Padma Awards 2020

padma awards 2020

Latest Padma Awards 2020 Announced today by Govt. of India. List Includes Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj, PV Sindhu, Marry Kom and 137 others. President Ramnath KOvind has approved these 141 names today.

Padma Awards are one of the highest civilian Awards of our country, which are conferred in three categories, namely,

  • Padma Shri
  • Padma Bhushan
  • Padma Vibhushan

The Awards are given in various disciplines/ fields of activities, like- art, literature and education, social work, science and engineering, public affairs, trade and industry, medicine,sports, civil service, etc. ‘Padma Vibhushan’ is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service, ‘Padma Shri’ for distinguished service in any field and ‘Padma Bhushan’ for distinguished service of high order. The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year.

These awards are conferred by the President of India at a ceremonial functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March/ April every year. This year the President has approved conferment of 141 Padma Awards including 4 duo cases (in a duo case, the Award is counted as one) as per list below;

  • Padma Shri Awards – 118
  • Padma Vibhushan – 7
  • Padma Bhushan – 16

33 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 18 persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI and 12 Posthumous awardees.

Padma Vibhushan (7)

S.No. Name Field State/Country  
1. Shri George Fernandes(Posthumous) Public Affairs Bihar  
2. Shri Arun Jaitley(Posthumous) Public Affairs Delhi  
3. Sir Anerood Jugnauth GCSK Public Affairs Mauritius  
4. Smt. M. C. Mary Kom Sports Manipur  
5. Shri Chhannulal Mishra Art Uttar Pradesh  
6. Smt. Sushma Swaraj(Posthumous) Public Affairs Delhi  
7. Sri Vishveshateertha Swamiji SriPejavaraAdhokhajaMathaUdupi (Posthumous) Others-Spiritualism Karnataka  
 

 
Padma Bhushan (16)    
S.No. Name Field State/Country  
8. Shri M. Mumtaz Ali (Sri M) Others-Spiritualism Kerala  
9. Shri Syed Muazzem Ali (Posthumous) Public Affairs Bangladesh  
10. Shri Muzaffar Hussain Baig Public Affairs Jammuand Kashmir 
11. Shri Ajoy ChakravortyArt  West Bengal
12. Shri Manoj Das  LiteratureandEducationPuducherry
13. Shri Balkrishna DoshiOthers-Architecture  Gujarat
14. Ms. Krishnammal JagannathanSocial Work  Tamil Nadu
15. Shri S. C. Jamir  Public Affairs  Nagaland
16. Shri Anil Prakash JoshiSocial Work  Uttarakhand
17. Dr. Tsering Landol  Medicine  Ladakh
18. Shri Anand MahindraTrade and Industry  Maharashtra
19. ShriNeelakantaRamakrishnaPublic Affairs  Kerala
  Madhava Menon (Posthumous)     
20. ShriManoharGopalkrishnaPublic Affairs  Goa
  Prabhu Parrikar (Posthumous)     
21. Prof. Jagdish Sheth  LiteratureandEducationUSA
22. Ms. P. V. Sindhu  Sports  Telangana
23. Shri Venu SrinivasanTrade and Industry  Tamil Nadu
 

 
  Padma Shri (118)    
S.No. Name   Field  State/Country 
24. Guru Shashadhar Acharya Art  Jharkhand 
25. Dr. Yogi Aeron  Medicine  Uttarakhand 
26. Shri Jai Prakash Agarwal Trade and Industry  Delhi 
27. Shri Jagdish Lal Ahuja Social Work  Punjab 
28. Kazi Masum Akhtar  Literature and Education West Bengal 
29. Ms. Gloria Arieira  Literature and Education Brazil 
30. Khan Zaheerkhan Bakhtiyarkhan Sports  Maharashtra 
31. Dr. Padmavathy Bandopadhyay Medicine  Uttar Pradesh 
32. Dr. Sushovan Banerjee Medicine  West Bengal 
33. Dr. Digambar Behera Medicine  Chandigarh 
34. Dr. Damayanti Beshra Literature and Education Odisha 
35. Shri Pawar Popatrao Bhaguji Social Work  Maharashtra 
36.Shri Himmata Ram BhambhuSocial WorkRajasthan 
37.Shri Sanjeev BikhchandaniTrade and IndustryUttar Pradesh 
38.Shri Gafurbhai M. BilakhiaTrade and IndustryGujarat 
39.Shri Bob BlackmanPublic AffairsUnited Kingdom 
40.Ms. Indira P. P. BoraArtAssam 
41.Shri Madan Singh ChauhanArtChhattisgarh 
42.Ms. Usha ChaumarSocial WorkRajasthan 
43.Shri Lil Bahadur ChettriLiterature and EducationAssam 
44.Lalitha & Ms. Saroja Chidambaram (Duo)*ArtTamil Nadu 
45.Dr. Vajira ChitrasenaArtSri Lanka 
46.Dr. Purushottam DadheechArtMadhya Pradesh 
47.Shri Utsav Charan DasArtOdisha 
48.Prof. Indra Dassanayake (Posthumous)Literature and EducationSri Lanka 
49.Shri H. M. DesaiLiterature and EducationGujarat 
50.Shri Manohar DevadossArtTamil Nadu 
51.Ms. Oinam Bembem DeviSportsManipur 
52.Ms. Lia DiskinSocial WorkBrazil 
53.Shri M. P. GaneshSportsKarnataka 
54.Dr. Bangalore GangadharMedicineKarnataka 
55.Dr. Raman GangakhedkarScience and EngineeringMaharashtra 
56.Shri Barry GardinerPublic AffairsUnited Kingdom 
57.Shri Chewang Motup GobaTrade and IndustryLadakh 
58.Shri Bharat GoenkaTrade and IndustryKarnataka 
59.Shri Yadla GopalaraoArtAndhra Pradesh 
60.Shri Mitrabhanu GountiaArtOdisha 
61.Ms. Tulasi GowdaSocial WorkKarnataka 
62.Shri Sujoy K. GuhaScience and EngineeringBihar 
63.Shri. Harekala HajabbaSocial WorkKarnataka 
64.Shri Enamul HaqueOthers-Archaeology Bangladesh 
65.Shri Madhu Mansuri HasmukhArt Jharkhand 
66.Shri Abdul Jabbar (Posthumous) Social Work Madhya Pradesh 
67.Shri Bimal Kumar JainSocial Work Bihar 
68.Ms. Meenakshi JainLiterature and EducationDelhi 
69.Shri Nemnath Jain Trade and Industry Madhya Pradesh 
70.Ms. Shanti Jain Art Bihar 
71.Shri Sudhir Jain Science and EngineeringGujarat 
72.Shri Benichandra JamatiaLiterature and EducationTripura 
73.Shri K. V. Sampath Kumar &LiteratureandKarnataka 

(Duo)*
      
74.Shri Karan Johar Art Maharashtra 
75.Dr. Leela Joshi Medicine Madhya Pradesh 
76.Ms. Sarita Joshi Art Maharashtra 
77.Shri C. Kamlova Literature and EducationMizoram 
78.Dr. Ravi Kannan R.Medicine Assam 
79.Ms. Ekta Kapoor Art Maharashtra 
80.Shri Yazdi Naoshirwan KaranjiaArt Gujarat 
81.Shri Narayan J. Joshi KarayalLiterature and EducationGujarat 
82.Dr. Narindar Nath KhannaMedicine Uttar Pradesh 
83.Shri Naveen KhannaScience and EngineeringDelhi 
84.Shri S. P. Kothari Literature and EducationUSA 
85.ShriV.K.Munusamy KrishnapaktharArt Puducherry 
86.Shri M. K. Kunjol Social Work Kerala 
87.Shri Manmohan Mahapatra (Posthumous)Art Odisha 
88.Ustad Anwar Khan MangniyarArt Rajasthan 
89.ShriKattungalSubramaniam ManilalScience and EngineeringKerala 
90.Shri Munna Master Art Rajasthan 
91.Prof. Abhiraj Rajendra MishraLiterature and EducationHimachal Pradesh 
92.Ms. Binapani MohantyLiterature and EducationOdisha  
93.Dr. Arunoday MondalMedicine West Bengal  
94.Dr. Prithwindra MukherjeeLiterature and EducationFrance  
95.Shri Sathyanarayan MundayoorSocial Work Arunachal Pradesh 
96.Shri Manilal NagArt West Bengal  
97.Shri N. Chandrasekharan NairLiterature and EducationKerala  
98.Dr. Tetsu Nakamura (Posthumous)Social Work Afghanistan  
99.Shri Shiv Datt NirmohiLiterature and EducationJammu and Kashmir  
100.Shri Pu Lalbiakthanga PachuauLiteratureand Education-JournalismMizoram  
101.Ms. Moozhikkal PankajakshiArt Kerala  
102.Dr. Prasanta Kumar PattanaikLiterature and EducationUSA  
103.Shri Jogendra Nath PhukanLiterature and EducationAssam  
104.Ms. Rahibai Soma PopereOthers-Agriculture Maharashtra  
105.Shri Yogesh PraveenLiterature and EducationUttar Pradesh  
106.Shri Jitu RaiSports Uttar Pradesh  
107.Shri Tarundeep RaiSports Sikkim  
108.Shri S. RamakrishnanSocial Work Tamil Nadu  
109.Ms. Rani RampalSports Haryana  
110.Ms. Kangana RanautArt Maharashtra  
111.Shri Dalavai Chalapathi RaoArt Andhra Pradesh  
112.Shri Shahbuddin RathodLiterature and EducationGujarat  
113.Shri Kalyan Singh RawatSocial Work Uttarakhand  
114.Shri Chintala Venkat ReddyOthers-Agriculture Telangana  
115.Smt. (Dr.) Shanti RoyMedicine Bihar  
116.Shri Radhammohan & Ms.Sabarmatee (Duo)*Others-Agriculture Odisha  
117.Shri Batakrushna SahooOthers-Animal Husbandry Odisha  
118.Ms. Trinity SaiooOthers-Agriculture Meghalaya  
119.Shri Adnan Sami ArtMaharashtra  
120.Shri Vijay SankeshwarTrade and IndustryKarnataka  
121.Dr. Kushal Konwar SarmaMedicineAssam  
122.Shri Sayed Mehboob Shah QadriSocial WorkMaharashtra  
 alias Sayedbhai     
123.Shri Mohammed SharifSocial WorkUttar Pradesh  
124.Shri Shyam Sunder SharmaArtBihar  
125.Dr. Gurdip Singh MedicineGujarat  
126.Shri Ramjee SinghSocial WorkBihar  
127.ShriVashishthaNarayan SinghScience and EngineeringBihar  
 (Posthumous)     
128.Shri Daya Prakash SinhaArtUttar Pradesh  
129.Dr. Sandra Desa SouzaMedicineMaharashtra  
130.Shri Vijayasarathi SribhashyamLiterature and EducationTelangana  
131.Smt. Kalee Shabi Mahaboob &ArtTamil Nadu  
 ShriSheik Mahaboob Subani (Duo)*    
132.Shri Javed Ahmad TakSocial WorkJammu and Kashmir    
133.Shri Pradeep ThalappilScience and EngineeringTamil Nadu  
134.Shri Yeshe Dorjee ThongchiLiterature and EducationArunachal Pradesh 
135.Shri Robert ThurmanLiterature and EducationUSA  
136.Shri Agus Indra UdayanaSocial WorkIndonesia  
137.Shri Harish Chandra VermaScience and EngineeringUttar Pradesh  
138.Shri Sundaram VermaSocial WorkRajasthan  
139.Dr.Romesh WadhwaniTekchandTrade and IndustryUSA  
140.Shri Suresh WadkarArtMaharashtra  
141.Shri Prem Watsa Trade and IndustryCanada  

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