Names and fields of Padma Awards 2020 winners:
The Padma Awards, one of the highest civilian awards of the country, are awarded in three categories, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. These awards are given in various disciplines/fields of activities, viz., arts, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service etc. 'Padma Vibhushan' for exceptional and distinguished service, 'Padma Bhushan' for distinguished service of high order and 'Padma Shri' for distinguished service in a field.
These awards are announced every year on the occasion of Republic Day. These awards are presented by the President in a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan usually around March/April every year. This year the President has approved the conferment of 141 Padma Awards including 4 couple cases (one couple cases means one award) as per the list below. The list includes 7 Padma Vibhushan, 16 Padma Bhushan and 118 Padma Shri awards. 33 of the awardees are women. The list also includes 18 persons from the category of Foreigners/NRIs/PIOs/OCIs and 12 posthumous awardees.
Let's read the complete list of all the winners of Padma Awards 2020:
Padma Vibhushan:
| Name | Region | State / Country |
| Mr. George Fernandez (Posthumous) | Politics | A state in Eastern India |
| Shri Arun Jaitley (Posthumous) | Politics | Delhi |
| Shri Anirudh Jagannath GCSK | Politics | Mauritius |
| Mrs MC Mary Kom | Play | Manipur |
| Mr. Chhanu Lal Mishra | Art | Uttar Pradesh |
| Smt. Sushma Swaraj (Posthumous) | Politics | Delhi |
| Sri Vishveshteertha Swamiji Sri Pajvara Adhokhaj Math Udupi (Posthumous) | Inter-spirituality | Karnataka |
Padma Bhushan: |
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| Name | Region | State/Country |
| Mr. M. Mumtaz Ali (Mr. M) | Other-spirituality | Kerala |
| Mr. Syed Muazzim Ali (Posthumous) | Politics | Bangladesh |
| Mr. Muzaffar Hussain Baig | Politics | Jammu and Kashmir |
| Mr. Ajoy Chakraborty | Art | West Bengal |
| Mr. Manoj Das | literature and education | Puducherry |
| Shri Balakrishna Doshi | Other architecture | Gujarat |
| Ms. Krishnamal Jagannathan | Social work | Tamil Nadu |
| Mr. S.C. Jamir | Politics | Nagaland |
| Mr. Anil Prakash Joshi | Social work | Uttarakhand |
| Dr. Tsering Lendol | Medical | Ladakh |
| Mr. Anand Mahindra | Trade and industry | Maharashtra |
| Shri Neelkanth Ramakrishna Madhava Menon (Posthumous) | Politics | Kerala |
| Shri Manohar Gopalkrishna Prabhu Parrikar (Posthumous) | Politics | Goa |
| Pro. Jagdish Seth | literature and education | America |
| Ms. PV Sindhu | Play | Telangana |
| Sri Venu Srinivasan | Trade and industry | Tamil Nadu |
| Padma Shri | ||
| Name | Region | State/Country |
| Guru Shashadhar Acharya | Art | Jharkhand |
| Dr. Yogi Aaron | Medical | Uttarakhand |
| Mr. Jaiprakash Agrawal | Trade and industry | Delhi |
| Mr. Jagdish Lal Ahuja | Social work | Punjab |
| Mr. Kazi Masoom Akhtar | literature and education | West Bengal |
| Ms. Gloria Arriera | literature and education | Brazil |
| Mr Khan Zaheer Khan Bakhtiyar Khan | Play | Maharashtra |
| Dr. Padmavati Bandyopadhyay | Medical | Uttar Pradesh |
| Dr. Sushovan Banerjee | Medical | West Bengal |
| Dr. Digambar Behera | Medical | Chandigarh |
| Dr. Damayanti Besra | literature and education | Odisha |
| Mr. Pawar Popatrao Bhaguji | Social work | Maharashtra |
| Shri Himmat Ram Bhambhu | Social work | Rajasthan |
| Mr. Sanjeev Bhikhchandani | Trade and industry | Uttar Pradesh |
| Mr. Gafoor Bhai M. Bilakhia | Trade and industry | Gujarat |
| Mr. Bob Blackman | Politics | Britain |
| Ms. Indira PP Bora | Art | Assam |
| Mr. Madan Singh Chouhan | Art | Chhattisgarh |
| Ms. Usha Chaumar | Social work | Rajasthan |
| Mr. Lil Bahadur Chhetri | literature and education | Assam |
| Ms. Lalita and Ms. Saroj Chidambaram (Couple)* | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| Dr. Vajira Chitrasen | Art | Sri Lanka |
| Dr. Purushottam Dadhich | Art | Madhya Pradesh |
| Shri Utsav Charandas | Art | Odisha |
| Pro. Indira Dasanayake (Posthumous) | literature and education | Sri Lanka |
| Mr. H.M. Desai | literature and education | Gujarat |
| Mr. Manohar Devdas | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| Ms. Oinam Bembim Devi | Play | Manipur |
| Ms. Lia Desikin | Social work | Brazil |
| Mr. A.P. Ganesha | Play | Karnataka |
| Dr. Bangalore Gangadhar | Medical | Karnataka |
| Dr. Raman Gangakhedkar | Science and engineering | Maharashtra |
| Mr. Berry Gardiner | Politics | Britain |
| Mr. Chewang Monup Goba | Trade and industry | Ladakh |
| Mr. Bharat Goenka | Trade and industry | Karnataka |
| Mr. Yadla Gopalrao | Art | Andra Pradesh |
| Mr. Mitrabhanu Gontia | Art | Odisha |
| Ms. Tulsi Gowda | Social work | Karnataka |
| Mr. Sujoy K. cavity | Science and engineering | A state in Eastern India |
| Shri Harikala Hajabba | Social work | Karnataka |
| Mr. Inamul Haque | Other archeology | Bangladesh |
| Mr. Madhu Mansoori Hasmukh | Art | Jharkhand |
| Mr. Abdul Jabbar (Posthumous) | Social work | Madhya Pradesh |
| Mr. Bimal Kumar Jain | Social work | A state in Eastern India |
| Ms. Meenakshi Jain | literature and education | Delhi |
| Shri Nemnath Jain | Trade and industry | Madhya Pradesh |
| Ms. Shanti Jain | Art | A state in Eastern India |
| Mr. Sudhir Jain | Science and engineering | Gujarat |
| Mr. Benichandra Jamatia | literature and education | Tripura |
| Mr. K. V. Sampath Kumar and Ms. Vidushi Jayalakshmi K. s. (Couple)* | Literature & Education – Journalism | Karnataka |
| Mr. Karan Johar | Art | Maharashtra |
| Dr. Leela Joshi | Medical | Madhya Pradesh |
| Ms. Sarita Joshi | Art | Maharashtra |
| Mr. C Kamaloa | literature and education | Mizoram |
| Dr. Ravi Kannan R. | Medical | Assam |
| Ms. Ekta Kapoor | Art | Maharashtra |
| Mr. Yazdi NowShriwan Karanjia | Art | Gujarat |
| Shri Narayan J. Joshi Karayal | literature and education | Gujarat |
| Dr. Narinder Nath Khanna | Medical | Uttar Pradesh |
| Mr. Naveen Khanna | Science and engineering | Delhi |
| Mr. S. P. Kothari | literature and education | America |
| Shri V.K. Manusami Krishna Pakhtahar | Art | Puducherry |
| Shri M.K. Kunjol | Social work | Kerala |
| Shri Manmohan Mohapatra (Posthumous) | Art | Odisha |
| Ustad Anwar Khan Manganiyar | Art | Rajasthan |
| Mr. Kattungal Subramaniam Manilal | Science and engineering | Kerala |
| Shree Munna Master | Art | Rajasthan |
| Pro. Abhiraj Rajendra Mishra | literature and education | Himachal Pradesh |
| Ms. Binapani Mohanty | literature and education | Odisha |
| Dr. Arunoday Mandal | Medical | West Bengal |
| Dr. Prithvindra Mukherjee | literature and education | France |
| Mr. Satyanaran Mundayur | Social work | Arunachal Pradesh |
| Mr. Manilal Nag | Art | West Bengal |
| Mr. N. chandrasekaran nair | literature and education | Kerala |
| Dr. Tetsu Nakamura (Posthumous) | Social work | Afghanistan |
| Shri Shivdutt Nirmohi | Literature and education | Jammu and Kashmir |
| Mr. P. Lalbiakthanga Pachuau | Literature and Education-Journalism | Mizoram |
| Ms. Muzhikkal Pankajakshi | Art | Kerala |
| Dr. Prasanth Kumar Patnaik | literature and education | America |
| Shri Jogendra Nath Phukan | literature and education | Assam |
| Ms. Rahibai Som Popare | Other-agriculture | Maharashtra |
| Mr. Yogesh Praveen | literature and education | Uttar Pradesh |
| Mr. Jitu Rai | Play | Uttar Pradesh |
| Mr. Tarundeep Rai | Play | Sikkim |
| Mr. S. ramakrishnan | Social work | Tamil Nadu |
| Ms. Rani Rampal | Play | Haryana |
| Ms. Kangana Ranaut | Art | Maharashtra |
| Mr. Dalwai Chalapathirao | Art | Andra Pradesh |
| Mr. Shahbuddin Rathore | literature and education | Gujarat |
| Mr. Kalyan Singh Rawat | Social work | Uttarakhand |
| Sri Chintala Venkata Reddy | Other-agriculture | Telangana |
| Mrs. Dr. Shanti Rai | Medical | A state in Eastern India |
| Mr. Radhamohan and Ms. Sabarmati (Couple)* | Other-agriculture | Odisha |
| Mr. Batakrishna Sahu | Other animal husbandry | Odisha |
| Ms. Triniti Saiu | Other-agriculture | Meghalaya |
| Mr. Adnan Sami | Art | Maharashtra |
| Mr. Vijay Sankeshwar | Trade and industry | Karnataka |
| Dr. Kushal Kunwar Sarma | Medical | Assam |
| Mr. Syed Mehboob Shah Qadri alias Sayyed Bhai | Social work | Maharashtra |
| Mr. Mohammad Sharif | Social work | Uttar Pradesh |
| Mr. Shyam Sundar Sharma | Art | A state in Eastern India |
| Dr. Gurdeep Singh | Medical | Gujarat |
| Mr. Ramji Singh | Social work | A state in Eastern India |
| Shri Vashishtha Narayan Singh (Posthumous) | Science and engineering | A state in Eastern India |
| Shri Daya Prakash Sinha | Art | Uttar Pradesh |
| Dr. Sandra Desa Sauza | Medical | Maharashtra |
| Sri Vijayasarathy Sribhasyam | literature and education | Telangana |
| Mrs. Kali Shabi Mehboob and Mr. Sheik Mehboob Subani (Couple)* | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| Mr. Javed Ahmed Talk | Social work | Jammu and Kashmir |
| Mr. Pradeep Thalappil | Science and engineering | Tamil Nadu |
| Mr Yeshe Dorji Thongchi | literature and education | Arunachal Pradesh |
| Mr. Robert Thurman | literature and education | America |
| Sri Agus Indra Udyan | Social work | Indonesia |
| Mr. Harish Chandra Verma | Science and engineering | Uttar Pradesh |
| Mr. Sundaram Verma | Social work | Rajasthan |
| Dr. Romesh Tekchand Wadhwani | Trade and industry | America |
| Mr. Suresh Wadkar | Art | Maharashtra |
| Mr. Prem Vats | Trade and industry | Canada |
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