MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
PRESS NOTE
North Block, New Delhi-1
Dated the 25th January, 2020
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.
2.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,
16Padma 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.
Padma Vibhushan(7)
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Shri George Fernandes |
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Public Affairs |
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Bihar |
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Shri Arun Jaitley |
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Public Affairs |
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Delhi |
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Sir Anerood Jugnauth GCSK |
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Public Affairs |
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Mauritius |
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Smt. M. C. Mary Kom |
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Sports |
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Manipur |
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Shri Chhannulal Mishra |
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Art |
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Uttar Pradesh |
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Smt. Sushma Swaraj |
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Public Affairs |
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Delhi |
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Sri Vishveshateertha Swamiji Sri |
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Karnataka |
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Pejavara Adhokhaja Matha |
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Udupi (Posthumous) |
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Shri M. Mumtaz Ali (Sri M) |
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Kerala |
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Shri Syed Muazzem Ali |
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Public Affairs |
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Bangladesh |
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Shri Muzaffar Hussain Baig |
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Jammu |
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Kashmir |
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Shri Ajoy Chakravorty |
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Shri Manoj Das |
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Shri Balkrishna Doshi |
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Ms. Krishnammal Jagannathan |
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Shri S. C. Jamir |
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Public Affairs |
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Shri Anil Prakash Joshi |
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Uttarakhand |
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Dr. Tsering Landol |
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Medicine |
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Ladakh |
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Shri Anand Mahindra |
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Shri |
Neelakanta |
Ramakrishna |
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Madhava Menon (Posthumous) |
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Shri |
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Goa |
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Prabhu Parrikar (Posthumous) |
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Prof. Jagdish Sheth |
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Literature |
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Ms. P. V. Sindhu |
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Sports |
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Shri Venu Srinivasan |
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Padma Shri (118) |
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Guru Shashadhar Acharya |
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Jharkhand |
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Dr. Yogi Aeron |
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Medicine |
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Uttarakhand |
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Shri Jai Prakash Agarwal |
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Trade and Industry |
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Delhi |
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Shri Jagdish Lal Ahuja |
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Social Work |
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Punjab |
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Kazi Masum Akhtar |
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Literature and Education |
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West Bengal |
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29. |
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Ms. Gloria Arieira |
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Literature and Education |
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Brazil |
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Khan Zaheerkhan Bakhtiyarkhan |
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Sports |
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Maharashtra |
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Dr. Padmavathy Bandopadhyay |
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Medicine |
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Uttar Pradesh |
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Dr. Sushovan Banerjee |
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Medicine |
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West Bengal |
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Dr. Digambar Behera |
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Medicine |
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Chandigarh |
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Dr. Damayanti Beshra |
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Literature and Education |
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Odisha |
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Shri Pawar Popatrao Bhaguji |
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Social Work |
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Maharashtra |
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36. |
Shri Himmata Ram Bhambhu |
Social Work |
Rajasthan |
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37. |
Shri Sanjeev Bikhchandani |
Trade and Industry |
Uttar Pradesh |
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38. |
Shri Gafurbhai M. Bilakhia |
Trade and Industry |
Gujarat |
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39. |
Shri Bob Blackman |
Public Affairs |
United Kingdom |
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40. |
Ms. Indira P. P. Bora |
Art |
Assam |
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41. |
Shri Madan Singh Chauhan |
Art |
Chhattisgarh |
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42. |
Ms. Usha Chaumar |
Social Work |
Rajasthan |
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43. |
Shri Lil Bahadur Chettri |
Literature and Education |
Assam |
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44. |
Ms. Lalitha & Ms. Saroja |
Art |
Tamil Nadu |
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Chidambaram (Duo)* |
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45. |
Dr. Vajira Chitrasena |
Art |
Sri Lanka |
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46. |
Dr. Purushottam Dadheech |
Art |
Madhya Pradesh |
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47. |
Shri Utsav Charan Das |
Art |
Odisha |
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48. |
Prof. Indra Dassanayake |
Literature and Education |
Sri Lanka |
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(Posthumous) |
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49. |
Shri H. M. Desai |
Literature and Education |
Gujarat |
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50. |
Shri Manohar Devadoss |
Art |
Tamil Nadu |
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51. 
Phase 2 of massive COVID-19 vaccination drive begins; will cover elderly, those with comorbiditiesPrime Minister Narendra Modi received his first dose of Bharat Biotech's Covaxin at AIIMS, Delhi 
Covid-19 Vaccination drive for 60 years-plus category begins on March 1The first phase of the vaccination drive started on January 16, covering healthcare and frontline workers across the country 
As COVID-19 cases spike again, Centre sends teams to 8 states to 'control transmission’They have also been advised to increase testing in a focussed manner in the affected districts 
Covid-19 Update: Daily case fatalities remain below 100 since last weekNearly 75 percent of the country's active cases are from Kerala and Maharashtra |