The Indian government instituted two civilian awards – a three-tier Padma Award system and Bharat Ratna in 1954. The Padma Award is one of the premier civilian Awards of the nation that is conferred to people who outshine in their corresponding field. The President of India gives Padma awards at a traditional function held at Rashtrapati Bhawan annually on Republic Day.
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The list of Padma Awards 2024 was announced in January 2024. The awards are presented to the recipients by the country’s President in a ceremony.
Check the list of winners of Padma awards of various years:
- List of Padma Award Winners 2024
- List of Padma Award Winners 2023
- List of Padma Award Winners 2022
- List of Padma Award Winners 2021
- List of Padma Award Winners 2020
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The Padma Awards were classified into three – Pahela Varg, Dusra Varg, and Tisra Varg. These were successively retitled as Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri through a Presidential Notification issued on January 8, 1955.
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PADMA AWARDS
The award is given in three classes, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.
Padma Vibhushan is given for extraordinary and distinguished service. It the second-highest civilian award in India.
Padma Bhushan is given for the distinguished service of a high order. It is the third-highest civilian award in India.
Padma Shri is given for the distinguished service. In the order of civilian awards, it is ranked 4th.
HISTORY OF PADMA AWARD
- The Padma Awards were instituted in 1954 by the Government of India.
- It is awarded annually in the event of Republic Day
- The award does not add up to a title and cannot be used as a suffix or prefix to the recipient’s name.
THE AWARDS
- The awardees are given a medallion and a Sanad signed by the President of India.
- The recipient is also given a small duplication of the medallion, which they can wear in the course of any ceremonial and State functions etc.
- The names of the Padma award recipients are published in the Gazette of India.
- The total number of awards to be given in a year should not be more than 120 (not including posthumous awards and to foreigners/ NRI/OCIs).
WHO DECIDES
- The Padma Awards are given on the recommendations done by the Padma Awards Committee, which is created by the Prime Minister Annually.
- The Award Committee is supervised by the Cabinet Secretary and comprises of Secretary to the President, Home Secretary, and 4-6 distinguished individuals as members.
- The proposal of the award committee is tabled to the President of India and the Prime Minister for consent.
WHO ARE ALL ENTITLED TO GET PADMA AWARD?
- All individuals deprived of the difference of race, profession, sex or position are entitled to these awards.
- Foreigners are also entitled to Bharat Ratna and Padma Awards.
PADMA AWARD IS GRANTED TO
- The Padma award seeks to distinguish works of excellence and is given for and extraordinary achievements in all fields of
- Art -Painting, Sculpture, Music, Photography, Theatre, Cinema, etc.
- Civil Service -Excellence in administration
- Literature and Education -Journalism, Book writing, Teaching, Literature, Poetry, Education Reforms, the upliftment of education and literacy
- Medicine- Medical research, specialization in Allopathy, Homeopathy, Ayurveda, Naturopathy, Siddha, etc.
- Public Affairs- Law, Politics, Public Life etc.
- Science and Engineering- Nuclear Science, Information Technology, Space Engineering, Research and Development in Science & its associated subjects, etc.
- Social work – Charitable service, Social service, contribution to public projects, etc.
- Sports – Athletics, Adventure, Mountaineering, promotion of sports, Yoga and other Popular Sports.
- Trade and Industry – Economic Activities, Business, Promotion of Tourism, Banking, Management, etc.
- Other fields not enclosed above and may comprise propagation of Indian Culture, guarding Human Rights, Wild Life protection, and conservation, etc.
CONTROVERSIES
- The constitutional validity of Padma Awards was challenged in 1992 in Kerala and Madhya Pradesh with respect to the Public interest Litigation filed. Until the issue has resolved in the respective court, the award was suspended.
PERIODICITY
- Every year, Padma awards recommendations invite take place between May 1st and September 15.
- The award is generally not conferred after death. But in highly commendable cases, the Government could consider giving an award posthumously.
- One can confer the higher category of Padma award only after completing 5 years after the conferring the earlier Padma award. But, in highly commendable situations, moderation can be made by the Award Committee.
- No Padma awards were given in the year of 1978, 1979, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1997 due to the change of government.
Padma Awards 2024
In 2024, the Padma Shri was given to 110 individuals, the Padma Bhushan was given to 17 individuals and the Padma Vibhushan was given to 5 individuals. Check out the list of all the Padma winners 2024 below.
List of Padma Award Winners 2024
Padma Vibhushan 2024
| Winner | Field |
| Vyjayantimala Bali | Art |
| Konidela Chiranjeevi | Art |
| M Venkaiah Naidu | Public Affairs |
| Bindeshwar Pathak (Posthumous) | Social Work |
| Padma Subrahmanyam | Art |
Padma Bhushan 2024
| Winner | Field |
| M Fathima Beevi (Posthumous) | Public Affairs |
| Hormusji N Cama | Literature & Education – Journalism |
| Mithun Chakraborty | Art |
| Sitaram Jindal | Trade & Industry |
| Young Liu | Trade & Industry |
| Ashwin Balachand Mehta | Medicine |
| Satyabrata Mookherjee (Posthumous) | Public Affairs |
| Ram Naik | Public Affairs |
| Tejas Madhusudan Patel | Medicine |
| Olanchery Rajagopal | Public Affairs |
| Dattatray Ambadas Mayaloo alias Rajdutt | Art |
| Togdan Rinpoche (Posthumous) | Others – Spiritualism |
| Pyarelal Sharma | Art |
| Chandreshwar Prasad Thakur | Medicine |
| Usha Uthup | Art |
| Vijaykanth (Posthumous) | Art |
| Kundan Vyas | Literature & Education – Journalism |
Padma Shri 2024
| Winner | Field |
| Khalil Ahamad | Art |
| Badrappan M | Art |
| Kaluram Bamaniya | Art |
| Rezwana Choudhury Bannya | Art |
| Naseem Bano | Art |
| Ramlal Bareth | Art |
| Gita Roy Barman | Art |
| Parbati Baruah | Social Work |
| Sarbeswar Basumatary | Others – Agriculture |
| Som Datt Battu | Art |
| Takdira Begum | Art |
| Sathyanarayana Beleri | Others – Agriculture |
| Drona Bhuyan | Art |
| Ashok Kumar Biswas | Art |
| Rohan Machanda Bopanna | Sports |
| Smriti Rekha Chakma | Art |
| Narayan Chakraborty | Science & Engineering |
| A Velu Ananda Chari | Art |
| Ram Chet Chaudhary | Science & Engineering |
| K Chellammal | Others – Agriculture |
| Joshna Chinappa | Sports |
| Charlotte Chopin | Others – Yoga |
| Raghuveer Choudhary | Literature & Education |
| Joe D Cruz | Literature & Education |
| Ghulam Nabi Dar | Art |
| Chitta Ranjan Debbarma | Others – Spiritualism |
| Uday Vishwanath Deshpande | Sports |
| Prema Dhanraj | Medicine |
| Radha Krishan Dhiman | Medicine |
| Manohar Krishana Dole | Medicine |
| Pierre Sylvain Filliozat | Literature & Education |
| Mahabir Singh Guddu | Art |
| Anupama Hoskere | Art |
| Yazdi Maneksha Italia | Medicine |
| Rajaram Jain | Literature & Education |
| Jankilal | Art |
| Ratan Kahar | Art |
| Yashwant Singh Kathoch | Literature & Education |
| Zahir I Kazi | Literature & Education |
| Gaurav Khanna | Sports |
| Surendra Kishore | Literature & Education – Journalism |
| Dasari Kondappa | Art |
| Sridhar Makam Krishnamurthy | Literature & Education |
| Yanung Jamoh Lego | Others – Agriculture |
| Jordan Lepcha | Art |
| Satendra Singh Lohia | Sports |
| Binod Maharana | Art |
| Purnima Mahato | Sports |
| Uma Maheshwari D | Art |
| Dukhu Majhi | Social Work |
| Ram Kumar Mallick | Art |
| Hemchand Manjhi | Medicine |
| Chandrashekhar Mahadeorao Meshram | Medicine |
| Surendra Mohan Mishra (Posthumous) | Art |
| Ali Mohammed & Ghani Mohammed (Duo) | Art |
| Kalpana Morparia | Trade & Industry |
| Chami Murmu | Social Work |
| Sasindran Muthuvel | Public Affairs |
| G Nachiyar | Medicine |
| Kiran Nadar | Art |
| Pakaravur Chithran Namboodiripad (Posthumous) | Literature & Education |
| Narayanan E P | Art |
| Shailesh Nayak | Science & Engineering |
| Harish Nayak (Posthumous) | Literature & Education |
| Fred Negrit | Literature & Education |
| Hari Om | Science & Engineering |
| Bhagabat Padhan | Art |
| Sanatan Rudra Pal | Art |
| Shankar Baba Pundlikrao Papalkar | Social Work |
| Radhe Shyam Pareek | Medicine |
| Dayal Mavjibhai Parmar | Medicine |
| Binod Kumar Pasayat | Art |
| Silbi Passah | Art |
| Shanti Devi Paswan & Shivan Paswan (Duo) | Art |
| Sanjay Anant Patil | Others – Agriculture |
| Muni Narayana Prasad | Literature & Education |
| K S Rajanna | Social Work |
| Chandrashekar Channapatna Rajannachar | Medicine |
| Bhagwatilal Rajpurohit | Literature & Education |
| Romalo Ram | Art |
| Navjivan Rastogi | Literature & Education |
| Nirmal Rishi | Art |
| Pran Sabharwal | Art |
| Gaddam Sammaiah | Art |
| Sangthankima | Social Work |
| Machihan Sasa | Art |
| Omprakash Sharma | Art |
| Eklabya Sharma | Science & Engineering |
| Ram Chander Sihag | Science & Engineering |
| Harbinder Singh | Sports |
| Gurvinder Singh | Social Work |
| Godawari Singh | Art |
| Ravi Prakash Singh | Science & Engineering |
| Seshampatti T Sivalingam | Art |
| Somanna | Social Work |
| Kethavath Somlal | Literature & Education |
| Shashi Soni | Trade & Industry |
| Urmila Srivastava | Art |
| Nepal Chandra Sutradhar (Posthumous) | Art |
| Gopinath Swain | Art |
| Laxman Bhatt Tailang | Art |
| Maya Tandon | Social Work |
| Aswathi Thirunal Gouri Lakshmi Bayi Thampuratty | Literature & Education |
| Jagdish Labhshanker Trivedi | Art |
| Sano Vamuzo | Social Work |
| Balakrishnan Sadanam Puthiya Veetil | Art |
| Kurella Vittalacharya | Literature & Education |
| Kiran Vyas | Others – Yoga |
| Jageshwar Yadav | Social Work |
| Babu Ram Yadav | Art |
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Padma Awards 2023
For the year 2023, the President has approved the conferment of 106 Padma Awards including 3 duo cases (in a duo case, the Award is counted as one). The list comprises 6 Padma Vibhushan, 9 Padma Bhushan and 91 Padma Shri Awards.
List of Padma Award Winners 2023
Padma Vibhushan 2023
| 1. Shri Balkrishna Doshi (Posthumous) | Others – Architecture |
| 2. Shri Zakir Hussain | Art |
| 3. Shri S M Krishna | Public Affairs |
| 4. Shri Dilip Mahalanabis (Posthumous) | Medicine |
| 5. Shri Srinivas Varadhan (USA) | Science & Engineering |
| 6. Shri Mulayam Singh Yadav (Posthumous) | Public Affairs |
Padma Bhushan 2023
| 1. S L Bhyrappa | Literature & Education |
| 2. Shri Kumar Mangalam Birla | Trade & Industry |
| 3. Shri Deepak Dhar | Science & Engineering |
| 4. Ms Vani Jairam | Art |
| 5. Swami Chinna Jeeyar | Others – Spiritualism |
| 6. Ms. Suman Kalyanpur | Art |
| 7. Shri Kapil Kapoor | Literature & Education |
| 8. Ms. Sudha Murty | Social Work |
| 9. Shri Kamlesh D Patel | Others – Spiritualism |
Padma Shri 2023
| 1. Dr. Sukama Acharya | Others – Spiritualism |
| 2. Ms Jodhaiyabai Baiga | Art |
| 3. Shri Premjit Baria | Art |
| 4. Ms Usha Barle | Art |
| 5. Shri Munishwar Chanddawar | Medicine |
| 6. Shri Hemant Chauhan | Art |
| 7. Shri Bhanubhai Chitara | Art |
| 8. Ms. Hemoprova Chutia | Art |
| 9. Shri Narendra Chandra Debbarma (Posthumous) | Public Affairs |
| 10. Ms. Subhadra Devi | Art |
| 11. Shri Khadar Valli Dudekula | Science & Engineering |
| 12. Shri Hem Chandra Goswami | Art |
| 13. Ms. Pritikana Goswami | Art |
| 14. Shri Radha Charan Gupta | Literature & Education |
| 15. Shri Modadugu Vijay Gupta | Science & Engineering |
| 16. Shri Ahmed Hussain & Shri Mohd Hussain (Duo) | Art |
| 17. Shri Dilshad Hussain | Art |
| 18. Shri Bhiku Ramji Idate | Social Work |
| 19. Shri C I Issac | Literature & Education |
| 20. Shri Rattan Singh Jaggi | Literature & Education |
| 21. Shri Bikram Bahadur Jamatia | Social Work |
| 22. Shri Ramkuiwangbe Jene | Social Work |
| 23. Shri Rakesh Radheshyam Jhunjhunwala (Posthumous) | Trade & Industry |
| 24. Shri Ratan Chandra Kar | Medicine |
| 25. Shri Mahipat Kavi | Art |
| 26. Shri M M Keeravaani | Art |
| 27. Shri Areez Khambatta (Posthumous) | Trade & Industry |
| 28. Shri Parshuram Komaji Khune | Art |
| 29. Shri Ganesh Nagappa Krishnarajanagara | Science & Engineering |
| 30. Shri Maguni Charan Kuanr | Art |
| 31. Shri Anand Kumar | Literature & Education |
| 32. Shri Arvind Kumar | Science & Engineering |
| 33. Shri Domar Singh Kunvar | Art |
| 34. Shri Risingbor Kurkalang | Art |
| 35. Ms. Hirabai Lobi | Social Work |
| 36. Shri Moolchand Lodha | Social Work |
| 37. Ms. Rani Machaiah | Art |
| 38. Shri Ajay Kumar Mandavi | Art |
| 39. Shri Prabhakar Bhanudas Mande | Literature & Education |
| 40. Shri Gajanan Jagannath Mane | Social Work |
| 41. Shri Antaryami Mishra | Literature & Education |
| 42. Shri Nadoja Pindipapanahalli Munivenkatappa | Art |
| 43. Prof. (Dr.) Mahendra Pal | Science & Engineering |
| 44. Shri Uma Shankar Pandey | Social Work |
| 45. Shri Ramesh Parmar & Ms. Shanti Parmar (Duo) | Art |
| 46. Dr. Nalini Parthasarathi | Medicine |
| 47. Shri Hanumantha Rao Pasupuleti | Medicine |
| 48. Shri Ramesh Patange | Literature & Education |
| 49. Ms. Krishna Patel | Art |
| 50. Shri K Kalyanasundaram Pillai | Art |
| 51. Shri V P Appukuttan Poduval | Social Work |
| 52. Shri Kapil Dev Prasad | Art |
| 53. Shri S R D Prasad | Sports |
| 54. Shri Shah Rasheed Ahmed Quadri | Art |
| 55. Shri C V Raju | Art |
| 56. Shri Bakshi Ram | Science & Engineering |
| 57. Shri Cheruvayal K Raman | Others – Agriculture |
| 58. Ms. Sujatha Ramdorai (Canada) | Science & Engineering |
| 59. Shri Abbareddy Nageswara Rao | Science & Engineering |
| 60. Shri Pareshbhai Rathwa | Art |
| 61. Shri B Ramakrishna Reddy | Literature & Education |
| 62. Shri Mangala Kanti Roy | Art |
| 63. Ms. K C Runremsangi | Art |
| 64. Shri Vadivel Gopal & Shri Masi Sadaiyan (Duo) | Social Work |
| 65. Shri Manoranjan Sahu | Medicine |
| 66. Shri Patayat Sahu | Others – Agriculture |
| 67. Shri Ritwik Sanyal | Art |
| 68. Shri Kota Satchidananda Sastry | Art |
| 69. Shri Sankurathri Chandra Sekhar | Social Work |
| 70. Shri K Shanathoiba Sharma | Sports |
| 71. Shri Nekram Sharma | Others – Agriculture |
| 72. Shri Gurcharan Singh | Sports |
| 73. Shri Laxman Singh | Social Work |
| 74. Shri Mohan Singh | Literature & Education |
| 75. Shri Thounaojam Chaoba Singh | Public Affairs |
| 76. Shri Prakash Chandra Sood | Literature & Education |
| 77. Ms. Neihunuo Sorhie | Art |
| 78. Dr. Janum Singh Soy | Literature & Education |
| 79. Shri Kushok Thiksey Nawang Chamba Stanzin | Others – Spiritualism |
| 80. Shri S Subbaraman | Others – Archaeology |
| 81. Shri Moa Subong | Art |
| 82. Shri Palam Kalyana Sundaram | Social Work |
| 83. Ms. Raveena Ravi Tandon | Art |
| 84. Shri Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari | Literature & Education |
| 85. Shri Dhaniram Toto | Literature & Education |
| 86. Shri Tula Ram Upreti | Others – Agriculture |
| 87. Dr. Gopalsamy Veluchamy | Medicine |
| 88. Dr. Ishwar Chander Verma | Medicine |
| 89. Ms. Coomi Nariman Wadia | Art |
| 90. Shri Karma Wangchu (Posthumous) | Social Work |
| 91. Shri Ghulam Muhammad Zaz | Art |
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Padma Awards 2022
The Padma Awards for the year 2022 were announced on the occasion of 73rd Republic Day. This year the President has approved conferment of 128 Padma Awards including 2 duo case (in a duo case, the award is counted as one) as per the list below. The list comprises 4 Padma Vibhushan, 17 Padma Bhushan and 107 Padma Shri Awards. 34 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 10 persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI and 13 Posthumous awardees.
List of Padma Awards 2022 – Recipients
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Padma Awards 2021
President Ram Nath Kovind presented the prestigious Padma Awards 2020 and 2021 in various disciplines to the recipients qualifying from all walks of life (art, social work, sports, science, etc). The list of winners was released on the 26th of January for the two years respectively, however, the awards were conferred on November 8, 2021.
The Padma Awards for the year 2021 were announced on the occasion of 72nd Republic Day. A total of 119 Padma awards were conferred, including 7 Padma Vibhushan, 10 Padma Bhushan, and 102 Padma Shri.
List of Padma Awards 2021 – Recipients
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List of Padma Awards 2020 – Recipients
In the year 2020 the President has approved conferment of 141 Padma Awards including 4 duo cases (in a duo case, the Award is counted as one). The list comprises 7 Padma Vibhushan, 16 Padma Bhushan and 118 Padma Shri Awards. 33 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 18 persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI and 12 Posthumous awardees.
Go through the list of Padma Awardees 2020 given below –
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List of Padma Awards 2019 – Recipients
| Padma Awards | Recipients |
| Padma Vibhushan | Ms. Teejan Bai
Shri Ismail Omar Guelleh (Foreigner) Shri Anilkumar Manibhai Naik Shri Balwant Moreshwar Purandare |
| Padma Bhushan | Shri John Chambers (Foreigner)
Shri Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa Shri Pravin Gordhan (Foreigner) Shri Mahashay Dharam Pal Gulati Shri Ashok Laxmanrao Kukade Shri Kariya Munda Shri Budhaditya Mukherjee Shri Mohanlal Viswanathan Nair Shri S Nambi Narayan Shri Kuldip Nayar (Posthumous) Ms. Bachendri Pal Shri V K Shunglu Shri Hukumdev Narayan Yadav |
| Padma Shri | Rajeshwar Acharya – Art-Vocal-Hindustani – Uttar Pradesh
Bangaru Adigalar – Spiritualism – Tamil Nadu Illias Ali – Medicine-Surgery – Assam Manoj Bajpayee – Art-Acting-Films – Maharashtra Uddhab Kumar Bharali – Science & Engineering-Grassroots Innovation – Assam Omesh Kumar Bharti – Medicine (Rabies) – Himachal Pradesh Pritam Bhartwan – Art-Vocals-Folk – Uttarakhand Jyoti Bhatt – Art-Painting – Gujarat Dilip Chakravarty – Archaeology – Delhi Mammen Chandy – Medicine (Hematology) – West Bengal Swapan Chaudhuri – Art-Music-Tabla – West Bengal Kanwal Singh Chauhan – Agriculture – Haryana Sunil Chhetri – Sports (Football) – Telangana Dinyar Contractor – Art-Acting-Theatre – Maharashtra Muktaben Pankajkumar Dagli – Social Work (Divyang Welfare) – Gujarat Babulal Dahiya – Agriculture – Madhya Pradesh |
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Frequently Asked Questions on Facts About Padma Awards
Q1
Q 1. What are the Padma Awards?
Ans. Instituted in the year 1954, the Padma Awards, are announced every year on the 26th of January. They are divided into three categories:
- Padma Vibhushan
- Padma Bhushan
- Padma Shri
Q2
Q 2. Who picks the Padma Award winners?
Ans. Padma Awards Committee, which is constituted by the Prime Minister; is headed by the Cabinet Secretary and also comprises Home Secretary, Secretary to the President and four to six eminent persons as members pick the award winners every year.
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