B.V. Doshi, Zakir Hussain, Mulayam: The Full List of 2023 Padma Awardees
India's highest civilian honours are given by the President of India during ceremonial functions held at Rashtrapati Bhawan each year, around March or April.
File image of Rashtrapati Bhavan. Photo: PTI/Arun Sharma
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New Delhi: The names of 106 Padma awardees – who will receive the highest civilian honours in India – have been announced for 2023, in time for Republic Day.
These awards are classified into three categories – the Padma Vibhushan, for exceptional and distinguished service, the Padma Bhushan for distinguished service of high order, and Padma Shri for distinguished service in any domain.
These awardees come from a myriad of disciplines such as art, social work, engineering, trade and industry, medicine, etc. This year, there are six Padma Vibhushan recipients, nine Padma Bhushan recipients and 91 Padma Shri winners.
These awards are given by the President of India during ceremonial functions held at Rashtrapati Bhawan each year, around March or April.
For 2023, the President has approved the list of awardees as follows, including three duos, and seven posthumous ones.
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Padma Vibhushan (6)
| SN | Name | Field | State/Country |
| Shri Balkrishna Doshi (Posthumous) | Others - Architecture | Gujarat | |
| Shri Zakir Hussain | Art | Maharashtra | |
| Shri S M Krishna | Public Affairs | Karnataka | |
| Shri Dilip Mahalanabis (Posthumous) | Medicine | West Bengal | |
| Shri Srinivas Varadhan | Science & Engineering | United States of America | |
| Shri Mulayam Singh Yadav (Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Uttar Pradesh |
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Padma Bhushan(9)
| SN | Name | Field | State/Country |
| Shri S L Bhyrappa | Literature & Education | Karnataka | |
| Shri Kumar Mangalam Birla | Trade & Industry | Maharashtra | |
| Shri Deepak Dhar | Science & Engineering | Maharashtra | |
| Ms. Vani Jairam | Art | Tamil Nadu | |
| Swami Chinna Jeeyar | Others - Spiritualism | Telangana | |
| Ms. Suman Kalyanpur | Art | Maharashtra | |
| Shri Kapil Kapoor | Literature & Education | Delhi | |
| Ms. Sudha Murty | Social Work | Karnataka | |
| Shri Kamlesh D Patel | Others - Spiritualism | Telangana |
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Padma Shri (91)
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| SN | Name | Field | State/Country |
| 16 | Dr. Sukama Acharya | Others - Spiritualism | Haryana |
| 17 | Ms. Jodhaiyabai Baiga | Art | Madhya Pradesh |
| 18 | Shri Premjit Baria | Art | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |
| 19 | Ms. Usha Barle | Art | Chhattisgarh |
| 20 | Shri Munishwar Chanddawar | Medicine | Madhya Pradesh |
| 21 | Shri Hemant Chauhan | Art | Gujarat |
| 22 | Shri Bhanubhai Chitara | Art | Gujarat |
| 23 | Ms. Hemoprova Chutia | Art | Assam |
| 24 | Shri Narendra Chandra Debbarma (Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Tripura |
| 25 | Ms. Subhadra Devi | Art | Bihar |
| 26 | Shri Khadar Valli Dudekula | Science & Engineering | Karnataka |
| 27 | Shri Hem Chandra Goswami | Art | Assam |
| 28 | Ms. Pritikana Goswami | Art | West Bengal |
| 29 | Shri Radha Charan Gupta | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| 30 | Shri Modadugu Vijay Gupta | Science & Engineering | Telangana |
| 31 | Shri Ahmed Hussain & Shri Mohd Hussain *(Duo) | Art | Rajasthan |
| 32 | Shri Dilshad Hussain | Art | Uttar Pradesh |
| 33 | Shri Bhiku Ramji Idate | Social Work | Maharashtra |
| 34 | Shri C I Issac | Literature & Education | Kerala |
| 35 | Shri Rattan Singh Jaggi | Literature & Education | Punjab |
| 36 | Shri Bikram Bahadur Jamatia | Social Work | Tripura |
| 37 | Shri Ramkuiwangbe Jene | Social Work | Assam |
| 38 | Shri Rakesh Radheshyam Jhunjhunwala (Posthumous) | Trade & Industry | Maharashtra |
| 39 | Shri Ratan Chandra Kar | Medicine | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |
| 40 | Shri Mahipat Kavi | Art | Gujarat |
| 41 | Shri M M Keeravaani | Art | Andhra Pradesh |
| 42 | Shri Areez Khambatta (Posthumous) | Trade & Industry | Gujarat |
| 43 | Shri Parshuram Komaji Khune | Art | Maharashtra |
| 44 | Shri Ganesh Nagappa Krishnarajanagara | Science & Engineering | Andhra Pradesh |
| 45 | Shri Maguni Charan Kuanr | Art | Odisha |
| 46 | Shri Anand Kumar | Literature & Education | Bihar |
| 47 | Shri Arvind Kumar | Science & Engineering | Uttar Pradesh |
| 48 | Shri Domar Singh Kunvar | Art | Chhattisgarh |
| 49 | Shri Risingbor Kurkalang | Art | Meghalaya |
| 50 | Ms. Hirabai Lobi | Social Work | Gujarat |
| 51 | Shri Moolchand Lodha | Social Work | Rajasthan |
| 52 | Ms. Rani Machaiah | Art | Karnataka |
| 53 | Shri Ajay Kumar Mandavi | Art | Chhattisgarh |
| 54 | Shri Prabhakar Bhanudas Mande | Literature & Education | Maharashtra |
| 55 | Shri Gajanan Jagannath Mane | Social Work | Maharashtra |
| 56 | Shri Antaryami Mishra | Literature & Education | Odisha |
| 57 | Shri Nadoja Pindipapanahalli Munivenkatappa | Art | Karnataka |
| 58 | Prof. (Dr.) Mahendra Pal | Science & Engineering | Gujarat |
| 59 | Shri Uma Shankar Pandey | Social Work | Uttar Pradesh |
| 60 | Shri Ramesh Parmar & Ms. Shanti Parmar *(Duo) | Art | Madhya Pradesh |
| 61 | Dr. Nalini Parthasarathi | Medicine | Puducherry |
| 62 | Shri Hanumantha Rao Pasupuleti | Medicine | Telangana |
| 63 | Shri Ramesh Patange | Literature & Education | Maharashtra |
| 64 | Ms. Krishna Patel | Art | Odisha |
| 65 | Shri K Kalyanasundaram Pillai | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| 66 | Shri V P Appukuttan Poduval | Social Work | Kerala |
| 67 | Shri Kapil Dev Prasad | Art | Bihar |
| 68 | Shri S R D Prasad | Sports | Kerala |
| 69 | Shri Shah Rasheed Ahmed Quadri | Art | Karnataka |
| 70 | Shri C V Raju | Art | Andhra Pradesh |
| 71 | Shri Bakshi Ram | Science & Engineering | Haryana |
| 72 | Shri Cheruvayal K Raman | Others - Agriculture | Kerala |
| 73 | Ms. Sujatha Ramdorai | Science & Engineering | Canada |
| 74 | Shri Abbareddy Nageswara Rao | Science & Engineering | Andhra Pradesh |
| 75 | Shri Pareshbhai Rathwa | Art | Gujarat |
| 76 | Shri B Ramakrishna Reddy | Literature & Education | Telangana |
| 77 | Shri Mangala Kanti Roy | Art | West Bengal |
| 78 | Ms. K C Runremsangi | Art | Mizoram |
| 79 | Shri Vadivel Gopal & Shri Masi Sadaiyan *(Duo) | Social Work | Tamil Nadu |
| 80 | Shri Manoranjan Sahu | Medicine | Uttar Pradesh |
| 81 | Shri Patayat Sahu | Others - Agriculture | Odisha |
| 82 | Shri Ritwik Sanyal | Art | Uttar Pradesh |
| 83 | Shri Kota Satchidananda Sastry | Art | Andhra Pradesh |
| 84 | Shri Sankurathri Chandra Sekhar | Social Work | Andhra Pradesh |
| 85 | Shri K Shanathoiba Sharma | Sports | Manipur |
| 86 | Shri Nekram Sharma | Others - Agriculture | Himachal Pradesh |
| 87 | Shri Gurcharan Singh | Sports | Delhi |
| 88 | Shri Laxman Singh | Social Work | Rajasthan |
| 89 | Shri Mohan Singh | Literature & Education | Jammu & Kashmir |
| 90 | Shri Thounaojam Chaoba Singh | Public Affairs | Manipur |
| 91 | Shri Prakash Chandra Sood | Literature & Education | Andhra Pradesh |
| 92 | Ms. Neihunuo Sorhie | Art | Nagaland |
| 93 | Dr. Janum Singh Soy | Literature & Education | Jharkhand |
| 94 | Shri Kushok Thiksey Nawang Chamba Stanzin | Others - Spiritualism | Ladakh |
| 95 | Shri S Subbaraman | Others - Archaeology | Karnataka |
| 96 | Shri Moa Subong | Art | Nagaland |
| 97 | Shri Palam Kalyana Sundaram | Social Work | Tamil Nadu |
| 98 | Ms. Raveena Ravi Tandon | Art | Maharashtra |
| 99 | Shri Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| 100 | Shri Dhaniram Toto | Literature & Education | West Bengal |
| 101 | Shri Tula Ram Upreti | Others - Agriculture | Sikkim |
| 102 | Dr. Gopalsamy Veluchamy | Medicine | Tamil Nadu |
| 103 | Dr. Ishwar Chander Verma | Medicine | Delhi |
| 104 | Ms. Coomi Nariman Wadia | Art | Maharashtra |
| 105 | Shri Karma Wangchu (Posthumous) | Social Work | Arunachal Pradesh |
| 106 | Shri Ghulam Muhammad Zaz | Art | Jammu & Kashmir |
Note: * In Duo case, the Award is counted as one.
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