Padma Awards 2023 Winners List, Check List of Padma Awardees

Padma Awards 2023 was announced by the Government of India on the eve of Republic Day 2023. Check the complete List of Padma Awardees 2023, History in this article.

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Padma Awards 2023

Recently, Padma Awards 2023 was announced by the Government of India on the eve of Republic Day 2023. The recipients will be conferred awards by the President of India. A total of 106, Padma Awards 2023 have been announced in three categories namely Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.

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What are Padma Awards?

Padma Awards are civilian honours given by the President of India to Indian citizens or foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI for their exceptional services towards the nation. Disciplines, where an element of public service is involved, are eligible for these awards. Different disciplines in which the awards are generally conferred include art, social work, medicine, spirituality, environment conservation, sports, education, and commerce to name a few. These awards are given in 3 categories, namely:

Padma Vibhushan is the 2nd highest civilian award given for distinguished and exceptional service.
Padma Bhushan is the 3rd highest civilian award given for exceptional service.
Padma Shri is the 4th highest civilian award given for distinguished service.

Padma awards are conferred based on the recommendation of a selection committee, which is constituted by the Prime Minister of India. Nomination to the committee can be made by any Indian citizen. An individual can also self-nominate himself/herself for the award. This process can be done online through the portal created by the government of India.

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Padma Awards 2023 Winners List

Here, we are providing you with a complete list of Padma Awards 2023 for all three categories i.e., Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.

Padma Vibhushan Award 2023

Padma Vibhushan Award 2023 has been given to 6 individuals from different disciplines. These include:

Name	Discipline	State/Country of Birth
Shri Balkrishna Doshi (Posthumous)	Architecture	Gujarat
Shri Zakir Hussain	Art	Maharashtra
Shri S M Krishna	Public Affairs	Karnataka
Shri Dilip Mahalanabis (Posthumous)	Medicine	West Bengal
Shri Srinivas Varadhan	Science & Engineering	United States of America
Shri Mulayam Singh Yadav (Posthumous)	Public Affairs	Uttar Pradesh

Padma Bhushan Award 2023

Padma Bhushan Award has been conferred to 9 individuals and these include:

Name	Discipline	State/Country of Birth
Shri S L Bhyrappa	Literature & Education	Karnataka
Shri Kumar Mangalam Birla	Trade & Industry	Maharashtra
Shri Deepak Dhar	Science & Engineering	Maharashtra
Ms. Vani Jairam	Art	Tamil Nadu
Swami Chinna Jeeyar	Others – Spiritualism	Telangana
Ms. Suman Kalyanpur	Art	Maharashtra
Shri Kapil Kapoor	Literature & Education	Delhi
Ms. Sudha Murty	Social Work	Karnataka
Shri Kamlesh D Patel	Others – Spiritualism	Telangana

Padma Shri Award 2023

Padma Shri Award has been conferred to 91 individuals/duos. These include :

Name	Discipline	State/Country of Birth
Dr. Sukama Acharya	Others – Spiritualism	Haryana
Ms. Jodhaiyabai Baiga	Art	Madhya Pradesh
Shri Premjit Baria	Art	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
Ms. Usha Barle	Art	Chhattisgarh
Shri Munishwar Chanddawar	Medicine	Madhya Pradesh
Shri Hemant Chauhan	Art	Gujarat
Shri Bhanubhai Chitara	Art	Gujarat
Ms. Hemoprova Chutia	Art	Assam
Shri Narendra Chandra Debbarma (Posthumous)	Public Affairs	Tripura
Ms. Subhadra Devi	Art	Bihar
Shri Khadar Valli Dudekula	Science & Engineering	Karnataka
Shri Hem Chandra Goswami	Art	Assam
Ms. Pritikana Goswami	Art	West Bengal
Shri Radha Charan Gupta	Literature & Education	Uttar Pradesh
Shri Modadugu Vijay Gupta	Science & Engineering	Telangana
Shri Ahmed Hussain & Shri Mohd Hussain (Duo)	Art	Rajasthan
Shri Dilshad Hussain	Art	Uttar Pradesh
Shri Bhiku Ramji Idate	Social Work	Maharashtra
Shri C I Issac	Literature & Education	Kerala
Shri Rattan Singh Jaggi	Literature & Education	Punjab
Shri Bikram Bahadur Jamatia	Social Work	Tripura
Shri Ramkuiwangbe Jene	Social Work	Assam
Shri Rakesh Radheshyam Jhunjhunwala (Posthumous)	Trade & Industry	Maharashtra
Shri Ratan Chandra Kar	Medicine	Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Shri Mahipat Kavi	Art	Gujarat
Shri M M Keeravaani	Art	Andhra Pradesh
Shri Areez Khambatta (Posthumous)	Trade & Industry	Gujarat
Shri Parshuram Komaji Khune	Art	Maharashtra
Shri Ganesh Nagappa Krishnarajanagara	Science & Engineering	Andhra Pradesh
Shri Maguni Charan Kuanr	Art	Odisha
Shri Anand Kumar	Literature & Education	Bihar
Shri Arvind Kumar	Science & Engineering	Uttar Pradesh
Shri Domar Singh Kunvar	Art	Chhattisgarh
Shri Risingbor Kurkalang	Art	Meghalaya
Ms. Hirabai Lobi	Social Work	Gujarat
Shri Moolchand Lodha	Social Work	Rajasthan
Ms. Rani Machaiah	Art	Karnataka
Shri Ajay Kumar Mandavi	Art	Chhattisgarh
Shri Prabhakar Bhanudas Mande	Literature & Education	Maharashtra
Shri Gajanan Jagannath Mane	Social Work	Maharashtra
Shri Antaryami Mishra	Literature & Education	Odisha
Shri Nadoja Pindipapanahalli Munivenkatappa	Art	Karnataka
Prof. (Dr.) Mahendra Pal	Science & Engineering	Gujarat
Shri Uma Shankar Pandey	Social Work	Uttar Pradesh
Shri Ramesh Parmar & Ms. Shanti Parmar (Duo)	Art	Madhya Pradesh
Dr. Nalini Parthasarathi	Medicine	Puducherry
Shri Hanumantha Rao Pasupuleti	Medicine	Telangana
Shri Ramesh Patange	Literature & Education	Maharashtra
Ms. Krishna Patel	Art	Odisha
Shri K Kalyanasundaram Pillai	Art	Tamil Nadu
Shri V P Appukuttan Poduval	Social Work	Kerala
Shri Kapil Dev Prasad	Art	Bihar
Shri S R D Prasad	Sports	Kerala
Shri Shah Rasheed Ahmed Quadri	Art	Karnataka
Shri C V Raju	Art	Andhra Pradesh
Shri Bakshi Ram	Science & Engineering	Haryana
Shri Cheruvayal K Raman	Others – Agriculture	Kerala
Ms. Sujatha Ramdorai	Science & Engineering	Canada
Shri Abbareddy Nageswara Rao	Science & Engineering	Andhra Pradesh
Shri Pareshbhai Rathwa	Art	Gujarat
Shri B Ramakrishna Reddy	Literature & Education	Telangana
Shri Mangala Kanti Roy	Art	West Bengal
Ms. K C Runremsangi	Art	Mizoram
Shri Vadivel Gopal & Shri Masi Sadaiyan (Duo)	Social Work	Tamil Nadu
Shri Manoranjan Sahu	Medicine	Uttar Pradesh
Shri Patayat Sahu	Others – Agriculture	Odisha
Shri Ritwik Sanyal	Art	Uttar Pradesh
Shri Kota Satchidananda Sastry	Art	Andhra Pradesh
Shri Sankurathri Chandra Sekhar	Social Work	Andhra Pradesh
Shri K Shanathoiba Sharma	Sports	Manipur
Shri Nekram Sharma	Others – Agriculture	Himachal Pradesh
Shri Gurcharan Singh	Sports	Delhi
Shri Laxman Singh	Social Work	Rajasthan
Shri Mohan Singh	Literature & Education	Jammu & Kashmir
Shri Thounaojam Chaoba Singh	Public Affairs	Manipur
Shri Prakash Chandra Sood	Literature & Education	Andhra Pradesh
Ms. Neihunuo Sorhie	Art	Nagaland
Dr. Janum Singh Soy	Literature & Education	Jharkhand
Shri Kushok Thiksey Nawang Chamba Stanzin	Others – Spiritualism	Ladakh
Shri S Subbaraman	Others – Archaeology	Karnataka
Shri Moa Subong	Art	Nagaland
Shri Palam Kalyana Sundaram	Social Work	Tamil Nadu
Ms. Raveena Ravi Tandon	Art	Maharashtra
Shri Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari	Literature & Education	Uttar Pradesh
Shri Dhaniram Toto	Literature & Education	West Bengal
Shri Tula Ram Upreti	Others – Agriculture	Sikkim
Dr. Gopalsamy Veluchamy	Medicine	Tamil Nadu
Dr. Ishwar Chander Verma	Medicine	Delhi
Ms. Coomi Nariman Wadia	Art	Maharashtra
Shri Karma Wangchu (Posthumous)	Social Work	Arunachal Pradesh
Shri Ghulam Muhammad Zaz	Art	Jammu & Kashmir

Padma Awards History

Padma Awards were conferred for the first time in 1954 and since then they are announced every year on the Republic Day of India. They were not given in the years 1977, 1978 and 1993-1997 due to unavoidable circumstances.

Every individual irrespective of caste, creed, race, sex or religion is eligible for the award without any discrimination. Government servants who work in PSUs except for doctors and scientists are not eligible for the awards.

Padma Award is given to the same person for the second time only after a period of 5 years after the first award was given. Padma awards are given posthumously only in very exceptional cases. The total number of Padma Awards in the three categories cannot extend to 120. In case of the award is given to a duo, it is counted as one.

According to Article 15 of Indian Constitution, Padma Award cannot be used as a title by an individual who has received it.

The award consists of a medal and a certificate. The medal of all three categories is the same except for the fact that embossing on either side of the medal is done using platinum in the Padma Vibhushan medal, gold in Padma Bhushan and stainless steel in Padma Shri.

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Padma Awards 2023 UPSC

Padma Awards 2023 have been announced on 26th January 2023. This year, 106 awards have been announced to individuals/duos from different fields of public service. They are conferred every year by the President of India in 3 categories, which include Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. Padma Vibhushan is the 2nd highest civilian honour, next only to Bharat Ratna. Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri are 3rd and 4th highest civilian honours in India. These awards were conferred for the first time in 1954 and since then they are conferred every year (some exceptions include 1977, 1978, 1993-1997 when these awards were not announced)

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