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Complete List Of Padma Awardees 2020 Released; Padma Vibhushan Awarded To Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley
Swarajya Staff
Jan 25, 2020, 10:20 PM | Updated 10:19 PM IST
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The Union Government has announced Padma awards 2020. Here is the complete list:
PADMA VIBHUSHAN (7): For "exceptional and distinguished service", it is the second-highest civilian award in India.
1. Shri George Fernandes (Posthumous) -- Public Affairs -- Bihar
2. Shri Arun Jaitley (Posthumous) -- Public Affairs -- Delhi
3. Sir Anerood Jugnauth GCSK -- Public Affairs -- Mauritius
4. Smt. M. C. Mary Kom -- Sports -- Manipur
5. Shri Chhannulal Mishra -- Art -- Uttar Pradesh
6. Smt. Sushma Swaraj (Posthumous) -- Public Affairs -- Delhi
7. Sri Vishveshateertha Swamiji Sri Pejavara Adhokhaja Matha Udupi (Posthumous) --Others-Spiritualism -- Karnataka
PADMA BHUSHAN (16) For "distinguished service of a high order", it is the third-highest civilian award in India
8. Shri M. Mumtaz Ali (Sri M) -- Others-Spiritualism -- Kerala
9. Shri Syed Muazzem Ali (Posthumous) -- Public Affairs -- Bangladesh
10. Shri Muzaffar Hussain Baig -- Public Affairs -- Jammu and Kashmir
11. Shri Ajoy Chakravorty -- Art -- West Bengal
12. Shri Manoj Das -- Literature and Education -- Puducherry
13. Shri Balkrishna Doshi -- Others-Architecture -- Gujarat
14. Ms. Krishnammal Jagannathan -- Social Work -- Tamil Nadu
15. Shri S. C. Jamir -- Public Affairs -- Nagaland
16. Shri Anil Prakash Joshi -- Social Work -- Uttarakhand
17. Dr. Tsering Landol -- Medicine -- Ladakh
18. Shri Anand Mahindra -- Trade and Industry -- Maharashtra
19. Shri Neelakanta Ramakrishna Madhava Menon (Posthumous) -- Public Affairs -- Kerala
20. Shri Manohar Gopalkrishna Prabhu Parrikar (Posthumous) -- Public Affairs -- Goa
21. Prof. Jagdish Sheth -- Literature and Education -- USA
22. Ms. P. V. Sindhu -- Sports -- Telangana
23. Shri Venu Srinivasan -- Trade and Industry -- Tamil Nadu
PADMA Shri (118) Awarded for "distinguished service", it is the fourth-highest civilian award in India
24. Guru Shashadhar Acharya -- Art -- Jharkhand
25. Dr. Yogi Aeron -- Medicine -- Uttarakhand
26. Shri Jai Prakash Agarwal -- Trade and Industry -- Delhi
27. Shri Jagdish Lal Ahuja Social Work Punjab
28. Kazi Masum Akhtar -- Literature and Education -- West Bengal
29. Ms. Gloria Arieira -- Literature and Education -- Brazil
30. Khan Zaheerkhan Bakhtiyarkhan -- Sports -- Maharashtra
31. Dr. Padmavathy Bandopadhyay -- Medicine -- Uttar Pradesh
32. Dr. Sushovan Banerjee -- Medicine -- West Bengal
33. Dr. Digambar Behera -- Medicine -- Chandigarh
34. Dr. Damayanti Beshra -- Literature and Education -- Odisha
35. Shri Pawar Popatrao Bhaguji -- Social Work -- Maharashtra
36. Shri Himmata Ram Bhambhu -- Social Work -- Rajasthan
37. Shri Sanjeev Bikhchandani -- Trade and Industry -- Uttar Pradesh
38. Shri Gafurbhai M. Bilakhia -- Trade and Industry -- Gujarat
39. Shri Bob Blackman -- Public Affairs -- United Kingdom
40. Ms. Indira P. P. Bora -- Art -- Assam
41. Shri Madan Singh Chauhan -- Art -- Chhattisgarh
42. Ms. Usha Chaumar -- Social Work -- Rajasthan
43. Shri Lil Bahadur Chettri -- Literature and Education -- Assam
44. Ms. Lalitha & Ms. Saroja Chidambaram (Duo)* -- Art -- Tamil Nadu
45. Dr. Vajira Chitrasena -- Art -- Sri Lanka
46. Dr. Purushottam Dadheech -- Art -- Madhya Pradesh
47. Shri Utsav Charan Das -- Art -- Odisha
48. Prof. Indra Dassanayake (Posthumous) -- Literature and Education -- Sri Lanka
49. Shri H. M. Desai -- Literature and Education -- Gujarat
50. Shri Manohar Devadoss -- Art -- Tamil Nadu
51. Ms. Oinam Bembem Devi -- Sports -- Manipur
52. Ms. Lia Diskin -- Social Work -- Brazil
53. Shri M. P. Ganesh -- Sports -- Karnataka
54. Dr. Bangalore Gangadhar -- Medicine -- Karnataka
55. Dr. Raman Gangakhedkar -- Science and Engineering -- Maharashtra
56. Shri Barry Gardiner -- Public Affairs -- United Kingdom
57. Shri Chewang Motup Goba -- Trade and Industry -- Ladakh
58. Shri Bharat Goenka -- Trade and Industry -- Karnataka
59. Shri Yadla Gopalarao -- Art -- Andhra Pradesh
60. Shri Mitrabhanu Gountia -- Art -- Odisha
61. Ms. Tulasi Gowda -- Social Work -- Karnataka
62. Shri Sujoy K. Guha -- Science and Engineering -- Bihar
63. Ms. Harekala Hajabba -- Social Work -- Karnataka
64. Shri Enamul Haque -- Others-Archaeology -- Bangladesh
65. Shri Madhu Mansuri Hasmukh -- Art -- Jharkhand
66. Shri Abdul Jabbar (Posthumous) --Social Work -- Madhya Pradesh
67. Shri Bimal Kumar Jain -- Social Work -- Bihar
68. Ms. Meenakshi Jain -- Literature and Education -- Delhi
69. Shri Nemnath Jain -- Trade and Industry -- Madhya Pradesh
70. Ms. Shanti Jain -- Art -- Bihar
71. Shri Sudhir Jain -- Science and Engineering -- Gujarat
72. Shri Benichandra Jamatia -- Literature and Education -- Tripura
73. Shri K. V. Sampath Kumar & Ms. Vidushi Jayalakshmi K.S. (Duo)* -- Literature and Education-Journalism -- Karnataka
74. Shri Karan Johar -- Art -- Maharashtra
75. Dr. Leela Joshi -- Medicine -- Madhya Pradesh
76. Ms. Sarita Joshi -- Art -- Maharashtra
77. Shri C. Kamlova -- Literature and Education -- Mizoram
78. Dr. Ravi Kannan -- R. Medicine -- Assam
79. Ms. Ekta Kapoor -- Art -- Maharashtra
80. Shri Yazdi Naoshirwan Karanjia -- Art -- Gujarat
81. Shri Narayan J. Joshi Karayal -- Literature and Education -- Gujarat
82. Dr. Narindar Nath Khanna -- Medicine -- Uttar Pradesh
83. Shri Naveen Khanna -- Science and Engineering -- Delhi
84. Shri S. P. Kothari -- Literature and Education -- USA
85. Shri V. K. Munusamy Krishnapakthar -- Art -- Puducherry
86. Shri M. K. Kunjol -- Social Work -- Kerala
87. Shri Manmohan Mahapatra (Posthumous) -- Art -- Odisha
88. Ustad Anwar Khan Mangniyar -- Art -- Rajasthan
89. Shri Kattungal Subramaniam Manilal -- Science and Engineering -- Kerala
90. Shri Munna Master -- Art -- Rajasthan
91. Prof. Abhiraj Rajendra Mishra -- Literature and Education -- Himachal Pradesh
92. Ms. Binapani Mohanty -- Literature and Education -- Odisha
93. Dr. Arunoday Mondal -- Medicine -- West Bengal
94. Dr. Prithwindra Mukherjee -- Literature and Education -- France
95. Shri Sathyanarayan Mundayoor -- Social Work -- Arunachal Pradesh
96. Shri Manilal Nag -- Art -- West Bengal
97. Shri N. Chandrasekharan Nair -- Literature and Education -- Kerala
98. Dr. Tetsu Nakamura (Posthumous) -- Social Work -- Afghanistan
99. Shri Shiv Datt Nirmohi Literature -- and Education -- Jammu and Kashmir
100. Shri Pu Lalbiakthanga Pachuau -- Literature and Education-Journalism -- Mizoram
101. Ms. Moozhikkal Pankajakshi -- Art -- Kerala
102. Dr. Prasanta Kumar Pattanaik -- Literature and Education -- USA
103. Shri Jogendra Nath Phukan -- Literature and Education -- Assam
104. Ms. Rahibai Soma Popere -- Others-Agriculture -- Maharashtra
105. Shri Yogesh Praveen -- Literature and Education -- Uttar Pradesh
106. Shri Jitu Rai -- Sports -- Uttar Pradesh
107. Shri Tarundeep Rai -- Sports -- Sikkim
108. Shri S. Ramakrishnan -- Social Work -- Tamil Nadu
109. Ms. Rani Rampal -- Sports -- Haryana
110. Ms. Kangana Ranaut -- Art -- Maharashtra
111. Shri Dalavai Chalapathi Rao -- Art -- Andhra Pradesh
112. Shri Shahbuddin Rathod -- Literature and Education -- Gujarat
113. Shri Kalyan Singh Rawat -- Social Work -- Uttarakhand
114. Shri Chintala Venkat Reddy -- Others-Agriculture -- Telangana
115. Smt. (Dr.) Shanti Roy -- Medicine -- Bihar
116. Shri Radhammohan & Ms. Sabarmatee (Duo)* -- Others-Agriculture -- Odisha
117. Shri Batakrushna Sahoo -- Others-Animal Husbandry -- Odisha
118. Ms. Trinity Saioo -- Others-Agriculture -- Meghalaya
119. Shri Adnan Sami -- Art -- Maharashtra
120. Shri Vijay Sankeshwar -- Trade and Industry -- Karnataka
121. Dr. Kushal Konwar Sarma -- Medicine -- Assam
122. Shri Sayed Mehboob Shah Qadri alias Sayedbhai -- Social Work -- Maharashtra
123. Shri Mohammed Sharif -- Social Work -- Uttar Pradesh
124. Shri Shyam Sunder Sharma -- Art -- Bihar
125. Dr. Gurdip Singh -- Medicine -- Gujarat
126. Shri Ramjee Singh -- Social Work -- Bihar
127. Shri Vashishtha Narayan Singh (Posthumous) -- Science and Engineering -- Bihar
128. Shri Daya Prakash Sinha -- Art -- Uttar Pradesh
129. Dr. Sandra Desa Souza -- Medicine -- Maharashtra
130. Shri Vijayasarathi Sribhashyam -- Literature and Education -- Telangana
131. Smt. Kalee Shabi Mahaboob & Shri Sheik Mahaboob Subani (Duo)* -- Art -- Tamil Nadu
132. Shri Javed Ahmad Tak -- Social Work -- Jammu and Kashmir
133. Shri Pradeep Thalappil -- Science and Engineering -- Tamil Nadu
134. Shri Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi -- Literature and Education -- Arunachal Pradesh
135. Shri Robert Thurman -- Literature and Education -- USA
136. Shri Agus Indra Udayana -- Social Work -- Indonesia
137. Shri Harish Chandra Verma -- Science and Engineering -- Uttar Pradesh
138. Shri Sundaram Verma -- Social Work -- Rajasthan
139. Dr. Romesh Tekchand Wadhwani -- Trade and Industry -- USA
140. Shri Suresh Wadkar -- Art -- Maharashtra
141. Shri Prem Watsa -- Trade and Industry -- Canada
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