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Padma Awards 2020: Full List

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 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.

The government has announced 141 Padma Awards for the year 2020 on the occasion of 71st Republic Day. The list comprises of 7 Padma Vibhushan, 16 Padma Bhusan and 118 Padma Shri awards. 34 awardees are women and 18 foreigners. 12 persons are awarded posthumously.

Here is the complete list -
Padma Vibhushan

SN

Name

Field

State/Country

1.

George Fernandes
(Posthumous)

Public Affairs

Bihar

2.

Arun Jaitley
(Posthumous)

Public Affairs

Delhi

3.

Sir Anerood Jugnauth

Public Affairs

Mauritius

4.

M. C. Mary Kom

Sports

Manipur

5.

Chhannulal Mishra

Art

Uttar Pradesh

6.

Sushma Swaraj
(Posthumous)

Public Affairs

Delhi

7.

Sri Vishveshateertha Swamiji Sri
Pejavara Adhokhaja Matha Udupi (Posthumous)

Others-Spiritualism

Karnataka


Padma Bhushan

SN

Name

Field

State/Country

8.

M. Mumtaz Ali (Sri M)

Others-Spiritualism

Kerala

9.

Syed Muazzem Ali
(Posthumous)

Public Affairs

Bangladesh

10.

Muzaffar Hussain Baig

Public Affairs

Jammu and
Kashmir

11.

Ajoy Chakravorty

Art

West Bengal

12.

Manoj Das

Literature and
Education

Puducherry

13.

Balkrishna Doshi

Others-Architecture

Gujarat

14.

Krishnammal Jagannathan

Social Work

Tamil Nadu

15.

S. C. Jamir

Public Affairs

Nagaland

16.

Anil Prakash Joshi

Social Work

Uttarakhand

17.

Dr. Tsering Landol

Medicine

Ladakh

18.

Anand Mahindra

Trade and Industry

Maharashtra

19.

Neelakanta Ramakrishna
Madhava Menon (Posthumous)

Public Affairs

Kerala

20.

Manohar Gopalkrishna
Prabhu Parrikar (Posthumous)

Public Affairs

Goa

21.

Prof. Jagdish Sheth

Literature and
Education

USA

22.

P. V. Sindhu

Sports

Telangana

23.

Venu Srinivasan

Trade and Industry

Tamil Nadu


Padma Shri

SN

Name

Field

State/Country

24.

Guru Shashadhar Acharya

Art

Jharkhand

25.

Dr. Yogi Aeron

Medicine

Uttarakhand

26.

Jai Prakash Agarwal

Trade and Industry

Delhi

27.

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.

Pawar Popatrao Bhaguji

Social Work

Maharashtra

36.

Himmata Ram Bhambhu

Social Work

Rajasthan

37.

Sanjeev Bikhchandani

Trade and Industry

Uttar Pradesh

38.

Gafurbhai M. Bilakhia

Trade and Industry

Gujarat

39.

Bob Blackman

Public Affairs

United Kingdom

40.

Indira P. P. Bora

Art

Assam

41.

Madan Singh Chauhan

Art

Chhattisgarh

42.

Usha Chaumar

Social Work

Rajasthan

43.

Lil Bahadur Chettri

Literature and Education

Assam

44.

Lalitha & Ms. Saroja
Chidambaram (Duo)*

Art

Tamil Nadu

45.

Dr. Vajira Chitrasena

Art

Sri Lanka

46.

Dr. Purushottam Dadheech

Art

Madhya Pradesh

47.

Utsav Charan Das

Art

Odisha

48.

Prof. Indra Dassanayake
(Posthumous)

Literature and Education

Sri Lanka

49.

H. M. Desai

Literature and Education

Gujarat

50.

Manohar Devadoss

Art

Tamil Nadu

51.

Oinam Bembem Devi

Sports

Manipur

52.

Lia Diskin

Social Work

Brazil

53.

M. P. Ganesh

Sports

Karnataka

54.

Dr. Bangalore Gangadhar

Medicine

Karnataka

55.

Dr. Raman Gangakhedkar

Science and Engineering

Maharashtra

56.

Barry Gardiner

Public Affairs

United Kingdom

57.

Chewang Motup Goba

Trade and Industry

Ladakh

58.

Bharat Goenka

Trade and Industry

Karnataka

59.

Yadla Gopalarao

Art

Andhra Pradesh

60.

Mitrabhanu Gountia

Art

Odisha

61.

Tulasi Gowda

Social Work

Karnataka

62.

Sujoy K. Guha

Science and Engineering

Bihar

63.

Harekala Hajabba

Social Work

Karnataka

64.

Enamul Haque

Others-Archaeology

Bangladesh

65.

Madhu Mansuri Hasmukh

Art

Jharkhand

66.

Abdul Jabbar
(Posthumous)

Social Work

Madhya Pradesh

67.

Bimal Kumar Jain

Social Work

Bihar

68.

Meenakshi Jain

Literature and Education

Delhi

69.

Nemnath Jain

Trade and Industry

Madhya Pradesh

70.

Shanti Jain

Art

Bihar

71.

Sudhir Jain

Science and Engineering

Gujarat

72.

Benichandra Jamatia

Literature and Education

Tripura

73.

K. V. Sampath Kumar & Ms. Vidushi Jayalakshmi K.S.
(Duo)*

Literature and Education-Journalism

Karnataka

74.

Karan Johar

Art

Maharashtra

75.

Dr. Leela Joshi

Medicine

Madhya Pradesh

76.

Sarita Joshi

Art

Maharashtra

77.

C. Kamlova

Literature and Education

Mizoram

78.

Dr. Ravi Kannan R.

Medicine

Assam

79.

Ekta Kapoor

Art

Maharashtra

80.

Yazdi Naoshirwan Karanjia

Art

Gujarat

81.

Narayan J. Joshi Karayal

Literature and Education

Gujarat

82.

Dr. Narindar Nath Khanna

Medicine

Uttar Pradesh

83.

Naveen Khanna

Science and Engineering

Delhi

84.

S. P. Kothari

Literature and Education

USA

85.

V. K. Munusamy
Krishnapakthar

Art

Puducherry

86.

M. K. Kunjol

Social Work

Kerala

87.

Manmohan Mahapatra
(Posthumous)

Art

Odisha

88.

Ustad Anwar Khan Mangniyar

Art

Rajasthan

89.

Kattungal Subramaniam
Manilal

Science and Engineering

Kerala

90.

Munna Master

Art

Rajasthan

91.

Prof. Abhiraj Rajendra Mishra

Literature and Education

Himachal Pradesh

92.

Binapani Mohanty

Literature and Education

Odisha

93.

Dr. Arunoday Mondal

Medicine

West Bengal

94.

Dr. Prithwindra Mukherjee

Literature and Education

France

95.

Sathyanarayan Mundayoor

Social Work

Arunachal Pradesh

96.

Manilal Nag

Art

West Bengal

97.

N. Chandrasekharan Nair

Literature and Education

Kerala

98.

Dr. Tetsu Nakamura
(Posthumous)

Social Work

Afghanistan

99.

Shiv Datt Nirmohi

Literature and Education

Jammu and
Kashmir

100.

Pu Lalbiakthanga Pachuau

Literature and
Education-Journalism

Mizoram

101.

Moozhikkal Pankajakshi

Art

Kerala

102.

Dr. Prasanta Kumar Pattanaik

Literature and Education

USA

103.

Jogendra Nath Phukan

Literature and Education

Assam

104.

Rahibai Soma Popere

Others-Agriculture

Maharashtra

105.

Yogesh Praveen

Literature and Education

Uttar Pradesh

106.

Jitu Rai

Sports

Uttar Pradesh

107.

Tarundeep Rai

Sports

Sikkim

108.

S. Ramakrishnan

Social Work

Tamil Nadu

109.

Rani Rampal

Sports

Haryana

110.

Kangana Ranaut

Art

Maharashtra

111.

Dalavai Chalapathi Rao

Art

Andhra Pradesh

112.

Shahbuddin Rathod

Literature and Education

Gujarat

113.

Kalyan Singh Rawat

Social Work

Uttarakhand

114.

Chintala Venkat Reddy

Others-Agriculture

Telangana

115.

Dr. Shanti Roy

Medicine

Bihar

116.

Radhammohan & Ms.
Sabarmatee (Duo)*

Others-Agriculture

Odisha

117.

Batakrushna Sahoo

Others-Animal
Husbandry

Odisha

118.

Trinity Saioo

Others-Agriculture

Meghalaya

119.

Adnan Sami

Art

Maharashtra

120.

Vijay Sankeshwar

Trade and Industry

Karnataka

121.

Dr. Kushal Konwar Sarma

Medicine

Assam

122.

Sayed Mehboob Shah Qadri
alias Sayedbhai

Social Work

Maharashtra

123.

Mohammed Sharif

Social Work

Uttar Pradesh

124.

Shyam Sunder Sharma

Art

Bihar

125.

Dr. Gurdip Singh

Medicine

Gujarat

126.

Ramjee Singh

Social Work

Bihar

127.

Vashishtha Narayan Singh
(Posthumous)

Science and Engineering

Bihar

128.

Daya Prakash Sinha

Art

Uttar Pradesh

129.

Dr. Sandra Desa Souza

Medicine

Maharashtra

130.

Vijayasarathi Sribhashyam

Literature and Education

Telangana

131.

Kalee Shabi Mahaboob & Sheik Mahaboob Subani
(Duo)*

Art

Tamil Nadu

132.

Javed Ahmad Tak

Social Work

Jammu and
Kashmir

133.

Pradeep Thalappil

Science and Engineering

Tamil Nadu

134.

Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi

Literature and Education

Arunachal Pradesh

135.

Robert Thurman

Literature and Education

USA

136.

Agus Indra Udayana

Social Work

Indonesia

137.

Harish Chandra Verma

Science and Engineering

Uttar Pradesh

138.

Sundaram Verma

Social Work

Rajasthan

139.

Dr. Romesh Tekchand
Wadhwani

Trade and Industry

USA

140.

Suresh Wadkar

Art

Maharashtra

141.

Prem Watsa

Trade and Industry

Canada

Published date : 27 Jan 2020 03:26PM

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