Padma Awards 2023
On the eve of India's 74th Republic Day, the Union Home Ministry announced the Padma awards, which will be conferred by the President of India in a formal ceremony. This ceremony is organized every year around the month of March/April at Rashtrapati Bhavan. This year the President has approved the conferment of 106 Padma Awards.
Padma Awards are given in various disciplines and fields of activity, such as science and engineering, arts, social work, public affairs, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. The awards are announced every year on the occasion of Republic Day by the Union Home Ministry.
Padma Awards - one of the country's highest civilian awards, are given in three categories:
- Padma Vibhushan - 'Padma Vibhushan' is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service
- Padma Bhushan - 'Padma Bhushan' is given for the country's valuable contribution in civilian areas.
- Padma Shri - Padma Bhushan for distinguished service of high service in any field and 'Padma Shri' for distinguished service.
List of Winners Padma Awards
The list includes 6 Padma Vibhushan, 9 Padma Bhushan and 91 Padma Shri awardees. 19 women have also been included in the awardees.
Padma Vibhushan (6) | |||
Number | Name | Area | State / country |
1 | Balkrishna Doshi | Other – Architecture | Gujarat |
2 | Zakir Hussain | Art | Maharashtra |
3 | SM Krishna | Public Works | Karnataka |
4 | Mulayam Singh Yadav | Public Works | Uttar Pradesh |
5 | Dilip Mahalanabis | medical | West Bengal |
6 | Srinivasa Burdwan | Science and Engineering | USA |
Padma Bhushan (9) | |||
1 | S.L. Bhairappa | Literature and Education | Karnataka |
2 | Kapil Kapoor | Literature and Education | Delhi |
3 | Kumar Mangalam Birla | Commerce and Trade | Maharashtra |
4 | Deepak Dhar | Science and Engineering | Maharashtra |
5 | Vani Jayaram | Art | Karnataka |
6 | Dr Himmatrao Bawaskar | Art | Maharashtra |
7 | Swami Chinna Jiyar | Other – Spiritual | Telangana |
8 | Kamlesh D. Patel | Other – Spiritual | Telangana |
9 | Sudha Murthy | Social Service | Karnataka |
Padma Shri (91) | |||
1. | Munishwar Chandavar | Medical | Madhya Pradesh |
2. | Ratan Chandra Kar | Medical | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |
3. | Nalini Parthasarathy | Medical | Puducherry |
4. | Hanumantha Rao Pasupuleti | Medical | Telangana |
5. | Manoranjan Sahu | Medical | Uttar Pradesh |
6. | Gopalasamy Veluchamy | Medical | Tamil Nadu |
7. | Dr Ishwar Chandra Verma | Medical | Delhi |
8. | Dr. Sukma Acharya | Other; Spiritualism | Haryana |
9. | Kushok Thiksey Nawang Chamba Stanzin | other ; Spiritualism | Ladakh |
10. | Narendra Chandra Debbarma | public affairs | Tripura |
11. | Thunaojam Chouba Singh | public affairs | Manipur |
12. | Cheruvayal K Raman | Other; agriculture | Kerala |
13. | Patayat Sahu | Other; agriculture | Odisha |
14. | Nekram Sharma | Other; agriculture | Himachal Pradesh |
15. | Tula Ram Upreti | Other; agriculture | Sikkim |
16. | Jodhaiyabai Baiga | Art | Madhya Pradesh |
17. | Premjit Baria | Art | Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman Diu |
18. | Usha Barle | Art | Chhattisgarh |
19. | Hemant Chauhan | Art | Gujarat |
20. | Bhanubhai Chitra | Art | Gujarat |
21. | Hemoprova Chutiya | Art | Assam |
22. | Subhadra Devi | Art | Bihar |
23. | Hem Chandra Goswami | Art | Assam |
24. | Pritikana Goswami | Art | West Bengal |
25. | Mangla Kanti Rai | Art | West Bengal |
26. | Ahmed Hussain and Mohammad Hussain | Art | Rajasthan |
27. | Dilshad Hussain | Art | Uttar Pradesh |
28. | Ritvik Sanyal | Art | Uttar Pradesh |
29. | Kavi Mahipat | Art | Gujarat |
30. | Pareshbhai Rathwa | Art | Gujarat |
31. | M.M. Keeravani | Art | Andhra Pradesh |
32. | Kota Satchidananda Shastri | Art | Andhra Pradesh |
33. | Parashuram Komaji Khune | Art | Maharashtra |
34. | Maguni Charan Kunar | Art | Odisha |
35. | Domar Singh Kunwar | Art | Chhattisgarh |
36. | Ajay Kumar Mandavi | Art | Chhattisgarh |
37. | Risingbor Kurklang | Art | Meghalaya |
38. | Queen Machaiyya | Art | Karnataka |
39. | Nadoja Pindipapanahalli Munivenkatappa | Art | Karnataka |
40. | Ramesh Parmar and Shanti Parmar | Art | Madhya Pradesh |
41. | Krishna Patel | Art | Odisha |
42. | K. Kalyanasundaram Pillai | Art | Tamil Nadu |
43. | Kapil Dev Prasad | Art | Bihar |
44. | Shah Rasheed Ahmed Qadri | Art | Karnataka |
45. | CV Raju | Art | Andhra Pradesh |
46. | Kisi Runremsangi | Art | Mizoram |
47. | Kumi Nariman Wadia | Art | Maharashtra |
48. | Raveena Tandon | Art | Maharashtra |
49. | Ghulam Muhammad Jaz | Art | Jammu and Kashmir |
50. | Nehunuo Sorhi | Art | Nagaland |
51. | Moa Subong | Art | Nagaland |
52. | SRD Prasad | Game | Kerala |
53. | K. Shanathoiba Sharma | Game | Manipur |
54. | Gurcharan Singh | Game | Delhi |
55. | Bhiku Ramji Idate | Social Work | Maharashtra |
56. | Gajanan Jagannath Mane | Social Work | Maharashtra |
57. | Bikram Bahadur Jamatia | Social Work | Tripura |
58. | ramkuiwangbe jeene | Social Work | Assam |
59. | Hirabai Lobi | Social Work | Gujarat |
60. | Moolchand Lodha | Social Work | Rajasthan |
61. | Laxman Singh | Social Work | Rajasthan |
62. | Uma Shankar Pandey | Social Work | Uttar Pradesh |
63. | VP Appukuttan Poduval | Social Work | Kerala |
64. | Vadivel Gopal and Mr. Masi Sadaiyan | Social Work | Tamil Nadu |
65. | Palam Kalyana Sundaram | Social Work | Tamil Nadu |
66. | Shankuratri Chandrasekhar | Social Work | Andhra Pradesh |
67. | Karma Wangchu | Social Work | Arunachal Pradesh |
68. | Modadugu Vijay Gupta | Science and Engineering | Telangana |
69. | Shri Khadar Valli Dudekula | Science Engineering | Karnataka |
70. | Ganesh Nagappa Krishnarajanagar | Science Engineering | Andhra Pradesh |
71. | Abbareddy Nageswara Rao | Science Engineering | Andhra Pradesh |
72. | Arvind Kumar | Science Engineering | Uttar Pradesh |
73. | Prof. (Dr.) Mahendra Pal | Science Engineering | Gujarat |
74. | Bakshi Ram | Science Engineering | Haryana |
75. | Sujatha Ramadorai | Science Engineering | Canada |
76. | Rakesh Radheshyam Jhunjhunwala | Trade and Industry | Maharashtra |
77. | Ariz Khambatta | Trade and Industry | Gujarat |
78. | Radha Charan Gupta | Literature and Education | Uttar Pradesh |
79. | CI Issac | Literature and Education | Kerala |
80. | Ratan Singh Jaggi | Literature and Education | Punjab |
81. | Anand Kumar | Literature and Education | Bihar |
82. | Prabhakar Bhanudas Mande | Literature and Education | Maharashtra |
83. | Antaryami Mishra | Literature and Education | Odisha |
84. | Ramesh Patange | Literature and Education | Maharashtra |
85. | B. Ramakrishna Reddy | Literature and Education | Telangana |
86. | Mohan Singh | Literature and Education | Jammu and Kashmir |
87. | Prakash Chandra Sood | Literature and Education | Andhra Pradesh |
88. | Dr. Janam Singh Soy | Literature and Education | Jharkhand |
89. | Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari | Literature and Education | Uttar Pradesh |
90. | Dhaniram Toto | Literature and Education | West Bengal |
91. | S. Subbaraman | other ; Archeology | Karnataka |