The Padma Awards, comprising Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri, are among the highest civilian honors in the country. These awards are conferred by the President of India to individuals who have made outstanding contributions in various fields, including art, literature, sports, science, and public service. The recipients are chosen through a rigorous selection process, and the awards ceremony is a prestigious event attended by dignitaries and influential personalities. The Padma Awards play a significant role in recognizing and honoring the exemplary service and achievements of individuals, contributing to the nation’s cultural, social, and economic development. Recently the government of India has announced the Padma Awards 2024.
What are Padma Awards?
The Padma Awards are a set of civilian honors in India, presented annually by the President of India. These awards were established in 1954 to recognize and honor exceptional service and achievements in various fields. There are three categories of Padma Awards:
Padma Vibhushan: This is the highest civilian award and is given for exceptional and distinguished service in any field, including public service, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, and arts.
Padma Bhushan: The second-highest civilian award, the Padma Bhushan, is awarded for distinguished service of a high order in any field.
Padma Shri: The Padma Shri is the third-highest civilian award and is given for distinguished service in any field. It recognizes contributions in various disciplines, including art, literature, education, medicine, social work, sports, and public affairs.
Padma Vibhushan Awards 2024
The Padma Vibhushan is one of the highest civilian awards in India, conferred by the President of India. It is presented for exceptional and distinguished service in various fields, including public service, art, literature, science, and sports.
| SN | Name | Field | State/Region/Country |
| 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 (Posthumous) | Social Work | Bihar |
| 5 | Ms. Padma Subrahmanyam | Art | Tamil Nadu |
Padma Bhushan Awards 2024
The Padma Bhushan is one of the highest civilian awards in India, conferred by the President of India. Instituted in 1954, the award is presented to individuals who have made distinguished contributions in various fields, including arts, literature, public affairs, science, and sports. It holds a significant place in the hierarchy of national honors, ranking just below the Bharat Ratna and Padma Vibhushan.
| SN | Name | Field | State/Region/Country |
| 6 | Ms. M Fathima Beevi (Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Kerala |
| 7 | Shri Hormusji N Cama | Literature & Education – Journalism | Maharashtra |
| 8 | Shri Mithun Chakraborty | Art | West Bengal |
| 9 | Shri Sitaram Jindal | Trade & Industry | Karnataka |
| 10 | Shri Young Liu | Trade & Industry | Taiwan |
| 11 | Shri Ashwin Balachand Mehta | Medicine | Maharashtra |
| 12 | Shri Satyabrata Mookherjee (Posthumous) | Public Affairs | West Bengal |
| 13 | Shri Ram Naik | Public Affairs | Maharashtra |
| 14 | Shri Tejas Madhusudan Patel | Medicine | Gujarat |
| 15 | Shri Olanchery Rajagopal | Public Affairs | Kerala |
| 16 | Shri Dattatray Ambadas Mayaloo alias Rajdutt | Art | Maharashtra |
| 17 | Shri Togdan Rinpoche (Posthumous) | Others – Spiritualism | Ladakh |
| 18 | Shri Pyarelal Sharma | Art | Maharashtra |
| 19 | Shri Chandreshwar Prasad Thakur | Medicine | Bihar |
| 20 | Ms. Usha Uthup | Art | West Bengal |
| 21 | Shri Vijaykanth (Posthumous) | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| 22 | Shri Kundan Vyas | Literature & Education – Journalism | Maharashtra |
Padma Shri Awards 2024
The Padma Shri is one of the highest civilian awards in India, instituted in 1954. Conferred by the President of India, it recognizes exceptional contributions and achievements in various fields, including art, literature, education, sports, medicine, social service, and more. The Padma Shri is a symbol of national recognition and gratitude, honoring individuals who have made significant and distinguished contributions to their respective fields.
| SN | Name | Field | State/Region/Country |
| 23 | Shri Khalil Ahamad | Art | Uttar Pradesh |
| 24 | Shri Badrappan M | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| 25 | Shri Kaluram Bamaniya | Art | Madhya Pradesh |
| 26 | Ms. Rezwana Choudhury Bannya | Art | Bangladesh |
| 27 | Ms. Naseem Bano | Art | Uttar Pradesh |
| 28 | Shri Ramlal Bareth | Art | Chhattisgarh |
| 29 | Ms. Gita Roy Barman | Art | West Bengal |
| 30 | Ms. Parbati Baruah | Social Work | Assam |
| 31 | Shri Sarbeswar Basumatary | Others – Agriculture | Assam |
| 32 | Shri Som Datt Battu | Art | Himachal Pradesh |
| 33 | Ms. Takdira Begum | Art | West Bengal |
| 34 | Shri Sathyanarayana Beleri | Others – Agriculture | Kerala |
| 35 | Shri Drona Bhuyan | Art | Assam |
| 36 | Shri Ashok Kumar Biswas | Art | Bihar |
| 37 | Shri Rohan Machanda Bopanna | Sports | Karnataka |
| 38 | Ms. Smriti Rekha Chakma | Art | Tripura |
| 39 | Shri Narayan Chakraborty | Science & Engineering | West Bengal |
| 40 | Shri A Velu Ananda Chari | Art | Telangana |
| 41 | Shri Ram Chet Chaudhary | Science & Engineering | Uttar Pradesh |
| 42 | Ms. K Chellammal | Others – Agriculture | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |
| 43 | Ms. Joshna Chinappa | Sports | Tamil Nadu |
| 44 | Ms. Charlotte Chopin | Others – Yoga | France |
| 45 | Shri Raghuveer Choudhary | Literature & Education | Gujarat |
| 46 | Shri Joe D Cruz | Literature & Education | Tamil Nadu |
| 47 | Shri Ghulam Nabi Dar | Art | Jammu & Kashmir |
| 48 | Shri Chitta Ranjan Debbarma | Others – Spiritualism | Tripura |
| 49 | Shri Uday Vishwanath Deshpande | Sports | Maharashtra |
| 50 | Ms. Prema Dhanraj | Medicine | Karnataka |
| 51 | Shri Radha Krishan Dhiman | Medicine | Uttar Pradesh |
| 52 | Shri Manohar Krishana Dole | Medicine | Maharashtra |
| 53 | Shri Pierre Sylvain Filliozat | Literature & Education | France |
| 54 | Shri Mahabir Singh Guddu | Art | Haryana |
| 55 | Ms. Anupama Hoskere | Art | Karnataka |
| 56 | Shri Yazdi Maneksha Italia | Medicine | Gujarat |
| 57 | Shri Rajaram Jain | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| 58 | Shri Jankilal | Art | Rajasthan |
| 59 | Shri Ratan Kahar | Art | West Bengal |
| 60 | Shri Yashwant Singh Kathoch | Literature & Education | Uttarakhand |
| 61 | Shri Zahir I Kazi | Literature & Education | Maharashtra |
| 62 | Shri Gaurav Khanna | Sports | Uttar Pradesh |
| 63 | Shri Surendra Kishore | Literature & Education – Journalism | Bihar |
| 64 | Shri Dasari Kondappa | Art | Telangana |
| 65 | Shri Sridhar Makam Krishnamurthy | Literature & Education | Karnataka |
| 66 | Ms. Yanung Jamoh Lego | Others – Agriculture | Arunachal Pradesh |
| 67 | Shri Jordan Lepcha | Art | Sikkim |
| 68 | Shri Satendra Singh Lohia | Sports | Madhya Pradesh |
| 69 | Shri Binod Maharana | Art | Odisha |
| 70 | Ms. Purnima Mahato | Sports | Jharkhand |
| 71 | Ms. Uma Maheshwari D | Art | Andhra Pradesh |
| 72 | Shri Dukhu Majhi | Social Work | West Bengal |
| 73 | Shri Ram Kumar Mallick | Art | Bihar |
| 74 | Shri Hemchand Manjhi | Medicine | Chhattisgarh |
| 75 | Shri Chandrashekhar Mahadeorao Meshram | Medicine | Maharashtra |
| 76 | Shri Surendra Mohan Mishra (Posthumous) | Art | Uttar Pradesh |
| 77 | Shri Ali Mohammed & Shri Ghani Mohammed* (Duo) | Art | Rajasthan |
| 78 | Ms. Kalpana Morparia | Trade & Industry | Maharashtra |
| 79 | Ms. Chami Murmu | Social Work | Jharkhand |
| 80 | Shri Sasindran Muthuvel | Public Affairs | Papua New Guinea |
| 81 | Ms. G Nachiyar | Medicine | Tamil Nadu |
| 82 | Ms. Kiran Nadar | Art | Delhi |
| 83 | Shri Pakaravur Chithran Namboodiripad (Posthumous) | Literature & Education | Kerala |
| 84 | Shri Narayanan E P | Art | Kerala |
| 85 | Shri Shailesh Nayak | Science & Engineering | Delhi |
| 86 | Shri Harish Nayak (Posthumous) | Literature & Education | Gujarat |
| 87 | Shri Fred Negrit | Literature & Education | France |
| 88 | Shri Hari Om | Science & Engineering | Haryana |
| 89 | Shri Bhagabat Padhan | Art | Odisha |
| 90 | Shri Sanatan Rudra Pal | Art | West Bengal |
| 91 | Shri Shankar Baba Pundlikrao Papalkar | Social Work | Maharashtra |
| 92 | Shri Radhe Shyam Pareek | Medicine | Uttar Pradesh |
| 93 | Shri Dayal Mavjibhai Parmar | Medicine | Gujarat |
| 94 | Shri Binod Kumar Pasayat | Art | Odisha |
| 95 | Ms. Silbi Passah | Art | Meghalaya |
| 96 | Ms. Shanti Devi Paswan & Shri Shivan Paswan* (Duo) | Art | Bihar |
| 97 | Shri Sanjay Anant Patil | Others – Agriculture | Goa |
| 98 | Shri Muni Narayana Prasad | Literature & Education | Kerala |
| 99 | Shri K S Rajanna | Social Work | Karnataka |
| 100 | Shri Chandrashekar Channapatna Rajannachar | Medicine | Karnataka |
| 101 | Shri Bhagwatilal Rajpurohit | Literature & Education | Madhya Pradesh |
| 102 | Shri Romalo Ram | Art | Jammu & Kashmir |
| 103 | Shri Navjivan Rastogi | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| 104 | Ms. Nirmal Rishi | Art | Punjab |
| 105 | Shri Pran Sabharwal | Art | Punjab |
| 106 | Shri Gaddam Sammaiah | Art | Telangana |
| 107 | Shri Sangthankima | Social Work | Mizoram |
| 108 | Shri Machihan Sasa | Art | Manipur |
| 109 | Shri Omprakash Sharma | Art | Madhya Pradesh |
| 110 | Shri Eklabya Sharma | Science & Engineering | West Bengal |
| 111 | Shri Ram Chander Sihag | Science & Engineering | Haryana |
| 112 | Shri Harbinder Singh | Sports | Delhi |
| 113 | Shri Gurvinder Singh | Social Work | Haryana |
| 114 | Shri Godawari Singh | Art | Uttar Pradesh |
| 115 | Shri Ravi Prakash Singh | Science & Engineering | Mexico |
| 116 | Shri Seshampatti T Sivalingam | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| 117 | Shri Somanna | Social Work | Karnataka |
| 118 | Shri Kethavath Somlal | Literature & Education | Telangana |
| 119 | Ms. Shashi Soni | Trade & Industry | Karnataka |
| 120 | Ms. Urmila Srivastava | Art | Uttar Pradesh |
| 121 | Shri Nepal Chandra Sutradhar (Posthumous) | Art | West Bengal |
| 122 | Shri Gopinath Swain | Art | Odisha |
| 123 | Shri Laxman Bhatt Tailang | Art | Rajasthan |
| 124 | Ms. Maya Tandon | Social Work | Rajasthan |
| 125 | Ms. Aswathi Thirunal Gouri Lakshmi Bayi Thampuratty | Literature & Education | Kerala |
| 126 | Shri Jagdish Labhshanker Trivedi | Art | Gujarat |
| 127 | Ms. Sano Vamuzo | Social Work | Nagaland |
| 128 | Shri Balakrishnan Sadanam Puthiya Veetil | Art | Kerala |
| 129 | Shri Kurella Vittalacharya | Literature & Education | Telangana |
| 130 | Shri Kiran Vyas | Others – Yoga | France |
| 131 | Shri Jageshwar Yadav | Social Work | Chhattisgarh |
| 132 | Shri Babu Ram Yadav | Art | Uttar Pradesh |