• India
  • Jan 26

Padma Vibhushan for Shinzo Abe, SPB and five others

• Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe and late singer S.P. Balasubramaniam have been honoured with India’s second-highest civilian award Padma Vibhushan this year, while former chief ministers Tarun Gogoi and Keshubhai Patel and former Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan have been awarded Padma Bhushan posthumously.

• The Union Home Ministry said that President Ram Nath Kovind has approved the conferment of 119 Padma awards, including 1 duo case (in a duo case, the Award is counted as one).

• The seven Padma Vibhushan awardees include Sand artist Sudarshan Sahoo, Belle Monappa Hegde — an eminent cardiologist from Karnataka, Indian-American physicist Narinder Singh Kapany (posthumous), Islamic scholar Maulana Wahiduddin Khan and archaeologist B.B. Lal.

• Former Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan is also among the 10 Padma Bhushan awardees, while no one has been named for the Bharat Ratna — India’s highest civilian award.

• There are 10 persons from the category of foreigners, Non-Resident Indians (NRI), Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) PIO and Overseas Citizen of India (OCI), while 16 have been awarded posthumously.

Padma Awards

• The Padma Awards are one of the highest civilian honours of India announced annually on the eve of Republic Day.

The awards are given in three categories: 

• Padma Vibhushan (for exceptional and distinguished service).

• Padma Bhushan (distinguished service of higher order).

• Padma Shri (distinguished service).

• The award seeks to recognise achievements in all fields of activities or disciplines where an element of public service is involved.

• The Padma Awards are conferred on the recommendations made by the Padma Awards Committee, which is constituted by the prime minister every year. The nomination process is open to the public. Even self-nomination can be made.

Bharat Ratna

Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian award of the country. It is awarded in recognition of exceptional service/performance of the highest order in any field of human endeavour. It is treated on a different footing from Padma Award. The recommendations for Bharat Ratna are made by the prime minister to the president. No formal recommendations for Bharat Ratna are necessary. The number of Bharat Ratna Awards is restricted to a maximum of three in a particular year. 

When were the awards instituted?

• The government instituted two civilian awards - Bharat Ratna and Padma Vibhushan in 1954. 

• Padma Vibhushan had three classes namely Pahela Varg, Dusra Varg and Tisra Varg. These were subsequently renamed as Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.

• The award seeks to recognise works of distinction and is given for distinguished and exceptional achievements / service in all fields of activities / disciplines.

The fields include:

• Art (includes music, painting, sculpture, photography, cinema and theatre)

• Social Work (includes social service, charitable service and community projects)

• Public Affairs (includes law, public life and politics)

• Science & Engineering (includes space engineering, nuclear science, information technology and research & development)

• Trade & Industry (includes banking, economic activities, management, promotion of tourism and business)

• Medicine (includes medical research, distinction / specialisation in Ayurveda, Homeopathy, Siddha, Allopathy and Naturopathy)

• Literature & Education (includes journalism, teaching, book composing, literature, poetry, promotion of education and literacy, and education reforms)

• Civil Service (includes distinction / excellence in administration by government servants)

• Sports (includes popular sports, adventure, mountaineering and yoga)

• Others (fields not covered above and may include propagation of Indian culture, protection of human rights, wildlife protection and conservation).

• The awards are presented by the president usually in March/April every year where the awardees are presented a certificate signed by the president and a medallion.

This year’s awardees

Padma Vibhushan 

1) Shinzo Abe - Public Affairs -Japan

2) S.P. Balasubramaniam (posthumous) - Art -Tamil Nadu

3) Dr. Belle Monappa Hegde - Medicine - Karnataka

4) Narinder Singh Kapany (posthumous) - Science and Engineering - USA

5) Maulana Wahiduddin Khan - Spiritualism - Delhi

6) B.B. Lal - Archaeology - Delhi

7) Sudarshan Sahoo - Art - Odisha

Padma Bhushan 

1) K.S. Chithra - Art - Kerala

2) Tarun Gogoi (posthumous) - Public Affairs - Assam

3) Chandrashekhar Kambara - Literature and Education - Karnataka

4) Sumitra Mahajan - Public Affairs - Madhya Pradesh

5) Nripendra Misra - Civil Service - Uttar Pradesh

6) Ram Vilas Paswan (posthumous) - Public Affairs - Bihar

7) Keshubhai Patel (posthumous) - Public Affairs - Gujarat

8) Kalbe Sadiq (posthumous) - Spiritualism - Uttar Pradesh 

9) Rajnikant Devidas Shroff - Trade and Industry - Maharashtra

10) Tarlochan Singh - Public Affairs - Haryana

Padma Shri 

1) Gulfam Ahmed - Art - Uttar Pradesh

2) P. Anitha - Sports - Tamil Nadu

3) Rama Swamy Annavarapu -  Art - Andhra Pradesh

4) Subbu Arumugam - Art - Tamil Nadu

5) Prakasarao Asavadi - Literature and Education - Andhra Pradesh

6) Bhuri Bai - Art - Madhya Pradesh

7) Radhe Shyam Barle - Art - Chhattisgarh

8) Dharma Narayan Barma - Literature and Education - West Bengal

9) Lakhimi Baruah - Social Work - Assam

10) Biren Kumar Basak - Art - West Bengal

11) Rajni Bector - Trade and Industry - Punjab

12) Peter Brook - Art - United Kingdom

13) Sangkhumi Bualchhuak - Social Work - Mizoram

14) Gopiram Bargayn Burabhakat -  Art - Assam

15) Bijoya Chakravarty - Public Affairs - Assam

16) Sujit Chattopadhyay - Literature and Education - West Bengal

17) Jagdish Chaudhary (posthumous) - Social Work - Uttar Pradesh

18) Tsultrim Chonjor - Social Work -  Ladakh

19) Mouma Das - Sports - West Bengal

20) Srikant Datar - Literature and Education - USA

21) Narayan Debnath - Art - West Bengal

22) Chutni Devi -  Social Work - Jharkhand

23) Dulari Devi - Art - Bihar

24) Radhe Devi - Art - Manipur

25) Shanti Devi - Social Work - Odisha

26) Wayan Dibia - Art - Indonesia

27) Dadudan Gadhavi - Literature & Education - Gujarat

28) Parshuram Atmaram Gangavane - Art - Maharashtra

29) Jai Bhagwan Goyal - Literature and Education - Haryana

30) Jagadish Chandra Halder - Literature and Education - West Bengal

31) Mangal Singh Hazowary - Literature and Education - Assam

32) Anshu Jamsenpa - Sports - Arunachal Pradesh

33) Purnamasi Jani - Art - Odisha

34) Matha B. Manjamma Jogati - Art - Karnataka

35) Damodaran Kaithapram - Art - Kerala

36) Namdeo C. Kamble - Literature and Education - Maharashtra

37) Maheshbhai & Shri Nareshbhai Kanodia (duo) (posthumous) - Art -  Gujarat

38) Rajat Kumar Kar - Literature and Education - Odisha

39) Rangasami Lakshminarayana Kashyap -  Literature and Education -  Karnataka

40) Prakash Kaur - Social Work -Punjab

41) Nicholas Kazanas - Literature and Education - Greece

42) K. Kesavasamy - Art - Puducherry

43) Ghulam Rasool Khan - Art - Jammu & Kashmir

44) Lakha Khan - Art - Rajasthan

45) Sanjida Khatun - Art - Bangladesh

46) Vinayak Vishnu Khedekar - Art - Goa

47) Niru Kumar - Social Work - Delhi

48) Lajwanti - Art - Punjab

49) Rattan Lal - Science and Engineering - USA

50) Ali Manikfan - Grassroots Innovation - Lakshadweep

51) Ramachandra Manjhi - Art - Bihar

52) Dulal Manki - Art - Assam

53) Nanadro B. Marak - Agriculture - Meghalaya

54) Rewben Mashangva - Art - Manipur

55) Chandrakant Mehta -  Literature and Education - Gujarat

56) Dr. Rattan Lal Mittal - Medicine - Punjab

57) Madhavan Nambiar - Sports - Kerala

58) Shyam Sundar Paliwal - Social Work - Rajasthan 

59) Dr. Chandrakant Sambhaji Pandav - Medicine - Delhi

60) Dr. J.N. Pande (posthumous) - Medicine - Delhi

61) Solomon Pappaiah - Literature and Education (Journalism) - Tamil Nadu

62) Pappammal - Agriculture - Tamil Nadu

63) Dr. Krishna Mohan Pathi - Medicine - Odisha

64) Jaswantiben Jamnadas Popat - Trade and Industry - Maharashtra

65) Girish Prabhune - Social Work - Maharashtra

66) Nanda Prusty - Literature and Education - Odisha

67) K.K. Ramachandra Pulavar - Art - Kerala

68) Balan Putheri - Literature and Education - Kerala

69) Birubala Rabha - Social Work - Assam

70) Kanaka Raju - Art - Telangana

71) Bombay Jayashri Ramnath - Art - Tamil Nadu

72) Satyaram Reang - Art - Tripura

73) Dr. Dhananjay Diwakar Sagdeo - Medicine - Kerala

74) Ashok Kumar Sahu - Medicine - Uttar Pradesh

75) Dr. Bhupendra Kumar Singh Sanjay - Medicine - Uttarakhand

76) Sindhutai Sapkal - Social Work - Maharashtra

77) Chaman Lal Sapru (posthumous) - Literature and Education - Jammu & Kashmir

78) Roman Sarmah - Literature and Education - Journalism, Assam

79) Imran Shah - Literature and Education - Assam

80) Prem Chand Sharma - Agriculture - Uttarakhand

81) Arjun Singh Shekhawat - Literature and Education - Rajasthan

82) Ram Yatna Shukla - Literature and Education - Uttar Pradesh

83) Jitender Singh Shunty - Social Work - Delhi

84) Kartar Paras Ram Singh - Art - Himachal Pradesh

85) Kartar Singh - Art - Punjab

86) Dr. Dilip Kumar Singh - Medicine - Bihar

87) Chandra Shekhar Singh - Agriculture - Uttar Pradesh

88) Sudha Hari Narayan Singh - Sports - Uttar Pradesh

89) Virender Singh - Sports - Haryana

90) Mridula Sinha (posthumous) - Literature and Education - Bihar

91) K.C. Sivasankar (posthumous) - Art - Tamil Nadu

92) Guru Maa Kamali Soren - Social Work - West Bengal

93) Marachi Subburaman - Social Work - Tamil Nadu

94) P. Subramanian (posthumous) - Trade and Industry - Tamil Nadu

95) Nidumolu Sumathi - Art - Andhra Pradesh

96) Kapil Tiwari - Literature and Education - Madhya Pradesh

97) Father Vallés (posthumous) - Literature and Education - Spain

98) Dr. Thiruvengadam Veeraraghavan (posthumous) - Medicine - Tamil Nadu

99) Sridhar Vembu - Trade and Industry - Tamil Nadu

100) K.Y. Venkatesh - Sports - Karnataka

101) Usha Yadav - Literature and Education - Uttar Pradesh

102) Quazi Sajjad Ali Zahir - Public Affairs - Bangladesh.

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