BADMA AWARDS 2023

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Dated the 25th January, 2023

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. For the year 2023,

the President has approved conferment of 106 Padma Awards including 3 duo cases (in a duo

case, the Award is counted as one) as per list below. The list comprises 6 Padma Vibhushan,

9 Padma Bhushan and 91 Padma Shri Awards. 19 of the awardees are women and the list also

includes 2 persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI and 7 Posthumous

awardees

1 Shri Balkrishna Doshi

(Posthumous) Others - Architecture Gujarat

2 Shri Zakir Hussain Art Maharashtra

3 Shri S M Krishna Public Affairs Karnataka

4

Shri Dilip Mahalanabis

(Posthumous) Medicine West Bengal

5 Shri Srinivas Varadhan Science & Engineering United States of

America

6

Shri Mulayam Singh Yadav

(Posthumous) Public Affairs Uttar Pradesh

Padma Bhushan (9)

SN Name Field State / Country

7 Shri S L Bhyrappa Literature & Education Karnataka

8 Shri Kumar Mangalam Birla Trade & Industry Maharashtra

9 Shri Deepak Dhar Science & Engineering Maharashtra

10 Ms. Vani Jairam Art Tamil Nadu

11 Swami Chinna Jeeyar Others - Spiritualism Telangana

12 Ms. Suman Kalyanpur Art Maharashtra

13 Shri Kapil Kapoor Literature & Education Delhi

14 Ms. Sudha Murty Social Work Karnataka

15 Shri Kamlesh D Patel Others - Spiritualism Telangana

Padma Shri (91)

SN Name Field State / Country

16 Dr. Sukama Acharya Others - Spiritualism Haryana

17 Ms. Jodhaiyabai Baiga Art Madhya Pradesh

18 Shri Premjit Baria Art

Dadra and Nagar

Haveli and Daman

and Diu

19 Ms. Usha Barle Art Chhattisgarh

20 Shri Munishwar Chanddawar Medicine Madhya Pradesh

21 Shri Hemant Chauhan Art Gujarat

22 Shri Bhanubhai Chitara Art Gujarat

23 Ms. Hemoprova Chutia Art Assam

24 Shri Narendra Chandra Debbarma

(Posthumous) Public Affairs Tripura

25 Ms. Subhadra Devi Art Bihar

26 Shri Khadar Valli Dudekula Science & Engineering Karnataka

27 Shri Hem Chandra Goswami Art Assam

28 Ms. Pritikana Goswami Art West Bengal

29 Shri Radha Charan Gupta Literature & Education Uttar Pradesh

30 Shri Modadugu Vijay Gupta Science & Engineering Telangana

31 Shri Ahmed Hussain & Shri Mohd

Hussain *(Duo) Art Rajasthan

32 Shri Dilshad Hussain Art Uttar Pradesh

33 Shri Bhiku Ramji Idate Social Work Maharashtra

34 Shri C I Issac Literature & Education Kerala

35 Shri Rattan Singh Jaggi Literature & Education Punjab

36 Shri Bikram Bahadur Jamatia Social Work Tripura

37 Shri Ramkuiwangbe Jene Social Work Assam

38 Shri Rakesh Radheshyam

Jhunjhunwala (Posthumous) Trade & Industry Maharashtra

39 Shri Ratan Chandra Kar Medicine Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

40 Shri Mahipat Kavi Art Gujarat

41 Shri M M Keeravaani Art Andhra Pradesh

42 Shri Areez Khambatta

(Posthumous) Trade & Industry Gujarat

43 Shri Parshuram Komaji Khune Art Maharashtra

44 Shri Ganesh Nagappa

Krishnarajanagara Science & Engineering Andhra Pradesh

45 Shri Maguni Charan Kuanr Art Odisha

46 Shri Anand Kumar Literature & Education Bihar

47 Shri Arvind Kumar Science & Engineering Uttar Pradesh

48 Shri Domar Singh Kunvar Art Chhattisgarh

49 Shri Risingbor Kurkalang Art Meghalaya

50 Ms. Hirabai Lobi Social Work Gujarat