, Arunachal Pradesh
96. Manilal Nag, Art ,West Bengal
97. N. Chandrasekharan Nair, Literature and Education, Kerala
98. Dr. Tetsu Nakamura, Social Work, Afghanistan(Posthumous)
99. Shiv Datt Nirmohi, Literature and Education, Jammu and Kashmir
100. Pu Lalbiakthanga PachuauLiterature andEducation-JournalismMizoram
101. Moozhikkal Pankajakshi, Art, Kerala
102. Dr. Prasanta Kumar Pattanaik, Literature and Education, USA
103. Jogendra Nath Phukan, iterature and Education, Assam
104. Rahibai Soma Popere, Agriculture, Maharashtra
105. Yogesh Praveen, Literature and Education, Uttar Pradesh
106. Jitu Rai, Sports, Uttar Pradesh
107. Tarundeep Rai, Sports, Sikkim
108. S. Ramakrishnan, Social Work, Tamil Nadu
109. Rani Rampal, Sports, Haryana
110. Kangana Ranaut, Art, Maharashtra
111. Dalavai Chalapathi Rao, Art, Andhra Pradesh
112. Shahbuddin Rathod, Literature and Education, Gujarat
113. Kalyan Singh Rawat, Social Work, Uttarakhand
114. Chintala Venkat Reddy, Agriculture, Telangana
115. Dr. Shanti Roy, Medicine, Bihar
116. Radhammohan & Ms.Sabarmatee (Duo)*, Agriculture, Odisha
117. Batakrushna Sahoo, Animal Husbandry, Odisha
118. Trinity Saioo, Agriculture, Meghalaya
119. Adnan Sami, Art, Maharashtra
120. Vijay Sankeshwar, Trade and Industry, Karnataka
121. Dr. Kushal Konwar Sarma, Medicine, Assam
122. Sayed Mehboob Shah Qadrialias Sayedbhai, Social Work, Maharashtra
123. Mohammed Sharif, Social Work, Uttar Pradesh
124. Shyam Sunder Sharma, Art, Bihar
125. Dr. Gurdip Singh, Medicine, Gujarat
126. Ramjee Singh, Social Work, Bihar
127. Vashishtha Narayan Singh, Science and Engineering, Bihar (Posthumous)
128. Daya Prakash Sinha, Art, Uttar Pradesh
129. Dr. Sandra Desa Souza, Medicine, Maharashtra
130. Vijayasarathi Sribhashyam, Literature and Education, Telangana
131. Kalee Shabi Mahaboob & Sheik Mahaboob Subani (Duo)*, Art, Tamil Nadu
132. Javed Ahmad Tak, Social Work, Jammu and Kashmir
133. Pradeep Thalappil, Science and Engineering, Tamil Nadu
134. Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi, Literature and Education, Arunachal Pradesh
135. Robert Thurman, Literature and Education, USA
136. Agus Indra Udayana, Social Work, Indonesia
137. Harish Chandra Verma, Science and Engineering, Uttar Pradesh
138. Sundaram Verma, Social Work, Rajasthan
139. Dr. Romesh TekchandWadhwani, Trade and Industry, USA
140. Suresh Wadkar, Art, Maharashtra
141. Prem Watsa, Trade and Industry, Canada

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