This year (2020) the President has approved conferment of 141 Padma Awards including 4 duo cases (in a duo case, the Award is counted as one). The list comprises of 7 Padma Vibhushan, 16 Padma Bhushan and 118 Padma Shri Awards. 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.
About 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. T
- he 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.
Padma Vibhushan (7)
- Shri George Fernandes (Posthumous): Public Affairs
- Shri Arun Jaitley (Posthumous)-Public Affairs
- Sir Anerood Jugnauth: GCSK Public Affairs (Mauritius)
- Smt. M. C. Mary Kom- Sports
- Shri Chhannulal Mishra-Art (Uttar Pradesh)
- Smt. Sushma Swaraj (Posthumous)-Public Affairs
- Sri V. S. Sri Pejavara Adhokhaja Matha Udupi (Posthumous)-Others
Padma Bhushan (16)
- Shri M. Mumtaz Ali (Sri M)-Others-Spiritualism (Kerala)
- Shri Syed Muazzem Ali (Posthumous)-Public Affairs (Bangladesh)
- Shri Muzaffar Hussain Baig-Public Affairs (Jammu and Kashmir)
- Shri Ajoy Chakravorty-Art (West Bengal )
- Shri Manoj Das-Literature and Education (Puducherry)
- Shri Balkrishna Doshi-Others-Architecture (Gujarat)
- Ms. Krishnammal Jagannathan-Social Work (Tamil Nadu)
- Shri S. C. Jamir-Public Affairs (Nagaland)
- Shri Anil Prakash Joshi-Social Work (Uttarakhand)
- Dr. Tsering Landol-Medicine (Ladakh)
- Shri Anand Mahindra-Trade and Industry (Maharashtra)
- Shri N R Madhava Menon (Posthumous)-Public Affairs (Kerala)
- Shri Manohar Parrikar (Posthumous)-Public Affairs
- Prof. Jagdish Sheth-Literature and Education (USA)
- Ms. P. V. Sindhu-Sports
- Shri V. Srinivasan-Trade and Industry (Tamil Nadu )
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