There are three categories of the Padma Awards; Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian award in India. Read the full list of Padma Award winners 2020.The Government of India started two civilian awards; Bharat Ratna & Padma Vibhushan in 1954. But in the year 1955 Padma Vibhushan was further divided into three categories; Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian award in the country.In this blog we will discuss about List of Padma Awards Winners 2020.
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List of Padma Awards Winners 2020
Padma Awards are given in three categories, namely,
1. Padma Vibhushan for exceptional and distinguished service
2. Padma Bhushan for distinguished service of a high order
3. Padma Shri for distinguished service
Civilian Awards Winners (Bharat Ratna & Padma Awards) 2020
Padma Awards in 2020 has been conferred to 141 people including 4 duo cases that are in a duo case, the award is counted as one. The list comprises 7 Padma Vibhushan, 16 Padma Bhushan and 118 Padma Shri Awards. Let us tell you that 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.
Bharat Ratna (2019): 3 People awarded
1. Pranab Mukherjee
He is an Indian politician who served as the 13th President of India from 2012 until 2017. He has been a senior leader in the Indian National Congress and has occupied several ministerial portfolios in the Government of India. Prior to his election as President, he was Union Finance Minister from 2009 to 2012.
2. Nanaji Deshmukh
He was a social activist from India. He worked in the fields of education, health, and rural self-reliance. He was a member of RSS, a leader of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh and also a member of the Rajya Sabha. He was honoured with the Padma Vibhushan in 1999. Indiá’s first Saraswati Shishu Mandir was established by him at Gorakhpur in 1950.
3. Bhupen Hazarika
He was an Indian playback singer, lyricist, musician, singer, poet and film-maker from Assam, widely known as Sudhakantha. Before Bharat Ratna he had received the National Film Award for best music direction in 1975. Recipient of Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (1987), Padma shri (1977), and Padmabhushan (2001), and also awarded with Dada Saheb Phalke Award (1992).
Padma Vibhushan (2020): 7 People Awarded
1. Shri George Fernandes (Posthumous)- Public Affairs
2. Shri Arun Jaitley (Posthumous)- Public Affairs
3. Sir Anerood Jugnauth GCSK- Public Affairs
4. Smt. M. C. Mary Kom – Sports
5. Shri Chhannulal Mishra – Art
6. Smt. Sushma Swaraj (Posthumous)- Public Affairs
7. Sri Vishveshateertha Swamiji Sri Pejavara Adhokhaja Matha Udupi (Posthumous)- Others-Spiritualism
Padma Bhushan (2020): 16 People Awarded
1. Shri M. Mumtaz Ali (Sri M) – Others-Spiritualism
2. Shri Syed Muazzem Ali(Posthumous)- Public Affairs
3. Shri Muzaffar Hussain Baig- Public Affairs
4. Shri Ajoy Chakravorty- Art
5.Shri Manoj Das- Literature and Education
6. Shri Balkrishna Doshi- Others-Architecture
7. Ms. Krishnammal Jagannathan- Social Work
8. Shri S. C. Jamir- Public Affairs
9. Shri Anil Prakash Joshi- Social Work
10. Dr. Tsering Landol- Medicine
11. Shri Anand Mahindra- Trade and Industry
12. Shri Neelakanta Ramakrishna Madhava Menon (Posthumous)- Public Affairs
13. Shri Manohar Gopalkrishna Prabhu Parrikar (Posthumous)- Public Affairs
14. Prof. Jagdish Sheth- Literature and Education
15. Ms. P. V. Sindhu- Sports
16. Shri Venu Srinivasan- Trade and Industry
List of Padma Awards Winners 2020: 118 People Awarded
- Guru Shashadhar Acharya – Art
- Dr. Yogi Aeron- Medicine
- Shri Jai Prakash Agarwal- Trade and Industry
- Shri Jagdish Lal Ahuja- Social Work
- Kazi Masum Akhtar- Literature and Education
- Ms. Gloria Arieira- Literature and Education
- Khan Zaheerkhan Bakhtiyarkhan- Sports
- Dr. Padmavathy Bandopadhyay- Medicine
- Dr. Sushovan Banerjee- Medicine
- Dr. Digambar Behera- Medicine
- Dr. Damayanti Beshra- Literature and Education
- Shri Pawar Popatrao Bhaguji- Social Work
- Shri Himmata Ram Bhambhu- Social Work
- Shri Sanjeev Bikhchandani- Trade and Industry
- Shri Gafurbhai M. Bilakhia- Trade and Industry
- Shri Bob Blackman- Public Affairs
- Ms. Indira P. P. Bora- Art
- Shri Madan Singh Chauhan- Art
- Ms. Usha Chaumar- Social Work
- Shri Lil Bahadur Chettri- Literature and Education
- Ms. Lalitha & Ms. Saroja Chidambaram (Duo)*- Art
- Dr. Vajira Chitrasena- Art
- Dr. Purushottam Dadheech- Art
- Shri Utsav Charan Das- Art
- Prof. Indra Dassanayake(Posthumous)- Literature and Education
- Shri H. M. Desai- Literature and Education
- Shri Manohar Devadoss- Art
- Ms. Oinam Bembem Devi- Sports
- Ms. Lia Diskin Social- Work
- Shri M. P. Ganesh- Sports
- Dr. Bangalore Gangadhar- Medicine
- Dr. Raman Gangakhedkar- Science and Engineering
- Shri Barry Gardiner- Public Affairs
- Shri Chewang Motup Goba- Trade and Industry
- Shri Bharat Goenka- Trade and Industry
- Shri Yadla Gopalarao- Art
- Shri Mitrabhanu Gountia- Art
- Ms. Tulasi Gowda- Social Work
- Shri Sujoy K. Guha- Science and Engineering
- Shri Harekala Hajabba- Social Work
- Shri Enamul Haque Others-Archaeology
- Shri Madhu Mansuri Hasmukh- Art
- Shri Abdul Jabbar(Posthumous)- Social Work
- Shri Bimal Kumar Jain- Social Work
- Ms. Meenakshi Jain- Literature and Education
- Shri Nemnath Jain- Trade and Industry
- Ms. Shanti Jain- Art
- Shri Sudhir Jain- Science and Engineering
- Shri Benichandra Jamatia- Literature and Education
- Shri K. V. Sampath Kumar & Ms. Vidushi Jayalakshmi K.S.(Duo)*- Literature andEducation-Journalism
- Shri Karan Johar – Art
- Dr. Leela Joshi- Medicine
- Ms. Sarita Joshi- Art
- Shri C. Kamlova- Literature and Education
- Dr. Ravi Kannan R.- Medicine
- Ms. Ekta Kapoor- Art
- Shri Yazdi Naoshirwan Karanjia- Art
- Shri Narayan J. Joshi Karayal- Literature and Education
- Dr. Narindar Nath Khanna- Medicine
- Shri Naveen Khanna- Science and Engineering
- Shri S. P. Kothari- Literature and Education
- Shri V. K. Munusamy Krishnapakthar- Art
- Shri M. K. Kunjol- Social Work
- Shri Manmohan Mahapatra (Posthumous)- Art
- Ustad Anwar Khan Mangniyar- Art
- Shri Kattungal Subramaniam Manilal- Science and Engineering
- Shri Munna Master- Art
- Prof. Abhiraj Rajendra Mishra- Literature and Education
- Ms. Binapani Mohanty- Literature and Education
- Dr. Arunoday Mondal- Medicine
- Dr. Prithwindra Mukherjee- Literature and Education
- Shri Sathyanarayan Mundayoor- Social Work
- Shri Manilal Nag- Art
- Shri N. Chandrasekharan Nair- Literature and Education
- Dr. Tetsu Nakamura(Posthumous)- Social Work
- Shri Shiv Datt Nirmohi- Literature and Education
- Shri Pu Lalbiakthanga Pachuau- Literature and Education-Journalism
- Ms. Moozhikkal Pankajakshi- Art
- Dr. Prasanta Kumar Pattanaik- Literature and Education
- Shri Jogendra Nath Phukan- Literature and Education
- Ms. Rahibai Soma Popere- Others-Agriculture
- Shri Yogesh Praveen- Literature and Education
- Shri Jitu Rai- Sports
- Shri Tarundeep Rai- Sports
- Shri S. Ramakrishnan- Social Work
- Ms. Rani Rampal- Sports
- Ms. Kangana Ranaut- Art
- Shri Dalavai Chalapathi Rao- Art
- Shri Shahbuddin Rathod- Literature and Education
- Shri Kalyan Singh Rawat- Social Work
- Shri Chintala Venkat Reddy- Others-Agriculture
- Smt. (Dr.) Shanti Roy- Medicine
- Shri Radhammohan & Ms. Sabarmatee (Duo)*- Others-Agriculture
- Shri Batakrushna Sahoo- Others-AnimalHusbandry
- Ms. Trinity Saioo- Others-Agriculture
- Shri Adnan Sami- Art
- Shri Vijay Sankeshwar- Trade and Industry
- Dr. Kushal Konwar Sarma- Medicine
- Shri Sayed Mehboob Shah Qadri alias Sayedbhai- Social Work
- Shri Mohammed Sharif- Social Work
- Shri Shyam Sunder Sharma- Art
- Dr. Gurdip Singh- Medicine
- Shri Ramjee Singh- Social Work
- Shri Vashishtha Narayan Singh(Posthumous)- Science and Engineering
- Shri Daya Prakash Sinha- Art
- Dr. Sandra Desa Souza- Medicine
- Shri Vijayasarathi Sribhashyam- Literature and Education
- Smt. Kalee Shabi Mahaboob & Shri Sheik Mahaboob Subani(Duo)*- Art
- Shri Javed Ahmad Tak- Social Work
- Shri Pradeep Thalappil- Science and Engineering
- Shri Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi- Literature and Education
- Shri Robert Thurman- Literature and Education
- Shri Agus Indra Udayana- Social Work
- Shri Harish Chandra Verma- Science and Engineering
- Shri Sundaram Verma- Social Work
- Dr. Romesh Tekchand Wadhwani- Trade and Industry
- Shri Suresh Wadkar- Art
- Shri Prem Watsa- Trade and Industry
Note: * In the duo case, the award is counted as one.
We hope this blog on List of Padma Awards Winners 2020 helps you for all types of competitive exams held in India.
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