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Padma Awards are one of the Highest Civilian Awards of India and are conferred in three categories– Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri— in various disciplines/fields of activities such as art, social work, public affairs, science and affairs, and so forth.
119 Padma Awards to be presented by President Ram Nath Kovind this year. The list comprises 7 Padma Vibhushan, 10 Padma Bhushan, and 102 Padma Shri Awards. 29 of the awardees are women, 16 Posthumous awardees and 1 transgender awardee.
Padma Awards:
- Padma Vibhushan- Awarded for exceptional and distinguished service.
- Padma Bhushan- Awarded for distinguished service of a high order.
- Padma Shri- Awarded for distinguished service in any field.
Padma Vibhushan Awardee List 2021
| Sr. No. | Name and Field | Origin – State / Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sudarshan Sahoo [Art] | Odisha |
| 2 | B. B. Lal [Archaeology] | Delhi |
| 3 | Maulana Wahiduddin Khan [Spiritualism] | Delhi |
| 4 | Dr. Belle Monappa Hegde [ Medicine] | Karnataka |
| 5 | S. P. Balasubramaniam (Posthumous – मरणोपरांत ) [ Art ] | Tamil Nadu |
| 6 | Narinder Singh Kapany (Posthumous – मरणोपरांत ) [Science and Engineering] | U.S.A. |
| 7 | Shinzo Abe [ Public Affairs ] | Japan |
Padma Bhushan Awardee List 2021
| Sr. No. | Name | Origin – State / Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tarlochan Singh [ Public Affairs ] | Haryana |
| 2 | Keshubhai Patel (Posthumous) [ Public Affairs ] | Gujarat |
| 3 | Tarun Gogoi (Posthumous) [ Public Affairs ] | Assam |
| 4 | Ram Vilas Paswan (Posthumous – मरणोपरांत ) [ Public Affairs ] | Bihar |
| 5 | Sumitra Mahajan [ Public Affairs ] | Madhya Pradesh |
| 6 | Krishna Nair Shantakumari Chithra [ Art ] | Kerala |
| 7 | Chandrashekhar Kambara [ Literature and Education ] | Karnataka |
| 8 | Nripendra Misra [ Civil Service ] | Uttar Pradesh |
| 9 | Kalbe Sadiq (Posthumous – मरणोपरांत ) [ Spiritualism ] | Uttar Pradesh |
| 10 | Rajnikant Devidas Shroff [ Trade and Industry ] | Maharashtra |
Padma Shri Awardee List 2021
| Sr. No. | Name | Origin – State / Country |
|---|---|---|
| (A) | Field : ART (34) | |
| 1 | Gulfam Ahmed | Uttar Pradesh |
| 2 | Rama Swamy Annavarapu | Andhra Pradesh |
| 3 | Subbu Arumugam | Tamil Nadu |
| 4 | Bhuri Bai | Madhya Pradesh |
| 5 | Radhe Shyam Barle | Chhattisgarh |
| 6 | Biren Kumar Basak | West Bengal |
| 7 | Peter Brook | United Kingdom |
| 8 | Gopiram Bargayn Burabhakat | Assam |
| 9 | Narayan Debnath | West Bengal |
| 10 | Dulari Devi | Bihar |
| 11 | Radhe Devi | Manipur |
| 12 | Wayan Dibia | Indonesia |
| 13 | Parshuram Atmaram Gangavane | Maharashtra |
| 14 | Purnamasi Jani | Odisha |
| 15 | Matha B. Manjamma Jogati | Karnataka |
| 16 | Damodaran Kaithapram | Kerala |
| 17 | Maheshbhai and Nareshbhai Kanodia (Duo) (Posthumous – मरणोपरांत ) | Gujarat |
| 18 | K. Kesavasamy | Puducherry |
| 19 | Ghulam Rasool Khan | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 20 | Lakha Khan | Rajasthan |
| 21 | Sanjida Khatun | Bangladesh |
| 22 | Vinayak Vishnu Khedekar | Goa |
| 23 | Lajwanti | Punjab |
| 24 | Ramachandra Manjhi | Bihar |
| 25 | Dulal Manki | Assam |
| 26 | Rewben Mashangva | Manipur |
| 27 | K. K. Ramachandra Pulavar | Kerala |
| 28 | Kanaka Raju | Telangana |
| 29 | Bombay Jayashri Ramnath | Tamil Nadu |
| 30 | Satyaram Reang | Tripura |
| 31 | Kartar Paras Ram Singh | Himachal Pradesh |
| 32 | Kartar Singh | Punjab |
| 33 | K. C. Sivasankar (Posthumous – मरणोपरांत ) | Tamil Nadu |
| 34 | Nidumolu Sumathi | Andhra Pradesh |
| (B) | Field : SPORTS (7) | |
| 35 | P. Anitha | Tamil Nadu |
| 36 | Mouma Das | West Bengal |
| 37 | Anshu Jamsenpa | Arunachal Pradesh |
| 38 | Madhavan Nambiar | Kerala |
| 39 | Sudha Hari Narayan Singh | Uttar Pradesh |
| 40 | Virender Singh | Haryana |
| 41 | K. Y. Venkatesh | Karnataka |
| (C) | Field : LITERATURE AND EDUCATION (25) | |
| 42 | Prakasarao Asavadi | Andhra Pradesh |
| 43 | Dharma Narayan Barma | West Bengal |
| 44 | Sujit Chattopadhyay | West Bengal |
| 45 | Srikant Datar | The U.S.A. |
| 46 | Dadudan Gadhavi | Gujarat |
| 47 | Mangal Singh Hazowary | Assam |
| 48 | Jai Bhagwan Goyal | Haryana |
| 49 | Jagdish Chandra Halder | West Bengal |
| 50 | Namdeo C. Kamble | Maharashtra |
| 51 | Rajat Kumar Kar | Odisha |
| 52 | Rangasami Lakshminarayana Kashyap | Karnataka |
| 53 | Nicholas Kazanas | Greece |
| 54 | Chandrakant Mehta | Gujarat |
| 55 | Solomon Pappaiah [ Journalism ] | Tamil Nadu |
| 56 | Nanda Prusty | Odisha |
| 57 | Balan Putheri | Kerala |
| 58 | Chaman Lal Sapru (Posthumous – मरणोपरांत ) | Jammu and Kashmir |
| 59 | Imran Shah | Assam |
| 60 | Ram Yatna Shukla | Uttar Pradesh |
| 61 | Arjun Singh Shekhawat | Rajasthan |
| 62 | Roman Sarmah [ Journalism ] | Assam |
| 63 | Mridula Sinha (Posthumous – मरणोपरांत ) | Bihar |
| 64 | Kapil Tiwari | Madhya Pradesh |
| 65 | Father Valles (Posthumous – मरणोपरांत ) | Spain |
| 66 | Usha Yadav | Uttar Pradesh |
| (D) | Field : SOCIAL WORK (15) | |
| 67 | Lakhimi Baruah | Assam |
| 68 | Sangkhumi Bualchhuak | Mizoram |
| 69 | Jagdish Chaudhary (Posthumous – मरणोपरांत ) | Uttar Pradesh |
| 70 | Tsultrim Chonjor | Ladakh |
| 71 | Chutni Devi | Jharkhand |
| 72 | Shanti Devi | Odisha |
| 73 | Prakash Kaur | Punjab |
| 74 | Niru Kumar | Delhi |
| 75 | Shyam Sundar Paliwal | Rajasthan |
| 76 | Girish Prabhune | Maharashtra |
| 77 | Sindhutai Sapkal | Maharashtra |
| 78 | Jitender Singh Shunty | Delhi |
| 79 | Guru Maa Kamali Soren | West Bengal |
| 80 | Marachi Subburaman | Tamil Nadu |
| 81 | Birubala Rabha | Assam |
| (E) | Field : TRADE & INDUSTRY (4) | |
| 82 | Rajni Bector | Punjab |
| 83 | Jaswantiben Jamnadas Popat | Maharashtra |
| 84 | P. Subramanian (Posthumous – मरणोपरांत ) | Tamil Nadu |
| 85 | Sridhar Vembu | Tamil Nadu |
| (F) | Field : PUBLIC AFFAIRS (2) | |
| 86 | Bijoya Chakravarty | Assam |
| 87 | Col. Quazi Sajjad Ali Zahir | Bangladesh |
| (G) | Field : MEDICINE (9) | |
| 88 | Dr. J. N. Pande (Posthumous – मरणोपरांत ) | Delhi |
| 89 | Dr. Chandrakant Sambhaji | Delhi |
| 90 | Krishna Mohan Pathi | Odisha |
| 91 | Ashok Kumar Sahu | Uttar Pradesh |
| 92 | Dhananjay Diwakar | Kerala |
| 93 | Dr. Bhupendra Kumar Singh Sanjay | Uttarakhand |
| 94 | Dilip Kumar Singh | Bihar |
| 95 | Dr. Thiruvengadam Veeraraghavan (Posthumous – मरणोपरांत ) | Tamil Nadu |
| 96 | Rattan Lal Mittal | Punjab |
| (H) | Field : SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (1) | |
| 97 | Rattan Lal | The U.S.A. |
| (I) | Field : AGRICULTURE (4) | |
| 98 | Prem Chandra Sharma | Uttarakhand |
| 99 | Chandra Shekhar Singh | Uttar Pradesh |
| 100 | Nanadro B Marak | Meghalaya |
| 101 | Pappammal | Tamil Nadu |
| (J) | Field : GRASSROOTS INNOVATION (1) | |
| 102 | Ali Manikfan | Lakshadweep |
Important facts
- President Ram Nath Kovind has approved conferment of 119 Padma Awards, including 1 duo case (in a duo case, the award is counted as one) for the year 2021.
- The list comprises 7 Padma Vibhushan, 10 Padma Bhushan, and 102 Padma Shri Awards.
- The Padma awardees include 29 women.
- 10 persons are from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI.
- The list includes 16 Posthumous awardees and 1 transgender awardee.
About Padma Awards
The Padma Awards are among the highest civilian awards of India and are conferred in three categories– Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri.
The awards are conferred in various fields such as 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 a high order, and Padma Shri for distinguished service in any field.
The Padma Awards are announced each year on the occasion of India’s Republic Day and are conferred every year by the President of India at ceremonial functions held at Rashtrapati Bhawan between March and April.
Who Decides?
All nominations received for Padma Awards are placed before the Padma Awards Committee, which is constituted by the Prime Minister every year. The Padma Awards Committee is headed by the Cabinet Secretary and includes Home Secretary, Secretary to the President and four to six eminent persons as members. The recommendations of the committee are submitted to the Prime Minister and the President of India for approval.
FAQs
President Ram Nath Kovind Has Approved the Conferment Of 119 Padma Awards, Including 1 Duo Case. The List Comprises 7 Padma Vibhushan, 10 Padma Bhushan, And 102 Padma Shri Awards.
The Padma Awards Are Announced On The Occasion Of Republic Day (26 January) Every Year.
The Padma Awards Are Conferred By The President Of India In A Ceremonial Function Held At Rashtrapati Bhawan The Same Year In The Month Of March/April.