Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday congratulated all those who have been conferred the Padma Awards and said India cherishes their contribution across diverse sectors.
In a post on X, PM Modi said, "Congratulations to all those who have been conferred the Padma Awards. India cherishes their contribution across diverse sectors.' 'May they continue to inspire people with their exceptional work," he said.
Former Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, actors Vyjayantimala Bali and Konidela Chiranjeevi, Sulabh International founder late Bindeshwar Pathak, first woman judge of Supreme Court late M Fathima Beevi and Bombay Samachar owner Hormusji N Cama were among 132 eminent persons awarded Padma awards on Thursday.
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).
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 Award
The Padma Vibhushan Awardees are:
Vyjayantimala Bali - Art - Tamil Nadu
Konidela Chiranjeevi - Art - Andhra Pradesh
M Venkaiah Naidu - Public Affairs - Andhra Pradesh
Bindeshwar Pathak - Social Work - Bihar (Posthumous)
Padma Subrahmanyam - Art - Tamil Nadu
Padma Bhushan Award
The Padma Bhushan Awardees are:
M Fathima Beevi (Posthumous) - Public Affairs - Kerala
Hormusji N Cama - Literature & Education - Journalism - Maharashtra
Mithun Chakraborty - Art - West Bengal
Sitaram Jindal - Trade & Industry - Karnataka
Young Liu - Trade & Industry - Taiwan
Ashwin Balachand Mehta - Medicine - Maharashtra
Satyabrata Mookherjee - Public Affairs - West Bengal
Shri Ram - Public Affairs - Maharashtra
Tejas Madhusudan Patel - Medicine - Gujarat
Olanchery Rajagopal - Public Affairs - Kerala
Dattatray Ambadas Mayaloo alias Rajdutt - Art - Maharashtra
Togdan Rinpoche (Posthumous) - Others-Spiritualism - Ladakh
Pyarelal Sharma - Art - Maharashtra
Chandreshwar Prasad Thakur - Medicine - Bihar
Usha Uthup - Art - West Bengal
Vijaykanth (Posthumous) - Art - Tamil Nadu
Kundan Vyas - Literature & Education - Journalism - Maharashtra
Padma Shri Awards
The Padma Shri Awardees are:
| Name | Field | State/Region/Country |
|---|---|---|
| Khalil Ahamad | Art | Uttar Pradesh |
| Badrappan M | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| Kaluram Bamaniya | Art | Madhya Pradesh |
| Rezwana Choudhury Bannya | Art | Bangladesh |
| Naseem Bano | Art | Uttar Pradesh |
| Ramlal Bareth | Art | Chhattisgarh |
| Gita Roy Barman | Art | West Bengal |
| Parbati Baruah | Social Work | Assam |
| Sarbeswar Basumatary | Others - Agriculture | Assam |
| Som Datt Battu | Art | Himachal Pradesh |
| Takdira Begum | Art | West Bengal |
| Sathyanarayana Beleri | Others - Agriculture | Kerala |
| Drona Bhuyan | Art | Assam |
| Ashok Kumar Biswas | Art | Bihar |
| Rohan Machanda Bopanna | Sports | Karnataka |
| Smriti Rekha Chakma | Art | Tripura |
| Narayan Chakraborty | Science & Engineering | West Bengal |
| A Velu Ananda Chari | Art | Telangana |
| Ram Chet Chaudhary | Science & Engineering | Uttar Pradesh |
| K Chellammal | Others - Agriculture | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |
| Joshna Chinappa | Sports | Tamil Nadu |
| Charlotte Chopin | Others - Yoga | France |
| Raghuveer Choudhary | Literature & Education | Gujarat |
| Joe D Cruz | Literature & Education | Tamil Nadu |
| Ghulam Nabi Dar | Art | Jammu & Kashmir |
| Chitta Ranjan Debbarma | Others - Spiritualism | Tripura |
| Uday Vishwanath Deshpande | Sports | Maharashtra |
| Prema Dhanraj | Medicine | Karnataka |
| Radha Krishan Dhiman | Medicine | Uttar Pradesh |
| Manohar Krishana Dole | Medicine | Maharashtra |
| Pierre Sylvain Filliozat | Literature & Education | France |
| Mahabir Singh Guddu | Art | Haryana |
| Anupama Hoskere | Art | Karnataka |
| Yazdi Maneksha Italia | Medicine | Gujarat |
| Rajaram Jain | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| Jankilal | Art | Rajasthan |
| Ratan Kahar | Art | West Bengal |
| Yashwant Singh Kathoch | Literature & Education | Uttarakhand |
| Zahir I Kazi | Literature & Education | Maharashtra |
| Gaurav Khanna | Sports | Uttar Pradesh |
| Surendra Kishore | Literature & Education - Journalism | Bihar |
| Dasari Kondappa | Art | Telangana |
| Sridhar Makam Krishnamurthy | Literature & Education | Karnataka |
| Yanung Jamoh Lego | Others - Agriculture | Arunachal Pradesh |
| Jordan Lepcha | Art | Sikkim |
| Satendra Singh Lohia | Sports | Madhya Pradesh |
| Binod Maharana | Art | Odisha |
| Purnima Mahato | Sports | Jharkhand |
| Uma Maheshwari D | Art | Andhra Pradesh |
| Dukhu Majhi | Social Work | West Bengal |
| Ram Kumar Mallick | Art | Bihar |
| Hemchand Manjhi | Medicine | Chhattisgarh |
| Chandrashekhar Mahadeorao Meshram | Medicine | Maharashtra |
| Surendra Mohan Mishra (Posthumous) | Art | Uttar Pradesh |
| Ali Mohammed & Ghani Mohammed | Art | Rajasthan |
| Kalpana Morparia | Trade & Industry | Maharashtra |
| Chami Murmu | Social Work | Jharkhand |
| Sasindran Muthuvel | Public Affairs | Papua New Guinea |
| G Nachiyar | Medicine | Tamil Nadu |
| Kiran Nadar | Art | Delhi |
| Pakaravur Chithran Namboodiripad (Posthumous) | Literature & Education | Kerala |
| Narayanan E P | Art | Kerala |
| Shailesh Nayak | Science & Engineering | Delhi |
| Harish Nayak (Posthumous) | Literature & Education | Gujarat |
| Fred Negrit | Literature & Education | France |
| Hari Om | Science & Engineering | Haryana |
| Bhagabat Padhan | Art | Odisha |
| Sanatan Rudra Pal | Art | West Bengal |
| Shankar Baba Pundlikrao Papalkar | Social Work | Maharashtra |
| Radhe Shyam Pareek | Medicine | Uttar Pradesh |
| Dayal Mavjibhai Parmar | Medicine | Gujarat |
| Binod Kumar Pasayat | Art | Odisha |
| Silbi Passah | Art | Meghalaya |
| Shanti Devi Paswan & Shivan Paswan* | Art | Bihar |
| Sanjay Anant Patil | Others - Agriculture | Goa |
| Muni Narayana Prasad | Literature & Education | Kerala |
| K S Rajanna | Social Work | Karnataka |
| Chandrashekar Channapatna Rajannachar | Medicine | Karnataka |
| Bhagwatilal Rajpurohit | Literature & Education | Madhya Pradesh |
| Romalo Ram | Art | Jammu & Kashmir |
| Navjivan Rastogi | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| Nirmal Rishi | Art | Punjab |
| Pran Sabharwal | Art | Punjab |
| Gaddam Sammaiah | Art | Telangana |
| Sangthankima | Social Work | Mizoram |
| Machihan Sasa | Art | Manipur |
| Omprakash Sharma | Art | Madhya Pradesh |
| Eklabya Sharma | Science & Engineering | West Bengal |
| Ram Chander Sihag | Science & Engineering | Haryana |
| Harbinder Singh | Sports | Delhi |
| Gurvinder Singh | Social Work | Haryana |
| Godawari Singh | Art | Uttar Pradesh |
| Ravi Prakash Singh | Science & Engineering | Mexico |
| Seshampatti T Sivalingam | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| Somanna | Social Work | Karnataka |
| Kethavath Somlal | Literature & Education | Telangana |
| Shashi Soni | Trade & Industry | Karnataka |
| Urmila Srivastava | Art | Uttar Pradesh |
| Nepal Chandra Sutradhar (Posthumous) | Art | West Bengal |
| Gopinath Swain | Art | Odisha |
| Laxman Bhatt Tailang | Art | Rajasthan |
| Maya Tandon | Social Work | Rajasthan |
| Aswathi Thirunal Gouri Lakshmi Bayi Thampuratty | Literature & Education | Kerala |
| Jagdish Labhshanker Trivedi | Art | Gujarat |
| Sano Vamuzo | Social Work | Nagaland |
| Balakrishnan Sadanam Puthiya Veetil | Art | Kerala |
| Kurella Vittalacharya | Literature & Education | Telangana |
| Kiran Vyas | Others - Yoga | France |
| Jageshwar Yadav | Social Work | Chhattisgarh |
| Babu Ram Yadav | Art | Uttar Pradesh |
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