President Ram Nath Kovind conferred the prestigious Padma awards on November 8, 2021 to the 2020 and 2021 recipients in a ceremony held in New Delhi. The ceremony in 2020 was not held because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
- The Padma Awards are one of the highest and most respected civilian honours of India. These awards are announced on Republic Day eve annually.
- The ceremony is held at Rashtrapati Bhavan and the Hon’ble President of India confers the awards to the recipients.
- The Padma Awards Committee makes recommendations for these awards.This Committee is constituted by the Prime Minister every year.
- The Prime Minister and President of India approve the recommendations.
Brief History of Padma Awards
In 1954, the Government of India introduced two civilian awards-
- Bharat Ratna– highest civilian award of India
- Padma Vibhushan– This has three tiers:
- Pehla Varg
- Dusra Varg
- Tisra Varg
Subsequently, vide a Presidential notification issued on January 08, 1955, they were renamed as-
- exceptional and distinguished service- Padma Vibhushan
- distinguished service of high order- Padma Bhushan
- for distinguished service- Padma Shri
Evolution of the Padma Awards
- The nominee groups have changed since 1954. In other words, the number of nominations for the awards have increased as these awards have begun recognising a wider range of people.
- In 2020, 46,000 nominations were received by the government. On the other hand, only 2,200 nominations were received in 2014.
- The government launched the Padma Quiz 2018, which allows the winners to attend the award ceremony in person.
Fields of Padma Awardees 2021
Overview: Padma Awardees of 2021
- In 2021, 119 Padma awards were conferred.
- 16 awards were conferred posthumously.
- The awardees include 29 women and one transgender awardee.
Winners of Padma Awardees 2021
Padma Vibhushan
It is the second-highest civilian award, after the Bharat Ratna.
In 2021, the Padma Bhushan award has been conferred on 7 recipients. The complete list of awardees is given below:
| Name of Recipient | Field | State/Country |
| Shri Shinzo Abe | Public Affairs | Japan |
| Shri S. P. Balasubramaniam (Posthumous) | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| Dr. Belle Monappa Hegde | Medicine | Karnataka |
| Shri Narinder Singh Kapany (Posthumous) | Science and Engineering | United States of America |
| Maulana Wahiduddin Khan | Others- Spiritualism | Delhi |
| Shri B. B. Lal | Archeology | Delhi |
| Shri Sudarshan Sahoo | Art | Odisha |
Padma Bhushan
Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award. This award succeeds Bharat Ratna and Padma Vibhushan.
For the year 2021, this award has been conferred on 10 recipients. is the list of the awardees:
| Name of Recipient | Field | State/Country |
| Ms. Krishnan Nair Shantakumari Chithra | Art | Kerala |
| Shri Tarun Gogoi (Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Assam |
| Shri Chandrashekhar Kambara | Literature and Education | Karnataka |
| Ms. Sumitra Mahajan | Public Affairs | Madhya Pradesh |
| Shri Nripendra Misra | Civil Service | Uttar Pradesh |
| Shri Ram Vilas Paswan (Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Bihar |
| Shri Keshubhai Patel (Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Gujarat |
| Shri Kalbe Sadiq (Posthumous) | Others- Spiritualism | Uttar Pradesh |
| Shri Rajnikant Devidas Shroff | Trade and Industry | Madhya Pradesh |
| Shri Tarlochan Singh | Public Affairs | Haryana |
Padma Shri
Padma Shri is the fourth-highest civilian award. It succeeds Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan and Padma Bhushan.
In 2021, this award was conferred on 102 recipients. The list of the awardees is given below:
| Name of Recipient | Field | State/Country |
| Shri Gulfam Ahmed | Art | Uttar Pradesh |
| Ms. P. Anitha | Sports | Tamil Nadu |
| Shri Rama Swamy Annavarapu | Art | Andhra Pradesh |
| Shri Subbu Arumugamq | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| Shri Prakasarao Asavadi | Literature and Education | Andhra Pradesh |
| Ms. Bhuri Bai | Art | Madhya Pradesh |
| Shri Radhe Shyam Barle | Art | Chhattisgarh |
| Shri Dharma Narayan Barma | Literature and Education | West Bengal |
| Ms. Lakhimi Baruah | Social work | Assam |
| Shri Biren Kumar Basak | Art | West Bengal |
| Ms. Rajni Bector | Trade and Industry | Punjab |
| Shri Peter Brook | Art | United Kingdom |
| Ms. Sangkhumi Bualchhuak | Social Work | Mizoram |
| Shri Gopiram Bargayn Burabhakat | Art | Assam |
| Ms. Bijoya Chakravarty | Public Affairs | Assam |
| Shri Sujit Chattopadhyay | Literature and Education | West Bengal |
| Shri Jagdish Chaudhary (Posthumous) | Social work | Uttar Pradesh |
| Shri Tsultrim Chonjor | Social work | Ladakh |
| Ms. Mouma Das | Sports | West Benagl |
| Shri Srikant Datar | Literature and Education | United States of America |
| Shri Narayan Debnath | Art | West Bengal |
| Ms. Chutni Devi | Social Work | Jharkhand |
| Ms. Dulari Devi | Art | Bihar |
| Ms. Radhe Devi | Art | Manipur |
| Ms. Shanti Devi | Social Work | Odisha |
| Shri Wayan Dibia | Art | Indonesia |
| Shri Dadudan Gadhavi | Literature and Education | Gujarat |
| Shri Parshuram Atmaram Gangavane | Art | Maharashtra |
| Shri Jai Bhagwan Goyal | Literature and Education | Haryana |
| Shri Jagadish Chandra Halder | Literature and education | West Bengal |
| Shri Mangal Singh Hazowary | Literature and Education | Assam |
| Ms. Anshu Jamsenpa | Sports | Arunachal Pradesh |
| Ms. Purnamasi Jani | Art | Odisha |
| Matha B. Manjamma Jogati | Art | Karnataka |
| Shri Damodaran Kaithapram | Art | Kerala |
| Shri Namdeo C Kamble | Literature and Education | Maharashtra |
| Shri Maheshbhai & Shri Nareshbhai Kanodia (Duo) (Posthumous) | Art | Gujarat |
| Shri Rajat Kumar Kar | Literature and Education | Odisha |
| Shri Rangasami Lakshminarayana Kashyap | Literature and education | Karnataka |
| Ms. Prakash Kaur | Social work | Punjab |
| Shri Nicholas Kazanas | Literature and education | Greece |
| Shri K Kesavasamy | Art | Puducherry |
| Shri Ghulam Rasool Khan | Art | Jammu and Kashmir |
| Shri Lakha Khan | Art | Rajasthan |
| Ms. Sanjida Khatun | Art | Bangladesh |
| Shri Vinayak Vishnu Khedekar | Art | Goa |
| Ms. Niru Kumar | Social Work | Delhi |
| Ms. Lajwanti | Art | Punjab |
| Shri Rattan Lal | Science and Engineering | United States of America |
| Shri Ali Manikfan | Others- Grassroots Innovation | Lakshadweep |
| Shri Ramachandra Manjhi | Art | Bihar |
| Shri Dulal Manki | Art | Assam |
| Shri Nanadro B Marak | Others- Agriculture | Meghalaya |
| Shri Rewben Mashangva | Art | Manipur |
| Shri Chandrakant Mehta | Literature and Education | Gujarat |
| Dr. Rattan Lal Mittal | Medicine | Punjab |
| Shri Madhavan Nambiar | Sports | Kerala |
| Shri Shyam Sundar Paliwal | Social Work | Rajasthan |
| Dr. Chandrakant Sambhaji Pandav | Medicine | Delhi |
| Dr. J N Pande (Posthumous) | Medicine | Delhi |
| Shri Solomon Pappaiah | Literature and Education- Journalism | Tamil Nadu |
| Ms. Pappammal | Others- Agriculture | Tamil Nadu |
| Dr. Krishna Mohan Pathi | Medicine | Odisha |
| Ms. Jaswantiben Jamnadas Popat | Trade and Industry | Maharashtra |
| Shri Girish Prabhune | Social Work | Maharashtra |
| Shri Nanda Prusty | Literature and Education | Odisha |
| Shri K K Ramachandra Pulavar | Art | Kerala |
| Shri Balan Putheri | Literature and Education | Kerala |
| Ms. Birubala Rabha | Social Work | Assam |
| Shri Kanaka Raju | Art | Telangana |
| Ms. Bombay Jayashri Ramnath | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| Shri Satyaram Reang | Art | Tripura |
| Dr. Dhananjay Diwakar Sagdeo | Medicine | Kerala |
| Shri Ashok Kumar Sahu | Medicine | Uttar Pradesh |
| Dr. Bhupendra Kumar Singh Sanjay | Medicine | Uttarakhand |
| Ms. Sindhutai Sapkal | Social Work | Maharashtra |
| Shri Chaman Lal Sapru (Posthumous) | Literature and Education | Jammu & Kashmir |
| Shri Roman Sarmah | Literature and Education- Journalism | Assam |
| Shri Imran Shah | Literature and education | Assam |
| Prem Chandra Sharma | Others- Agriculture | Uttarakhand |
| Shri Arjun Singh Shekhawat | Literature and Education | Rajasthan |
| Shri Ram Yatna Shukla | Literature and Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| Shri Jitender Singh Shunty | Social Work | Delhi |
| Shri Kartar Paras Ram Singh | Art | Himachal Pradesh |
| Shri Kartar Singh | Art | Punjab |
| Dr. Dilip Kumar Singh | Medicine | Bihar |
| Shri Chandra Shekhar Singh | Others- Agriculture | Uttar Pradesh |
| Ms. Sudha Hari Narayan Singh | Sports | Uttar Pradesh |
| Shri Virender Singh | Sports | Haryana |
| Ms. Mridula Sinha (Posthumous) | Literature and Education | Bihar |
| Shri K C Sivasankar (Posthumous) | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| Guru Maa Kamali Soren | Social Work | West Bengal |
| Shri Marachi Subburaman | Social Work | Tamil Nadu |
| Shri P Subramanian (Posthumous) | Trade and Industry | Tamil Nadu |
| Ms. Nidumolu Sumathi | Art | Andhra Pradesh |
| Shri Kapil Tiwari | Literature and Education | Madhya Pradesh |
| Father Vallés (Posthumous) | Literature and Education | Spain |
| Dr. Thiruvengadam Veeraraghavan (Posthumous) | Medicine | Tamil Nadu |
| Shri Sridhar Vembu | Trade and Industry | Tamil Nadu |
| Shri K Y Venkatesh | Sports | Karnataka |
| Ms. Usha Yadav | Literature and Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| Col. Quazi Sajjad Ali Zahir | Public Affairs | Bangladesh |
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