128 People Conferred with Padma Awards 2022

The Padma Awards are one of the highest civilian Awards in India. 128 people have been honoured this year with the Awards that are conferred in three categories – Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri.

The awards are announced every year on the occasion of Republic Day on January 26, in various disciplines/ fields of activities, such as art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc.

The 2022 Padma Award has been conferred upon 128 winners. These includes four Padma Vibhushan, 17 Padma Bhushan awardees, and 107 Padma Shri awardees. 34 out of 128 awardees are women, while ten persons are Indian origin and Non-Resident Indians.

List of Winners are given below:

Padma Vibhushan

Padma Bhushan

1. Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad (Public Affairs) – Jammu and Kashmir
2. Shri Victor Banerjee (Art) – West Bengal
3. Ms. Gurmeet Bawa (Posthumous) (Art) – Punjab
4. Shri Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee (Public Affairs) – West Bengal
5. Shri Natarajan Chandrasekaran (Trade and Industry) – Maharashtra
6. Shri Krishna Ella and Smt. Suchitra Ella* (Duo) (Trade and Industry) – Telangana
7. Ms. Madhur Jaffery (Others-Culinary)
8. Shri Devendra Jhajharia (Sports) – Rajasthan
9. Shri Rashid Khan (Art) – Uttar Pradesh
10. Shri Rajiv Mehrishi (Civil Service) – Rajasthan
11. Shri Satya Narayana Nadella (Trade and Industry) – USA
12. Shri Sundararajan Pichai (Trade and Industry) – USA
13. Shri Cyrus Poonawalla (Trade and Industry) – Maharashtra
14. Shri Sanjaya Rajaram (Posthumous) (Science and Engineering) – Mexico
15. Ms. Pratibha Ray (Literature and Education) – Odisha
16. Swami Sachidanand (Literature and Education) – Gujarat
17. Shri Vashishth Tripathi (Literature and Education) – Uttar Pradesh

Padma Shri

1. Shri Prahlad Rai Agarwala (Trade and Industry) – West Bengal
2. Prof. Najma Akhtar (Literature and Education) – Delhi
3. Shri Sumit Antil (Sports)- Haryana
4. Shri T Senka Ao (Literature and Education) – Nagaland
5. Ms. Kamalini Asthana and Ms.Nalini Asthana* (Duo) (Art) – Uttar Pradesh
6. Shri Subbanna Ayyappan (Science and Engineering) – Karnataka
7. Shri J K Bajaj Literature and Education Delhi
8. Shri Sirpi Balasubramaniam Literature and Education Tamil Nadu
9. Srimad Baba Balia Social Work Odisha
10. Ms. Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay Science and Engineering West Bengal
11. Ms. Madhuri Barthwal Art Uttarakhand
12. Shri Akhone Asgar Ali Basharat Literature and Education Ladakh
13. Dr. Himmatrao Bawaskar Medicine Maharashtra
14. Shri Harmohinder Singh Bedi Literature and Education Punjab
15. Shri Pramod Bhagat Sports Odisha
16. Shri S Ballesh Bhajantri Art Tamil Nadu
17. Shri Khandu Wangchuk Bhutia Art Sikkim
18. Shri Maria Christopher Byrski Literature and Education Poland
19. Acharya Chandanaji Social Work Bihar
20. Ms. Sulochana Chavan Art Maharashtra
21. Shri Neeraj Chopra (Sports) –  Haryana
22. Ms. Shakuntala Choudhary Social Work Assam
23. Shri Sankaranarayana Menon Chundayil Sports Kerala
24. Shri S Damodaran Social Work Tamil Nadu
25. Shri Faisal Ali Dar Sports J&K
26. Shri Jagjit Singh Dardi Trade and Industry Chandigarh
27. Dr. Prokar Dasgupta Medicine United Kingdom
28. Shri Aditya Prasad Dash Science and Engineering Odisha
29. Dr. Lata Desai Medicine Gujarat
30. Shri Malji bhai Desai Public Affairs Gujarat
31. Ms. Basanti Devi Social Work Uttarakhand
32. Ms. Lourembam Bino Devi Art Manipur
33. Ms. Muktamani Devi Trade and Industry Manipur
34. Ms. Shyamamani Devi Art Odisha
35. Shri Khalil Dhantejvi (Posthumous) Literature and Education Gujarat
36. Shri Savaji Bhai Dholakia Social Work Gujarat
37. Shri Arjun Singh Dhurve Art Madhya Pradesh
38. Dr. Vijaykumar Vinayak Dongre Medicine Maharashtra
39. Shri Chandraprakash Dwivedi Art Rajasthan
40. Shri Dhaneswar Engti Literature and Education Assam
41. Shri Om Prakash Gandhi Social Work Haryana
42. Shri Narasimha Rao Garikapati Literature and Education Andhra Pradesh
43. Shri Girdhari Ram Ghonju (Posthumous) Literature and Education Jharkhand
44. Shri Shaibal Gupta (Posthumous) Literature and Education Bihar
45. Shri Narasingha Prasad Guru Literature and Education Odisha
46. Shri Gosaveedu Shaik Hassan (Posthumous) Art Andhra Pradesh
47. Shri Ryuko Hira Trade and Industry Japan
48. Ms. Sosamma Type Others – Animal Husbandry Kerala
49. Shri Avadh Kishore Jadia Literature and Education Madhya Pradesh
50. Ms. Sowcar Janaki Art Tamil Nadu
51. Ms. Tara Jauhar Literature and Education Delhi
52. Ms. Vandana Kataria Sports Uttarakhand
53. Shri H R Keshavamurthy Art Karnataka
54. Shri Rutger Kortenhorst Literature and Education Ireland
55. Shri P Narayana Kurup Literature and Education Kerala
56. Ms. Avani Lekhara Sports Rajasthan
57. Shri Moti Lal Madan Science and Engineering Haryana
58. Shri Shivnath Mishra Art Uttar Pradesh
59. Dr. Narendra Prasad Misra (Posthumous) Medicine Madhya Pradesh
60. Shri Darshanam Mogilaiah Art Telangana
61. Shri Guruprasad Mohapatra (Posthumous) Civil Service Delhi
62. Shri Thavil Kongampattu A V Murugaiyan Art Puducherry
63. Ms. R Muthukannammal Art Tamil Nadu
64. Shri Abdul Khader Nadakattin Others – Grassroots Innovation Karnataka
65. Shri Amai Mahalinga Naik Others – Agriculture Karnataka
66. Shri Tsering Namgyal Art Ladakh
67. Shri A K C Natarajan Art Tamil Nadu
68. Shri V L Nghaka Literature and Education Mizoram
69. Shri Sonu Nigam Art Maharashtra
70. Shri Ram Sahay Panday Art Madhya Pradesh
71. Shri Chirapat Prapandavidya Literature and Education Thailand
72. Ms. K V Rabiya Social Work Kerala
73. Shri Anil Kumar Rajvanshi Science and Engineering Maharashtra
74. Shri Sheesh Ram Art Uttar Pradesh
75. Shri Ramachandraiah Art Telangana
76. Dr. Sunkara Venkata Adinarayana Rao Medicine Andhra Pradesh
77. Ms. Gamit Ramilaben Raysingbhai Social Work Gujarat
78. Ms. Padmaja Reddy Art Telangana
79. Guru Tulku Rinpoche Others – Spiritualism Arunachal Pradesh
80. Shri Brahmanand Sankhwalkar Sports Goa
81. Shri Vidyanand Sarek Literature and Education Himachal Pradesh
82. Shri Kali Pada Saren Literature and Education West Bengal
83. Dr. Veeraswamy Seshiah Medicine Tamil Nadu
84. Ms. Prabhaben Shah Social Work Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
85. Shri Dilip Shahani Literature and Education Delhi
86. Shri Ram Dayal Sharma Art Rajasthan
87. Shri Vishwamurti Shastri Literature and Education J&K
88. Ms. Tatiana Lvovna Shaumyan Literature and Education Russia
89. Shri Siddhalingaiah (Posthumous) Literature and Education Karnataka
90. Shri Kaajee Singh Art West Bengal
91. Shri Konsam Ibomcha Singh Art Manipur
92. Shri Prem Singh Social Work Punjab
93. Shri Seth Pal Singh Others – Agriculture Uttar Pradesh
94. Ms. Vidya Vindu Singh Literature and Education Uttar Pradesh
95. Baba Iqbal Singh Ji Social Work Punjab
96. Dr. Bhimsen Singhal Medicine Maharashtra
97. Shri Sivananda Others – Yoga Uttar Pradesh
98. Shri Ajay Kumar Sonkar Science and Engineering Uttar Pradesh
99. Ms. Ajita Srivastava Art Uttar Pradesh
100. Sadguru Brahmeshanand Acharya Swami Others – Spiritualism Goa
101. Dr. Balaji Tambe (Posthumous) Medicine Maharashtra
102. Shri Raghuvendra Tanwar Literature and Education Haryana
103. Dr. Kamlakar Tripathi Medicine Uttar Pradesh
104. Ms. Lalita Vakil Art Himachal Pradesh
105. Ms. Durga Bai Vyam Art Madhya Pradesh
106. Shri Jyantkumar Maganlal Vyas Science and Engineering Gujarat
107. Ms. Badaplin War Literature and Education Meghalaya