Padma Awards 2021 Announced: See Full List Of Recipients

Delhi: The Union Home Ministry on the eve of Republic Day 2021 announced the recipients for Padma awards. This year the President has approved the conferment of 119 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. 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 a 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. This year the President has approved the conferment of 119 Padma Awards including 1 duo case (in a duo case, the award is counted as one) as per the list below. The list comprises 7 Padma Vibhushan, 10 Padma Bhushan, and 102 Padma Shri Awards.  29 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 10 persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI, 16 posthumous awardees, and 1 transgender awardee.

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 Pradesh Col Quazi Sajjad Ali Zahir - Public Affairs - Bangladesh