Padma Awards 2024 announced: Check out the complete list of Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri

The awards are announced every year on the occasion of Republic Day.

For the year 2024, the President has approved the award of 132 Padma Awards.

Padma Awards 2024: Padma Awards, one of the highest civilian honors in the country, are given in three categories namely Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The prizes are awarded in various disciplines and areas of work, namely arts, social work, public affairs, science and technology, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc.

'Padma Vibhushan' is awarded for exceptional and distinguished services, 'Padma Bhushan' for distinguished services of high order, and 'Padma Shri' for distinguished services in any field. The awards are announced every year on the occasion of Republic Day.

These awards are presented by the President of India at ceremonial functions usually held at Rashtrapati Bhawan around March/April every year.

For the year 2024, the President has approved the grant of 132 Padma awards, including 2 duo cases (in a duo case, the award will be counted as one) as per the list below. The list consists of 5 Padma Vibhushan, 17 Padma Bhushan and 110 Padma Shri Awards. 30 of the winners are women and the list also includes 8 persons from the Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI category and 9 posthumous winners.

Padma Vibhushan 2024 Winners

Mrs. 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
Mrs. Padma Subrahmanyam (Art) – Tamil Nadu

Padma Bhushan 2024 Winners

Ms M Fathima Beevi (Public Affairs) – Kerala
Shri Hormusji N Cama (Literature and Education) – Maharashtra
Shri Mithun Chakraborty (art) – West Bengal
Shri Sitaram Jindal (Trade and Industry) – Karnataka
Shri Young Liu (Trade and 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 – Spiritism) – Ladakh
Shri Pyarelal Sharma (art) – Maharashtra
Shri Chandreshwar Prasad Thakur (Medicine) – Bihar
Mrs. Usha Uthup (art) – West Bengal
Shri Vijaykanth (art) – Tamil Nadu
Shri Kundan Vyas (Literature and Education – Journalism) – Maharashtra

Padma Shri Winners 2024

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
Hemmhand Manjhi – Doctor from Narayanpur
Yanung Jamoh Lego – Herbalist from Arunachal Pradesh
Somanna – Tribal welfare worker from Mysuru
Sarbeswar Basumatary – Ancestor from Chirang
Prema Dhanraj – Plastic surgeon and social worker
Uday Vishwanath Deshpande – International Mallakhamb coach
Yazdi Maneksha Italia – Microbiologist expert in the field of 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 – Leading Kalluvazhi Kathakali dancer
Uma Maheshwari D – Female Harikatha exponent
Gopinath Swain – Krishna Leela singer
Smriti Rekha Chakma – Chakma loincloth weaver from Tripura
Omprakash Sharma – Mach theater artist
Narayanan EP – Veteran Theyyam folk dancer from Kannur
Bhagabat Padhan – Sabda Nrutya Folk Dance Expert
Sanatan Rudra Pal – Prominent sculptor
Badrappan M – Exponent of Valli Oyil Kummi folk dance
Jordan Lepcha – Bamboo craftsman from the Lepcha tribe
Machihan Sasa – Longpi potter from Ukhrul
Gaddam Sammaiah – Eminent Chindu Yakshaganam theater artist
Jankilal – Behrupiya artist from Bhilwara
Dasari Kondappa – 3rd generation Burra Veena player
Babu Ram Yadav – Brass Marori craftsman
Nepal Chandra Sutradhar – 3rd generation Chhau mask maker