As per Ministry of Home Affairs press note, 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 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. For the year 2023, the President has approved conferment of 106 Padma Awards including 3 duo cases (in a duo case, the Award is counted as one) as per list below. The list comprises 6 Padma Vibhushan, 9 Padma Bhushan and 91 Padma Shri Awards. 19 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 2 persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI and 7 Posthumous awardees.

 

Padma Vibhushan (6)

 

1. Shri Balkrishna Doshi (Posthumous) - Others Architecture - Gujarat

 

2. Shri Zakir Hussain - Art - Maharashtra

 

3. Shri S M Krishna - Public Affairs - Karnataka

4. Shri Dilip Mahalanabis (Posthumous) - Medicine - West Bengal

 

5. Shri Srinivas Varadhan - Science & Engineering - United States of America

 

6. Shri Mulayam Singh Yadav (Posthumous) - Public Affairs - Uttar Pradesh

 

 

Padma Bhushan (9)

 

1. Shri S L Bhyrappa - Literature & Education - Karnataka

 

2. Shri Kumar Mangalam Birla - Trade & Industry - Maharashtra

 

3. Shri Deepak Dhar - Science & Engineering - Maharashtra

 

4. Ms. Vani Jairam - Art - Tamil Nadu

 

5. Swami Chinna Jeeyar - Others Spiritualism - Telangana

 

6. Ms. Suman Kalyanpur - Art - Maharashtra

 

7. Shri Kapil Kapoor - Literature & Education - Delhi

 

8. Ms. Sudha Murty - Social Work - Karnataka

 

9. Shri Kamlesh D Patel - Others Spiritualism - Telangana

 

 

Padma Shri (91)

 

1. Dr. Sukama Acharya - Others Spiritualism - Haryana

 

2. Ms. Jodhaiyabai Baiga - Art - Madhya Pradesh

 

3. Shri Premjit Baria - Art - Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

 

4. Ms. Usha Barle - Art - Chhattisgarh

 

5. Shri Munishwar Chanddawar - Medicine - Madhya Pradesh

 

6. Shri Hemant Chauhan - Art - Gujarat

 

7. Shri Bhanubhai Chitara - Art - Gujarat

 

8. Ms. Hemoprova Chutia - Art - Assam

 

9. Shri Narendra Chandra Debbarma (Posthumous) - Public Affairs - Tripura

 

10. Ms. Subhadra Devi - Art - Bihar

 

11. Shri Khadar Valli Dudekula - Science & Engineering - Karnataka

 

12. Shri Hem Chandra Goswami - Art - Assam

 

13. Ms. Pritikana Goswami - Art - West Bengal

 

14. Shri Radha Charan Gupta - Literature & Education - Uttar Pradesh

 

15. Shri Modadugu Vijay Gupta - Science & Engineering - Telangana

 

16. Shri Ahmed Hussain & Shri Mohd Hussain *(Duo) - Art - Rajasthan

 

17. Shri Dilshad Hussain - Art - Uttar Pradesh

 

18. Shri Bhiku Ramji Idate - Social Work - Maharashtra

 

19. Shri C I Issac - Literature & Education - Kerala

 

20. Shri Rattan Singh Jaggi - Literature & Education - Punjab

 

21. Shri Bikram Bahadur Jamatia - Social Work - Tripura

 

22. Shri Ramkuiwangbe Jene - Social Work - Assam

 

23. Shri Rakesh Radheshyam Jhunjhunwala (Posthumous) - Trade & Industry - Maharashtra

 

24. Shri Ratan Chandra Kar - Medicine - Andaman & Nicobar Islands

 

25. Shri Mahipat Kavi - Art - Gujarat

 

26. Shri M M Keeravaani - Art - Andhra Pradesh

 

27. Shri Areez Khambatta (Posthumous) - Trade & Industry - Gujarat

 

28. Shri Parshuram Komaji Khune - Art - Maharashtra

 

29. Shri Ganesh Nagappa Krishnarajanagara - Science & Engineering - Andhra Pradesh

 

30. Shri Maguni Charan Kuanr - Art - Odisha

 

31. Shri Anand Kumar - Literature & Education - Bihar

 

32. Shri Arvind Kumar - Science & Engineering - Uttar Pradesh

 

33. Shri Domar Singh Kunvar - Art - Chhattisgarh

 

34. Shri Risingbor Kurkalang - Art - Meghalaya

 

35. Ms. Hirabai Lobi - Social Work - Gujarat

 

36. Shri Moolchand Lodha - Social Work - Rajasthan

 

37. Ms. Rani Machaiah - Art - Karnataka

 

38. Shri Ajay Kumar Mandavi - Art - Chhattisgarh

 

39. Shri Prabhakar Bhanudas Mande - Literature & Education - Maharashtra

 

40. Shri Gajanan Jagannath Mane - Social Work - Maharashtra

 

41. Shri Antaryami Mishra - Literature & Education - Odisha

 

42. Shri Nadoja Pindipapanahalli Munivenkatappa - Art - Karnataka

 

43. Prof. (Dr.) Mahendra Pal - Science & Engineering - Gujarat

 

44. Shri Uma Shankar Pandey - Social Work - Uttar Pradesh

 

45. Shri Ramesh Parmar & Ms. Shanti Parmar *(Duo) - Art - Madhya Pradesh

 

46. Dr. Nalini Parthasarathi - Medicine - Puducherry

 

47. Shri Hanumantha Rao Pasupuleti - Medicine - Telangana

 

48. Shri Ramesh Patange - Literature & Education - Maharashtra

 

49. Ms. Krishna Patel - Art - Odisha

 

50. Shri K Kalyanasundaram Pillai - Art - Tamil Nadu

 

51. Shri V P Appukuttan Poduval - Social Work - Kerala

 

52. Shri Kapil Dev Prasad - Art - Bihar

 

53. Shri S R D Prasad - Sports - Kerala

 

54. Shri Shah Rasheed Ahmed Quadri - Art - Karnataka

 

55. Shri C V Raju - Art - Andhra Pradesh

 

56. Shri Bakshi Ram - Science & Engineering - Haryana

 

57. Shri Cheruvayal K Raman - Others Agriculture - Kerala

 

58. Ms. Sujatha Ramdorai - Science & Engineering - Canada

 

59. Shri Abbareddy Nageswara Rao - Science & Engineering - Andhra Pradesh

 

60. Shri Pareshbhai Rathwa - Art - Gujarat

 

61. Shri B Ramakrishna Reddy - Literature & Education - Telangana

 

62. Shri Mangala Kanti Roy - Art - West Bengal

 

63. Ms. K C Runremsangi - Art - Mizoram

 

64. Shri Vadivel Gopal & Shri Masi Sadaiyan *(Duo) - Social Work - Tamil Nadu

 

65. Shri Manoranjan Sahu - Medicine - Uttar Pradesh

 

66. Shri Patayat Sahu - Others Agriculture - Odisha

 

67. Shri Ritwik Sanyal - Art - Uttar Pradesh

 

68. Shri Kota Satchidananda Sastry - Art - Andhra Pradesh

 

69. Shri Sankurathri Chandra Sekhar - Social Work - Andhra Pradesh

 

70. Shri K Shanathoiba Sharma - Sports - Manipur

 

71. Shri Nekram Sharma - Others Agriculture - Himachal Pradesh

 

72. Shri Gurcharan Singh - Sports - Delhi

 

73. Shri Laxman Singh - Social Work - Rajasthan

 

74. Shri Mohan Singh - Literature & Education - Jammu & Kashmir

 

75. Shri Thounaojam Chaoba Singh - Public Affairs - Manipur

 

76. Shri Prakash Chandra Sood - Literature & Education - Andhra Pradesh

 

77. Ms. Neihunuo Sorhie - Art - Nagaland

 

78. Dr. Janum Singh Soy - Literature & Education - Jharkhand

 

79. Shri Kushok Thiksey Nawang Chamba Stanzin - Others Spiritualism - Ladakh

 

80. Shri S Subbaraman - Others Archaeology - Karnataka

 

81. Shri Moa Subong - Art - Nagaland

 

82. Shri Palam Kalyana Sundaram - Social Work - Tamil Nadu

 

83. Ms. Raveena Ravi Tandon - Art - Maharashtra

 

84. Shri Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari - Literature & Education - Uttar Pradesh

 

85. Shri Dhaniram Toto - Literature & Education - West Bengal

 

86. Shri Tula Ram Upreti - Others Agriculture - Sikkim

 

87. Dr. Gopalsamy Veluchamy - Medicine - Tamil Nadu

 

88. Dr. Ishwar Chander Verma - Medicine - Delhi

 

89. Ms. Coomi Nariman Wadia - Art - Maharashtra

 

90. Shri Karma Wangchu (Posthumous) - Social Work - Arunachal Pradesh

 

91. Shri Ghulam Muhammad Zaz - Art - Jammu & Kashmir

 

Image: Previous Awardees/Padma Awards Portal