Padma Awards Winners 2022

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The Padma Awards are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March/ April every year. Padma Awards are one of the highest civilian honours in India and are categorized into three namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri.

The Padma awards are granted in a variety of disciplines/fields of activity, including art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, commerce and industry, medical, literature and education, sports, and civil service, among others. President Ram Nath Kovind approved conferment of 128 Padma Awards this year on the eve of the 73rd Republic Day. Following is the list of Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri awardees.

Padma Vibhushan

The 'Padma Vibhushan' is awarded for exceptional and outstanding service.

Name	Field	State/Country
Ms. Prabha Atre	Art	Maharashtra
Shri Radheyshyam Khemka (Posthumous)	Literature and Education	U.P.
General Bipin Rawat (Posthumous)	Civil Service	Uttarakhand
Shri Kalyan Singh (Posthumous)	Public Affairs	Uttar Pradesh

Padma Bhushan

The 'Padma Bhushan' award is given to 17 distinguished individuals worldwide.

Name	Field	State/Country
Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad	Public Affairs	Jammu and Kashmir
Shri Victor Banerjee	Art	West Bengal
Ms. Gurmeet Bawa (Posthumous)	Art	Punjab
Shri Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee	Public Affairs	West Bengal
Shri Natarajan Chandrasekaran	Trade and Industry	Maharashtra
Shri Krishna Ella and Smt. Suchitra Ella* (Duo)	Trade and Industry	Telangana
Ms. Madhur Jaffery	Others-Culinary	USA
Shri Devendra Jhajharia	Sports	Rajasthan
Shri Rashid Khan	Art	Uttar Pradesh
Shri Rajiv Mehrishi	Civil Service	Rajasthan
Shri Satya Narayana Nadella	Trade and Industry	USA
Shri Sundararajan Pichai	Trade and Industry	USA
Shri Cyrus Poonawalla	Trade and Industry	Maharashtra
Shri Sanjaya Rajaram (Posthumous)	Sci and Engg	Mexico
Ms. Pratibha Ray	Literature and Education	Odisha
Swami Sachidanand	Literature and Education	Gujarat
Shri Vashishth Tripathi	Literature ane Education	Uttar Pradesh

Padma Shri

The 'Padma Shri' is given for distinguished service in any area.

Name	Field	State/Country
Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad	Public Affairs	Jammu and Kashmir
Shri Victor Banerjee	Art	West Bengal
Ms. Gurmeet Bawa (Posthumous)	Art	Punjab
Shri Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee	Public Affairs	West Bengal
Shri Natarajan Chandrasekaran	Trade and Industry	Maharashtra
Shri Krishna Ella and Smt. Suchitra Ella* (Duo)	Trade and Industry	Telangana
Ms. Madhur Jaffery	Others-Culinary	USA
Shri Devendra Jhajharia	Sports	Rajasthan
Shri Rashid Khan	Art	Uttar Pradesh
Shri Rajiv Mehrishi	Civil Service	Rajasthan
Shri Satya Narayana Nadella	Trade and Industry	USA
Shri Sundararajan Pichai	Trade and Industry	USA
Shri Cyrus Poonawalla	Trade and Industry	Maharashtra
Shri Sanjaya Rajaram (Posthumous)	Sci and Engg	Mexico
Ms. Pratibha Ray	Literature and Education	Odisha
Swami Sachidanand	Literature and Education	Gujarat
Shri Vashishth Tripathi	Literature ane Education	Uttar Pradesh

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Padma Awards Winners 2022