List of Padma Awards winners 2020

The Government of India started two civilian awards; Bharat Ratna & Padma Vibhushan in 1954. But in the year 1955  Padma Vibhushan was further divided into three categories; Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian award in the country.

Padma Awards are given in three categories, namely,

1. Padma Vibhushan for exceptional and distinguished service

2. Padma Bhushan for distinguished service of a high order

3. Padma Shri for distinguished service

Civilian Awards Winners (Bharat Ratna & Padma Awards) 2020

Padma Awards in 2020 has been conferred to 141 people including 4 duo cases that are in a duo case, the award is counted as one. The list comprises 7 Padma Vibhushan, 16 Padma Bhushan and 118 Padma Shri Awards. Let us tell you that 33 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 18 persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI and 12 Posthumous awardees.

Bharat Ratna (2019): 3 People awarded

1. Pranab Mukherjee

He is an Indian politician who served as the 13th President of India from 2012 until 2017. He has been a senior leader in the Indian National Congress and has occupied several ministerial portfolios in the Government of India. Prior to his election as President, he was Union Finance Minister from 2009 to 2012.

2. Nanaji Deshmukh

He was a social activist from India. He worked in the fields of education, health, and rural self-reliance. He was a member of RSS, a leader of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh and also a member of the Rajya Sabha. He was honoured with the Padma Vibhushan in 1999. Indiá's first Saraswati Shishu Mandir was established by him at Gorakhpur in 1950.

3. Bhupen Hazarika

He was an Indian playback singer, lyricist, musician, singer, poet and film-maker from Assam, widely known as Sudhakantha. Before Bharat Ratna he had received the National Film Award for best music direction in 1975. Recipient of Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (1987), Padma shri (1977), and Padmabhushan (2001), and also awarded with Dada Saheb Phalke Award (1992).

Padma Vibhushan (2020): 7 People Awarded

1. Shri George Fernandes (Posthumous)- Public Affairs

2.  Shri Arun Jaitley (Posthumous)- Public Affairs

3. Sir Anerood Jugnauth GCSK- Public Affairs

4. Smt. M. C. Mary Kom - Sports 

5. Shri Chhannulal Mishra - Art 

6. Smt. Sushma Swaraj (Posthumous)- Public Affairs

7. Sri Vishveshateertha Swamiji Sri Pejavara Adhokhaja Matha Udupi (Posthumous)- Others-Spiritualism

Padma Bhushan (2020): 16 People Awarded

1. Shri M. Mumtaz Ali (Sri M) - Others-Spiritualism

2. Shri Syed Muazzem Ali(Posthumous)- Public Affairs

3. Shri Muzaffar Hussain Baig- Public Affairs

4. Shri Ajoy Chakravorty- Art

5.Shri Manoj Das- Literature and Education

6. Shri Balkrishna Doshi- Others-Architecture

7. Ms. Krishnammal Jagannathan- Social Work

8. Shri S. C. Jamir- Public Affairs

9. Shri Anil Prakash Joshi- Social Work

10. Dr. Tsering Landol- Medicine

11. Shri Anand Mahindra- Trade and Industry

12. Shri Neelakanta Ramakrishna Madhava Menon (Posthumous)- Public Affairs

13. Shri Manohar Gopalkrishna Prabhu Parrikar (Posthumous)- Public Affairs

14. Prof. Jagdish Sheth- Literature and Education

15. Ms. P. V. Sindhu- Sports

16. Shri Venu Srinivasan- Trade and Industry

Padma Shree (2020): 118 People Awarded

1. Guru Shashadhar Acharya - Art
   
2.  Dr. Yogi Aeron- Medicine
3.  Shri Jai Prakash Agarwal- Trade and Industry
4.  Shri Jagdish Lal Ahuja- Social Work
5. Kazi Masum Akhtar- Literature and Education
6. Ms. Gloria Arieira- Literature and Education
7. Khan Zaheerkhan Bakhtiyarkhan- Sports
8. Dr. Padmavathy Bandopadhyay- Medicine
9. Dr. Sushovan Banerjee- Medicine
10.  Dr. Digambar Behera- Medicine
11. Dr. Damayanti Beshra- Literature and Education
12. Shri Pawar Popatrao Bhaguji- Social Work
13. Shri Himmata Ram Bhambhu- Social Work
14.  Shri Sanjeev Bikhchandani- Trade and Industry
15. Shri Gafurbhai M. Bilakhia- Trade and Industry
16. Shri Bob Blackman- Public Affairs
17. Ms. Indira P. P. Bora- Art
18. Shri Madan Singh Chauhan- Art
19.  Ms. Usha Chaumar- Social Work
20.  Shri Lil Bahadur Chettri- Literature and Education
21. Ms. Lalitha & Ms. Saroja Chidambaram (Duo)*- Art
22.  Dr. Vajira Chitrasena- Art
23. Dr. Purushottam Dadheech- Art
24.  Shri Utsav Charan Das- Art
25. Prof. Indra Dassanayake(Posthumous)- Literature and Education
26.  Shri H. M. Desai- Literature and Education
27.  Shri Manohar Devadoss- Art
28.  Ms. Oinam Bembem Devi- Sports
29.  Ms. Lia Diskin Social- Work
30. Shri M. P. Ganesh- Sports
31.  Dr. Bangalore Gangadhar- Medicine
32.  Dr. Raman Gangakhedkar- Science and Engineering
33.  Shri Barry Gardiner- Public Affairs
34.  Shri Chewang Motup Goba- Trade and Industry
35.  Shri Bharat Goenka- Trade and Industry
36. Shri Yadla Gopalarao- Art
37.  Shri Mitrabhanu Gountia- Art
38. Ms. Tulasi Gowda- Social Work
39. Shri Sujoy K. Guha- Science and Engineering
40.  Shri Harekala Hajabba- Social Work
41. Shri Enamul Haque Others-Archaeology
42. Shri Madhu Mansuri Hasmukh- Art
43.  Shri Abdul Jabbar(Posthumous)- Social Work
44.  Shri Bimal Kumar Jain- Social Work
45. Ms. Meenakshi Jain- Literature and Education
46.  Shri Nemnath Jain- Trade and Industry
47.  Ms. Shanti Jain- Art
48.  Shri Sudhir Jain- Science and Engineering
49.  Shri Benichandra Jamatia- Literature and Education
50.  Shri K. V. Sampath Kumar & Ms. Vidushi Jayalakshmi K.S.(Duo)*- Literature andEducation-Journalism
51. Shri Karan Johar - Art
52.  Dr. Leela Joshi- Medicine
53.  Ms. Sarita Joshi- Art
54. Shri C. Kamlova- Literature and Education
55.  Dr. Ravi Kannan R.- Medicine
56.  Ms. Ekta Kapoor- Art
57. Shri Yazdi Naoshirwan Karanjia- Art
58.  Shri Narayan J. Joshi Karayal- Literature and Education
59. Dr. Narindar Nath Khanna- Medicine
60. Shri Naveen Khanna- Science and Engineering
61.  Shri S. P. Kothari- Literature and Education
62. Shri V. K. Munusamy Krishnapakthar- Art
63.  Shri M. K. Kunjol- Social Work
64. Shri Manmohan Mahapatra (Posthumous)- Art
65.  Ustad Anwar Khan Mangniyar- Art
66.  Shri Kattungal Subramaniam Manilal- Science and Engineering
67.  Shri Munna Master- Art
68.  Prof. Abhiraj Rajendra Mishra- Literature and Education
69.  Ms. Binapani Mohanty- Literature and Education
70. Dr. Arunoday Mondal- Medicine
71.  Dr. Prithwindra Mukherjee- Literature and Education
72.  Shri Sathyanarayan Mundayoor- Social Work
    
73. Shri Manilal Nag- Art
74.  Shri N. Chandrasekharan Nair- Literature and Education
75. Dr. Tetsu Nakamura(Posthumous)- Social Work
76.  Shri Shiv Datt Nirmohi- Literature and Education
77.  Shri Pu Lalbiakthanga Pachuau- Literature and Education-Journalism
78.  Ms. Moozhikkal Pankajakshi- Art
79. Dr. Prasanta Kumar Pattanaik- Literature and Education
80.  Shri Jogendra Nath Phukan- Literature and Education
81.  Ms. Rahibai Soma Popere- Others-Agriculture
82.  Shri Yogesh Praveen- Literature and Education
83. Shri Jitu Rai- Sports
84.  Shri Tarundeep Rai- Sports
85.  Shri S. Ramakrishnan- Social Work
86.  Ms. Rani Rampal- Sports
87.  Ms. Kangana Ranaut- Art
88.  Shri Dalavai Chalapathi Rao- Art
89. Shri Shahbuddin Rathod- Literature and Education
90. Shri Kalyan Singh Rawat- Social Work
91. Shri Chintala Venkat Reddy- Others-Agriculture
92. Smt. (Dr.) Shanti Roy- Medicine
93.  Shri Radhammohan & Ms. Sabarmatee (Duo)*- Others-Agriculture
94. Shri Batakrushna Sahoo- Others-AnimalHusbandry
95.  Ms. Trinity Saioo- Others-Agriculture
96.  Shri Adnan Sami- Art
97. Shri Vijay Sankeshwar- Trade and Industry
98.  Dr. Kushal Konwar Sarma- Medicine
99. Shri Sayed Mehboob Shah Qadri alias Sayedbhai- Social Work
100.  Shri Mohammed Sharif- Social Work
101.  Shri Shyam Sunder Sharma- Art
102. Dr. Gurdip Singh- Medicine
103.  Shri Ramjee Singh- Social Work
104.  Shri Vashishtha Narayan Singh(Posthumous)- Science and Engineering
105. Shri Daya Prakash Sinha- Art
     
106. Dr. Sandra Desa Souza- Medicine
     
107. Shri Vijayasarathi Sribhashyam- Literature and Education
     
108. Smt. Kalee Shabi Mahaboob & Shri Sheik Mahaboob Subani(Duo)*- Art
     
109.  Shri Javed Ahmad Tak- Social Work 
     
110. Shri Pradeep Thalappil- Science and Engineering
     
111.  Shri Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi- Literature and Education
     
112. Shri Robert Thurman- Literature and Education
     
113. Shri Agus Indra Udayana- Social Work
     
114.  Shri Harish Chandra Verma- Science and Engineering
     
115. Shri Sundaram Verma- Social Work
     
116.  Dr. Romesh Tekchand Wadhwani- Trade and Industry
     
117. Shri Suresh Wadkar- Art 
     
118.  Shri Prem Watsa- Trade and Industry
     

Note: * In the duo case, the award is counted as one.

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