Padma Award List

Online nominations and recommendations for the Padma Awards 2023 have opened and the last date for submission is September 15, the Union Home Ministry said in a statement Monday. Asking general public to send nominations and recommendations for Padma awards, the ministry said they can be filed online only on the Rashtriya Puruskar Portal (https://awards.gov.in ). Instituted in 1954, the three Padma awards -- Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri -- are amongst the highest civilian awards of the country. These are announced on the occasion of the Republic Day every year. The award seeks to recognise 'work of distinction' and is given for exceptional achievements and service in all fields and disciplines, such as, art, literature and education, sports, medicine, social work, science and engineering, public affairs, civil service, trade and industry etc. All persons without distinction of race, occupation, position or sex are eligible for these Awards. Government servants ..

President Ram Nath Kovind approved conferment of 128 Padma Awards this year on the eve of the 73rd Republic Day. Following is the list of Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri awardees: Padma Vibhushan (4) SN Name Field State/Country 1 Ms. Prabha Atre Art Maharashtra 2 Shri Radheyshyam Khemka (Posthumous) Literature & Education Uttar Pradesh 3 General Bipin Rawat Civil Service Uttarakhand (Posthumous) 4 Shri Kalyan Singh Public Affairs Uttar Pradesh (Posthumous) Padma Bhushan (17) 5 Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad Public Affairs Jammu and Kashmir 6 Shri Victor Banerjee Art West Bengal 7 Ms. Gurmeet Bawa (Posthumous) Art Punjab 8 Shri Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Public Affairs West Bengal 9 Shri Natarajan Chandrasekaran Trade and Industry Maharashtra 10 Shri Krishna Ella and Smt. Suchitra Ella* (Duo) Trade and Industry Telangana 11 Ms. Madhur Jaffery Others-Culinary 12 Shri Devendra Jhajharia Sports Rajasthan 13 Shri Rashid Khan A

Chandrasekaran, Nadella, Pichai, Ella also figure in the civilian awards list

President Ram Nath Kovind presented Padma awards to 73 individuals, some posthumously

Dr Suniti Solomon has figured in the Padma Shri list posthumously