The Padma Awards are one of the highest civilian honours in India. The awards are presented by the President of India during ceremonial events held at the Rashtrapati Bhawan every year.
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs announced the Padma Award winners on Wednesday in honour of Republic Day 2023. These awards are typically classified into three types – the Padma Vibhushan, for extraordinary and distinguished service, the Padma Bhushan, for distinguished service of high order, and the Padma Shri, for exceptionally distinguished service in any field. This year, 6 Padma Vibhushans, 9 Padma Bhushans, and 91 Padma Shris have been awarded.
The awardees come from a wide range of fields, including engineering, arts, business and industry, social work, and medicine, among others. The President has approved 106 recipients of the Padma awards for 2023, including three duos and seven posthumous recipients. They are as follows:
Padma Vibhushan Awardees 2023
Second only to the Bharat Ratna in importance, the Padma Vibhushan is the second-highest civilian honour bestowed by the Republic of India. Padma Vibhushan's previous name was "Pahela Varg" (Class I).
This year the Padma Vibhushan awards were given to a number of people, including the late Shri Mulayam Singh Yadav and Ustaad Zakir Hussain. Zakir Hussain is a well-known Indian classical tabla player and percussionist, whereas Mulayam Singh Yadav served for three years as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and as the Minister of Defence in the Union Government. Following is the list of Padma Vibhushan Awardees 2023:
| Name | Field | Country/State |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Shri Balkrishna Doshi (Posthumous) | Others Architecture | Gujarat |
| 2. Shri Zakir Hussain | Art | Maharashtra |
| 3. Shri Dilip Mahalanabis (Posthumous) | Medicine | West Bengal |
| 4. Shri S M Krishna | Public Affairs | Karnataka |
| 5. Shri Srinivas Varadhan | Science & Engineering | United States of America |
| 6. Shri Mulayam Singh Yadav (Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Uttar Pradesh |
Padma Bhushan Awardees 2023
Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian honour in the Republic of India coming after the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan. Padma Bhushan's earlier name was "Dusra Varg" (Class II).
This year, the Padma Bhushan award was given to a total of nine people, among whom Shri Sudha Murthy is primarily recognised for her charitable endeavours. She is a renowned English, Kannada, and Marathi author who also teaches engineering in India. Deepak Dhar, an emeritus professor of physics at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research in Pune, was also awarded the Padma Bhushan. The list below includes the names of the Padma Bhushan Awardees in 2023:
| Name | Field | Country/State |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Shri Deepak Dhar | Science & Engineering | Maharashtra |
| 2. Shri S L Bhyrappa | Literature & Education | Karnataka |
| 3. Ms. Vani Jairam | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| 4. Shri Kumar Mangalam Birla | Trade & Industry | Maharashtra |
| 5. Ms. Sudha Murty | Social Work | Karnataka |
| 6. Shri Kapil Kapoor | Literature & Education | Delhi |
| 7. Ms. Suman Kalyanpur | Art | Maharashtra |
| 8. Shri Kamlesh D Patel | Others Spiritualism | Telangana |
| 9. Swami Chinna Jeeyar | Others Spiritualism | Telangana |
Padma Sri Awardees 2023
Padma Shri is the fourth-highest civilian honour in the Republic of India coming after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan, and the Padma Bhushan. It was implemented on January 2, 1954.
Ratan Chandra Kar, a former government physician from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, received the Padma Shri award this year. During the 1999 measles epidemic, he saved the Jarawa tribes from extinction. Another notable figure is the Indian biologist Modadugu Vijay Gupta. He was awarded the World Food Prize in 2005 for developing and sharing low-cost techniques for raising freshwater fish using the tilapia species among rural impoverished people. Below is a list of the 2023 recipients of the Padma Shri award:
| Name | Field | State/Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Dr. Sukama Acharya | Others Spiritualism | Haryana |
| 2. Ms. Jodhaiyabai Baiga | Art | Madhya Pradesh |
| 3. Shri Premjit Baria | Art | Dadra and Nagar Haveli� |
| 4. Ms Usha Barle | Art | Chhatisgarh |
| 5. Shri Munishwar Chanddawar | Medicine | Madhya Pradesh |
| 6. Shri Hemant Chauhan | Art | Gujarat |
| 7. Shri Bhanubhai Chitara | Art | Gujarat |
| 8. Ms Hemoprova Chutia | Art | Assam |
| 9. Shri Narendra Chandra Debbarma (Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Tripura |
| 10. Ms Subhadra Devi | Art | Bihar |
| 11. Shri Khadar Valli Dudekula | Science & Engineering | Karnataka |
| 12. Shri Hem Chandra Goswami | Art | Assam |
| 13. Ms. Pritikana Goswami | Art | West Bengal |
| 14. Shri Radha Charan Gupta | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| 15. Shri Modadugu Vijay Gupta | Science & Engineering | Telangana |
| 16. Shri Ahmed Hussain & Shri Mohd Hussain (Duo) | Art | Rajasthan |
| 17. Shri Dilshad Hussain | Art | Uttar Pradesh |
| 18. Shri Bhiku Ramji Idate | Social Work | Maharashtra |
| 19. Shri C I Issac | Literature & Education | Kerala |
| 20. Shri Rattan Singh Jaggi | Literature & Education | Punjab |
| 21. Shri Bikram Bahadur Jamatia | Social Work | Tripura |
| 22. Shri Ramkuiwangbe Jene | Social Work | Assam |
| 23. Shri Rakesh Radheshyam Jhunjhunwala (Posthumous) | Trade & Industry | Maharashtra |
| 24. Shri Mahipat Kavi | Art | Gujarat |
| 25. Shri Ratan Chandra Kar | Medicine | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |
| 26. Shri Mahipat Kavi | Art | Gujarat |
| 27. Shri M M Keeravaani | Art | Andhra Pradesh |
| 28. Shri Areez Khambatta (Posthumous) | Trade & Industry | Gujarat |
| 29. Shri Parshuram Komaji Khune | Art | Maharashtra |
| 30. Shri Ganesh Nagappa Krishnarajanagara | Science & Engineering | Andhra Pradesh |
| 31. Shri Maguni Charan Kuanr | Art | Odisha |
| 32. Shri Anand Kumar | Literature & Education | Bihar |
| 33. Shri Arvind Kumar | Science & Engineering | Uttar Pradesh |
| 34. Shri Domar Singh Kunvar | Art | Chhatisgarh |
| 35. Shri Risingbor Kurkaland� | Art | Meghalaya |
| 36. Ms Hirabai Lobi | Social Work | Gujarat |
| 37. Shri Moolchand Lodha� | Social Work | Rajasthan |
| 38. MS Rani Machaiah | Art | Karnataka |
| 39. Shri Ajay Kumar Mandavi | Art | Chhatisgarh |
| 40. Shri Prabhakar Bhanudas Mande | Literature | Maharashtra |
| 41. Shri Gajanan Jagannath Mane | Social Work | Mahrashtra |
| 42. Shri Antaryami Mishra | Literature & Education | Odisha |
| 43. Shri Nadoja Pindipapanahalli Munivenkatappa | Art | Karnataka |
| 44. Prof(Dr.) Mahendra Pal | Science & Engineering | Gujarat |
| 45. Shri Uma Shankar Pandey | Science & Engineering | Gujarat |
| 46. Shri Ramesh Parmar & Ms. Shanti Parmar (Duo) | Art | Madhya Pradesh |
| 47. Dr. Nalini Parthasarathi� | Medicine | Puducherry |
| 48. Shri Hanumantha Rao Pasupuleti | Medicine | Telangana |
| 49. Shri Ramesh Patange | Literature & Education | Maharashtra |
| 50. Ms Krishna Patel | Art | Odisha |
| 51. Shri K Kalyanasundaram Pillai | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| 52. Shri V P Appukuttan Poduval | Social Work | Kerala |
| 53. Shri Kapil Dev Prasad | Art | Bihar |
| 54. Shri S R D Prasad� | Sports | Kerala |
| 55. Shri Shah Rasheed Ahmed Quadri | Art | Karnataka |
| 56. Shri C V Raju | Art� | Andhra Pradesh |
| 57. Shri Bakshi Ram | Science & Engineering | Haryana |
| 58. Shri Cheruvayal K Raman | Others - Agriculture | Kerala |
| 59. Ms Sujatha Ramdorai | Science & Engineering | Canada |
| 60. Shri Pareshbhai Rathwa | Art | Gujarat |
| 61. Shri B Ramakrishna Reddy | Literature & Education | Telangana |
| 62. Shri Mangala Kanti Roy | Art | West Bengal |
| 63. Ms K C Runremsangi | Art | Mizoram |
| 64. Shri Vadivel Gopal & Shri Masi Sadaiyan (Duo) | Social Work | Tamil Nadu |
| 65. Shri Manoranjan Sahu | Medicine | Uttar Pradesh |
| 66. Shri Patayat Sahu | Others | Odisha |
| 67. Shri Ritwik Sanyal | Art | Uttar Pradesh |
| 68. Shri Kota S S | Art | Andhra Pradesh |
| 69. Shri Sankurathri Chandra Sekhar | Social Work | Andhra Pradesh |
| 70. Shri K Shanathoiba Sharma | Sports | Manipur |
| 71. Shri Nekram Sharma | Others Agriculture | Himachal Pradesh |
| 72. Shri Gurcharan Singh� | Sports | Delhi |
| 73. Shri Laxman Singh� | Social Work | Rajasthan |
| 74. Shri Mohan Singh | Literature | J & K |
| 75. Shri T C Singh� | Public Affairs | Manipur |
| 76. Shri P C Sood | Literature | Andhra Pradesh |
| 77. Ms Neihunuo Sorhie | Art | Nagaland |
| 78. Janum Singh Soy | Literature | Jharkhand |
| 79. Shri Kushok Thiksey Nawang Chamba Stanzin | Others Spiritualism | Ladakh |
| 80. Shri S Subraman | Others Archaeology | Karnataka |
| 81. Shri Moa Subong� | Art | Nagaland |
| 82. Shri P K Sundaram | Social Work | Tamil Nadu |
| 83. Ms Raveena Ravi Tandon | Art | Maharashtra |
| 84. Shri Vishwanath Prasad | Literature | Uttar Pradesh |
| 85. Shri Dhaniram Toto | Literature | West Bengal |
| 86. Shri Tula Ram Upreti� | Others Agriculture | Sikkim |
| 87. Dr Gopalsamy Veluchamy | Medicine | Tamil Nadu |
| 88. Dr Ishwar Chander Verma | Medicine | Delhi |
| 89. Ms Coomi Nariman Wadia | Art | Maharashtra |
| 90. Shri Karma Wangchu (Posthumous) | Social Work | Arunachal Pradesh |
| 91. Shri G M Zaz | Art | Jammu & Kashmir |
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