The Prestigious Padma Shri Awards 2020 Conferred To the Legends on the 71st Republic Day (26th January 2020)
List of Padma Shri Awardees
Union government, on the eve of 71st Republic Day, announced names of Padma awardees who will be conferred Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan. Padma Shri Awards Benefit is that it is the most highly prestigious award getting it from the president who is holding the top most and only one chair of the nation.
These Padma Shri Awardees 2020 are one of the highest civilian awards in the country. Various fields like art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. are applauded by these awards.
- The legends that were conferred with Padma Vibhushan awardees were prominent names like former union ministers Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj and George Fernandes. These departed leaders were awarded posthumously.
- Sportspersons Mary Kom & PV Sindhu have been awarded Padma Vibhushan.
- From the entertainment world, film director Karan Johar, actress Kangana Ranaut, TV Producer Ekta Kapoor have featured in the list of Padma Shri awardees.
- Singer Suresh Wadkar, Adnan Sami as well as veteran TV actor Sarita Joshi has been conferred Padma Shri.
The complete list of Padma Shri Recipients 2020 is shown in the image below-
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Name
Field
State/Country
1
Guru Shashadhar Acharya
Art
Jharkhand
2
Dr. Yogi Aeron
Medicine
Uttarakhand
3
Jai Prakash Agarwal
Trade and Industry
Delhi
4
Jagdish Lal Ahuja
Social Work
Punjab
5
Kazi Masum Akhtar
Literature and Education
West Bengal
6
Ms. Gloria Arieira
Literature and Education
Brazil
7
Khan Zaheerkhan Bakhtiyarkhan
Sports
Maharashtra
8
Dr. Padmavathy Bandopadhyay
Medicine
Uttar Pradesh
9
Dr. Sushovan Banerjee
Medicine
West Bengal
10
Dr. Digambar Behera
Medicine
Chandigarh
11
Dr. Damayanti Beshra
Literature and Education
Odisha
12
Pawar Popatrao Bhaguji
Social Work
Maharashtra
13
Himmata Ram Bhambhu
Social Work
Rajasthan
14
Sanjeev Bikhchandani
Trade and Industry
Uttar Pradesh
15
Gafurbhai M. Bilakhia
Trade and Industry
Gujarat
16
Bob Blackman
Public Affairs
United Kingdom
17
Indira P. P. Bora
Art
Assam
18
Madan Singh Chauhan
Art
Chhattisgarh
19
Usha Chaumar
Social Work
Rajasthan
20
Lil Bahadur Chettri
Literature and Education
Assam
21
Lalitha & Ms. Saroja Chidambaram (Duo)*
Art
Tamil Nadu
22
Dr. Vajira Chitrasena
Art
Sri Lanka
23
Dr. Purushottam Dadheech
Art
Madhya Pradesh
24
Utsav Charan Das
Art
Odisha
25
Prof. Indra Dassanayake(Posthumous)
Sri Lanka
26
H. M. Desai
Literature and Education
Gujarat
27
Manohar Devadoss
Art
Tamil Nadu
28
Oinam Bembem Devi
Sports
Manipur
29
Lia Diskin
Social Work
Brazil
30
M. P. Ganesh
Sports
Karnataka
31
Dr. Bangalore Gangadhar
Medicine
Karnataka
32
Dr. Raman Gangakhedkar
Science and Engineering
Maharashtra
33
Barry Gardiner
Public Affairs
United Kingdom
34
Chewang Motup Goba
Trade and Industry
Ladakh
35
Bharat Goenka
Trade and Industry
Karnataka
36
Yadla Gopalarao
Art
Andhra Pradesh
37
Mitrabhanu Gountia
Art
Odisha
38
Tulasi Gowda
Social Work
Karnataka
39
Sujoy K. Guha
Science and Engineering
Bihar
40
Harekala Hajabba
Social Work
Karnataka
41
Enamul Haque
Others-Archaeology
Bangladesh
42
Madhu Mansuri Hasmukh
Art
Jharkhand
43
Abdul Jabbar (Posthumous)
Social Work
Madhya Pradesh
44
Bimal Kumar Jain
Social Work
Bihar
45
Meenakshi Jain
Literature and Education
Delhi
46
Nemnath Jain
Trade and Industry
Madhya Pradesh
47
Shanti Jain
Art
Bihar
48
Sudhir Jain
Science and Engineering
Gujarat
49
Benichandra Jamatia
Literature and Education
Tripura
50
K. V. Sampath Kumar & Ms. Vidushi Jayalakshmi K.S.(Duo)*
Literature and Education-Journalism
Karnataka
51
Karan Johar
Art
Maharashtra
52
Dr. Leela Joshi
Medicine
Madhya Pradesh
53
Sarita Joshi
Art
Maharashtra
54
C. Kamlova
Literature and Education
Mizoram
55
Dr. Ravi Kannan R.
Medicine
Assam
56
Ekta Kapoor
Art
Maharashtra
57
Yazdi Naoshirwan Karanjia
Art
Gujarat
58
Narayan J. Joshi Karayal
Literature and Education
Gujarat
59
Dr. Narindar Nath Khanna
Medicine
Uttar Pradesh
60
Naveen Khanna
Science and Engineering
Delhi
61
S. P. Kothari
Literature and Education
USA
62
V. K. Munusamy Krishnapakthar
Art
Puducherry
63
M. K. Kunjol
Social Work
Kerala
64
Manmohan Mahapatra (Posthumous)
Art
Odisha
65
Ustad Anwar Khan Mangniyar
Art
Rajasthan
66
Kattungal Subramaniam Manilal
Science and Engineering
Kerala
67
Munna Master
Art
Rajasthan
68
Prof. Abhiraj Rajendra Mishra
Literature and Education
Himachal Pradesh
69
Binapani Mohanty
Literature and Education
Odisha
70
Dr. Arunoday Mondal
Medicine
West Bengal
71
Dr. Prithwindra Mukherjee
Literature and Education
France
72
Sathyanarayan Mundayoor
Social Work
Arunachal Pradesh
73
Manilal Nag
Art
West Bengal
74
N. Chandrasekharan Nair
Literature and Education
Kerala
75
Dr. Tetsu Nakamura (Posthumous)
Social Work
Afghanistan
76
Shiv Datt Nirmohi
Literature and Education
Jammu and Kashmir
77
Pu Lalbiakthanga Pachuau
Literature and Education-Journalism
Mizoram
78
Moozhikkal Pankajakshi
Art
Kerala
79
Dr. Prasanta Kumar Pattanaik
Literature and Education
USA
80
Jogendra Nath Phukan
Literature and Education
Assam
81
Rahibai Soma Popere
Others-Agriculture
Maharashtra
82
Yogesh Praveen
Literature and Education
Uttar Pradesh
83
Jitu Rai
Sports
Uttar Pradesh
84
Tarundeep Rai
Sports
Sikkim
85
S. Ramakrishnan
Social Work
Tamil Nadu
86
Rani Rampal
Sports
Haryana
87
Kangana Ranaut
Art
Maharashtra
88
Dalavai Chalapathi Rao
Art
Andhra Pradesh
89
Shahbuddin Rathod
Literature and Education
Gujarat
90
Kalyan Singh Rawat
Social Work
Uttarakhand
91
Chintala Venkat Reddy
Others-Agriculture
Telangana
92
Dr. Shanti Roy
Medicine
Bihar
93
Radhammohan & Ms. Sabarmatee (Duo)*
Others-Agriculture
Odisha
94
Batakrushna Sahoo
Animal Husbandry
Odisha
95
Trinity Saioo
Others-Agriculture
Meghalaya
96
Adnan Sami
Art
Maharashtra
97
Vijay Sankeshwar
Trade and Industry
Karnataka
98
Dr. Kushal Konwar Sarma
Medicine
Assam
99
Sayed Mehboob Shah Qadri alias Sayedbhai
Social Work
100
Mohammed Sharif
Social Work
Uttar Pradesh
101
Shyam Sunder Sharma
Art
Bihar
102
Dr. Gurdip Singh
Medicine
Gujarat
103
Ramjee Singh
Social Work
Bihar
104
Vashishtha Narayan Singh (Posthumous)
Science and Engineering
Bihar
105
Daya Prakash Sinha
Art
Uttar Pradesh
106
Dr. Sandra Desa Souza
Medicine
Maharashtra
107
Vijayasarathi Sribhashyam
Literature and Education
Telangana
108
Kalee Shabi Mahaboob & Sheik Mahaboob Subani (Duo)*
Art
Tamil Nadu
109
Javed Ahmad Tak
Social Work
Jammu and Kashmir
110
Pradeep Thalappil
Science and Engineering
Tamil Nadu
111
Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi
Literature and Education
Arunachal Pradesh
112
Robert Thurman
Literature and Education
USA
113
Agus Indra Udayana
Social Work
Indonesia
114
Harish Chandra Verma
Science and Engineering
Uttar Pradesh
115
Sundaram Verma
Social Work
Rajasthan
116
Dr. Romesh Tekchand Wadhwani
Trade and Industry
USA
117
Suresh Wadkar
Art
Maharashtra
118
Prem Watsa
Trade and Industry
Canada
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