Padma Awards

As a citizen of India, you must have heard about different awards such as Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and many more. These awards are a way to honor the people who have served the country and have given outstanding achievements. 

The Padma awards are a category of highest honorary civilian awards in India. There are different Padma awards given based on the exceptional service and dedication of the deserved awardees. A thorough process of selection chooses the deserved candidates. Nowadays, the normal citizens of the country can suggest the name of any candidate who has done exceptional work for the country. These are civilian awards; therefore, the Padma awards 2021 do not give any cash or allowances, unlike the national awards. 

Be it the Padma Bhushan 2021, Padma Vibhushan 2021, or the Padma Shri award 2021, no awardee gets the cash allowances. They get a certificate signed by the president and a special medallion for their achievements. 

In this article, we have mentioned some of the facts related to the Padma awards 2021. In addition, we have presented the list of Padma awardee 2021, including Padma Bhushan, Padma Vibhushan, and Padma Shri award list.

Selection Procedure for Padma Awards

The candidates are chosen very carefully by an extensive process to ensure that the highly deserving candidates get the awards. 

The people may be from any distinction but must have done excellent work towards the development and achievements of the country. These awards are given only to the persons who have done outstanding service/achievements in any fields such as art, literature, sports, medicine, social work and development, public relations, trading, industrial success, music, education, and many more. 

One of the specialties of these awards is that there is no discrimination based on caste, race, gender, or occupation. Any person is eligible for the prize, and no discrimination is made in the selection procedure. 

Until 2015, the ministers used to suggest the names of the deserving candidates to select awards among them. However, the government changed the rules after this and allowed ordinary citizens to suggest names with the help of online mode. The government said this because it believed the citizens must choose the deserving candidates for the civilian awards, such as the Padma awards 2021.

Different Types of Civilian Awards

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There are the Bharat Ratna and the Padma awards as the civilian awards. The Padma awards are further divided into three types to award the people based on the services they have given. The Bharat Ratna, Padma Bhushan, Padma Vibhushan, and Padma Shri award list are made carefully so that the deserving candidates avail the honor of the award. 

Facts and History of the Different Civilian Awards 

1. Bharat Ratna Award 

It is the highest or the top rank civilian award for outstanding performance in any field of human endeavor irrespective of gender, caste, or race. It was first given in the year 1954. After the confirmation by the president, the awardee gets a Sanad which is a certificate and a medallion for their achievements.

2. Padma Awards

Padma awards were also instituted in the same year as the Bharat Ratna award that is 1954. The list of Padma awardees is announced every year on the 26th of January that is the republic day, such as the list of Padma awardee 2021. The award is generally given in three categories which are – 

• Padma Vibhushan – It is the second-highest or second-ranked civilian award for exceptional and distinguished services in any field. 

• Padma Bhushan – This rank comes next to the Padma Vibhushan award and ranks as the third-highest civilian award in India. This is awarded to the people who have given “distinguished services of the higher award.”

• Padma Shri – This is the fourth highest civilian award in India given to the people for their “distinguished service” to the nation. 

The above categories show the list of Padma awards 2021.

The following things have been given to the people who have got the Padma Bhushan 2021, Padma Vibhushan 2021, and the Padma Shri award 2021- 

• The Sanad is the certificate given with the signature of the president on it and a medallion.

• The awardees also get a replica of the medallion, which is allowed to be worn during special occasions.

• On top of it, a brochure is also issued with the information of the awardee on it. It is also given on the day of the investiture ceremony.

The List of Awardees in 2021 

The current president Ram Nath Kovind confirmed a list of 119 Padma awards for different people, including one duo case in the year 2021. The list of Padma awards 2021 includes 7 Padma Vibhushan, 10 Padma Vibhushan, and 102 Padma Shri awards 2021. 

There are 29 female awardees on the list, with one transgender award and 16 posthumous awardees.

First, let us look at the list of Padma Vibhushan award 2021. 

The following list presents the Padma Vibhushan 2021.

• Shinzo Abe 

• S.P Balasubramaniam – Posthumous award

• Dr. Belle MonappaHegde

• Narinder Singh Kapany – Posthumous award 

• MaulanaWahiduddin Khan 

• B.B. Lal 

• SudarshanSahoo

The following list tells the name of people who got the Padma Bhushan 2021.

• Krishna Nair ShantakumariChithra

• TarunGogoi – Posthumous 

• Chandra shekar Kambara

• Sumitra Mahajan 

• Nripendra Mishra 

• Ram Vilas Paswan – Posthumous 

• Keshubhai Patel – Posthumous

• Kalbe Sadiq – Posthumous 

• Rajnikant Devidas Shroff 

• Tarlochan Singh 

The following presents the Padma Shri award list and the names of people honored by the Padma Shri award 2021.

• Gulfam Ahmed 

• P. Anitha

• Rama SwamyAnnavarapu

• Subbu Arumugam

• Prakasa Rao savadi

• Bhuri Bai 

• Radheshyam Bale

• Dharma Narayan Barma

• LakhimiBaruah

• BirenkumarBasak

• RajniBector

• Peter Brook 

• SangkhumiBualchhuak

• GopiramBargyamBurabhakat

• BijoyaChakravarty

• Sujit Chattopadhyay

• Jagdish Chaudhary – posthumous 

• TsultrimChonjor

• Mouma Das 

• Srikant Datar

• Narayan Debnath

• Chutni Devi 

• Dulari Devi 

• Radhe Devi 

• Shanti Devi 

• WayanDibia

• DadudanGadhavi

• ParshuramAtmaramGangavane

• Jai BhagwanGoyal

• Jagdish Chandra Halder

• Mangal Singh Hazowary

• AnshuJamsenpa

• PurnamasiJani

• Matha B. ManjammaJogati

• DamodaranKaithapram

• Namdeo C. Kamble

• Maheshbhai and NareshbhaiKanodia (Duo) – Posthumous 

• Rajat Kumar Kar

• Rangaswamy Lakshminarayana Kashyap

• Prakash Kaur 

• Nicholas Kazanas

• K. Kesavasamy

• Ghulam Rasool Khan 

• Lakha Khan 

• SanjidaKhatun

• Vinayak Vishnu Khedekar

• Niru Kumar 

• Lajwanti

• Rattan Lal 

• Ali Manikfan

• Ramachandra Manjhi

• DulalManki

• Nanadro B. Marak

• Rewben Mashangva

• Chandrakant Mehta 

• Rattan Lal Mittal 

• MadhavanNambiar

• ShyamSundarPaliwal

• Dr. Chandrakant Sambhaji

• Dr. J. N. Pande – Posthumous 

• Solomon Pappaiah

• Pappammal

• Krishna Mohan Pathi

• JaswantibenJamnadasPopat

• Girish Prabhune

• Nanda Prusty

• K.K. Ramachandra Pulavar

• BalanPutheri

• BirubalaRabha

• Kanaka Raju 

• Bombay JayashriRamnath

• Satyaram Ring

• DhananjayDiwakar

• Ashok Kumar Sahu

• Dr. Bhupendra Kumar singh Sanjay 

• SindhutaiSapkal

• Chaman Lal Sapru – Posthumous 

• Roman Sarmah

• Imran Shah 

• Prem Chandra Sharma 

• Arjun Singh Shekhawat

• Ram Yatna Shukla 

• Jitendra Singh Shunty

• Kartar Paras Ram Singh 

• Kartar Singh 

• Dilip Kumar Singh 

• Chandra Shekhar Singh 

• Sudha Hari Narayan Singh 

• Virendra Singh 

• Mridula Sinha – Posthumous 

• K.C. Sivasankar

• Guru Maa Kaali Soren

• Mariachi Subburaman

• P. Subramaniam

• NidumoluSumathi

• Kapil Tiwari 

• Father Valles – Posthumous 

• Dr. Thiruvengadam Veeraraghavan –posthumous 

• Sridhar Vembu

• K.Y. Venkatesh

• Usha Yadav 

• Col. Qazi Sajjad Ali Zahar