Padma Awards 2024: The Padma Awards, among India’s highest civilian honours, are given in three categories: Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri. These awards recognize outstanding service in various areas like arts, social work, public affairs, science, trade, medicine, education, sports, and civil service. The Padma Vibhushan is for exceptional service, the Padma Bhushan is for high-order service, and the Padma Shri is for distinguished service in any area. These awards are announced on Republic Day each year.
The President of India presents these awards in special ceremonies at Rashtrapati Bhawan, typically in March or April. For 2024, the President has approved 132 Padma Awards, including 2 joint awards (counted as one). The list includes 5 Padma Vibhushan, 17 Padma Bhushan, and 110 Padma Shri Awards. Among the awardees, 30 are women, and there are also 8 people from the Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI category and 9 posthumous awardees. Full list of winners of this year’s Padma Awards 2024 –
The Padma Vibhushan is one of India’s highest civilian honors, awarded for exceptional and distinguished service in various fields. The list of Padma Vibhushan awardees for 2024 includes notable personalities from the fields of art, public affairs, and social work.
S.No. | Awardee Name | Field | State |
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1. | Ms. Vyjayantimala Bali | Art | Tamil Nadu |
2. | Shri Konidela Chiranjeevi | Art | Andhra Pradesh |
3. | Shri M Venkaiah Naidu | Public Affairs | Andhra Pradesh |
4. | Shri Bindeshwar Pathak | Social Work | Bihar |
5. | Ms. Padma Subrahmanyam | Art | Tamil Nadu |
The Padma Bhushan, India’s third-highest civilian award, recognizes distinguished service of high order in various fields. The 2024 Padma Bhushan awardees include eminent personalities from fields like public affairs, literature, art, trade, medicine, and spirituality.
S.No. | Awardee Name | Field | State/Country |
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1. | Ms. M Fathima Beevi | Public Affairs | Kerala |
2. | Shri Hormusji N Cama | Literature & Education | Maharashtra |
3. | Shri Mithun Chakraborty | Art | West Bengal |
4. | Shri Sitaram Jindal | Trade & Industry | Karnataka |
5. | Shri Young Liu | Trade & Industry | Taiwan |
6. | Shri Ashwin Balachand Mehta | Medicine | Maharashtra |
7. | Shri Satyabrata Mookherjee | Public Affairs | West Bengal |
8. | Shri Ram Naik | Public Affairs | Maharashtra |
9. | Shri Tejas Madhusudan Patel | Medicine | Gujarat |
10. | Shri Olanchery Rajagopal | Public Affairs | Kerala |
11. | Shri Dattatray Ambadas Mayaloo alias Rajdutt | Art | Maharashtra |
12. | Shri Togdan Rinpoche | Others – Spiritualism | Ladakh |
13. | Shri Pyarelal Sharma | Art | Maharashtra |
14. | Shri Chandreshwar Prasad Thakur | Medicine | Bihar |
15. | Ms. Usha Uthup | Art | West Bengal |
16. | Shri Vijaykanth | Art | Tamil Nadu |
17. | Shri Kundan Vyas | Literature & Education – Journalism | Maharashtra |
The Padma Shri Awards 2024 have been announced, honouring 110 distinguished individuals across various fields for their exceptional service. The award recognizes contributions in areas including art, social work, sports, medicine, literature, education, science, and more.
SN | Name | Field | State/Region/Country |
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1 | Shri Khalil Ahamad | Art | Uttar Pradesh |
2 | Shri Badrappan M | Art | Tamil Nadu |
3 | Shri Kaluram Bamaniya | Art | Madhya Pradesh |
4 | Ms. Rezwana Choudhury Bannya | Art | Bangladesh |
5 | Ms. Naseem Bano | Art | Uttar Pradesh |
6 | Shri Ramlal Bareth | Art | Chhattisgarh |
7 | Ms. Gita Roy Barman | Art | West Bengal |
8 | Ms. Parbati Baruah | Social Work | Assam |
9 | Shri Sarbeswar Basumatary | Others – Agriculture | Assam |
10 | Shri Som Datt Battu | Art | Himachal Pradesh |
11 | Ms. Takdira Begum | Art | West Bengal |
12 | Shri Sathyanarayana Beleri | Others – Agriculture | Kerala |
13 | Shri Drona Bhuyan | Art | Assam |
14 | Shri Ashok Kumar Biswas | Art | Bihar |
15 | Shri Rohan Machanda Bopanna | Sports | Karnataka |
16 | Ms. Smriti Rekha Chakma | Art | Tripura |
17 | Shri Narayan Chakraborty | Science & Engineering | West Bengal |
18 | Shri A Velu Ananda Chari | Art | Telangana |
19 | Shri Ram Chet Chaudhary | Science & Engineering | Uttar Pradesh |
20 | Ms. K Chellammal | Others – Agriculture | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |
21 | Ms. Joshna Chinappa | Sports | Tamil Nadu |
22 | Ms. Charlotte Chopin | Others – Yoga | France |
23 | Shri Raghuveer Choudhary | Literature & Education | Gujarat |
24 | Shri Joe D Cruz | Literature & Education | Tamil Nadu |
25 | Shri Ghulam Nabi Dar | Art | Jammu & Kashmir |
26 | Shri Chitta Ranjan Debbarma | Others – Spiritualism | Tripura |
27 | Shri Uday Vishwanath Deshpande | Sports | Maharashtra |
28 | Ms. Prema Dhanraj | Medicine | Karnataka |
29 | Shri Radha Krishan Dhiman | Medicine | Uttar Pradesh |
30 | Shri Manohar Krishana Dole | Medicine | Maharashtra |
31 | Shri Pierre Sylvain Filliozat | Literature & Education | France |
32 | Shri Mahabir Singh Guddu | Art | Haryana |
33 | Ms. Anupama Hoskere | Art | Karnataka |
34 | Shri Yazdi Maneksha Italia | Medicine | Gujarat |
35 | Shri Rajaram Jain | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh |
36 | Shri Jankilal | Art | Rajasthan |
37 | Shri Ratan Kahar | Art | West Bengal |
38 | Shri Yashwant Singh Kathoch | Literature & Education | Uttarakhand |
39 | Shri Zahir I Kazi | Literature & Education | Maharashtra |
40 | Shri Gaurav Khanna | Sports | Uttar Pradesh |
41 | Shri Surendra Kishore | Literature & Education – Journalism | Bihar |
42 | Shri Dasari Kondappa | Art | Telangana |
43 | Shri Sridhar Makam Krishnamurthy | Literature & Education | Karnataka |
44 | Ms. Yanung Jamoh Lego | Others – Agriculture | Arunachal Pradesh |
45 | Shri Jordan Lepcha | Art | Sikkim |
46 | Shri Satendra Singh Lohia | Sports | Madhya Pradesh |
47 | Shri Binod Maharana | Art | Odisha |
48 | Ms. Purnima Mahato | Sports | Jharkhand |
49 | Ms. Uma Maheshwari D | Art | Andhra Pradesh |
50 | Shri Dukhu Majhi | Social Work | West Bengal |
51 | Shri Ram Kumar Mallick | Art | Bihar |
52 | Shri Hemchand Manjhi | Medicine | Chhattisgarh |
53 | Shri Chandrashekhar Mahadeorao Meshram | Medicine | Maharashtra |
54 | Shri Surendra Mohan Mishra (Posthumous) | Art | Uttar Pradesh |
55 | Shri Ali Mohammed & Shri Ghani Mohammed* (Duo) | Art | Rajasthan |
56 | Ms. Kalpana Morparia | Trade & Industry | Maharashtra |
57 | Ms. Chami Murmu | Social Work | Jharkhand |
58 | Shri Sasindran Muthuvel | Public Affairs | Papua New Guinea |
59 | Ms. G Nachiyar | Medicine | Tamil Nadu |
60 | Ms. Kiran Nadar | Art | Delhi |
61 | Shri Pakaravur Chithran Namboodiripad (Posthumous) | Literature & Education | Kerala |
62 | Shri Narayanan E P | Art | Kerala |
63 | Shri Shailesh Nayak | Science & Engineering | Delhi |
64 | Shri Harish Nayak (Posthumous) | Literature & Education | Gujarat |
65 | Shri Fred Negrit | Literature & Education | France |
66 | Shri Hari Om | Science & Engineering | Haryana |
67 | Shri Bhagabat Padhan | Art | Odisha |
68 | Shri Sanatan Rudra Pal | Art | West Bengal |
69 | Shri Shankar Baba Pundlikrao Papalkar | Social Work | Maharashtra |
70 | Shri Radhe Shyam Pareek | Medicine | Uttar Pradesh |
71 | Shri Dayal Mavjibhai Parmar | Medicine | Gujarat |
72 | Shri Binod Kumar Pasayat | Art | Odisha |
73 | Ms. Silbi Passah | Art | Meghalaya |
74 | Ms. Shanti Devi Paswan & Shri Shivan Paswan* (Duo) | Art | Bihar |
75 | Shri Sanjay Anant Patil | Others – Agriculture | Goa |
76 | Shri Muni Narayana Prasad | Literature & Education | Kerala |
77 | Shri K S Rajanna | Social Work | Karnataka |
78 | Shri Chandrashekar Channapatna Rajannachar | Medicine | Karnataka |
79 | Shri Bhagwatilal Rajpurohit | Literature & Education | Madhya Pradesh |
80 | Shri Romalo Ram | Art | Jammu & Kashmir |
81 | Shri Navjivan Rastogi | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh |
82 | Ms. Nirmal Rishi | Art | Punjab |
83 | Shri Pran Sabharwal | Art | Punjab |
84 | Shri Gaddam Sammaiah | Art | Telangana |
85 | Shri Sangthankima | Social Work | Mizoram |
86 | Shri Machihan Sasa | Art | Manipur |
87 | Shri Omprakash Sharma | Art | Madhya Pradesh |
88 | Shri Eklabya Sharma | Science & Engineering | West Bengal |
89 | Shri Ram Chander Sihag | Science & Engineering | Haryana |
90 | Shri Harbinder Singh | Sports | Delhi |
91 | Shri Gurvinder Singh | Social Work | Haryana |
92 | Shri Godawari Singh | Art | Uttar Pradesh |
93 | Shri Ravi Prakash Singh | Science & Engineering | Mexico |
94 | Shri Seshampatti T Sivalingam | Art | Tamil Nadu |
95 | Shri Somanna | Social Work | Karnataka |
96 | Shri Kethavath Somlal | Literature & Education | Telangana |
97 | Ms. Shashi Soni | Trade & Industry | Karnataka |
98 | Ms. Urmila Srivastava | Art | Uttar Pradesh |
99 | Shri Nepal Chandra Sutradhar (Posthumous) | Art | West Bengal |
100 | Shri Gopinath Swain | Art | Odisha |
101 | Shri Laxman Bhatt Tailang | Art | Rajasthan |
102 | Ms. Maya Tandon | Social Work | Rajasthan |
103 | Ms. Aswathi Thirunal Gouri Lakshmi Bayi Thampuratty | Literature & Education | Kerala |
104 | Shri Jagdish Labhshanker Trivedi | Art | Gujarat |
105 | Ms. Sano Vamuzo | Social Work | Nagaland |
106 | Shri Balakrishnan Sadanam Puthiya Veetil | Art | Kerala |
107 | Shri Kurella Vittalacharya | Literature & Education | Telangana |
108 | Shri Kiran Vyas | Others – Yoga | France |
109 | Shri Jageshwar Yadav | Social Work | Chhattisgarh |
110 | Shri Babu Ram Yadav | Art | Uttar Pradesh |
The Padma Shri Awards 2024 highlight the exceptional achievements of individuals across diverse fields. These awardees, from India’s first female elephant mahout to tribal welfare workers and folk artists, have dedicated their lives to their passions and causes, contributing immensely to India’s cultural, social, and environmental landscape. Their work not only preserves traditional practices but also addresses contemporary challenges, making them true heroes in their respective domains.
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