Padma Awards
Centre announces Padma Vibhushan for Venkaiah Naidu, actors Chiranjeevi, Vyjayantimala. See full list here
New Delhi/IBNS: The Centre Thursday released a list of winners of the Padma Awards 2024 on the eve of the 75th Republic Day celebrations, with India's first female elephant mahout Parbati Baruah being conferred with the Padma Shri award this year.
The Padma Vibhushan has been awarded to Vyjayantimala Bali, Konidela Chiranjeevi, M Venkaiah Naidu, Bindeshwar Pathak (posthumous), and Padma Subrahmanyam.
BJP leader Ram Naik, singer Usha Uthup and actor Vijaykanth (posthumously) are among the 17 who have been awarded the Padma Bhushan.
The first woman judge of the Supreme Court Chief Justice M Fathima Beevi (posthumous), actor Mithun Chakraborty, and Bombay Samachar owner Hormusji N Cama will be conferred with the Padma Bhushan awardees.
Here is the full list of winners of this year's Padma Awards 2024:
Padma Vibhushan 2024 winners:
- Ms. Vyjayantimala Bali (Art) - Tamil Nadu
- Shri Konidela Chiranjeevi (Art) - Andhra Pradesh
- Shri M Venkaiah Naidu (Public Affairs) - Andhra Pradesh
- Shri Bindeshwar Pathak (Social Work) - Bihar
- Ms. Padma Subrahmanyam (Art) - Tamil Nadu
Padma Bhushan 2024 winners:
- Ms. M Fathima Beevi (Public Affairs) - Kerala
- Shri Hormusji N Cama (Literature & Education) - Maharashtra
- Shri Mithun Chakraborty (Art) - West Bengal
- Shri Sitaram Jindal (Trade & Industry) - Karnataka
- Shri Young Liu (Trade & Industry) - Taiwan
- Shri Ashwin Balachand Mehta (Medicine) - Maharashtra
- Shri Satyabrata Mookherjee (Public Affairs) - West Bengal
- Shri Ram Naik (Public Affairs) - Maharashtra
- Shri Tejas Madhusudan Patel (Medicine) - Gujarat
- Shri Olanchery Rajagopal (Public Affairs) - Kerala
- Shri Dattatray Ambadas Mayaloo alias Rajdutt (Art) - Maharashtra
- Shri Togdan Rinpoche (Others - Spiritualism) - Ladakh
- Shri Pyarelal Sharma (Art) - Maharashtra
- Shri Chandreshwar Prasad Thakur (Medicine) - Bihar
- Ms. Usha Uthup (Art) - West Bengal
- Shri Vijaykanth (Art) - Tamil Nadu
- Shri Kundan Vyas (Literature & Education - Journalism) - Maharashtra
Padma Shri 2024 winners:
- Parbati Baruah - India's first female elephant mahout
- Chami Murmu - Renowned tribal environmentalist
- Sangthankima - Social worker from Mizoram
- Jageshwar Yadav - Tribal welfare worker
- Gurvinder Singh - Divyang social worker from Sirsa
- Sathyanarayana Beleri - Rice farmer from Kasaragod
- Dukhu Majhi - Tribal environmentalist from Sindri village
- K Chellammal - Organic farmer from Andaman
- Hemchand Manjhi - Medicinal practitioner from Narayanpur
- Yanung Jamoh Lego - Herbal medicine expert from Arunachal Pradesh
- Somanna - Tribal welfare worker from Mysuru
- Sarbeswar Basumatary - Tribal farmer from Chirang
- Prema Dhanraj - Plastic surgeon and social worker
- Uday Vishwanath Deshpande - International Mallakhamb coach
- Yazdi Maneksha Italia - Microbiologist expert in sickle cell anemia
- Shanti Devi Paswan & Shivan Paswan - Husband-wife duo Godna painters
- Ratan Kahar - Bhadu folk singer
- Ashok Kumar Biswas - Prolific Tikuli painter
- Balakrishnan Sadanam Puthiya Veetil - Distinguished Kalluvazhi Kathakali dancer
- Uma Maheshwari D - Female Harikatha exponent
- Gopinath Swain - Krishna Leela singer
- Smriti Rekha Chakma - Chakma Loinloom shawl weaver from Tripura
- Omprakash Sharma - Mach theatre artist
- Narayanan E P - Veteran Theyyam Folk Dancer from Kannur
- Bhagabat Padhan - Sabda Nrutya Folk dance expert
- Sanatan Rudra Pal - Distinguished sculptor
- Badrappan M - Exponent of Valli Oyil Kummi Folk Dance
- Jordan Lepcha - Bamboo craftsman from Lepcha tribe
- Machihan Sasa - Longpi potter from Ukhrul
- Gaddam Sammaiah - Eminent Chindu Yakshaganam theatre artist
- Jankilal - Behrupiya Artist from Bhilwara
- Dasari Kondappa - 3rd generation Burra Veena player
- Babu Ram Yadav - Brass Marori craftsperson
- Nepal Chandra Sutradhar - 3rd Generation Chhau mask make
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