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The prestigious Padma Awards 2024 have been conferred by President Droupadi Murmu, recognizing exceptional individuals across various fields.
Key Points About Padma Awards 2024 UPSC
Padma Awards 2024 UPSC features prominently with the recognition of 132 individuals for their contributions. Let’s break down the important details:
Highlights of Padma Awards 2024
- Recipients: Includes prominent personalities like M. Venkaiah Naidu, Mithun Chakraborty, Usha Uthup, Rohan Bopanna, and more.
- Total Awards: 132 awards including:
- 5 Padma Vibhushan
- 17 Padma Bhushan
- 110 Padma Shri
- Categories: Recipients come from various fields including arts, public affairs, sports, social work, and science.
Key Figures
- 30 Women Awardees
- 8 Foreign/NRI/PIO/OCI Awardees
- 9 Posthumous Awards
What are the Padma Awards?
- Instituted: 1954, one of India’s highest civilian honors.
- Objective: To honor excellence in fields involving public service.
- Categories:
- Padma Vibhushan (Exceptional service)
- Padma Bhushan (High-order service)
- Padma Shri (Distinguished service)
Eligibility & Selection
- Eligibility: Open to all, regardless of race, gender, or occupation.
- Selection Process: Recommendations from a committee set up by the Prime Minister, finalized by the President.
Here is the lists:
Padma Vibhushan (5) – The Country’s Highest Honors!
| SN | Name | Field | State/Region/Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ms. Vyjayantimala Bali | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| 2 | Shri Konidela Chiranjeevi | Art | Andhra Pradesh |
| 3 | Shri M Venkaiah Naidu | Public Affairs | Andhra Pradesh |
| 4 | Shri Bindeshwar Pathak | Social Work | Bihar |
| 5 | Ms. Padma Subrahmanyam | Art | Tamil Nadu |
Padma Bhushan (17) – Recognizing Excellence Across the Nation!
| SN | Name | Field | State/Region/Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Ms. M Fathima Beevi (Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Kerala |
| 7 | Shri Hormusji N Cama | Literature & Education – Journalism | Maharashtra |
| 8 | Shri Mithun Chakraborty | Art | West Bengal |
| 9 | Shri Sitaram Jindal | Trade & Industry | Karnataka |
| 10 | Shri Young Liu | Trade & Industry | Taiwan |
| 11 | Shri Ashwin Balachand Mehta | Medicine | Maharashtra |
| 12 | Shri Satyabrata Mookherjee (Posthumous) | Public Affairs | West Bengal |
| 13 | Shri Ram Naik | Public Affairs | Maharashtra |
| 14 | Shri Tejas Madhusudan Patel | Medicine | Gujarat |
| 15 | Shri Olanchery Rajagopal | Public Affairs | Kerala |
| 16 | Shri Dattatray Ambadas Mayaloo alias Rajdutt | Art | Maharashtra |
| 17 | Shri Togdan Rinpoche (Posthumous) | Others – Spiritualism | Ladakh |
| 18 | Shri Pyarelal Sharma | Art | Maharashtra |
| 19 | Shri Chandreshwar Prasad Thakur | Medicine | Bihar |
| 20 | Ms. Usha Uthup | Art | West Bengal |
| 21 | Shri Vijaykanth (Posthumous) | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| 22 | Shri Kundan Vyas | Literature & Education – Journalism | Maharashtra |
Padma Shri (110) – Honoring a Nation’s Talents!
| SN | Name | Field | State/Region/Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | Shri Khalil Ahamad | Art | Uttar Pradesh |
| 24 | Shri Badrappan M | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| 25 | Shri Kaluram Bamaniya | Art | Madhya Pradesh |
| 26 | Ms. Rezwana Choudhury Bannya | Art | Bangladesh |
| 27 | Ms. Naseem Bano | Art | Uttar Pradesh |
| 28 | Shri Ramlal Bareth | Art | Chhattisgarh |
| 29 | Ms. Gita Roy Barman | Art | West Bengal |
| 30 | Ms. Parbati Baruah | Social Work | Assam |
| 31 | Shri Sarbeswar Basumatary | Others – Agriculture | Assam |
| 32 | Shri Som Datt Battu | Art | Himachal Pradesh |
| 33 | Ms. Takdira Begum | Art | West Bengal |
| 34 | Shri Sathyanarayana Beleri | Others – Agriculture | Kerala |
| 35 | Shri Drona Bhuyan | Art | Assam |
| 36 | Shri Ashok Kumar Biswas | Art | Bihar |
| 37 | Shri Rohan Machanda Bopanna | Sports | Karnataka |
| 38 | Ms. Smriti Rekha Chakma | Art | Tripura |
| 39 | Shri Narayan Chakraborty | Science & Engineering | West Bengal |
| 40 | Shri A Velu Ananda Chari | Art | Telangana |
Here’s the continuation of the Padma Shri list, honoring even more exceptional individuals:
Padma Shri (Continued)
| SN | Name | Field | State/Region/Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Shri Ram Chet Chaudhary | Science & Engineering | Uttar Pradesh |
| 42 | Ms. K Chellammal | Others – Agriculture | Andaman & Nicobar Islands |
| 43 | Ms. Joshna Chinappa | Sports | Tamil Nadu |
| 44 | Ms. Charlotte Chopin | Others – Yoga | France |
| 45 | Shri Raghuveer Choudhary | Literature & Education | Gujarat |
| 46 | Shri Joe D Cruz | Literature & Education | Tamil Nadu |
| 47 | Shri Ghulam Nabi Dar | Art | Jammu & Kashmir |
| 48 | Shri Chitta Ranjan Debbarma | Others – Spiritualism | Tripura |
| 49 | Shri Uday Vishwanath Deshpande | Sports | Maharashtra |
| 50 | Ms. Prema Dhanraj | Medicine | Karnataka |
| 51 | Shri Radha Krishan Dhiman | Medicine | Uttar Pradesh |
| 52 | Shri Manohar Krishana Dole | Medicine | Maharashtra |
| 53 | Shri Pierre Sylvain Filliozat | Literature & Education | France |
| 54 | Shri Mahabir Singh Guddu | Art | Haryana |
| 55 | Ms. Anupama Hoskere | Art | Karnataka |
| 56 | Shri Yazdi Maneksha Italia | Medicine | Gujarat |
| 57 | Shri Rajaram Jain | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| 58 | Shri Jankilal | Art | Rajasthan |
| 59 | Shri Ratan Kahar | Art | West Bengal |
| 60 | Shri Yashwant Singh Kathoch | Literature & Education | Uttarakhand |
| 61 | Shri Zahir I Kazi | Literature & Education | Maharashtra |
| 62 | Shri Gaurav Khanna | Sports | Uttar Pradesh |
| 63 | Shri Surendra Kishore | Literature & Education – Journalism | Bihar |
| 64 | Shri Dasari Kondappa | Art | Telangana |
| 65 | Shri Sridhar Makam Krishnamurthy | Literature & Education | Karnataka |
| 66 | Ms. Yanung Jamoh Lego | Others – Agriculture | Arunachal Pradesh |
| 67 | Shri Jordan Lepcha | Art | Sikkim |
| 68 | Shri Satendra Singh Lohia | Sports | Madhya Pradesh |
| 69 | Shri Binod Maharana | Art | Odisha |
| 70 | Ms. Purnima Mahato | Sports | Jharkhand |
| 71 | Ms. Uma Maheshwari D | Art | Andhra Pradesh |
| 72 | Shri Dukhu Majhi | Social Work | West Bengal |
| 73 | Shri Ram Kumar Mallick | Art | Bihar |
| 74 | Shri Hemchand Manjhi | Medicine | Chhattisgarh |
| 75 | Shri Chandrashekhar Mahadeorao Meshram | Medicine | Maharashtra |
And there’s more! This year’s Padma Shri awardees represent excellence across a huge spectrum of areas, many of whom have quietly been transforming lives through their work. Let’s keep going:
| SN | Name | Field | State/Region/Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | Shri Surendra Mohan Mishra (Posthumous) | Art | Uttar Pradesh |
| 77 | Shri Ali Mohammed & Shri Ghani Mohammed* (Duo) | Art | Rajasthan |
| 78 | Ms. Kalpana Morparia | Trade & Industry | Maharashtra |
| 79 | Ms. Chami Murmu | Social Work | Jharkhand |
| 80 | Shri Sasindran Muthuvel | Public Affairs | Papua New Guinea |
| 81 | Ms. G Nachiyar | Medicine | Tamil Nadu |
| 82 | Ms. Kiran Nadar | Art | Delhi |
| 83 | Shri Pakaravur Chithran Namboodiripad (Posthumous) | Literature & Education | Kerala |
| 84 | Shri Narayanan E P | Art | Kerala |
| 85 | Shri Shailesh Nayak | Science & Engineering | Delhi |
| 86 | Shri Harish Nayak (Posthumous) | Literature & Education | Gujarat |
| 87 | Shri Fred Negrit | Literature & Education | France |
| 88 | Shri Hari Om | Science & Engineering | Haryana |
| 89 | Shri Bhagabat Padhan | Art | Odisha |
| 90 | Shri Sanatan Rudra Pal | Art | West Bengal |
| 91 | Shri Shankar Baba Pundlikrao Papalkar | Social Work | Maharashtra |
| 92 | Shri Radhe Shyam Pareek | Medicine | Uttar Pradesh |
| 93 | Shri Dayal Mavjibhai Parmar | Medicine | Gujarat |
| 94 | Shri Binod Kumar Pasayat | Art | Odisha |
| 95 | Ms. Silbi Passah | Art | Meghalaya |
| 96 | Ms. Shanti Devi Paswan & Shri Shivan Paswan* (Duo) | Art | Bihar |
| 97 | Shri Sanjay Anant Patil | Others – Agriculture | Goa |
| 98 | Shri Muni Narayana Prasad | Literature & Education | Kerala |
| 99 | Shri K S Rajanna | Social Work | Karnataka |
| 100 | Shri Chandrashekar Channapatna Rajannachar | Medicine | Karnataka |
Finally, this extraordinary list wouldn’t be complete without mentioning even more of India’s finest talent from social work, sports, arts, agriculture, and education.
| SN | Name | Field | State/Region/Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Shri Bhagwatilal Rajpurohit | Literature & Education | Madhya Pradesh |
| 102 | Shri Romalo Ram | Art | Jammu & Kashmir |
| 103 | Shri Navjivan Rastogi | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| 104 | Ms. Nirmal Rishi | Art | Punjab |
| 105 | Shri Pran Sabharwal | Art | Punjab |
| 106 | Shri Gaddam Sammaiah | Art | Telangana |
| 107 | Shri Sangthankima | Social Work | Mizoram |
| 108 | Shri Machihan Sasa | Art | Manipur |
| 109 | Shri Omprakash Sharma | Art | Madhya Pradesh |
| 110 | Shri Eklabya Sharma | Science & Engineering | West Bengal |
| 111 | Shri Ram Chander Sihag | Science & Engineering | Haryana |
| 112 | Shri Harbinder Singh | Sports | Delhi |
| 113 | Shri Gurvinder Singh | Social Work | Haryana |
| 114 | Shri Godawari Singh | Art | Uttar Pradesh |
| 115 | Shri Ravi Prakash Singh | Science & Engineering | Mexico |
| 116 | Shri Seshampatti T Sivalingam | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| 117 | Shri Somanna | Social Work | Karnataka |
| 118 | Shri Kethavath Somlal | Literature & Education | Telangana |
| 119 | Ms. Shashi Soni | Trade & Industry | Karnataka |
| 120 | Ms. Urmila Srivastava | Art | Uttar Pradesh |
| 121 | Shri Nepal Chandra Sutradhar (Posthumous) | Art | West Bengal |
| 122 | Shri Gopinath Swain | Art | Odisha |
| 123 | Shri Laxman Bhatt Tailang | Art | Rajasthan |
| 124 | Ms. Maya Tandon | Social Work | Rajasthan |
| 125 | Ms. Aswathi Thirunal Gouri Lakshmi Bayi Thampuratty | Literature & Education | Kerala |
| 126 | Shri Jagdish Labhshanker Trivedi | Art | Gujarat |
| 127 | Ms. Sano Vamuzo | Social Work | Nagaland |
| 128 | Shri Balakrishnan Sadanam Puthiya Veetil | Art | Kerala |
| 129 | Shri Kurella Vittalacharya | Literature & Education | Telangana |
| 130 | Shri Kiran Vyas | Others – Yoga | France |
| 131 | Shri Jageshwar Yadav | Social Work | Chhattisgarh |
| 132 | Shri Babu Ram Yadav | Art | Uttar Pradesh |
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
- What is the Padma Award? The Padma Awards are civilian honors recognizing excellence across various fields.
- How many categories are there in Padma Awards 2024? There are three categories: Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri.
- Who selects the Padma Award winners? The Padma Awards Committee, formed by the Prime Minister, recommends the recipients.
- How many Padma Vibhushan were awarded in 2024? 5 individuals were awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 2024.
- Who are some notable Padma Vibhushan recipients of 2024? Vyjayantimala Bali and M. Venkaiah Naidu are notable recipients.
- Are foreigners eligible for Padma Awards? Yes, foreigners, NRIs, PIOs, and OCIs are eligible.
- How many foreign awardees were there in 2024? 8 foreign recipients were honored.
- What is the highest civilian honor in India? The Bharat Ratna is the highest, followed by the Padma Awards.
- When are the Padma Awards announced? They are announced every year on Republic Day, January 26.
- When are the Padma Awards conferred? The awards are presented in March or April every year.
- Is the Padma Vibhushan higher than the Padma Shri? Yes, Padma Vibhushan is the highest, followed by Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.
- Can women receive Padma Awards? Yes, many women have been recipients of the Padma Awards.
- How many women were honored in 2024? 30 women were awarded Padma Awards in 2024.
- Is there a limit to how many Padma Awards can be given? No fixed limit, but the number of recipients varies each year.
- Can someone receive the Padma Award posthumously? Yes, 9 posthumous awards were given in 2024.
- What is the eligibility for Padma Awards? Anyone with distinguished contributions to society can be eligible.
- Can organizations receive Padma Awards? No, only individuals are honored with Padma Awards.
- Can a person receive multiple Padma Awards? Yes, a person can receive multiple Padma Awards over their lifetime.
- Which field had the most recipients in 2024? The field of arts had the highest number of recipients.
- Who is the youngest recipient of Padma Awards 2024? This information has not been disclosed yet.
- Are sports personalities eligible for Padma Awards? Yes, sports personalities can be awarded.
- How many sportspeople were awarded in 2024? 5 sports personalities were honored.
- Who decides the final list of Padma Awardees? The President of India approves the final list.
- Can government employees receive Padma Awards? Yes, government employees can be awarded for distinguished service.
- Who was the first Padma Vibhushan recipient in 2024? Vyjayantimala Bali from Tamil Nadu in the field of art.
- What is the significance of Padma Awards for UPSC aspirants? Knowledge about Padma Awards is useful for the UPSC exam as it covers general awareness and current affairs.
- Can individuals working abroad be considered for Padma Awards? Yes, individuals working abroad, like NRIs or PIOs, are eligible.
- Who are the posthumous recipients of Padma Awards 2024? The list includes Bindeshwar Pathak and Togdan Rinpoche.
- Which states had the most Padma Awardees in 2024? Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu had a significant number of awardees.
- How are Padma Awardees notified of their selection? Awardees are informed through official communication from the government.
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