Padma Awards – one of the highest civilian Awards of the country, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The Awards are given in various disciplines / 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.
History:
Padma Awards were instituted in the year 1954. Except for brief interruptions during the years 1977 to 1980 and 1993 to 1997, these awards have been announced every year on Republic Day. The award is given in three categories, viz. Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri, in the decreasing order of importance.
- Padma Vibhushan for “exceptional and distinguished service”. Padma Vibhushan is the second-highest civilian award in India.
- Padma Bhushan for “distinguished service of a high order”. Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award in India.
- Padma Shri is awarded for “distinguished service”. Padma Shri is the fourth-highest civilian award in India.
Unlike national honors, the Padma awards do not include cash allowances, benefits, or special concessions in rail / air travel. Per a December 1995 judgment of the Supreme Court of India, no titles or honorifics are associated with the Bharat Ratna or any of the Padma awards; honorees cannot use them or their initials as suffixes, prefixes or pre- and post-nominals attached to the awardee’s name. This includes any such use on letterheads, invitation cards, posters, books etc. In the case of any misuse, the awardee will forfeit the award, and he or she is cautioned against any such misuse upon receiving the honour.
- The decoration comprises a sanad (Certificate) issued under the hand and seal of the President and a Medallion.
- The recipients are also given a replica of the medallion, which they can wear during any ceremonial / State functions etc., if they desire.
- A commemorative brochure giving out brief details in respect of each award winner is also released on the day of the investiture ceremony.
Padma Awards: Selection Process
These awards seek to recognize work of any distinction… and is given for distinguished and exceptional achievements / service in all fields of activities / disciplines, such as art, literature and education, sports, medicine, social work, science and engineering, public affairs, civil service, trade and industry, etc. All persons without distinction of race, occupation, position or sex are eligible for these awards.
In 2015, the BJP government decided to end the practice of ministers recommending names for Padma awards and replaced it with any Indian citizen recommending a person for Padma awards online. The government said that this was done with the belief that every citizen has something to contribute to the nation and that contribution should be integrated with the country’s growth. Accordingly, several hitherto unknown citizens were awarded Padma awards in 2017. The role of the state governments was also minimized.
Padma Awards 2022
These awards are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March / April every year. This year the President has approved conferment of 128 Padma Awards including 2 duo case (in a duo case, the Award is counted as one) as per list below. The list comprises 4 Padma Vibhushan, 17 Padma Bhushan and 107 Padma Shri Awards. 34 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 10 persons from the category of Foreigners / NRI / PIO / OCI and 13 Posthumous awardees.
Padma Vibhushan 2022 (4)
Padma Bhushan 2022 (17)
- Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad: Public Affairs – Jammu and Kashmir
- Shri Victor Banerjee: Art – West Bengal
- Ms. Gurmeet Bawa (Posthumous): Art – Punjab
- Shri Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee: Public Affairs – West Bengal
- Shri Natarajan Chandrasekaran: Trade and Industry – Maharashtra
- Shri Krishna Ella and Smt. Suchitra Ella* (Duo): Trade and Industry – Telangana
- Ms. Madhur Jaffery: Others-Culinary – United States of America
- Shri Devendra Jhajharia: Sports – Rajasthan
- Shri Rashid Khan: Art – Uttar Pradesh
- Shri Rajiv Mehrishi: Civil Service – Rajasthan
- Shri Satya Narayana Nadella: Trade and Industry – United States of America
- Shri Sundararajan Pichai: Trade and Industry – United States of America
- Shri Cyrus Poonawalla: Trade and Industry – Maharashtra
- Shri Sanjaya Rajaram (Posthumous): Science and Engineering – Mexico
- Ms. Pratibha Ray: Literature and Education – Odisha
- Swami Sachidanand: Literature and Education – Gujarat
- Shri Vashishth Tripathi: Literature and Education – Uttar Pradesh
Padma Shri 2022 (107)
- Shri Prahlad Rai Agarwala Trade and Industry West Bengal
- Prof. Najma Akhtar Literature and Education Delhi
- Shri Sumit Antil Sports Haryana
- Shri T Senka Ao Literature and Education Nagaland
- Ms. Kamalini Asthana and Ms. Nalini Asthana* (Duo) Art Uttar Pradesh
- Shri Subbanna Ayyappan Science and Engineering Karnataka
- Shri J K Bajaj Literature and Education Delhi
- Shri Sirpi Balasubramaniam Literature and Education Tamil Nadu
- Srimad Baba Balia Social Work Odisha
- Ms. Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay Science and Engineering West Bengal
- Ms. Madhuri Barthwal Art Uttarakhand
- Shri Akhone Asgar Ali Basharat Literature and Education Ladakh
- Dr. Himmatrao Bawaskar Medicine Maharashtra
- Shri Harmohinder Singh Bedi Literature and Education Punjab
- Shri Pramod Bhagat Sports Odisha
- Shri S Ballesh Bhajantri Art Tamil Nadu
- Shri Khandu Wangchuk Bhutia Art Sikkim
- Shri Maria Christopher Byrski Literature and Education Poland
- Acharya Chandanaji Social Work Bihar
- Ms. Sulochana Chavan Art Maharashtra
- Shri Neeraj Chopra Sports Haryana
- Ms. Shakuntala Choudhary Social Work Assam
- Shri Sankaranarayana Menon Chundayil Sports Kerala
- Shri S Damodaran Social Work Tamil Nadu
- Shri Faisal Ali Dar Sports Jammu and Kashmir
- Shri Jagjit Singh Dardi Trade and Industry Chandigarh
- Dr. Prokar Dasgupta Medicine United Kingdom
- Shri Aditya Prasad Dash Science and Engineering Odisha
- Dr. Lata Desai Medicine Gujarat
- Shri Malji bhai Desai Public Affairs Gujarat
- Ms. Basanti Devi Social Work Uttarakhand
- Ms. Lourembam Bino Devi Art Manipur
- Ms. Muktamani Devi Trade and Industry Manipur
- Ms. Shyamamani Devi Art Odisha
- Shri Khalil Dhantejvi (Posthumous) Literature and Education Gujarat
- Shri Savaji Bhai Dholakia Social Work Gujarat
- Shri Arjun Singh Dhurve Art Madhya Pradesh
- Dr. Vijaykumar Vinayak Dongre Medicine Maharashtra
- Shri Chandraprakash Dwivedi Art Rajasthan
- Shri Dhaneswar Engti Literature and Education Assam
- Shri Om Prakash Gandhi Social Work Haryana
- Shri Narasimha Rao Garikapati Literature and Education Andhra Pradesh
- Shri Girdhari Ram Ghonju (Posthumous) Literature and Education Jharkhand
- Shri Shaibal Gupta (Posthumous) Literature and Education Bihar
- Shri Narasingha Prasad Guru Literature and Education Odisha
- Shri Gosaveedu Shaik Hassan (Posthumous) Art Andhra Pradesh
- Shri Ryuko Hira Trade and Industry Japan
- Ms. Sosamma Iype Others – Animal Husbandry Kerala
- Shri Avadh Kishore Jadia Literature and Education Madhya Pradesh
- Ms. Sowcar Janaki Art Tamil Nadu
- Ms. Tara Jauhar Literature and Education Delhi
- Ms. Vandana Kataria Sports Uttarakhand
- Shri H R Keshavamurthy Art Karnataka
- Shri Rutger Kortenhorst Literature and Education Ireland
- Shri P Narayana Kurup Literature and Education Kerala
- Ms. Avani Lekhara Sports Rajasthan
- Shri Moti Lal Madan Science and Engineering Haryana
- Shri Shivnath Mishra Art Uttar Pradesh
- Dr. Narendra Prasad Misra (Posthumous) Medicine Madhya Pradesh
- Shri Darshanam Mogilaiah Art Telangana
- Shri Guruprasad Mohapatra (Posthumous) Civil Service Delhi
- Shri Thavil Kongampattu A V Murugaiyan Art Puducherry
- Ms. R Muthukannammal Art Tamil Nadu
- Shri Abdul Khader Nadakattin Others – Grassroots Innovation Karnataka
- Shri Amai Mahalinga Naik Others – Agriculture Karnataka
- Shri Tsering Namgyal Art Ladakh
- Shri A K C Natarajan Art Tamil Nadu
- Shri V L Nghaka Literature and Education Mizoram
- Shri Sonu Nigam Art Maharashtra
- Shri Ram Sahay Panday Art Madhya Pradesh
- Shri Chirapat Prapandavidya Literature and Education Thailand
- Ms. K V Rabiya Social Work Kerala
- Shri Anil Kumar Rajvanshi Science and Engineering Maharashtra
- Shri Sheesh Ram Art Uttar Pradesh
- Shri Ramachandraiah Art Telangana
- Dr. Sunkara Venkata Adinarayana Rao Medicine Andhra Pradesh
- Ms. Gamit Ramilaben Raysingbhai Social Work Gujarat
- Ms. Padmaja Reddy Art Telangana
- Guru Tulku Rinpoche Others – Spiritualism Arunachal Pradesh
- Shri Brahmanand Sankhwalkar Sports Goa
- Shri Vidyanand Sarek Literature and Education Himachal Pradesh
- Shri Kali Pada Saren Literature and Education West Bengal
- Dr. Veeraswamy Seshiah Medicine Tamil Nadu
- Ms. Prabhaben Shah Social Work Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
- Shri Dilip Shahani Literature and Education Delhi
- Shri Ram Dayal Sharma Art Rajasthan
- Shri Vishwamurti Shastri Literature and Education Jammu and Kashmir
- Ms. Tatiana Lvovna Shaumyan Literature and Education Russia
- Shri Siddhalingaiah (Posthumous) Literature and Education Karnataka
- Shri Kaajee Singh Art West Bengal
- Shri Konsam Ibomcha Singh Art Manipur
- Shri Prem Singh Social Work Punjab
- Shri Seth Pal Singh Others – Agriculture Uttar Pradesh
- Ms. Vidya Vindu Singh Literature and Education Uttar Pradesh
- Baba Iqbal Singh Ji Social Work Punjab
- Dr. Bhimsen Singhal Medicine Maharashtra
- Shri Sivananda Others – Yoga Uttar Pradesh
- Shri Ajay Kumar Sonkar Science and Engineering Uttar Pradesh
- Ms. Ajita Srivastava Art Uttar Pradesh
- Sadguru Brahmeshanand Acharya Swami Others – Spiritualism Goa
- Dr. Balaji Tambe (Posthumous) Medicine Maharashtra
- Shri Raghuvendra Tanwar Literature and Education Haryana
- Dr. Kamlakar Tripathi Medicine Uttar Pradesh
- Ms. Lalita Vakil Art Himachal Pradesh
- Ms. Durga Bai Vyam Art Madhya Pradesh
- Shri Jyantkumar Maganlal Vyas Science and Engineering Gujarat
- Ms. Badaplin War Literature and Education Meghalaya