List of Padma Shri Awardees
Union government, on the eve of 71st Republic Day, announced names of Padma awardees who will be conferred Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan. Padma Shri Awards Benefit is that it is the most highly prestigious award getting it from the president who is holding the top most and only one chair of the nation.
These Padma Shri Awardees 2020 are one of the highest civilian awards in the country. Various fields like art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. are applauded by these awards.
- The legends that were conferred with Padma Vibhushan awardees were prominent names like former union ministers Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj and George Fernandes. These departed leaders were awarded posthumously.
- Sportspersons Mary Kom & PV Sindhu have been awarded Padma Vibhushan.
- From the entertainment world, film director Karan Johar, actress Kangana Ranaut, TV Producer Ekta Kapoor have featured in the list of Padma Shri awardees.
- Singer Suresh Wadkar, Adnan Sami as well as veteran TV actor Sarita Joshi has been conferred Padma Shri.
The complete list of Padma Shri Recipients 2020 is shown in the image below-
| SN. | Name | Field | State/Country |
| 1 | Guru Shashadhar Acharya | Art | Jharkhand |
| 2 | Dr. Yogi Aeron | Medicine | Uttarakhand |
| 3 | Jai Prakash Agarwal | Trade and Industry | Delhi |
| 4 | Jagdish Lal Ahuja | Social Work | Punjab |
| 5 | Kazi Masum Akhtar | Literature and Education | West Bengal |
| 6 | Ms. Gloria Arieira | Literature and Education | Brazil |
| 7 | Khan Zaheerkhan Bakhtiyarkhan | Sports | Maharashtra |
| 8 | Dr. Padmavathy Bandopadhyay | Medicine | Uttar Pradesh |
| 9 | Dr. Sushovan Banerjee | Medicine | West Bengal |
| 10 | Dr. Digambar Behera | Medicine | Chandigarh |
| 11 | Dr. Damayanti Beshra | Literature and Education | Odisha |
| 12 | Pawar Popatrao Bhaguji | Social Work | Maharashtra |
| 13 | Himmata Ram Bhambhu | Social Work | Rajasthan |
| 14 | Sanjeev Bikhchandani | Trade and Industry | Uttar Pradesh |
| 15 | Gafurbhai M. Bilakhia | Trade and Industry | Gujarat |
| 16 | Bob Blackman | Public Affairs | United Kingdom |
| 17 | Indira P. P. Bora | Art | Assam |
| 18 | Madan Singh Chauhan | Art | Chhattisgarh |
| 19 | Usha Chaumar | Social Work | Rajasthan |
| 20 | Lil Bahadur Chettri | Literature and Education | Assam |
| 21 | Lalitha & Ms. Saroja Chidambaram (Duo)* | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| 22 | Dr. Vajira Chitrasena | Art | Sri Lanka |
| 23 | Dr. Purushottam Dadheech | Art | Madhya Pradesh |
| 24 | Utsav Charan Das | Art | Odisha |
| 25 | Prof. Indra Dassanayake(Posthumous) | Sri Lanka | |
| 26 | H. M. Desai | Literature and Education | Gujarat |
| 27 | Manohar Devadoss | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| 28 | Oinam Bembem Devi | Sports | Manipur |
| 29 | Lia Diskin | Social Work | Brazil |
| 30 | M. P. Ganesh | Sports | Karnataka |
| 31 | Dr. Bangalore Gangadhar | Medicine | Karnataka |
| 32 | Dr. Raman Gangakhedkar | Science and Engineering | Maharashtra |
| 33 | Barry Gardiner | Public Affairs | United Kingdom |
| 34 | Chewang Motup Goba | Trade and Industry | Ladakh |
| 35 | Bharat Goenka | Trade and Industry | Karnataka |
| 36 | Yadla Gopalarao | Art | Andhra Pradesh |
| 37 | Mitrabhanu Gountia | Art | Odisha |
| 38 | Tulasi Gowda | Social Work | Karnataka |
| 39 | Sujoy K. Guha | Science and Engineering | Bihar |
| 40 | Harekala Hajabba | Social Work | Karnataka |
| 41 | Enamul Haque | Others-Archaeology | Bangladesh |
| 42 | Madhu Mansuri Hasmukh | Art | Jharkhand |
| 43 | Abdul Jabbar (Posthumous) | Social Work | Madhya Pradesh |
| 44 | Bimal Kumar Jain | Social Work | Bihar |
| 45 | Meenakshi Jain | Literature and Education | Delhi |
| 46 | Nemnath Jain | Trade and Industry | Madhya Pradesh |
| 47 | Shanti Jain | Art | Bihar |
| 48 | Sudhir Jain | Science and Engineering | Gujarat |
| 49 | Benichandra Jamatia | Literature and Education | Tripura |
| 50 | K. V. Sampath Kumar & Ms. Vidushi Jayalakshmi K.S.(Duo)* | Literature and Education-Journalism | Karnataka |
| 51 | Karan Johar | Art | Maharashtra |
| 52 | Dr. Leela Joshi | Medicine | Madhya Pradesh |
| 53 | Sarita Joshi | Art | Maharashtra |
| 54 | C. Kamlova | Literature and Education | Mizoram |
| 55 | Dr. Ravi Kannan R. | Medicine | Assam |
| 56 | Ekta Kapoor | Art | Maharashtra |
| 57 | Yazdi Naoshirwan Karanjia | Art | Gujarat |
| 58 | Narayan J. Joshi Karayal | Literature and Education | Gujarat |
| 59 | Dr. Narindar Nath Khanna | Medicine | Uttar Pradesh |
| 60 | Naveen Khanna | Science and Engineering | Delhi |
| 61 | S. P. Kothari | Literature and Education | USA |
| 62 | V. K. Munusamy Krishnapakthar | Art | Puducherry |
| 63 | M. K. Kunjol | Social Work | Kerala |
| 64 | Manmohan Mahapatra (Posthumous) | Art | Odisha |
| 65 | Ustad Anwar Khan Mangniyar | Art | Rajasthan |
| 66 | Kattungal Subramaniam Manilal | Science and Engineering | Kerala |
| 67 | Munna Master | Art | Rajasthan |
| 68 | Prof. Abhiraj Rajendra Mishra | Literature and Education |
Himachal Pradesh
|
| 69 | Binapani Mohanty | Literature and Education | Odisha |
| 70 | Dr. Arunoday Mondal | Medicine | West Bengal |
| 71 | Dr. Prithwindra Mukherjee | Literature and Education | France |
| 72 | Sathyanarayan Mundayoor | Social Work |
Arunachal Pradesh
|
| 73 | Manilal Nag | Art | West Bengal |
| 74 | N. Chandrasekharan Nair | Literature and Education | Kerala |
| 75 | Dr. Tetsu Nakamura (Posthumous) | Social Work | Afghanistan |
| 76 | Shiv Datt Nirmohi | Literature and Education |
Jammu and Kashmir
|
| 77 | Pu Lalbiakthanga Pachuau | Literature and Education-Journalism | Mizoram |
| 78 | Moozhikkal Pankajakshi | Art | Kerala |
| 79 | Dr. Prasanta Kumar Pattanaik | Literature and Education | USA |
| 80 | Jogendra Nath Phukan | Literature and Education | Assam |
| 81 | Rahibai Soma Popere | Others-Agriculture | Maharashtra |
| 82 | Yogesh Praveen | Literature and Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| 83 | Jitu Rai | Sports | Uttar Pradesh |
| 84 | Tarundeep Rai | Sports | Sikkim |
| 85 | S. Ramakrishnan | Social Work | Tamil Nadu |
| 86 | Rani Rampal | Sports | Haryana |
| 87 | Kangana Ranaut | Art | Maharashtra |
| 88 | Dalavai Chalapathi Rao | Art | Andhra Pradesh |
| 89 | Shahbuddin Rathod | Literature and Education | Gujarat |
| 90 | Kalyan Singh Rawat | Social Work | Uttarakhand |
| 91 | Chintala Venkat Reddy | Others-Agriculture | Telangana |
| 92 | Dr. Shanti Roy | Medicine | Bihar |
| 93 | Radhammohan & Ms. Sabarmatee (Duo)* | Others-Agriculture | Odisha |
| 94 | Batakrushna Sahoo | Animal Husbandry | Odisha |
| 95 | Trinity Saioo | Others-Agriculture | Meghalaya |
| 96 | Adnan Sami | Art | Maharashtra |
| 97 | Vijay Sankeshwar | Trade and Industry | Karnataka |
| 98 | Dr. Kushal Konwar Sarma | Medicine | Assam |
| 99 | Sayed Mehboob Shah Qadri alias Sayedbhai | Social Work | |
| 100 | Mohammed Sharif | Social Work | Uttar Pradesh |
| 101 | Shyam Sunder Sharma | Art | Bihar |
| 102 | Dr. Gurdip Singh | Medicine | Gujarat |
| 103 | Ramjee Singh | Social Work | Bihar |
| 104 | Vashishtha Narayan Singh (Posthumous) | Science and Engineering | Bihar |
| 105 | Daya Prakash Sinha | Art | Uttar Pradesh |
| 106 | Dr. Sandra Desa Souza | Medicine | Maharashtra |
| 107 | Vijayasarathi Sribhashyam | Literature and Education | Telangana |
| 108 | Kalee Shabi Mahaboob & Sheik Mahaboob Subani (Duo)* | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| 109 | Javed Ahmad Tak | Social Work |
Jammu and Kashmir
|
| 110 | Pradeep Thalappil | Science and Engineering | Tamil Nadu |
| 111 | Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi | Literature and Education |
Arunachal Pradesh
|
| 112 | Robert Thurman | Literature and Education | USA |
| 113 | Agus Indra Udayana | Social Work | Indonesia |
| 114 | Harish Chandra Verma | Science and Engineering | Uttar Pradesh |
| 115 | Sundaram Verma | Social Work | Rajasthan |
| 116 | Dr. Romesh Tekchand Wadhwani | Trade and Industry | USA |
| 117 | Suresh Wadkar | Art | Maharashtra |
| 118 | Prem Watsa | Trade and Industry | Canada |
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