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.
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 the conferment of 106 Padma Awards including 3 duo cases (in a duo case, the Award is counted as one) as per the 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.
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Padma Vibhushan (6)
SN
Name
Field
State / Country
1
Shri Balkrishna Doshi (Posthumous)
Others – Architecture
Gujarat
2
Shri Zakir Hussain
Art
Maharashtra
3
Shri S M Krishna
Public Affairs
Karnataka
4
Shri Dilip Mahalanabis (Posthumous)
Medicine
West Bengal
5
Shri Srinivas Varadhan
Science & Engineering
United States of America
6
Shri Mulayam Singh Yadav (Posthumous)
Public Affairs
Uttar Pradesh
Padma Bhushan (9)
SN
Name
Field
State / Country
7
Shri S L Bhyrappa
Literature & Education
Karnataka
8
Shri Kumar Mangalam Birla
Trade & Industry
Maharashtra
9
Shri Deepak Dhar
Science & Engineering
Maharashtra
10
Ms. Vani Jairam
Art
Tamil Nadu
11
Swami Chinna Jeeyar
Others – Spiritualism
Telangana
12
Ms. Suman Kalyanpur
Art
Maharashtra
13
Shri Kapil Kapoor
Literature & Education
Delhi
14
Ms. Sudha Murty
Social Work
Karnataka
15
Shri Kamlesh D Patel
Others – Spiritualism
Telangana
Padma Shri (91)
SN
Name
Field
State / Country
16
Dr. Sukama Acharya
Others – Spiritualism
Haryana
17
Ms. Jodhaiyabai Baiga
Art
Madhya Pradesh
18
Shri Premjit Baria
Art
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
19
Ms. Usha Barle
Art
Chhattisgarh
20
Shri Munishwar Chanddawar
Medicine
Madhya Pradesh
21
Shri Hemant Chauhan
Art
Gujarat
22
Shri Bhanubhai Chitara
Art
Gujarat
23
Ms. Hemoprova Chutia
Art
Assam
24
Shri Narendra Chandra Debbarma (Posthumous)
Public Affairs
Tripura
25
Ms. Subhadra Devi
Art
Bihar
26
Shri Khadar Valli Dudekula
Science & Engineering
Karnataka
27
Shri Hem Chandra Goswami
Art
Assam
28
Ms. Pritikana Goswami
Art
West Bengal
29
Shri Radha Charan Gupta
Literature & Education
Uttar Pradesh
30
Shri Modadugu Vijay Gupta
Science & Engineering
Telangana
31
Shri Ahmed Hussain & Shri Mohd Hussain *(Duo)
Art
Rajasthan
32
Shri Dilshad Hussain
Art
Uttar Pradesh
33
Shri Bhiku Ramji Idate
Social Work
Maharashtra
34
Shri C I Issac
Literature & Education
Kerala
35
Shri Rattan Singh Jaggi
Literature & Education
Punjab
36
Shri Bikram Bahadur Jamatia
Social Work
Tripura
37
Shri Ramkuiwangbe Jene
Social Work
Assam
38
Shri Rakesh Radheshyam Jhunjhunwala (Posthumous)
Trade & Industry
Maharashtra
39
Shri Ratan Chandra Kar
Medicine
Andaman & Nicobar Islands
40
Shri Mahipat Kavi
Art
Gujarat
41
Shri M M Keeravaani
Art
Andhra Pradesh
42
Shri Areez Khambatta (Posthumous)
Trade & Industry
Gujarat
43
Shri Parshuram Komaji Khune
Art
Maharashtra
44
Shri Ganesh Nagappa Krishnarajanagara
Science & Engineering
Andhra Pradesh
45
Shri Maguni Charan Kuanr
Art
Odisha
46
Shri Anand Kumar
Literature & Education
Bihar
47
Shri Arvind Kumar
Science & Engineering
Uttar Pradesh
48
Shri Domar Singh Kunvar
Art
Chhattisgarh
49
Shri Risingbor Kurkalang
Art
Meghalaya
50
Ms. Hirabai Lobi
Social Work
Gujarat
51
Shri Moolchand Lodha
Social Work
Rajasthan
52
Ms. Rani Machaiah
Art
Karnataka
53
Shri Ajay Kumar Mandavi
Art
Chhattisgarh
54
Shri Prabhakar Bhanudas Mande
Literature & Education
Maharashtra
55
Shri Gajanan Jagannath Mane
Social Work
Maharashtra
56
Shri Antaryami Mishra
Literature & Education
Odisha
57
Shri Nadoja Pindipapanahalli Munivenkatappa
Art
Karnataka
58
Prof. (Dr.) Mahendra Pal
Science & Engineering
Gujarat
59
Shri Uma Shankar Pandey
Social Work
Uttar Pradesh
60
Shri Ramesh Parmar & Ms. Shanti Parmar *(Duo)
Art
Madhya Pradesh
61
Dr. Nalini Parthasarathi
Medicine
Puducherry
62
Shri Hanumantha Rao Pasupuleti
Medicine
Telangana
63
Shri Ramesh Patange
Literature & Education
Maharashtra
64
Ms. Krishna Patel
Art
Odisha
65
Shri K Kalyanasundaram Pillai
Art
Tamil Nadu
66
Shri V P Appukuttan Poduval
Social Work
Kerala
67
Shri Kapil Dev Prasad
Art
Bihar
68
Shri S R D Prasad
Sports
Kerala
69
Shri Shah Rasheed Ahmed Quadri
Art
Karnataka
70
Shri C V Raju
Art
Andhra Pradesh
71
Shri Bakshi Ram
Science & Engineering
Haryana
72
Shri Cheruvayal K Raman
Others – Agriculture
Kerala
73
Ms. Sujatha Ramdorai
Science & Engineering
Canada
74
Shri Abbareddy Nageswara Rao
Science & Engineering
Andhra Pradesh
75
Shri Pareshbhai Rathwa
Art
Gujarat
76
Shri B Ramakrishna Reddy
Literature & Education
Telangana
77
Shri Mangala Kanti Roy
Art
West Bengal
78
Ms. K C Runremsangi
Art
Mizoram
79
Shri Vadivel Gopal & Shri Masi Sadaiyan *(Duo)
Social Work
Tamil Nadu
80
Shri Manoranjan Sahu
Medicine
Uttar Pradesh
81
Shri Patayat Sahu
Others – Agriculture
Odisha
82
Shri Ritwik Sanyal
Art
Uttar Pradesh
83
Shri Kota Satchidananda Sastry
Art
Andhra Pradesh
84
Shri Sankurathri Chandra Sekhar
Social Work
Andhra Pradesh
85
Shri K Shanathoiba Sharma
Sports
Manipur
86
Shri Nekram Sharma
Others – Agriculture
Himachal Pradesh
87
Shri Gurcharan Singh
Sports
Delhi
88
Shri Laxman Singh
Social Work
Rajasthan
89
Shri Mohan Singh
Literature & Education
Jammu & Kashmir
90
Shri Thounaojam Chaoba Singh
Public Affairs
Manipur
91
Shri Prakash Chandra Sood
Literature & Education
Andhra Pradesh
92
Ms. Neihunuo Sorhie
Art
Nagaland
93
Dr. Janum Singh Soy
Literature & Education
Jharkhand
94
Shri Kushok Thiksey Nawang Chamba Stanzin
Others – Spiritualism
Ladakh
95
Shri S Subbaraman
Others – Archaeology
Karnataka
96
Shri Moa Subong
Art
Nagaland
97
Shri Palam Kalyana Sundaram
Social Work
Tamil Nadu
98
Ms. Raveena Ravi Tandon
Art
Maharashtra
99
Shri Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari
Literature & Education
Uttar Pradesh
100
Shri Dhaniram Toto
Literature & Education
West Bengal
101
Shri Tula Ram Upreti
Others – Agriculture
Sikkim
102
Dr. Gopalsamy Veluchamy
Medicine
Tamil Nadu
103
Dr. Ishwar Chander Verma
Medicine
Delhi
104
Ms. Coomi Nariman Wadia
Art
Maharashtra
105
Shri Karma Wangchu (Posthumous)
Social Work
Arunachal Pradesh
106
Shri Ghulam Muhammad Zaz
Art
Jammu & Kashmir
Note: * In Duo’s case, the Award is counted as one.