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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. In this blog, we will discuss about Padma Awards 2020
These awards are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions which   are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March/ April every year. This year the President has approved conferment of 141 Padma Awards including 4 duo cases (in a duo case, the Award is counted as one) as per list below. The list comprises 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.
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Padma Awards 2020: List of all Padma Vibhushan Awardees
A total of 7 citizens of the country have been awarded the Padma Vibhushan Award. The names are given below;
| SN | Name | Field | State/Country |
| 1. | Shri George Fernandes
(Posthumous) |
Public Affairs | Bihar |
| 2. | Shri Arun Jaitley
(Posthumous) |
Public Affairs | Delhi |
| 3. | Sir Anerood Jugnauth GCSK | Public Affairs | Mauritius |
| 4. | Smt. M. C. Mary Kom | Sports | Manipur |
| 5. | Shri Chhannulal Mishra | Art | Uttar Pradesh |
| 6. | Smt. Sushma Swaraj
(Posthumous) |
Public Affairs | Delhi |
| 7. | Sri Vishveshateertha Swamiji Sri
Pejavara     Adhokhaja     Matha Udupi (Posthumous) |
Others-Spiritualism | Karnataka |
Padma Awards 2020:List of all Padma Bhushan Awardees
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| SN | Name | Field | State/Country |
| 8. | Shri M. Mumtaz Ali (Sri M) | Others-Spiritualism | Kerala |
| 9. | Shri Syed Muazzem Ali
(Posthumous) |
Public Affairs | Bangladesh |
| 10. | Shri Muzaffar Hussain Baig | Public Affairs | Jammu               and
Kashmir |
| 11. | Shri Ajoy Chakravorty | Art | West Bengal |
| 12. | Shri Manoj Das | Literature                 and
Education |
Puducherry |
| 13. | Shri Balkrishna Doshi | Others-Architecture | Gujarat |
| 14. | Ms. Krishnammal Jagannathan | Social Work | Tamil Nadu |
| 15. | Shri S. C. Jamir | Public Affairs | Nagaland |
| 16. | Shri Anil Prakash Joshi | Social Work | Uttarakhand |
| 17. | Dr. Tsering Landol | Medicine | Ladakh |
| 18. | Shri Anand Mahindra | Trade and Industry | Maharashtra |
| 19. | Shri   Neelakanta   Ramakrishna
Madhava Menon (Posthumous) |
Public Affairs | Kerala |
| 20. | Shri     Manohar     Gopalkrishna
Prabhu Parrikar (Posthumous) |
Public Affairs | Goa |
| 21. | Prof. Jagdish Sheth | Literature                 and
Education |
USA |
| 22. | Ms. P. V. Sindhu | Sports | Telangana |
| 23. | Shri Venu Srinivasan | Trade and Industry | Tamil Nadu |
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Start Learning!List of all Padma Shree Awardees
| SN | Name | Field | State/Country |
| 24. | Guru Shashadhar Acharya | Art | Jharkhand |
| 25. | Dr. Yogi Aeron | Medicine | Uttarakhand |
| 26. | Shri Jai Prakash Agarwal | Trade and Industry | Delhi |
| 27. | Shri 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. | Shri Pawar Popatrao Bhaguji | Social Work | Maharashtra |
| 36. | Shri Himmata Ram Bhambhu | Social Work | Rajasthan |
| 37. | Shri Sanjeev Bikhchandani | Trade and Industry | Uttar Pradesh |
| 38. | Shri Gafurbhai M. Bilakhia | Trade and Industry | Gujarat |
| 39. | Shri Bob Blackman | Public Affairs | United Kingdom |
| 40. | Ms. Indira P. P. Bora | Art | Assam |
| 41. | Shri Madan Singh Chauhan | Art | Chhattisgarh |
| 42. | Ms. Usha Chaumar | Social Work | Rajasthan |
| 43. | Shri Lil Bahadur Chettri | Literature and Education | Assam |
| 44. | Ms.   Lalitha   &   Ms.   Saroja
Chidambaram (Duo)* |
Art | Tamil Nadu |
| 45. | Dr. Vajira Chitrasena | Art | Sri Lanka |
| 46. | Dr. Purushottam Dadheech | Art | Madhya Pradesh |
| 47. | Shri Utsav Charan Das | Art | Odisha |
| 48. | Prof. Indra Dassanayake
(Posthumous) |
Literature and Education | Sri Lanka |
| 49. | Shri H. M. Desai | Literature and Education | Gujarat |
| 50. | Shri Manohar Devadoss | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| 51. | Ms. Oinam Bembem Devi | Sports | Manipur |
| 52. | Ms. Lia Diskin | Social Work | Brazil |
| 53. | Shri M. P. Ganesh | Sports | Karnataka |
| 54. | Dr. Bangalore Gangadhar | Medicine | Karnataka |
| 55. | Dr. Raman Gangakhedkar | Science and Engineering | Maharashtra |
| 56. | Shri Barry Gardiner | Public Affairs | United Kingdom |
| 57. | Shri Chewang Motup Goba | Trade and Industry | Ladakh |
| 58. | Shri Bharat Goenka | Trade and Industry | Karnataka |
| 59. | Shri Yadla Gopalarao | Art | Andhra Pradesh |
| 60. | Shri Mitrabhanu Gountia | Art | Odisha |
| 61. | Ms. Tulasi Gowda | Social Work | Karnataka |
| 62. | Shri Sujoy K. Guha | Science and Engineering | Bihar |
| 63. | Shri Harekala Hajabba | Social Work | Karnataka |
| 64. | Shri Enamul Haque | Others-Archaeology | Bangladesh |
| 65. | Shri Madhu Mansuri Hasmukh | Art | Jharkhand |
| 66. | Shri Abdul Jabbar
(Posthumous) |
Social Work | Madhya Pradesh |
| 67. | Shri Bimal Kumar Jain | Social Work | Bihar |
| 68. | Ms. Meenakshi Jain | Literature and Education | Delhi |
| 69. | Shri Nemnath Jain | Trade and Industry | Madhya Pradesh |
| 70. | Ms. Shanti Jain | Art | Bihar |
| 71. | Shri Sudhir Jain | Science and Engineering | Gujarat |
| 72. | Shri Benichandra Jamatia | Literature and Education | Tripura |
| 73. | Shri K. V. Sampath Kumar & Ms. Vidushi Jayalakshmi K.S.
(Duo)* |
Literature                  and Education-Journalism | Karnataka |
| 74. | Shri Karan Johar | Art | Maharashtra |
| 75. | Dr. Leela Joshi | Medicine | Madhya Pradesh |
| 76. | Ms. Sarita Joshi | Art | Maharashtra |
| 77. | Shri C. Kamlova | Literature and Education | Mizoram |
| 78. | Dr. Ravi Kannan R. | Medicine | Assam |
| 79. | Ms. Ekta Kapoor | Art | Maharashtra |
| 80. | Shri Yazdi Naoshirwan Karanjia | Art | Gujarat |
| 81. | Shri Narayan J. Joshi Karayal | Literature and Education | Gujarat |
| 82. | Dr. Narindar Nath Khanna | Medicine | Uttar Pradesh |
| 83. | Shri Naveen Khanna | Science and Engineering | Delhi |
| 84. | Shri S. P. Kothari | Literature and Education | USA |
| 85. | Shri      V.      K.      Munusamy
Krishnapakthar |
Art | Puducherry |
| 86. | Shri M. K. Kunjol | Social Work | Kerala |
| 87. | Shri Manmohan Mahapatra
(Posthumous) |
Art | Odisha |
| 88. | Ustad Anwar Khan Mangniyar | Art | Rajasthan |
| 89. | Shri    Kattungal   Subramaniam
Manilal |
Science and Engineering | Kerala |
| 90. | Shri Munna Master | Art | Rajasthan |
| 91. | Prof. Abhiraj Rajendra Mishra | Literature and Education | Himachal Pradesh |
| 92. | Ms. Binapani Mohanty | Literature and Education | Odisha |
| 93. | Dr. Arunoday Mondal | Medicine | West Bengal |
| 94. | Dr. Prithwindra Mukherjee | Literature and Education | France |
| 95. | Shri Sathyanarayan Mundayoor | Social Work | Arunachal Pradesh |
| 96. | Shri Manilal Nag | Art | West Bengal |
| 97. | Shri N. Chandrasekharan Nair | Literature and Education | Kerala |
| 98. | Dr. Tetsu Nakamura
(Posthumous) |
Social Work | Afghanistan |
| 99. | Shri Shiv Datt Nirmohi | Literature and Education | Jammu               and
Kashmir |
| 100. | Shri Pu Lalbiakthanga Pachuau | Literature                  and
Education-Journalism |
Mizoram |
| 101. | Ms. Moozhikkal Pankajakshi | Art | Kerala |
| 102. | Dr. Prasanta Kumar Pattanaik | Literature and Education | USA |
| 103. | Shri Jogendra Nath Phukan | Literature and Education | Assam |
| 104. | Ms. Rahibai Soma Popere | Others-Agriculture | Maharashtra |
| 105. | Shri Yogesh Praveen | Literature and Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| 106. | Shri Jitu Rai | Sports | Uttar Pradesh |
| 107. | Shri Tarundeep Rai | Sports | Sikkim |
| 108. | Shri S. Ramakrishnan | Social Work | Tamil Nadu |
| 109. | Ms. Rani Rampal | Sports | Haryana |
| 110. | Ms. Kangana Ranaut | Art | Maharashtra |
| 111. | Shri Dalavai Chalapathi Rao | Art | Andhra Pradesh |
| 112. | Shri Shahbuddin Rathod | Literature and Education | Gujarat |
| 113. | Shri Kalyan Singh Rawat | Social Work | Uttarakhand |
| 114. | Shri Chintala Venkat Reddy | Others-Agriculture | Telangana |
| 115. | Smt. (Dr.) Shanti Roy | Medicine | Bihar |
| 116. | Shri    Radhammohan   &    Ms.
Sabarmatee (Duo)* |
Others-Agriculture | Odisha |
| 117. | Shri Batakrushna Sahoo | Others-Animal
Husbandry |
Odisha |
| 118. | Ms. Trinity Saioo | Others-Agriculture | Meghalaya |
| 119. | Shri Adnan Sami | Art | Maharashtra |
| 120. | Shri Vijay Sankeshwar | Trade and Industry | Karnataka |
| 121. | Dr. Kushal Konwar Sarma | Medicine | Assam |
| 122. | Shri Sayed Mehboob Shah Qadri
alias Sayedbhai |
Social Work | Maharashtra |
| 123. | Shri Mohammed Sharif | Social Work | Uttar Pradesh |
| 124. | Shri Shyam Sunder Sharma | Art | Bihar |
| 125. | Dr. Gurdip Singh | Medicine | Gujarat |
| 126. | Shri Ramjee Singh | Social Work | Bihar |
| 127. | Shri Vashishtha Narayan Singh
(Posthumous) |
Science and Engineering | Bihar |
| 128. | Shri Daya Prakash Sinha | Art | Uttar Pradesh |
| 129. | Dr. Sandra Desa Souza | Medicine | Maharashtra |
| 130. | Shri Vijayasarathi Sribhashyam | Literature and Education | Telangana |
| 131. | Smt. Kalee Shabi Mahaboob & Shri Sheik Mahaboob Subani
(Duo)* |
Art | Tamil Nadu |
| 132. | Shri Javed Ahmad Tak | Social Work | Jammu               and
Kashmir |
| 133. | Shri Pradeep Thalappil | Science and Engineering | Tamil Nadu |
| 134. | Shri Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi | Literature and Education | Arunachal Pradesh |
| 135. | Shri Robert Thurman | Literature and Education | USA |
| 136. | Shri Agus Indra Udayana | Social Work | Indonesia |
| 137. | Shri Harish Chandra Verma | Science and Engineering | Uttar Pradesh |
| 138. | Shri Sundaram Verma | Social Work | Rajasthan |
| 139. | Dr.         Romesh         Tekchand
Wadhwani |
Trade and Industry | USA |
| 140. | Shri Suresh Wadkar | Art | Maharashtra |
| 141. | Shri Prem Watsa | Trade and Industry | Canada |
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