Full list of 2020 Padma awardees

In 2020, the President of India has approved conferment of 141 Padma Awards

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.

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 of India has approved conferment of 141 Padma Awards including four duo case (in a duo case, the Award is counted as one). The list comprises seven Padma Vibhushan, 16 Padma Bhushan and 118 Padma Shri Awards. Thirty four of the awardees are women and the list also includes 18 persons from the category of foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI and 12  posthumous awardees.

Here is the full list:

Padma Vibhushan

 

George Fernandes

(Posthumous)

Arun Jaitley

(Posthumous)

Sushma Swaraj

(Posthumous)

Sri Vishveshateertha Swamiji Sri

Pejavara Adhokhaja Matha Udupi (Posthumous)

Padma Bhushan

 

Syed Muazzem Ali

(Posthumous)

Jammu and

Kashmir

Literature and

Education

Neelakanta Ramakrishna

Madhava Menon (Posthumous)

Manohar Gopalkrishna

Prabhu Parrikar (Posthumous)

Literature and

Education

 

Padma Shri

 

Lalitha & Ms. Saroja

Chidambaram (Duo)*

Prof. Indra Dassanayake

(Posthumous)

Abdul Jabbar

(Posthumous)

K. V. Sampath Kumar & Ms. Vidushi Jayalakshmi K.S.

(Duo)*

V. K. Munusamy

Krishnapakthar

Manmohan Mahapatra

(Posthumous)

Kattungal Subramaniam

Manilal

Dr. Tetsu Nakamura

(Posthumous)

Jammu and

Kashmir

Literature and

Education-Journalism

Radhammohan & Ms.

Sabarmatee (Duo)*

Others-Animal

Husbandry

Sayed Mehboob Shah Qadri

alias Sayedbhai

Vashishtha Narayan Singh

(Posthumous)

Kalee Shabi Mahaboob & Sheik Mahaboob Subani

(Duo)*

Jammu and

Kashmir

Dr. Romesh Tekchand

Wadhwani

Note:  * In duo case, the award is counted as one.

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(With PTI inputs)

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