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 2024, the President has approved conferment of 132 Padma Awards including 2 duo cases (in a duo case, the Award is counted as one) as per list below. The list comprises 5 Padma Vibhushan, 17 Padma Bhushan and 110 Padma Shri Awards. 30 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 8 persons from the category of Foreigners / NRI / PIO / OCI and 9 Posthumous awardees.
Padma Vibhushan (5)
SN- Name Field State/Region/Country
Ms. Vyjayantimala Bali/Art/Tamil Nadu
Shri Konidela Chiranjeevi/Art/Andhra Pradesh
Shri M Venkaiah Naidu/Public Affairs/Andhra Pradesh
Shri Bindeshwar Pathak(Posthumous)/Social Work/Bihar
Ms. Padma Subrahmanyam/Art/Tamil Nadu
Padma Bhushan (17)
Ms. M Fathima Beevi (Posthumous)/Public Affairs/Kerala
Shri Hormusji N Cama/Literature & Education - Journalism/Maharashtra
Shri Mithun Chakraborty/Art/West Bengal
Shri Sitaram Jindal/Trade & Industry/Karnataka
Shri Young Liu/Trade & Industry/Taiwan
Shri Ashwin Balachand Mehta/Medicine/Maharashtra
Shri Satyabrata Mookherjee (Posthumous)/Public Affairs/West Bengal
Shri Ram Naik/Public Affairs/Maharashtra
Shri Tejas Madhusudan Patel/Medicine/Gujarat
Shri Olanchery Rajagopal/Public Affairs/Kerala
Shri Dattatray Ambadas Mayaloo alias Rajdutt/Art/Maharashtra
Shri Togdan Rinpoche (Posthumous)/Others - Spiritualism/Ladakh
Shri Pyarelal Sharma/Art/Maharashtra
Shri Chandreshwar Prasad Thakur/Medicine/Bihar
Ms. Usha Uthup/Art/West Bengal
Shri Vijaykanth (Posthumous)/Art/Tamil Nadu
Shri Kundan Vyas/Literature & Education - Journalism/Maharashtra
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