Padma Awards 2020

This year (2020) the President has approved conferment of 141 Padma Awards including 4 duo cases (in a duo case, the Award is counted as one). The list comprises of 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.

About Padma Awards

• Padma Awards – one of the highest civilian Awards of the country, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. T
• he 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.

Padma Vibhushan (7)

1. Shri George Fernandes (Posthumous): Public Affairs
2. Shri Arun Jaitley (Posthumous)-Public Affairs
3. Sir Anerood Jugnauth: GCSK Public Affairs (Mauritius)
4. M. C. Mary Kom- Sports
5. Shri Chhannulal Mishra-Art (Uttar Pradesh)
6. Sushma Swaraj (Posthumous)-Public Affairs
7. Sri V. S. Sri Pejavara Adhokhaja Matha Udupi (Posthumous)-Others

Padma Bhushan (16)

1. Shri M. Mumtaz Ali (Sri M)-Others-Spiritualism (Kerala)
2. Shri Syed Muazzem Ali (Posthumous)-Public Affairs (Bangladesh)
3. Shri Muzaffar Hussain Baig-Public Affairs (Jammu and Kashmir)
4. Shri Ajoy Chakravorty-Art (West Bengal )
5. Shri Manoj Das-Literature and Education (Puducherry)
6. Shri Balkrishna Doshi-Others-Architecture (Gujarat)
7. Krishnammal Jagannathan-Social Work (Tamil Nadu)
8. Shri S. C. Jamir-Public Affairs (Nagaland)
9. Shri Anil Prakash Joshi-Social Work (Uttarakhand)
10. Tsering Landol-Medicine (Ladakh)
11. Shri Anand Mahindra-Trade and Industry (Maharashtra)
12. Shri N R Madhava Menon (Posthumous)-Public Affairs (Kerala)
13. Shri Manohar Parrikar (Posthumous)-Public Affairs
14. Jagdish Sheth-Literature and Education (USA)
15. P. V. Sindhu-Sports
16. Shri V. Srinivasan-Trade and Industry (Tamil Nadu )

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