Raveena Tandon and MM Keeravani among others were conferred with Padma Shri 2023 award. India’s fourth-highest civilian honour, the Padma Shri, was conferred on 5th April in New Delhi by President Droupadi Murmur.
Padma Shri is the fourth highest civilian award of India. The award, which was established on January 2, 1954. The latter was divided into three classes: Pahela Varg, Dusra Varg, and Tisra Varg. Following a Presidential Notification released on January 8, 1955, they were renamed Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri.
The award is granted for distinguished and extraordinary achievements/service in all spheres of activities/disciplines and attempts to recognise works of distinction. The list of the fields are arts, education, industry, literature, science, acting, medicine, social service, and public affairs.” Every year on India’s Republic Day, the Government of India bestows this honour.
All Padma Award nominations are presented to the Padma Awards Committee, which is appointed by the Prime Minister each year. The Cabinet Secretary chairs the Padma Awards Committee, which also comprises the Home Secretary, the Secretary to the President, and four to six renowned individuals. The committee’s recommendations are forwarded to the Prime Minister and President of India for approval.
This year President Droupadi Murmu presented the Padma honours in the attendance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah. A total of 91 people received Padma Shri awards. Popularly known names music composer Shri M M Keeravaani in Art and actor Raveena Tandon in Art category also received Padma Shri this year.
Other who are awarded are:
- Dr. Sukama Acharya Others – Spiritualism
- Ms. Jodhaiyabai Baiga- Art
- Shri Premjit Baria -Art
- Ms. Usha Barle -Art
- Shri Munishwar Chanddawar -Medicine
- Shri Hemant Chauhan -Art
- Shri Bhanubhai Chitara- Art
- Ms. Hemoprova Chutia-Art
- Shri Narendra Chandra Debbarma (Posthumous)-Public Affairs
- Affairs Ms. Subhadra Devi- Art
- Shri Khadar Valli Dudekula-Science & Engineerin
- Shri Hem Chandra Goswami-Art
- Ms. Pritikana Goswami-Art
- Shri Radha Charan Gupta-Literature & Education
- Shri Modadugu Vijay Gupta-Science & Engineering
- Shri Ahmed Hussain & Shri Mohd Hussain *(Duo)-Art
- Shri Dilshad Hussain-Art
- Shri Bhiku Ramji Idate-Social Work
- Shri C I Issac-Literature & Education
- Shri Rattan Singh Jaggi-Literature & Education
- Shri Bikram Bahadur Jamatia-Social Work
- Shri Ramkuiwangbe Jene-Social Work
- Shri Rakesh Radheshyam Jhunjhunwala-(PosthumouTrade & Industry)
- Shri Ratan Chandra Kar-Medicine
- Shri Mahipat Kavi-Art
- Shri M M Keeravaani-Art
- Shri Areez Khambatta (Posthumous)-Trade & Industry
- Shri Parshuram Komaji Khune-Art
- Shri Ganesh Nagappa Krishnarajanagara-Science & Engineering
- Shri Maguni Charan Kuanr-Art
- Shri Anand Kumar-Literature & Education
- Shri Arvind Kumar-Science & Engineering
- Shri Domar Singh Kunvar-Art
- Shri Risingbor Kurkalang-Art
- Ms. Hirabai Lobi-Social Work
- Shri Moolchand Lodha-Social Work
- Ms. Rani Machaiah-Art
- Shri Ajay Kumar Mandavi-Art
- Shri Prabhakar Bhanudas Mande-Literature & Education
- Shri Gajanan Jagannath Mane-Social Work
- Shri Antaryami Mishra-Literature & Education
- Shri Nadoja Pindipapanahalli Munivenkatappa-Art
- Prof. (Dr.) Mahendra Pal-Science & Engineering
- Shri Uma Shankar Pandey-Social Work
- Shri Ramesh Parmar & Ms. Shanti Parmar *(Duo)-Art
- Dr. Nalini Parthasarathi-Medicine
- Shri Hanumantha Rao Pasupuleti-Medicine
- Shri Ramesh Patange-Literature & Education
- Ms. Krishna Patel-Art
- Shri K Kalyanasundaram Pillai-Art
- Shri V P Appukuttan Poduval-Social Work
- Shri Kapil Dev Prasad-Art
- Shri S R D Prasad-Sports
- Shri Shah Rasheed Ahmed Quadri-Art
- Shri C V Raju-Art
- Shri Bakshi Ram-Science & Engineering
- Shri Cheruvayal K Raman-Others – Agriculture
- Ms. Sujatha Ramdorai-Science & Engineering
- Shri Abbareddy Nageswara Rao-Science & Engineering
- Shri Pareshbhai Rathwa-Art
- Shri B Ramakrishna Reddy-Literature & Education
- Shri Mangala Kanti Roy-Art
- Ms. K C Runremsangi-Art
- Shri Vadivel Gopal & Shri Masi Sadaiyan *(Duo)-Social Work
- Shri Manoranjan Sahu-Medicine
- Shri Patayat Sahu-Others – Agriculture
- Shri Ritwik Sanyal-Art
- Shri Kota Satchidananda Sastry-Andhra Pradesh
- Shri Sankurathri Chandra Sekhar-Social Work
- Shri K Shanathoiba Sharma-Sports
- Shri Nekram Sharma-Others – Agriculture
- Shri Gurcharan Singh-Sports
- Shri Laxman Singh-Social Work
- Shri Mohan Singh-Literature & Education
- Shri Thounaojam Chaoba Singh-Public Affairs
- Shri Prakash Chandra Sood-Literature & Education
- Ms. Neihunuo Sorhie-Art
- Dr. Janum Singh Soy-Literature & Education
- Shri Kushok Thiksey Nawang Chamba Stanzin-Others – Spiritualism
- Shri S Subbaraman-Others – Archaeology
- Shri Moa Subong-Art
- Shri Palam Kalyana Sundaram-Social Work
- Ms. Raveena Ravi Tandon-Art
- Shri Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari-Literature & Education
- Shri Dhaniram Toto-Literature & Education
- Shri Tula Ram Upreti-Others – Agriculture
- Dr. Gopalsamy Veluchamy-Medicine
- Dr. Ishwar Chander Verma-Medicine
- Ms. Coomi Nariman Wadia-Art
- Shri Karma Wangchu (Posthumous)-Social Work
- Shri Ghulam Muhammad Zaz-Art
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