Padma Awards 2021 : Complete list of Awardees

Padma Awards 2021 : Padma Vibhushan, Padma bhushan & Padma Shri

The Padma awards are the highest civilian awards in India, but these awards are not restricted to be awarded only to Indian Civilians but also to the foreigners. The Padma awards are categorized into three categories namely Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri. These awards are given to awardees according to their achievements in different fields like art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. here is the Complete list of Padma Awards winners 2021.

Padma awards are conferred on by Hon’ble President of India, on the recommendations of Padma awards committee, constituted by The Prime Minister for the purpose. The Nomination process is open to the public. The Padma awards are given by President on the ceremonial occasion in The Rashtrapati Bhawan(President’s Estate) at New Delhi, in around May/April every year. This year 119 Padma awards has been approved by the President, which includes 7 Padma Vibhushan, 10 Padma Bhushan, and 102 Padma Shri Awards. In this list 29 of the awardees are women,10 persons from the category of Foreigners,16 Posthumous awardees, and 1 transgender awardee.

Padma Vibhushan 2021 (7 Awardees)

Padma Bhushan Awards 2021 (10 Awardees)

Padma Shri Awards 2021 (102 Awardees)

18. Shri Gulfam Ahmed – Art – (Uttar Pradesh)
19. Ms. P. Anitha – Sports – Tamil Nadu
20. Shri Rama Swamy Annavarapu – Art – Andhra Pradesh
21. Shri Subbu Arumugam – Art – Tamil Nadu
22. Shri Prakasarao Asavadi – Literature and Education – Andhra Pradesh
23. Ms. Bhuri Bai – Art – Madhya Pradesh
24. Shri Radhe Shyam Barle – Art – Chhattisgarh
25. Shri Dharma Narayan Barma – Literature and Education – West Bengal
26. Ms. Lakhimi Baruah – Social Work – Assam
27. Shri Biren Kumar Basak – Art – West Bengal
28. Ms. Rajni Bector – Trade and Industry – Punjab
29. Shri Peter Brook – Art – United Kingdom
30. Ms. Sangkhumi Bualchhuak – Social Work – Mizoram
31. Shri Gopiram Bargayn Burabhakat – Art – Assam
32. Ms. Bijoya Chakravarty – Public Affairs – Assam
33. Shri Sujit Chattopadhyay – Literature and Education – West Bengal
34. Shri Jagdish Chaudhary(Posthumous) – Social Work – Uttar Pradesh
35. Shri Tsultrim Chonjor – Social Work – Ladakh
36. Ms. Mouma Das – Sports – West Bengal
37. Shri Srikant Datar – Literature and Education – United States of America
38. Shri Narayan Debnath – Art – West Bengal
39. Ms. Chutni Devi – Social Work – Jharkhand
40. Ms. Dulari Devi – Art – Bihar
41. Ms. Radhe Devi – Art – Manipur
42. Ms. Shanti Devi – Social Work – Odisha
43. Shri Wayan Dibia – Art – Indonesia
44. Shri Dadudan Gadhavi – Literature & Education – Gujarat
45. Shri Parshuram Atmaram Gangavane – Art – Maharashtra
46. Shri Jai Bhagwan Goyal – Literature and Education – Haryana
47. Shri Jagadish Chandra Halder – Literature and Education -West Bengal
48. Shri Mangal Singh Hazowary – Literature and Education – Assam
49. Ms. Anshu Jamsenpa – Sports – Arunachal Pradesh
50. Ms. Purnamasi Jani – Art – Odisha
51. Matha B. Manjamma Jogati – Art – Karnataka
52. Shri Damodaran Kaithapram – Art – Kerala
53. Shri Namdeo C Kamble – Literature and Education – Maharashtra
54. Shri Maheshbhai & Shri Nareshbhai Kanodia (Duo) (Posthumous) – Art – Gujarat
55. Shri Rajat Kumar Kar – Literature and Education – Odisha
56. Shri Rangasami Lakshminarayana Kashyap – Literature and Education – Karnataka
57. Ms. Prakash Kaur – Social Work – Punjab
58. Shri Nicholas Kazanas – Literature and Education – Greece
59. Shri K Kesavasamy – Art – Puducherry
60. Shri Ghulam Rasool Khan – Art – Jammu and Kashmir
61. Shri Lakha Khan – Art – Rajasthan
62. Ms. Sanjida Khatun – Art – Bangladesh
63. Shri Vinayak Vishnu Khedekar – Art – Goa
64. Ms. Niru Kumar – Social Work – Delhi
65. Ms. Lajwanti – Art – Punjab
66. Shri Rattan Lal – Science and Engineering – United States of America
67. Shri Ali Manikfan Others – Grassroots – Innovation – Lakshadweep
68. Shri Ramachandra Manjhi – Art – Bihar
69. Shri Dulal Manki – Art – Assam
70. Shri Nanadro B Marak Others – Agriculture – Meghalaya
71. Shri Rewben Mashangva – Art – Manipur
72. Shri Chandrakant Mehta – Literature and Education – Gujarat
73. Dr. Rattan Lal Mittal – Medicine – Punjab
74. Shri Madhavan Nambiar – Sports – Kerala
75. Shri Shyam Sundar Paliwal – Social Work – Rajasthan
76. Dr. Chandrakant Sambhaji Pandav – Medicine – Delhi
77. Dr. J N Pande (Posthumous) – Medicine – Delhi
78. Shri Solomon Pappaiah – Literature and Education- Journalism – Tamil Nadu
79. Ms. Pappammal Others – Agriculture – Tamil Nadu
80. Dr. Krishna Mohan Pathi – Medicine – Odisha
81. Ms. Jaswantiben Jamnadas Popat – Trade and Industry – Maharashtra
82. Shri Girish Prabhune – Social Work – Maharashtra
83. Shri Nanda Prusty – Literature and Education – Odisha
84. Shri K K Ramachandra Pulavar – Art – Kerala
85. Shri Balan Putheri – Literature and Education – Kerala
86. Ms. Birubala Rabha – Social Work – Assam
87. Shri Kanaka Raju – Art – Telangana
88. Ms. Bombay Jayashri Ramnath – Art – Tamil Nadu
89. Shri Satyaram Reang – Art – Tripura
90. Dr. Dhananjay Diwakar Sagdeo – Medicine – Kerala
91. Shri Ashok Kumar Sahu – Medicine – Uttar Pradesh
92. Dr. Bhupendra Kumar Singh Sanjay – Medicine – Uttarakhand
93. Ms. Sindhutai Sapkal – Social Work – Maharashtra
94. Shri Chaman Lal Sapru (Posthumous) – Literature and Education – Jammu and Kashmir
95. Shri Roman Sarmah – Literature and Education- Journalism – Assam
96. Shri Imran Shah – Literature and Education – Assam
97. Shri Prem Chand Sharma Others – Agriculture – Uttarakhand
98. Shri Arjun Singh Shekhawat – Literature and Education – Rajasthan
99. Shri Ram Yatna Shukla – Literature and Education – Uttar Pradesh
100. Shri Jitender Singh Shunty – Social Work – Delhi
101. Shri Kartar Paras Ram Singh – Art – Himachal Pradesh
102. Shri Kartar Singh – Art – Punjab
103. Dr. Dilip Kumar Singh – Medicine – Bihar
104. Shri Chandra Shekhar Singh Others -Agriculture – Uttar Pradesh
105. Ms. Sudha Hari Narayan Singh – Sports – Uttar Pradesh
106. Shri Virender Singh – Sports – Haryana
107. Ms. Mridula Sinha (Posthumous) – Literature and Education – Bihar
108. Shri K C Sivasankar (Posthumous) – Art – Tamil Nadu
109. Guru Maa Kamali Soren – Social Work – West Bengal
110. Shri Marachi Subburaman – Social Work – Tamil Nadu
111. Shri P Subramanian(Posthumous) – Trade and Industry – Tamil Nadu
112. Ms. Nidumolu Sumathi – Art – Andhra Pradesh
113. Shri Kapil Tiwari – Literature and Education – Madhya Pradesh
114. Father Vallés (Posthumous) – Literature and Education – Spain
115. Dr. Thiruvengadam Veeraraghavan (Posthumous) – Medicine – Tamil Nadu
116. Shri Sridhar Vembu – Trade and Industry – Tamil Nadu
117. Shri K Y Venkatesh – Sports – Karnataka
118. Ms. Usha Yadav – Literature and Education – Uttar Pradesh
119. Col Quazi Sajjad Ali Zahir – Public Affairs – Bangladesh

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