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Padma Awards 2021: 119 recipients

The Union Home Ministry on the eve of Republic Day announced the recipients for Padma awards. Padma Awards - one of the highest civilian Awards of the country, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.
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The Union Home Ministry on the eve of Republic Day announced the recipients for Padma awards. Padma Awards – one of the highest civilian Awards of the country, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. 

These awards are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March or April every year. The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year.

This year the President has approved conferment of 119 Padma Awards.

Padma Vibhushan (7)

  • Shri Shinzo Abe – Public Affairs – Japan
  • Shri S P Balasubramaniam (Posthumous) – Art – Tamil Nadu
  • Dr. Belle Monappa Hegde –  Medicine – Karnataka
  • Shri Narinder Singh Kapany (Posthumous) – Science and Engineering – United States of America
  • Maulana Wahiduddin Khan – Others – Spiritualism – Delhi
  • Shri B. B. Lal Others – Archaeology – Delhi
  • Shri Sudarshan Sahoo – Art – Odisha

Padma Bhushan (10)

  • Ms. Krishnan Nair Shantakumari Chithra – Art – Kerala
  • Shri Tarun Gogoi (Posthumous) – Public Affairs – Assam
  • Shri Chandrashekhar Kambara – Literature and Education – Karnataka
  • Ms. Sumitra Mahajan – Public Affairs – Madhya Pradesh
  • Shri Nripendra Misra – Civil Service – Uttar Pradesh
  • Shri Ram Vilas Paswan (Posthumous) – Public Affairs Bihar
  • Shri Keshubhai Patel (Posthumous) Public Affairs Gujarat
  • Shri Kalbe Sadiq (Posthumous) Others-Spiritualism Uttar Pradesh
  • Shri Rajnikant Devidas Shroff Trade and Industry Maharashtra
  • Shri Tarlochan Singh Public Affairs Haryana

Padma Shri (102)

  • Shri Gulfam Ahmed Art Uttar Pradesh
  • Ms. P. Anitha Sports Tamil Nadu
  • Shri Rama Swamy Annavarapu Art Andhra Pradesh
  • Shri Subbu Arumugam Art Tamil Nadu
  • Shri Prakasarao Asavadi Literature and Education Andhra Pradesh
  • Ms. Bhuri Bai Art Madhya Pradesh
  • Shri Radhe Shyam Barle Art Chhattisgarh
  • Shri Dharma Narayan Barma Literature and Education West Bengal
  • Ms. Lakhimi Baruah Social Work Assam
  • Shri Biren Kumar Basak Art West Bengal
  • Ms. Rajni Bector Trade and Industry Punjab
  • Shri Peter Brook Art United Kingdom
  • Ms. Sangkhumi Bualchhuak Social Work Mizoram
  • Shri Gopiram Bargayn Burabhakat Art Assam
  • Bijoya Chakravarty Public Affairs Assam
  • Shri Sujit Chattopadhyay Literature and Education West Bengal
  • Shri Jagdish Chaudhary (Posthumous) Social Work Uttar Pradesh
  • Shri Tsultrim Chonjor Social Work Ladakh
  • Ms. Mouma Das Sports West Bengal
  • Shri Srikant Datar Literature and Education United States of America
  • Shri Narayan Debnath Art West Bengal
  • Chutni Devi Social Work Jharkhand
  • Ms. Dulari Devi Art Bihar
  • Ms. Radhe Devi Art Manipur
  • Ms. Shanti Devi Social Work Odisha
  • Shri Wayan Dibia Art Indonesia
  • Shri Dadudan Gadhavi Literature & Education Gujarat
  • Shri Parshuram Atmaram Gangavane Art Maharashtra
  • Shri Jai Bhagwan Goyal Literature and Education Haryana
  • Shri Jagadish Chandra Halder Literature and Education West Bengal
  • Shri Mangal Singh Hazowary Literature and Education Assam
  • Ms. Anshu Jamsenpa Sports Arunachal Pradesh
  • Ms. Purnamasi Jani Art Odisha
  • Matha B. Manjamma Jogati Art Karnataka
  • Shri Damodaran Kaithapram Art Kerala
  • Shri Namdeo C Kamble Literature and Education Maharashtra
  • Shri Maheshbhai & Shri Nareshbhai Kanodia (Duo) * (Posthumous) Art Gujarat
  • Shri Rajat Kumar Kar Literature and Education Odisha
  • Shri Rangasami Lakshminarayana Kashyap Literature and Education Karnataka
  • Ms. Prakash Kaur Social Work Punjab
  • Shri Nicholas Kazanas Literature and Education Greece
  • Shri K Kesavasamy Art Puducherry
  • Shri Ghulam Rasool Khan Art Jammu and Kashmir
  • Shri Lakha Khan Art Rajasthan
  • Ms. Sanjida Khatun Art Bangladesh
  • Shri Vinayak Vishnu Khedekar Art Goa
  • Ms. Niru Kumar Social Work Delhi
  • Ms. Lajwanti Art Punjab
  • Shri Rattan Lal Science and Engineering United States of America
  • Shri Ali Manikfan Others-Grassroots Innovation Lakshadweep
  • Shri Ramachandra Manjhi Art Bihar
  • Shri Dulal Manki Art Assam
  • Shri Nanadro B Marak Others- Agriculture Meghalaya
  • Shri Rewben Mashangva Art Manipur
  • Shri Chandrakant Mehta Literature and Education Gujarat
  • Dr. Rattan Lal Mittal Medicine Punjab
  • Shri Madhavan Nambiar Sports Kerala
  • Shri Shyam Sundar Paliwal Social Work Rajasthan
  • Dr. Chandrakant Sambhaji Pandav Medicine Delhi
  • Dr. J N Pande (Posthumous) Medicine Delhi
  • Shri Solomon Pappaiah Literature and Education- Journalism Tamil Nadu
  • Ms. Pappammal Others- Agriculture Tamil Nadu
  • Dr. Krishna Mohan Pathi Medicine Odisha
  • Ms. Jaswantiben Jamnadas Popat Trade and Industry Maharashtra
  • Shri Girish Prabhune Social Work Maharashtra
  • Shri Nanda Prusty Literature and Education Odisha
  • Shri K K Ramachandra Pulavar Art Kerala
  • Shri Balan Putheri Literature and Education Kerala
  • Ms. Birubala Rabha Social Work Assam
  • Shri Kanaka Raju Art Telangana
  • Ms. Bombay Jayashri Ramnath Art Tamil Nadu
  • Shri Satyaram Reang Art Tripura
  • Dr. Dhananjay Diwakar Sagdeo Medicine Kerala
  • Shri Ashok Kumar Sahu Medicine Uttar Pradesh
  • Dr. Bhupendra Kumar Singh Sanjay Medicine Uttarakhand
  • Ms. Sindhutai Sapkal Social Work Maharashtra
  • Shri Chaman Lal Sapru (Posthumous) Literature and Education Jammu and Kashmir
  • Shri Roman Sarmah Literature and Education- Journalism Assam
  • Shri Imran Shah Literature and Education Assam
  • Shri Prem Chand Sharma Others- Agriculture Uttarakhand
  • Shri Arjun Singh Shekhawat Literature and Education Rajasthan
  • Shri Ram Yatna Shukla Literature and Education Uttar Pradesh
  • Shri Jitender Singh Shunty Social Work Delhi
  • Shri Kartar Paras Ram Singh Art Himachal Pradesh
  • Shri Kartar Singh Art Punjab
  • Dr. Dilip Kumar Singh Medicine Bihar
  • Shri Chandra Shekhar Singh Others-Agriculture Uttar Pradesh
  • Ms. Sudha Hari Narayan Singh Sports Uttar Pradesh
  • Shri Virender Singh Sports Haryana
  • Ms. Mridula Sinha (Posthumous) Literature and Education Bihar
  • Shri K C Sivasankar (Posthumous) Art Tamil Nadu
  • Guru Maa Kamali Soren Social Work West Bengal
  • Shri Marachi Subburaman Social Work Tamil Nadu
  • Shri P Subramanian (Posthumous) Trade and Industry Tamil Nadu
  • Ms. Nidumolu Sumathi Art Andhra Pradesh
  • Shri Kapil Tiwari Literature and Education Madhya Pradesh
  • Father Vallés (Posthumous) Literature and Education Spain
  • Dr. Thiruvengadam Veeraraghavan (Posthumous) Medicine Tamil Nadu
  • Shri Sridhar Vembu Trade and Industry Tamil Nadu
  • Shri K Y Venkatesh Sports Karnataka
  • Ms. Usha Yadav Literature and Education Uttar Prades
  • Col Quazi Sajjad Ali Zahir Public Affairs Bangladesh

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