The Padma Awards are given in various disciplines/ fields of activities, viz.- art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine etc.
President Ram Nath Kovind is presenting padma awards to 141 people at Rashtrapati Bhavan today. You must be aware that the Padma Awards, the highest civilian honour after Bharat Ratna in the country, were distributed at the historic Darbar Hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan. On the other hand, the grand ceremony felicitated those who have done outstanding work in various fields. In fact, this time two years of awards are being given.
141 people have been awarded padma awards for the year 2020. Tomorrow, 119 people will be honoured with Padma Awards for the year 2021. Let me tell all of you that today 7 people were awarded padma vibhushan, 16 people from Padma Bhushan and 118 from Padma Shri for the year 2020. Among the awardees are 29 women, 16 posthumous awardees and 1 transgender awardee.
Now, tomorrow, Tuesday, 7 people will be honoured with the largest Padma Vibhushan award in the list of Padma Awards for the year 2021.
In addition, 10 people will be felicitated with Padma Bhushan and 102 from Padma Shri.
The Padma Awards are given in various disciplines/ fields of activities, viz.- art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine etc.
President Ram Nath Kovind Monday presented Padma Awards at the Rashtrapati Bhawan. The 2021 list comprises seven Padma Vibhushan, 10 Padma Bhushan, and 102 Padma Shri Awards, of which 29 awardees are women, 16 Posthumous awardees, and 1 transgender awardee.
Here’s the list of 10 Padma Bhushan awardees:
Ms. Krishnan Nair Shantakumari Chithra- Art, Kerala
Credited as K.S Chithra or Chithra, she is an Indian playback singer and Carnatic musician. In a career spanning over four decades, she has recorded over 25,000 songs in various Indian languages including Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi, Odia,[16][17] Bengali, Punjabi, Gujarati, Tulu, Rajasthani, Urdu, Sanskrit, and Badaga as well as foreign languages such as Malay, Latin, Arabic, Sinhalese, English and French.
Shri Tarun Gogoi (Posthumous) – Public Affairs, Assam
Tarun Gogoi was an Indian politician who served as the Chief Minister of Assam from 2001 to 2016. A member of the Indian National Congress and he led the party to a record three consecutive electoral victories and was the longest-serving chief minister of the state.
Shri Chandrashekhar Kambara – Literature and Education, Karnataka
A prominent Indian poet Chandrashekhar Kambara, playwright, folklorist, film director in Kannada language and the founder-vice-chancellor of Kannada University in Hampi. Kambara is also president of the Sahitya Akademi, country’s premier literary institution, after Vinayak Krishna Gokak and U.R. Ananthamurthy.
Ms. Sumitra Mahajan – Public Affairs, Madhya Pradesh
Sumitra Mahajan is an Indian politician who was the Speaker of Lok Sabha from 2014 to 2019. She belongs to Bharatiya Janata Party and represented the Indore constituency of Madhya Pradesh from 1989 to 2019 as the longest-serving Woman Member of Parliament, and then she retired from electoral politics.
Shri Nripendra Misra – Civil Service, Uttar Pradesh
Nripendra Misra is an administrative Service officer from the Uttar Pradesh cadre who served as Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi from 2014 to 2019.
Shri Ram Vilas Paswan (Posthumous) – Public Affairs, Bihar
A politician from Bihar, Ram Vilas Paswan was the President of the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) and the Cabinet Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution in the first and second Modi ministries. He started his political career as a member of the Samyukta Socialist Party and was elected to the Bihar Legislative Assembly in 1969.
Shri Keshubhai Patel (Posthumous) Public Affairs, Gujarat
Keshubhai Patel was an Indian politician who passed away in 2020 was the Chief Minister of Gujarat in 1995 and from 1998 to 2001. He was a six-time member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly and was a member of RSS since 1940s, of Bharatiya Jana Sangh in 1960s, Janata Party in 1970s, and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from 1980.
Shri Kalbe Sadiq (Posthumous) Others-Spiritualism, Uttar Pradesh
Shia cleric Maulana Kalbe Sadiq, the flag-bearer of amity, progressive thought, education, and spirituality, was awarded the coveted Padma Bhushan. The 83-year-old cleric, who had been suffering from cancer for the last three years, passed away on November 24, 2020.
Shri Rajnikant Devidas Shroff Trade and Industry, Maharashtra
Rajnikant Devidasbhai Shroff, the founder of UPL Ltd. a global provider of sustainable agriculture products and solutions was conferred one of India’s highest civilian award, the Padma Bhushan, for his contribution to the field of trade and industry.
Shri Tarlochan Singh Public Affairs, Haryana
Former Member of Parliament Tarlochan Singh was awarded the Padma Bhushan. Representing Haryana, he was a member of the Rajya Sabha from 2004 to 2010 and also the Press Secretary to former President Giani Zail Singh. He was the former chairman of the National Commission of Minorities (NCM) and former MP who served as a member of the National Human Rights Commission.
Here’s a list of Padma Bhushan awardees from 2020:
- M Mumtaz Ali (Sri M), Others-Spiritualism, Kerala.
- Syed Muazzem Ali (Posthumous), Public Affairs, Bangladesh.
- Muzaffar Hussain Baig, Public Affairs, Jammu and Kashmir.
- Ajoy Chakravorty, Art, West Bengal.
- Manoj Das, Literature and Education, Puducherry.
- Balkrishna Doshi, Others-Architecture, Gujarat.
- Krishnammal Jagannathan, Social Work, Tamil Nadu.
- SC Jamir, Public Affairs, Nagaland.
- Anil Prakash Joshi, Social Work, Uttarakhand.
- Tsering Landol, Medicine, Ladakh.
- Anand Mahindra, Trade and Industry, Maharashtra.
- Neelakanta Ramakrishna Madhava Menon (Posthumous), Public Affairs, Kerala.
- Manohar Gopalkrishna Prabhu Parrikar (Posthumous), Public Affairs, Goa.
- Jagdish Sheth, Literature and Education, USA.
- PV Sindhu, Sports, Telangana.
- Venu Srinivasan, Trade and Industry, Tamil Nadu.
Announced annually on the eve of Republic Day, the Awards are given in three categories: Padma Vibhushan (for exceptional and distinguished service), Padma Bhushan (distinguished service of higher order) and Padma Shri (distinguished service) and seek to recognise achievements in all fields of activities or disciplines where an element of public service is involved. Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut, singer Adnan Sami, filmmaker Karan Johar, TV Czarina Ekta Kapoor and others were honoured for their work on Monday.
President Ram Nath Kovind presented the Padma Awards in the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar were among the attendees. 119 Padma Awards were presented by President this year. The list comprisesd seven Padma Vibhushan, 10 Padma Bhushan and 102 Padma Shri Awards. 29 of the awardees are women, 16 Posthumous awardees and one transgender awardee.
Kangana Ranaut, who was recently conferred with the National Award a few days back was seen wearing a green-golden saree, large earrings and a white face mask. While Adnan Sami opted for a black sherwani with golden embroidery at the neck.
