NE NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, JAN 25
Eminent personalities, including former union ministers Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj and George Fernandes, Olympian boxer Mary Kom, former Mauritius Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth have been honoured with the Padma Vibhushan on the Republic Day this year, officials said on January 25.
Former Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, industrialists Anand Mahindra and TVS group Chairman and Honorary Professor of Practice, IIT MadrasVenu Shrinivasan, Olympian badminton player P V Sindhu, former Nagaland Chief Minister S.C. Jamir and Jammu and Kashmir politician Muzaffar Hussain Baig have been awarded with the Padma Bhushan, they said.
Srinivasan could not be contacted despite several attempts to get his comments. However, a communiqué from the TVS Group wished him for having honoured with this prestigious award.
The Padma Vibhushan for this year has been awarded to a total of seven prominent personalities, while 16 have been given the Padma Bhushan, 118 have been given the Padma Shri on the 71st Republic Day this year, they said.
This year the President has approved conferment of 141 Padma Awards including 4 duo cases (in a duo case, the award is counted as one). The list comprises seven Padma Vibhushans, 16 Padma Bhushans and 118 Padma Shris. Thirty four of the awardees are women and the list also includes 18 persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI and 12 posthumous awardees.
Former Mauritius Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth, sportsperson M.C. Mary Kom, Hindustani classical singer Chhannulal Mishra and Vishwesha Tirtha Swami of Pejawar Mutt (posthumous) are the other Padma Vibhushan awardees.
Producer Ekta Kapoor, director Karan Johar, actor Kangna Ranaut, and singer Adnan Sami will receive the Padma Shri.
Modi congratulates awardees
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 25 congratulated the Padma awardees, saying they include extraordinary people. “Congratulations to all those who have been conferred the Padma Awards,” he tweeted. The Prime Minister said the awardees include “extraordinary individuals who have made exceptional contributions to our society, nation, and humanity”.
Padma Awardees 2020
Padma Vibhushan
| Name | Field | State/Country | |
| 1. | George Fernandes
(Posthumous) |
Public Affairs | Bihar |
| 2. | Arun Jaitley
(Posthumous) |
Public Affairs | Delhi |
| 3. | Sir Anerood Jugnauth | Public Affairs | Mauritius |
| 4. | M. C. Mary Kom | Sports | Manipur |
| 5. | Chhannulal Mishra | Art | Uttar Pradesh |
| 6. | Sushma Swaraj
(Posthumous) |
Public Affairs | Delhi |
| 7. | Sri Vishveshateertha Swamiji Sri
Pejavara Adhokhaja Matha Udupi (Posthumous) |
Others-Spiritualism | Karnataka |
Padma Bhushan
| SN | Name | Field | State/Country |
| 8. | M. Mumtaz Ali (Sri M) | Others-Spiritualism | Kerala |
| 9. | Syed Muazzem Ali
(Posthumous) |
Public Affairs | Bangladesh |
| 10. | Muzaffar Hussain Baig | Public Affairs | Jammu and
Kashmir |
| 11. | Ajoy Chakravorty | Art | West Bengal |
| 12. | Manoj Das | Literature and
Education |
Puducherry |
| 13. | Balkrishna Doshi | Others-Architecture | Gujarat |
| 14. | Krishnammal Jagannathan | Social Work | Tamil Nadu |
| 15. | S. C. Jamir | Public Affairs | Nagaland |
| 16. | Anil Prakash Joshi | Social Work | Uttarakhand |
| 17. | Dr. Tsering Landol | Medicine | Ladakh |
| 18. | Anand Mahindra | Trade and Industry | Maharashtra |
| 19. | Neelakanta Ramakrishna
Madhava Menon (Posthumous) |
Public Affairs | Kerala |
| 20. | Manohar Gopalkrishna
Prabhu Parrikar (Posthumous) |
Public Affairs | Goa |
| 21. | Prof. Jagdish Sheth | Literature and
Education |
USA |
| 22. | P. V. Sindhu | Sports | Telangana |
| 23. | Venu Srinivasan | Trade and Industry | Tamil Nadu |
Padma Shri
| SN | Name | Field | State/Country |
| 24. | Guru Shashadhar Acharya | Art | Jharkhand |
| 25. | Dr. Yogi Aeron | Medicine | Uttarakhand |
| 26. | Jai Prakash Agarwal | Trade and Industry | Delhi |
| 27. | Jagdish Lal Ahuja | Social Work | Punjab |
| 28. | Kazi Masum Akhtar | Literature and Education | West Bengal |
| 29. | Ms. Gloria Arieira | Literature and Education | Brazil |
| 30. | Khan Zaheerkhan Bakhtiyarkhan | Sports | Maharashtra |
| 31. | Dr. Padmavathy Bandopadhyay | Medicine | Uttar Pradesh |
| 32. | Dr. Sushovan Banerjee | Medicine | West Bengal |
| 33. | Dr. Digambar Behera | Medicine | Chandigarh |
| 34. | Dr. Damayanti Beshra | Literature and Education | Odisha |
| 35. | Pawar Popatrao Bhaguji | Social Work | Maharashtra |
| 36. | Himmata Ram Bhambhu | Social Work | Rajasthan |
| 37. | Sanjeev Bikhchandani | Trade and Industry | Uttar Pradesh |
| 38. | Gafurbhai M. Bilakhia | Trade and Industry | Gujarat |
| 39. | Bob Blackman | Public Affairs | United Kingdom |
| 40. | . Indira P. P. Bora | Art | Assam |
| 41. | Madan Singh Chauhan | Art | Chhattisgarh |
| 42. | . Usha Chaumar | Social Work | Rajasthan |
| 43. | Lil Bahadur Chettri | Literature and Education | Assam |
| 44. | Lalitha & Ms. Saroja
Chidambaram (Duo)* |
Art | Tamil Nadu |
| 45. | Dr. Vajira Chitrasena | Art | Sri Lanka |
| 46. | Dr. Purushottam Dadheech | Art | Madhya Pradesh |
| 47. | Utsav Charan Das | Art | Odisha |
| 48. | Prof. Indra Dassanayake
(Posthumous) |
Literature and Education | Sri Lanka |
| 49. | H. M. Desai | Literature and Education | Gujarat |
| 50. | Manohar Devadoss | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| 51. | Oinam Bembem Devi | Sports | Manipur |
| 52. | Lia Diskin | Social Work | Brazil |
| 53. | M. P. Ganesh | Sports | Karnataka |
| 54. | Dr. Bangalore Gangadhar | Medicine | Karnataka |
| 55. | Dr. Raman Gangakhedkar | Science and Engineering | Maharashtra |
| 56. | Barry Gardiner | Public Affairs | United Kingdom |
| 57. | Chewang Motup Goba | Trade and Industry | Ladakh |
| 58. | Bharat Goenka | Trade and Industry | Karnataka |
| 59. | Yadla Gopalarao | Art | Andhra Pradesh |
| 60. | Mitrabhanu Gountia | Art | Odisha |
| 61. | Tulasi Gowda | Social Work | Karnataka |
| 62. | Sujoy K. Guha | Science and Engineering | Bihar |
| 63. | Harekala Hajabba | Social Work | Karnataka |
| 64. | Enamul Haque | Others-Archaeology | Bangladesh |
| 65. | Madhu Mansuri Hasmukh | Art | Jharkhand |
| 66. | Abdul Jabbar
(Posthumous) |
Social Work | Madhya Pradesh |
| 67. | Bimal Kumar Jain | Social Work | Bihar |
| 68. | Meenakshi Jain | Literature and Education | Delhi |
| 69. | Nemnath Jain | Trade and Industry | Madhya Pradesh |
| 70. | Shanti Jain | Art | Bihar |
| 71. | Sudhir Jain | Science and Engineering | Gujarat |
| 72. | Benichandra Jamatia | Literature and Education | Tripura |
| 73. | K. V. Sampath Kumar & Ms. Vidushi Jayalakshmi K.S.
(Duo)* |
Literature and Education-Journalism | Karnataka |
| 74. | Karan Johar | Art | Maharashtra |
| 75. | Dr. Leela Joshi | Medicine | Madhya Pradesh |
| 76. | Sarita Joshi | Art | Maharashtra |
| 77. | C. Kamlova | Literature and Education | Mizoram |
| 78. | Dr. Ravi Kannan R. | Medicine | Assam |
| 79. | Ekta Kapoor | Art | Maharashtra |
| 80. | Yazdi Naoshirwan Karanjia | Art | Gujarat |
| 81. | Narayan J. Joshi Karayal | Literature and Education | Gujarat |
| 82. | Dr. Narindar Nath Khanna | Medicine | Uttar Pradesh |
| 83. | Naveen Khanna | Science and Engineering | Delhi |
| 84. | S. P. Kothari | Literature and Education | USA |
| 85. | V. K. Munusamy
Krishnapakthar |
Art | Puducherry |
| 86. | M. K. Kunjol | Social Work | Kerala |
| 87. | Manmohan Mahapatra
(Posthumous) |
Art | Odisha |
| 88. | Ustad Anwar Khan Mangniyar | Art | Rajasthan |
| 89. | Kattungal Subramaniam
Manilal |
Science and Engineering | Kerala |
| 90. | Munna Master | Art | Rajasthan |
| 91. | Prof. Abhiraj Rajendra Mishra | Literature and Education | Himachal Pradesh |
| 92. | Binapani Mohanty | Literature and Education | Odisha |
| 93. | Dr. Arunoday Mondal | Medicine | West Bengal |
| 94. | Dr. Prithwindra Mukherjee | Literature and Education | France |
| 95. | Sathyanarayan Mundayoor | Social Work | Arunachal Pradesh |
| 96. | Manilal Nag | Art | West Bengal |
| 97. | N. Chandrasekharan Nair | Literature and Education | Kerala |
| 98. | Dr. Tetsu Nakamura
(Posthumous) |
Social Work | Afghanistan |
| 99. | Shiv Datt Nirmohi | Literature and Education | Jammu and
Kashmir |
| 100. | Pu Lalbiakthanga Pachuau | Literature and
Education-Journalism |
Mizoram |
| 101. | Moozhikkal Pankajakshi | Art | Kerala |
| 102. | Dr. Prasanta Kumar Pattanaik | Literature and Education | USA |
| 103. | Jogendra Nath Phukan | Literature and Education | Assam |
| 104. | Rahibai Soma Popere | Others-Agriculture | Maharashtra |
| 105. | Yogesh Praveen | Literature and Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| 106. | Jitu Rai | Sports | Uttar Pradesh |
| 107. | Tarundeep Rai | Sports | Sikkim |
| 108. | S. Ramakrishnan | Social Work | Tamil Nadu |
| 109. | Rani Rampal | Sports | Haryana |
| 110. | Kangana Ranaut | Art | Maharashtra |
| 111. | Dalavai Chalapathi Rao | Art | Andhra Pradesh |
| 112. | Shahbuddin Rathod | Literature and Education | Gujarat |
| 113. | Kalyan Singh Rawat | Social Work | Uttarakhand |
| 114. | Chintala Venkat Reddy | Others-Agriculture | Telangana |
| 115. | Dr. Shanti Roy | Medicine | Bihar |
| 116. | Radhammohan & Ms.
Sabarmatee (Duo)* |
Others-Agriculture | Odisha |
| 117. | Batakrushna Sahoo | Others-Animal
Husbandry |
Odisha |
| 118. | Trinity Saioo | Others-Agriculture | Meghalaya |
| 119. | Adnan Sami | Art | Maharashtra |
| 120. | Vijay Sankeshwar | Trade and Industry | Karnataka |
| 121. | Dr. Kushal Konwar Sarma | Medicine | Assam |
| 122. | Sayed Mehboob Shah Qadri
alias Sayedbhai |
Social Work | Maharashtra |
| 123. | Mohammed Sharif | Social Work | Uttar Pradesh |
| 124. | Shyam Sunder Sharma | Art | Bihar |
| 125. | Dr. Gurdip Singh | Medicine | Gujarat |
| 126. | Ramjee Singh | Social Work | Bihar |
| 127. | Vashishtha Narayan Singh
(Posthumous) |
Science and Engineering | Bihar |
| 128. | Daya Prakash Sinha | Art | Uttar Pradesh |
| 129. | Dr. Sandra Desa Souza | Medicine | Maharashtra |
| 130. | Vijayasarathi Sribhashyam | Literature and Education | Telangana |
| 131. | Kalee Shabi Mahaboob & Sheik Mahaboob Subani
(Duo)* |
Art | Tamil Nadu |
| 132. | Javed Ahmad Tak | Social Work | Jammu and
Kashmir |
| 133. | Pradeep Thalappil | Science and Engineering | Tamil Nadu |
| 134. | Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi | Literature and Education | Arunachal Pradesh |
| 135. | Robert Thurman | Literature and Education | USA |
| 136. | Agus Indra Udayana | Social Work | Indonesia |
| 137. | Harish Chandra Verma | Science and Engineering | Uttar Pradesh |
| 138. | Sundaram Verma | Social Work | Rajasthan |
| 139. | Dr. Romesh Tekchand
Wadhwani |
Trade and Industry | USA |
| 140. | Suresh Wadkar | Art | Maharashtra |
| 141. | Prem Watsa | Trade and Industry | Canada |
