A Learner's Choice
The President of India has approved the conferment of 106 Padma Awards including 3 duo cases (in a duo case, the Award is counted as one) for the year 2023.
19 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 2 persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI and 7 Posthumous awardees.
S. No | Name | Field | State/ Country |
1 | Shri Balkrishna Doshi (Posthumous) | Others - Architecture | Gujarat |
2 | Shri Zakir Hussain | Art | Maharashtra |
3 | Shri S M Krishna | Public Affairs | Karnataka |
4 | Shri Dilip Mahalanabis (Posthumous) | Medicine | West Bengal |
5 | Shri Srinivas Varadhan | Science & Engineering | United States of America |
6 | Shri Mulayam Singh Yadav (Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Uttar Pradesh |
S. No | Name | Field | State/ Country |
1 | Shri S L Bhyrappa | Literature & Education | Karnataka |
2 | Shri Kumar Mangalam Birla | Trade & Industry | Maharashtra |
3 | Shri Deepak Dhar | Science & Engineering | Maharashtra |
4 | Ms. Vani Jairam | Art | Tamil Nadu |
5 | Swami Chinna Jeeyar | Others - Spiritualism | Telangana |
6 | Ms. Suman Kalyanpur | Art | Maharashtra |
7 | Shri Kapil Kapoor | Literature & Education | Delhi |
8 | Ms. Sudha Murty | Social Work | Karnataka |
9 | Shri Kamlesh D Patel | Others - Spiritualism | Telangana |
The Padma Awards is one of the highest civilian Awards of the country. The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year.
⇒ Padma Awards are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.