Padma Awards 2021: A total of 119 Padma Awards will be conferred by the President of India in ceremonial functions held at Rashtrapati Bhavan this year. The list includes 7 Padma Vibhushan, 10 Padma Bhushan and 102 Padma Shri Awardees. Of these, 29 of the awardees are women. Through this article, let us take a look at the women Padma Awardees of 2021.
Padma Awards 2021: List of Women Awardees
| Padma Bhushan | |||
| S.No. | Recipient | Field | State/Country |
| 1. | Krishnan Nair Shantakumari Chithra | Art | Kerala |
| 2. | Sumitra Mahajan | Public Affairs | Assam |
| Padma Shri | |||
| 1. | P. Anitha | Sports | Tamil Nadu |
| 2. | Bhuri Bai | Art | Madhya Pradesh |
| 3. | Lakhimi Baruah | Social Work | Assam |
| 4. | Rajni Bector | Trade and Industry | Punjab |
| 5. | Sangkhumi Bualchhuak | Social Work | Mizoram |
| 6. | Bijoya Chakravarty | Public Affairs | Assam |
| 7. | Mouma Das | Sports | West Bengal |
| 8. | Chutni Devi | Social Work | Jharkhand |
| 9. | Dulari Devi | Art | Bihar |
| 10. | Radhe Devi | Art | Manipur |
| 11. | Shanti Devi | Social Work | Odisha |
| 12. | Anshu Jamsenpa | Sports | Arunachal Pradesh |
| 13. | Purnamasi Jani | Art | Odisha |
| 14. | Prakash Kaur | Social Work | Punjab |
| 15. | Sanjida Khatun | Art | Bangladesh |
| 16. | Niru Kumar | Social Work | Delhi |
| 17. | Lajwanti | Art | Punjab |
| 18. | Pappammal | Others- Agriculture | Tamil Nadu |
| 19. | Jaswantiben Jamnadas Popat | Trade and Industry | Maharashtra |
| 20. | Birubala Rabha | Social Work | Assam |
| 21. | Bombay Jayashri Ramnath | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| 22. | Sindhutai Sapkal | Social Work | Maharashtra |
| 23. | Sudha Hari Narayan Singh | Sports | Uttar Pradesh |
| 24. | Mridula Sinha (Posthumous) | Literature and Education | Bihar |
| 25. | Guru Maa Kamali Soren | Social Work | West Bengal |
| 26. | Nidumolu Sumathi | Art | Andhra Pradesh |
| 27. | Usha Yadav | Literature and Education | Uttar Pradesh |
This was the complete list of women who were honoured with the Padma Awards 2021. To read more articles on Padma Awards, go through the links given below:
Padma Awards 2021: List of Awardees in the Education Sector
Explained: What is the difference between Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri?
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