Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Hindutva poster boy late Kalyan Singh, India's first Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad and former West Bengal Chief Minister and Communist Party of India-Marxist leader Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee in New Delhi selected on Tuesday for this year's Padma awards.
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IMAGE: The CDS, Gen Bipin Rawat. Photograph: ANI Photo.
Singh and General Rawat who died in a helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu last month were conferred Padama Vibushan, the country's second-highest civilian award, along with 88-year-old Indian classical vocalist Prabha Atre and the late Radheshyam Khemka, former chairman of Geeta Press, which publishes Hindu religious books.
The Babri Masjid was demolished when Singh was the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh.
He resigned following the demolition, even as the then Union government dismissed the Bharatiya Janata Party dispensation in the state. Singh died last year
No names were announced for Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award, which was last awarded in 2019 to former President Pranab Mukherjee, social reformer Nanaji Deshmukh and noted singer Bhupen Hazarika.
Cyrus Poonawalla of the Serum Institute of India, which manufactured COVID-19 vaccine Covishield, and Krishna Ella and Suchitra Ella of Bharat Biotech, which produced India's indigenous coronavirus vaccine Covaxin, were also given Padma Bhushan.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, chairperson of Tata Group Natarajan Chandrasekaran were conferred Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian award.
Late Punjabi folk singer Gurmeet Bawa, actor Victor Banerjee and former Union Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi were also named for Padma Bhushan.
Senior Congress leader Azad, former West Bengal chief minister Bhattacharjee, US-based culinary expert Madhur Jaffrey, Paralympic javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia, religious teacher from Gujarat Swami Sachidanand were among the 17 Padma Bhushan awardees.
Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra and singer Sonu Nigam were awarded Padma Shri.
According to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), the President approved conferment of 128 Padma Awards, including two duo cases, this year. In a duo case, the award is counted as one.
The list comprises 4 Padma Vibhushan, 17 Padma Bhushan and 107 Padma Shri awards.
Thirty-four of the awardees are women and the list also includes 10 persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI and 13 posthumous awardees.
Among the awardees include many 'unsung heroes' who have been contributing to the society through different ways.
The Narendra Modi government has been honouring many such 'unsung heroes' with Padma awards since 2014.
Padma Awards are conferred in three categories, namely Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.
The awards are given in various disciplines or 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.
Padma Vibhushan (4) |
SN | Name | Field | State / Country |
1 |
Ms. Prabha Atre |
Art |
Maharashtra |
2 |
Shri Radheyshyam Khemka (Posthumous) |
Literature and Education |
Uttar Pradesh |
3 |
General Bipin Rawat (Posthumous) |
Civil Service |
Uttarakhand |
4 |
Shri Kalyan Singh (Posthumous) |
Public Affairs |
Uttar Pradesh |
Padma Bhushan (17) |
5 |
Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad |
Public Affairs |
Jammu and Kashmir |
6 |
Shri Victor Banerjee |
Art |
West Bengal |
7 |
Ms. Gurmeet Bawa (Posthumous) |
Art |
Punjab |
8 |
Shri Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee |
Public Affairs |
West Bengal |
9 |
Shri Natarajan Chandrasekaran |
Trade and Industry |
Maharashtra |
10 |
Shri Krishna Ella and Smt. Suchitra Ella* (Duo) |
Trade and Industry |
Telangana |
11 |
Ms. Madhur Jaffery |
Others-Culinary |
United States of America |
12 |
Shri Devendra Jhajharia |
Sports |
Rajasthan |
13 |
Shri Rashid Khan |
Art |
Uttar Pradesh |
14 |
Shri Rajiv Mehrishi |
Civil Service |
Rajasthan |
15 |
Shri Satya Narayana Nadella |
Trade and Industry |
United States of America |
16 |
Shri Sundararajan Pichai |
Trade and Industry |
United States of America |
17 |
Shri Cyrus Poonawalla |
Trade and Industry |
Maharashtra |
18 |
Shri Sanjaya Rajaram (Posthumous) |
Science and Engineering |
Mexico |
19 |
Ms. Pratibha Ray |
Literature and Education |
Odisha |
20 |
Swami Sachidanand |
Literature and Education |
Gujarat |
21 |
Shri Vashishth Tripathi |
Literature and Education |
Uttar Pradesh |
Padma Shri (107) |
22 |
Shri Prahlad Rai Agarwala |
Trade and Industry |
West Bengal |
23 |
Prof. Najma Akhtar |
Literature and Education |
Delhi |
24 |
Shri Sumit Antil |
Sports |
Haryana |
25 |
Shri T Senka Ao |
Literature and Education |
Nagaland |
26 |
Ms. Kamalini Asthana and Ms. Nalini Asthana* (Duo) |
Art |
Uttar Pradesh |
27 |
Shri Subbanna Ayyappan |
Science and Engineering |
Karnataka |
28 |
Shri J K Bajaj |
Literature and Education |
Delhi |
29 |
Shri Sirpi Balasubramaniam |
Literature and Education |
Tamil Nadu |
30 |
Srimad Baba Balia |
Social Work |
Odisha |
31 |
Ms. Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay |
Science and Engineering |
West Bengal |
32 |
Ms. Madhuri Barthwal |
Art |
Uttarakhand |
33 |
Shri Akhone Asgar Ali Basharat |
Literature and Education |
Ladakh |
34 |
Dr. Himmatrao Bawaskar |
Medicine |
Maharashtra |
35 |
Shri Harmohinder Singh Bedi |
Literature and Education |
Punjab |
36 |
Shri Pramod Bhagat |
Sports |
Odisha |
37 |
Shri S Ballesh Bhajantri |
Art |
Tamil Nadu |
38 |
Shri Khandu Wangchuk Bhutia |
Art |
Sikkim |
39 |
Shri Maria Christopher Byrski |
Literature and Education |
Poland |
40 |
Acharya Chandanaji |
Social Work |
Bihar |
41 |
Ms. Sulochana Chavan |
Art |
Maharashtra |
42 |
Shri Neeraj Chopra |
Sports |
Haryana |
43 |
Ms. Shakuntala Choudhary |
Social Work |
Assam |
44 |
Shri Sankaranarayana Menon Chundayil |
Sports |
Kerala |
45 |
Shri S Damodaran |
Social Work |
Tamil Nadu |
46 |
Shri Faisal Ali Dar |
Sports |
Jammu and Kashmir |
47 |
Shri Jagjit Singh Dardi |
Trade and Industry |
Chandigarh |
48 |
Dr. Prokar Dasgupta |
Medicine |
United Kingdom |
49 |
Shri Aditya Prasad Dash |
Science and Engineering |
Odisha |
50 |
Dr. Lata Desai |
Medicine |
Gujarat |
51 |
Shri Malji bhai Desai |
Public Affairs |
Gujarat |
52 |
Ms. Basanti Devi |
Social Work |
Uttarakhand |
53 |
Ms. Lourembam Bino Devi |
Art |
Manipur |
54 |
Ms. Muktamani Devi |
Trade and Industry |
Manipur |
55 |
Ms. Shyamamani Devi |
Art |
Odisha |
56 |
Shri Khalil Dhantejvi (Posthumous) |
Literature and Education |
Gujarat |
57 |
Shri Savaji Bhai Dholakia |
Social Work |
Gujarat |
58 |
Shri Arjun Singh Dhurve |
Art |
Madhya Pradesh |
59 |
Dr. Vijaykumar Vinayak Dongre |
Medicine |
Maharashtra |
60 |
Shri Chandraprakash Dwivedi |
Art |
Rajasthan |
61 |
Shri Dhaneswar Engti |
Literature and Education |
Assam |
62 |
Shri Om Prakash Gandhi |
Social Work |
Haryana |
63 |
Shri Narasimha Rao Garikapati |
Literature and Education |
Andhra Pradesh |
64 |
Shri Girdhari Ram Ghonju (Posthumous) |
Literature and Education |
Jharkhand |
65 |
Shri Shaibal Gupta (Posthumous) |
Literature and Education |
Bihar |
66 |
Shri Narasingha Prasad Guru |
Literature and Education |
Odisha |
67 |
Shri Gosaveedu Shaik Hassan (Posthumous) |
Art |
Andhra Pradesh |
68 |
Shri Ryuko Hira |
Trade and Industry |
Japan |
69 |
Ms. Sosamma Iype |
Others - Animal Husbandry |
Kerala |
70 |
Shri Avadh Kishore Jadia |
Literature and Education |
Madhya Pradesh |
71 |
Ms. Sowcar Janaki |
Art |
Tamil Nadu |
72 |
Ms. Tara Jauhar |
Literature and Education |
Delhi |
73 |
Ms. Vandana Kataria |
Sports |
Uttarakhand |
74 |
Shri H R Keshavamurthy |
Art |
Karnataka |
75 |
Shri Rutger Kortenhorst |
Literature and Education |
Ireland |
76 |
Shri P Narayana Kurup |
Literature and Education |
Kerala |
77 |
Ms. Avani Lekhara |
Sports |
Rajasthan |
78 |
Shri Moti Lal Madan |
Science and Engineering |
Haryana |
79 |
Shri Shivnath Mishra |
Art |
Uttar Pradesh |
80 |
Dr. Narendra Prasad Misra (Posthumous) |
Medicine |
Madhya Pradesh |
81 |
Shri Darshanam Mogilaiah |
Art |
Telangana |
82 |
Shri Guruprasad Mohapatra (Posthumous) |
Civil Service |
Delhi |
83 |
Shri Thavil Kongampattu A V Murugaiyan |
Art |
Puducherry |
84 |
Ms. R Muthukannammal |
Art |
Tamil Nadu |
85 |
Shri Abdul Khader Nadakattin |
Others - Grassroots Innovation |
Karnataka |
86 |
Shri Amai Mahalinga Naik |
Others - Agriculture |
Karnataka |
87 |
Shri Tsering Namgyal |
Art |
Ladakh |
88 |
Shri A K C Natarajan |
Art |
Tamil Nadu |
89 |
Shri V L Nghaka |
Literature and Education |
Mizoram |
90 |
Shri Sonu Nigam |
Art |
Maharashtra |
91 |
Shri Ram Sahay Panday |
Art |
Madhya Pradesh |
92 |
Shri Chirapat Prapandavidya |
Literature and Education |
Thailand |
93 |
Ms. K V Rabiya |
Social Work |
Kerala |
94 |
Shri Anil Kumar Rajvanshi |
Science and Engineering |
Maharashtra |
95 |
Shri Sheesh Ram |
Art |
Uttar Pradesh |
96 |
Shri Ramachandraiah |
Art |
Telangana |
97 |
Dr. Sunkara Venkata Adinarayana Rao |
Medicine |
Andhra Pradesh |
98 |
Ms. Gamit Ramilaben Raysingbhai |
Social Work |
Gujarat |
99 |
Ms. Padmaja Reddy |
Art |
Telangana |
100 |
Guru Tulku Rinpoche |
Others - Spiritualism |
Arunachal Pradesh |
101 |
Shri Brahmanand Sankhwalkar |
Sports |
Goa |
102 |
Shri Vidyanand Sarek |
Literature and Education |
Himachal Pradesh |
103 |
Shri Kali Pada Saren |
Literature and Education |
West Bengal |
104 |
Dr. Veeraswamy Seshiah |
Medicine |
Tamil Nadu |
105 |
Ms. Prabhaben Shah |
Social Work |
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |
106 |
Shri Dilip Shahani |
Literature and Education |
Delhi |
107 |
Shri Ram Dayal Sharma |
Art |
Rajasthan |
108 |
Shri Vishwamurti Shastri |
Literature and Education |
Jammu and Kashmir |
109 |
Ms. Tatiana Lvovna Shaumyan |
Literature and Education |
Russia |
110 |
Shri Siddhalingaiah (Posthumous) |
Literature and Education |
Karnataka |
111 |
Shri Kaajee Singh |
Art |
West Bengal |
112 |
Shri Konsam Ibomcha Singh |
Art |
Manipur |
113 |
Shri Prem Singh |
Social Work |
Punjab |
114 |
Shri Seth Pal Singh |
Others - Agriculture |
Uttar Pradesh |
115 |
Ms. Vidya Vindu Singh |
Literature and Education |
Uttar Pradesh |
116 |
Baba Iqbal Singh Ji |
Social Work |
Punjab |
117 |
Dr. Bhimsen Singhal |
Medicine |
Maharashtra |
118 |
Shri Sivananda |
Others - Yoga |
Uttar Pradesh |
119 |
Shri Ajay Kumar Sonkar |
Science and Engineering |
Uttar Pradesh |
120 |
Ms. Ajita Srivastava |
Art |
Uttar Pradesh |
121 |
Sadguru Brahmeshanand Acharya Swami |
Others - Spiritualism |
Goa |
122 |
Dr. Balaji Tambe (Posthumous) |
Medicine |
Maharashtra |
123 |
Shri Raghuvendra Tanwar |
Literature and Education |
Haryana |
124 |
Dr. Kamlakar Tripathi |
Medicine |
Uttar Pradesh |
125 |
Ms. Lalita Vakil |
Art |
Himachal Pradesh |
126 |
Ms. Durga Bai Vyam |
Art |
Madhya Pradesh |
127 |
Shri Jyantkumar Maganlal Vyas |
Science and Engineering |
Gujarat |
128 |
Ms. Badaplin War |
Literature and Education |
Meghalaya |