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Padma Vibhushan
The Padma Vibhushan is an award of the second-highest civilian award of the Indian Republic. The award originated on 2 January 1954.
The award is mainly given for distinguished and exceptional services, without any distinction of occupation, sex, race, or position. The criteria for selecting the nominees for the Padma Vibhushan award include doctors, scientists etc.
However, individuals working in the public sector undertakings are excluded from being considered for the nominees of the award.
Every year during the period of May 1st – September 15th, the recommendations of the prestigious awards are submitted to the Padma Vibhushan Committee which is formed by the Indian Prime Minister.
The recommendations are submitted by the committee to the prime minister and the president for the final approval. The awardees of the prestigious Padma Vibhushan award are announced each year on the Republic Day, which takes place on 26th January.
Padma Bhushan
The Padma Vibhushan is an award of the third-highest civilian award of the Indian Republic. The award originated on 2 January 1954. The award is mainly given for some distinguished and exceptional services, without any distinction of occupation, sex, race, or position. the highest of the order.
The criteria of the award include services in various government and non-governmental fields.
The Padma Awards Committee is formed by the Prime Minister. The recommendations of the award are received from various sources such as state government, union territories, ministries of the government.
The Prime Minister of India forms a Padma committee which is responsible for nominating all the names for the Padma Bhushan award.
The nominees are then finalised and given approval by the Prime Minister and the President of India. Each year, it is on Republic Day that all the awardees are presented with the Padma Bhushan award.
Padma Shri
Padma Shri is also known as Padma Shree is known to be an award of the fourth-highest civilian award of the Republic of India. The award is followed by Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan and Padma Bhushan award of the Republic of India.
Padma Shri award is an award by the Indian Government on the Republic Day, every year. The award was constituted in 1954. The primary motive of the award is to recognise the Indian citizens for their exceptional performance in various spheres such as sports, education, medicine, arts, social science, literature, public affairs etc.
The award has also been presented to the individuals who do are not the citizens of the country but in some way or the other have contributed to the country in some way or the other.
For the purpose of recommendations, the online platform for the nominations has been formed for the citizens to nominate the individuals for the annually presented with the Padma Shri award.
In this year 2020, President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind 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.
List of Padma Awardees 2020:
- 7 Padma Vibhushan,
- 16 Padma Bhushan
- 118 Padma Shri Awards.
Out of 141 awardees, 34 are women and the list also includes 18 persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI and 12 Posthumous awardees.
List of 2020 Padma Vibhushan Awardees
| SN | Name | Field | State/Country |
| 1. | Shri George Fernandes
(Posthumous) |
Public Affairs | Bihar |
| 2. | Shri Arun Jaitley
(Posthumous) |
Public Affairs | Delhi |
| 3. | Sir Anerood Jugnauth GCSK | Public Affairs | Mauritius |
| 4. | Smt. M. C. Mary Kom | Sports | Manipur |
| 5. | Shri Chhannulal Mishra | Art | Uttar Pradesh |
| 6. | Smt. Sushma Swaraj
(Posthumous) |
Public Affairs | Delhi |
| 7. | Sri Vishveshateertha Swamiji Sri
Pejavara Adhokhaja Matha Udupi (Posthumous) |
Others-Spiritualism | Karnataka |
List of Padma Bhushan Awardees 2020
| SN | Name | Field | State/Country |
| 8. | Shri M. Mumtaz Ali (Sri M) | Others-Spiritualism | Kerala |
| 9. | Shri Syed Muazzem Ali
(Posthumous) |
Public Affairs | Bangladesh |
| 10. | Shri Muzaffar Hussain Baig | Public Affairs | Jammu and
Kashmir |
| 11. | Shri Ajoy Chakravorty | Art | West Bengal |
| 12. | Shri Manoj Das | Literature and
Education |
Puducherry |
| 13. | Shri Balkrishna Doshi | Others-Architecture | Gujarat |
| 14. | Ms. Krishnammal Jagannathan | Social Work | Tamil Nadu |
| 15. | Shri S. C. Jamir | Public Affairs | Nagaland |
| 16. | Shri Anil Prakash Joshi | Social Work | Uttarakhand |
| 17. | Dr. Tsering Landol | Medicine | Ladakh |
| 18. | Shri Anand Mahindra | Trade and Industry | Maharashtra |
| 19. | Shri Neelakanta Ramakrishna
Madhava Menon (Posthumous) |
Public Affairs | Kerala |
| 20. | Shri Manohar Gopalkrishna
Prabhu Parrikar (Posthumous) |
Public Affairs | Goa |
| 21. | Prof. Jagdish Sheth | Literature and
Education |
USA |
| 22. | Ms. P. V. Sindhu | Sports | Telangana |
| 23. | Shri Venu Srinivasan | Trade and Industry | Tamil Nadu |
List of Padma Shri Awardees of 2020
| SN | Name | Field | State/Country |
| 24. | Guru Shashadhar Acharya | Art | Jharkhand |
| 25. | Dr. Yogi Aeron | Medicine | Uttarakhand |
| 26. | Shri Jai Prakash Agarwal | Trade and Industry | Delhi |
| 27. | Shri Jagdish Lal Ahuja | Social Work | Punjab |
| 28. | Kazi Masum Akhtar | Literature and Education | West Bengal |
| 29. | Ms. Gloria Arieira | Literature and Education | Brazil |
| 30. | Khan Zaheerkhan Bakhtiyarkhan | Sports | Maharashtra |
| 31. | Dr. Padmavathy Bandopadhyay | Medicine | Uttar Pradesh |
| 32. | Dr. Sushovan Banerjee | Medicine | West Bengal |
| 33. | Dr. Digambar Behera | Medicine | Chandigarh |
| 34. | Dr. Damayanti Beshra | Literature and Education | Odisha |
| 35. | Shri Pawar Popatrao Bhaguji | Social Work | Maharashtra |
| 36. | Shri Himmata Ram Bhambhu | Social Work | Rajasthan |
| 37. | Shri Sanjeev Bikhchandani | Trade and Industry | Uttar Pradesh |
| 38. | Shri Gafurbhai M. Bilakhia | Trade and Industry | Gujarat |
| 39. | Shri Bob Blackman | Public Affairs | United Kingdom |
| 40. | Ms. Indira P. P. Bora | Art | Assam |
| 41. | Shri Madan Singh Chauhan | Art | Chhattisgarh |
| 42. | Ms. Usha Chaumar | Social Work | Rajasthan |
| 43. | Shri Lil Bahadur Chettri | Literature and Education | Assam |
| 44. | Ms. Lalitha & Ms. Saroja
Chidambaram (Duo)* |
Art | Tamil Nadu |
| 45. | Dr. Vajira Chitrasena | Art | Sri Lanka |
| 46. | Dr. Purushottam Dadheech | Art | Madhya Pradesh |
| 47. | Shri Utsav Charan Das | Art | Odisha |
| 48. | Prof. Indra Dassanayake
(Posthumous) |
Literature and Education | Sri Lanka |
| 49. | Shri H. M. Desai | Literature and Education | Gujarat |
| 50. | Shri Manohar Devadoss | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| 51. | Ms. Oinam Bembem Devi | Sports | Manipur |
| 52. | Ms. Lia Diskin | Social Work | Brazil |
| 53. | Shri M. P. Ganesh | Sports | Karnataka |
| 54. | Dr. Bangalore Gangadhar | Medicine | Karnataka |
| 55. | Dr. Raman Gangakhedkar | Science and Engineering | Maharashtra |
| 56. | Shri Barry Gardiner | Public Affairs | United Kingdom |
| 57. | Shri Chewang Motup Goba | Trade and Industry | Ladakh |
| 58. | Shri Bharat Goenka | Trade and Industry | Karnataka |
| 59. | Shri Yadla Gopalarao | Art | Andhra Pradesh |
| 60. | Shri Mitrabhanu Gountia | Art | Odisha |
| 61. | Ms. Tulasi Gowda | Social Work | Karnataka |
| 62. | Shri Sujoy K. Guha | Science and Engineering | Bihar |
| 63. | Ms. Harekala Hajabba | Social Work | Karnataka |
| 64. | Shri Enamul Haque | Others-Archaeology | Bangladesh |
| 65. | Shri Madhu Mansuri Hasmukh | Art | Jharkhand |
| 66. | Shri Abdul Jabbar
(Posthumous) |
Social Work | Madhya Pradesh |
| 67. | Shri Bimal Kumar Jain | Social Work | Bihar |
| 68. | Ms. Meenakshi Jain | Literature and Education | Delhi |
| 69. | Shri Nemnath Jain | Trade and Industry | Madhya Pradesh |
| 70. | Ms. Shanti Jain | Art | Bihar |
| 71. | Shri Sudhir Jain | Science and Engineering | Gujarat |
| 72. | Shri Benichandra Jamatia | Literature and Education | Tripura |
| 73. | Shri K. V. Sampath Kumar & Ms. Vidushi Jayalakshmi K.S.
(Duo)* |
Literature and Education-Journalism | Karnataka |
| 74. | Shri Karan Johar | Art | Maharashtra |
| 75. | Dr. Leela Joshi | Medicine | Madhya Pradesh |
| 76. | Ms. Sarita Joshi | Art | Maharashtra |
| 77. | Shri C. Kamlova | Literature and Education | Mizoram |
| 78. | Dr. Ravi Kannan R. | Medicine | Assam |
| 79. | Ms. Ekta Kapoor | Art | Maharashtra |
| 80. | Shri Yazdi Naoshirwan Karanjia | Art | Gujarat |
| 81. | Shri Narayan J. Joshi Karayal | Literature and Education | Gujarat |
| 82. | Dr. Narindar Nath Khanna | Medicine | Uttar Pradesh |
| 83. | Shri Naveen Khanna | Science and Engineering | Delhi |
| 84. | Shri S. P. Kothari | Literature and Education | USA |
| 85. | Shri V. K. Munusamy
Krishnapakthar |
Art | Puducherry |
| 86. | Shri M. K. Kunjol | Social Work | Kerala |
| 87. | Shri Manmohan Mahapatra
(Posthumous) |
Art | Odisha |
| 88. | Ustad Anwar Khan Mangniyar | Art | Rajasthan |
| 89. | Shri Kattungal Subramaniam
Manilal |
Science and Engineering | Kerala |
| 90. | Shri Munna Master | Art | Rajasthan |
| 91. | Prof. Abhiraj Rajendra Mishra | Literature and Education | Himachal Pradesh |
| 92. | Ms. Binapani Mohanty | Literature and Education | Odisha |
| 93. | Dr. Arunoday Mondal | Medicine | West Bengal |
| 94. | Dr. Prithwindra Mukherjee | Literature and Education | France |
| 95. | Shri Sathyanarayan Mundayoor | Social Work | Arunachal Pradesh |
| 96. | Shri Manilal Nag | Art | West Bengal |
| 97. | Shri N. Chandrasekharan Nair | Literature and Education | Kerala |
| 98. | Dr. Tetsu Nakamura
(Posthumous) |
Social Work | Afghanistan |
| 99. | Shri Shiv Datt Nirmohi | Literature and Education | Jammu and
Kashmir |
| 100. | Shri Pu Lalbiakthanga Pachuau | Literature and
Education-Journalism |
Mizoram |
| 101. | Ms. Moozhikkal Pankajakshi | Art | Kerala |
| 102. | Dr. Prasanta Kumar Pattanaik | Literature and Education | USA |
| 103. | Shri Jogendra Nath Phukan | Literature and Education | Assam |
| 104. | Ms. Rahibai Soma Popere | Others-Agriculture | Maharashtra |
| 105. | Shri Yogesh Praveen | Literature and Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| 106. | Shri Jitu Rai | Sports | Uttar Pradesh |
| 107. | Shri Tarundeep Rai | Sports | Sikkim |
| 108. | Shri S. Ramakrishnan | Social Work | Tamil Nadu |
| 109. | Ms. Rani Rampal | Sports | Haryana |
| 110. | Ms. Kangana Ranaut | Art | Maharashtra |
| 111. | Shri Dalavai Chalapathi Rao | Art | Andhra Pradesh |
| 112. | Shri Shahbuddin Rathod | Literature and Education | Gujarat |
| 113. | Shri Kalyan Singh Rawat | Social Work | Uttarakhand |
| 114. | Shri Chintala Venkat Reddy | Others-Agriculture | Telangana |
| 115. | Smt. (Dr.) Shanti Roy | Medicine | Bihar |
| 116. | Shri Radhammohan & Ms.
Sabarmatee (Duo)* |
Others-Agriculture | Odisha |
| 117. | Shri Batakrushna Sahoo | Others-Animal
Husbandry |
Odisha |
| 118. | Ms. Trinity Saioo | Others-Agriculture | Meghalaya |
| 119. | Shri Adnan Sami | Art | Maharashtra |
| 120. | Shri Vijay Sankeshwar | Trade and Industry | Karnataka |
| 121. | Dr. Kushal Konwar Sarma | Medicine | Assam |
| 122. | Shri Sayed Mehboob Shah Qadri
alias Sayedbhai |
Social Work | Maharashtra |
| 123. | Shri Mohammed Sharif | Social Work | Uttar Pradesh |
| 124. | Shri Shyam Sunder Sharma | Art | Bihar |
| 125. | Dr. Gurdip Singh | Medicine | Gujarat |
| 126. | Shri Ramjee Singh | Social Work | Bihar |
| 127. | Shri Vashishtha Narayan Singh
(Posthumous) |
Science and Engineering | Bihar |
| 128. | Shri Daya Prakash Sinha | Art | Uttar Pradesh |
| 129. | Dr. Sandra Desa Souza | Medicine | Maharashtra |
| 130. | Shri Vijayasarathi Sribhashyam | Literature and Education | Telangana |
| 131. | Smt. Kalee Shabi Mahaboob & Shri Sheik Mahaboob Subani
(Duo)* |
Art | Tamil Nadu |
| 132. | Shri Javed Ahmad Tak | Social Work | Jammu and
Kashmir |
| 133. | Shri Pradeep Thalappil | Science and Engineering | Tamil Nadu |
| 134. | Shri Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi | Literature and Education | Arunachal Pradesh |
| 135. | Shri Robert Thurman | Literature and Education | USA |
| 136. | Shri Agus Indra Udayana | Social Work | Indonesia |
| 137. | Shri Harish Chandra Verma | Science and Engineering | Uttar Pradesh |
| 138. | Shri Sundaram Verma | Social Work | Rajasthan |
| 139. | Dr. Romesh Tekchand
Wadhwani |
Trade and Industry | USA |
| 140. | Shri Suresh Wadkar | Art | Maharashtra |
| 141. | Shri Prem Watsa | Trade and Industry | Canada |