List of Padma Award Winners

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.

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