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.
The list of Padma Awards 2023 comprises 6 Padma Vibhushan, 9 Padma Bhushan and 91 Padma Shri Awards.
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.
Padma Vibhushan Awards (6)
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
Padma Bhushan Awards (9)
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
Padma Shri Awards (91)
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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.
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 is awarded for distinguished service of high order.
Padma Shri is awarded for distinguished service in any field.