New Delhi: Padma Awards – one of the highest civilian Awards of the country, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The Awards are given in various disciplines/ fields of activities, viz.- 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 high order and ‘Padma Shri’ for distinguished service in any field. The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year.
For 2023, the President has approved conferment of 106 Padma Awards incl 3 duo cases. The list comprises 6 Padma Vibhushan, 9 Padma Bhushan & 91 Padma Shri. 19 awardees are women & the list also includes 2 persons from category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI and 7 Posthumous awardees pic.twitter.com/Gl4t6NGSzs
— ANI (@ANI) January 25, 2023
These Awards are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March/ April every year. For the year 2023, the President has approved conferment of 106 Padma Awards including 3 duo cases (in a duo case, the Award is counted as one) as per list below. The list comprises 6 Padma Vibhushan, 9 Padma Bhushan and 91 Padma Shri Awards. 19 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 2 persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI and 7 Posthumous awardees.
Padma Vibhushan (6)
1 Shri Balkrishna Doshi (Posthumous) , Architecture
2 Shri Zakir Hussain, Art
3 Shri S M Krishna, Public Affairs
4 Shri Dilip Mahalanabis (Posthumous), Medicine
5 Shri Srinivas Varadhan, Science & Engineering
6 Shri Mulayam Singh Yadav (Posthumous), Public Affairs
Padma Bhushan (9)
7 Shri S L Bhyrappa, Literature & Education
8 Shri Kumar Mangalam Birla, Trade & Industry
9 Shri Deepak Dhar, Science & Engineering
10 Ms. Vani Jairam, Art
11 Swami Chinna Jeeyar, Spiritualism
12 Ms. Suman Kalyanpur, Art
13 Shri Kapil Kapoor, Literature & Education
14 Ms. Sudha Murty, Social Work
15 Shri Kamlesh D Patel, Spiritualism
Padma Shri (91)
16 Dr. Sukama Acharya, Spiritualism
17 Ms. Jodhaiyabai Baiga, Art
18 Shri Premjit Baria, Art
19 Ms. Usha Barle, Art
20 Shri Munishwar Chanddawar, Medicine
21 Shri Hemant Chauhan, Art
22 Shri Bhanubhai Chitara, Art
23 Ms. Hemoprova Chutia, Art
24 Shri Narendra Chandra Debbarma (Posthumous), Public Affairs
25 Ms. Subhadra Devi, Art
26 Shri Khadar Valli Dudekula, Science & Engineering
27 Shri Hem Chandra Goswami, Art
28 Ms. Pritikana Goswami, Art
29 Shri Radha Charan Gupta, Literature & Education
30 Shri Modadugu Vijay Gupta, Science & Engineering
31 Shri Ahmed Hussain & Shri Mohd Hussain (Duo), Art
32 Shri Dilshad Hussain, Art
33 Shri Bhiku Ramji Idate, Social Work
34 Shri C I Issac, Literature & Education
35 Shri Rattan Singh Jaggi, Literature & Education
36 Shri Bikram Bahadur Jamatia, Social Work
37 Shri Ramkuiwangbe Jene, Social Work
38 Shri Rakesh Radheshyam Jhunjhunwala (Posthumous), Trade & Industry
39 Shri Ratan Chandra Kar, Medicine
40 Shri Mahipat Kavi, Art
41 Shri M M Keeravaani, Art
42 Shri Areez Khambatta (Posthumous), Trade & Industry
43 Shri Parshuram Komaji Khune, Art
44 Shri Ganesh Nagappa Krishnarajanagara, Science & Engineering
45 Shri Maguni Charan Kuanr, Art
46 Shri Anand Kumar, Literature & Education
47 Shri Arvind Kumar, Science & Engineering
48 Shri Domar Singh Kunvar, Art
49 Shri Risingbor Kurkalang, Art
50 Ms. Hirabai Lobi, Social Work
51 Shri Moolchand Lodha, Social Work
52 Ms. Rani Machaiah, Art
53 Shri Ajay Kumar Mandavi, Art
54 Shri Prabhakar Bhanudas Mande, Literature & Education
55 Shri Gajanan Jagannath Mane, Social Work
56 Shri Antaryami Mishra, Literature & Education
57 Shri Nadoja Pindipapanahalli Munivenkatappa, Art
58 Prof. (Dr.) Mahendra Pal, Science & Engineering
59 Shri Uma Shankar Pandey, Social Work
60 Shri Ramesh Parmar & Ms. Shanti Parmar (Duo), Art
61 Dr. Nalini Parthasarathi, Medicine
62 Shri Hanumantha Rao Pasupuleti, Medicine
63 Shri Ramesh Patange, Literature & Education
64 Ms. Krishna Patel, Art
65 Shri K Kalyanasundaram Pillai, Art
66 Shri V P Appukuttan Poduval, Social Work
67 Shri Kapil Dev Prasad, Art
68 Shri S R D Prasad, Sports
69 Shri Shah Rasheed Ahmed Quadri, Art
70 Shri C V Raju, Art
71 Shri Bakshi Ram, Science & Engineering
72 Shri Cheruvayal K Raman, Agriculture
73 Ms. Sujatha Ramdorai, Science & Engineering
74 Shri Abbareddy Nageswara Rao, Science & Engineering
75 Shri Pareshbhai Rathwa, Art
76 Shri B Ramakrishna Reddy, Literature & Education
77 Shri Mangala Kanti Roy, Art
78 Ms. K C Runremsangi, Art
79 Shri Vadivel Gopal & Shri Masi Sadaiyan (Duo), Social Work
80 Shri Manoranjan Sahu, Medicine
81 Shri Patayat Sahu, Agriculture
82 Shri Ritwik Sanyal, Art
83 Shri Kota Satchidananda Sastry, Art
84 Shri Sankurathri Chandra Sekhar, Social Work
85 Shri K Shanathoiba Sharma, Sports
86 Shri Nekram Sharma, Agriculture
87 Shri Gurcharan Singh, Sports
88 Shri Laxman Singh, Social Work
89 Shri Mohan Singh, Literature & Education
90 Shri Thounaojam Chaoba Singh, Public Affairs
91 Shri Prakash Chandra Sood, Literature & Education
92 Ms. Neihunuo Sorhie, Art
93 Dr. Janum Singh Soy, Literature & Education
94 Shri Kushok Thiksey Nawang Chamba Stanzin, Spiritualism
95 Shri S Subbaraman, Archaeology
96 Shri Moa Subong, Art
97 Shri Palam Kalyana Sundaram, Social Work
98 Ms. Raveena Ravi Tandon, Art
99 Shri Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari, Literature & Education
100 Shri Dhaniram Toto, Literature & Education
101 Shri Tula Ram Upreti, Agriculture
102 Dr. Gopalsamy Veluchamy, Medicine
103 Dr. Ishwar Chander Verma, Medicine
104 Ms. Coomi Nariman Wadia, Art
105 Shri Karma Wangchu (Posthumous), Social Work
106 Shri Ghulam Muhammad Zaz, Art
Note: * In Duo case, the Award is counted as one.