Several civilian awards have been instituted by various Ministries/Departments/Agencies of the Government of India to recognize people who have excelled and made exceptional contribution in their fields.
For inviting nominations for various awards, a common Rashtriya Puruskar Portal (https://awards.gov.in ) has been developed by the Government so as to bring together all the Awards of the various Ministries/Departments/Agencies of the Government of India under one digital platform to ensure transparency and public partnership (Jan Bhagidari). This Portal aims to facilitate citizens to nominate individuals/organizations for various Awards instituted by the Government of India.
Currently, nominations/recommendations for the following Awards are open:
Padma Awards- Nomination open till 15/09/2022
Sardar Patel National Unity Award- Nomination open till 31/07/2022
Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award- Nomination open till 16/06/2022
Jeevan Raksha Padak series of Awards- Nomination open till 30/09/2022
Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Telecom Skill Excellence Award- Nomination open till 16/06/2022.
For further details and making nominations, please visit Rashtriya Puruskar Portal (https://awards.gov.in ).
Padma Awards – one of the highest civilian Awards of the country, 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’ for distinguished service of high order and ‘Padma Shri’ for distinguished service in any field. The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year.
These awards are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March/April every year. This year the President has approved conferment of 128 Padma Awards including 2 duo case (in a duo case, the Award is counted as one) as per list below.
The list comprises 4 Padma Vibhushan, 17 Padma Bhushan and 107 Padma Shri Awards. 34 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 10 persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI and 13 Posthumous awardees.
Padma Vibhushan(4)
SN
Name
Field
State/Country
Ms. Prabha Atre
Art
Maharashtra
Shri Radheyshyam Khemka(Posthumous)
Literature and Education
Uttar Pradesh
General Bipin Rawat(Posthumous)
Civil Service
Uttarakhand
Shri Kalyan Singh(Posthumous)
Public Affairs
Uttar Pradesh
Padma Bhushan(17)
Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad
Public Affairs
Jammu and Kashmir
Shri Victor Banerjee
Art
West Bengal
Ms. Gurmeet Bawa(Posthumous)
Art
Punjab
Shri Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
Public Affairs
West Bengal
Shri Natarajan Chandrasekaran
Trade and Industry
Maharashtra
Shri Krishna Ella and Smt. Suchitra Ella* (Duo)
Trade and Industry
Telangana
Ms. Madhur Jaffery
Others-Culinary
United States of America
Shri Devendra Jhajharia
Sports
Rajasthan
Shri Rashid Khan
Art
Uttar Pradesh
Shri Rajiv Mehrishi
Civil Service
Rajasthan
Shri Satya Narayana Nadella
Trade and Industry
United States of America
Shri Sundararajan Pichai
Trade and Industry
United States of America
Shri Cyrus Poonawalla
Trade and Industry
Maharashtra
Shri Sanjaya Rajaram(Posthumous)
Science and Engineering
Mexico
Ms. Pratibha Ray
Literature and Education
Odisha
Swami Sachidanand
Literature and Education
Gujarat
Shri Vashishth Tripathi
Literature and Education
Uttar Pradesh
Padma Shri (107)
Shri Prahlad Rai Agarwala
Trade and Industry
West Bengal
Prof. Najma Akhtar
Literature and Education
Delhi
Shri Sumit Antil
Sports
Haryana
Shri T Senka Ao
Literature and Education
Nagaland
Ms. Kamalini Asthana and Ms. Nalini Asthana* (Duo)
Attended the first of the Padma Award ceremonies for the years 2020 and 2021.
I felt extremely happy to see grassroots level achievers being recognised for their exemplary efforts to further public good.
Congratulations to all those who have been conferred the Peoples Padma.
From the environment to enterprise, agriculture to the arts, science to social service, public administration to cinema…recipients of the Peoples Padma come from diverse backgrounds.
I would urge you all to know about each of the awardees and get inspired.
Padma Awards – one of the highest civilian Awards of the country, 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’ for distinguished service of high order and ‘Padma Shri’ for distinguished service in any field.
The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year.
These awards are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March/ April every year.
This year the President has approved conferment of 119 Padma Awards including 1 duo case (in a duo case, the Award is counted as one) as per list below.
The list comprises 7 Padma Vibhushan, 10 Padma Bhushan and 102 Padma Shri Awards.
29 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 10 persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI, 16 Posthumous awardees and 1 transgender awardee.
