Kartar Paras Ram Singh

This man from Himachal Pradesh has secured the prestigious Padma Shri award. Shri Kartar Paras Ram Singh is known for his a miniature artist from Himachal Pradesh who is experienced in crafting artefacts using bamboo sticks and has been honored with Padma Shri 2021 for his excellent work in the field of ‘Art’. 

Dilip Kumar Singh

Over 7 decades, this 92-year-old Physician who belongs to Bhagalpur, has dedicated his life to the health of the poor for. He is the recipient of Padma Shri award this year in the field of ‘Medicine’. 

His name is listed in the Limca Book of Records for distribution of free polio vaccine among the poor in 1980. 

Mangal Singh Hazowary

He is an Indian Bodo language poet.  Mangal Singh Hazoray is a of Sahitya Akademi Award winner for his poetry “Ziuni Mwkthang Bisombi Arw Aroj” in 2005. For his contributions to literature and education, the Government of India awarded him the Padma Shri, fourth highest civilian honour in 2021.

Rangasami L. Kashyap

He is an Indian applied mathematician and a Professor of Electrical Engineering at Purdue University. He created an important result (algorithm) in pattern recognition, the Ho-Kashyap rule.

Rangasami L. Kashyap is the one and only person in the world to translate all the 4 vedas and was awarded with the prestigious Padma Shri award in 2021 by the Govt. of India under the field of Literature and Education. 

Bombay Jayashri

She is an Indian musician. “Bombay” Jayashri Ramnath has shown her talent by singing in multiple languages like Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi movies. She was born into a family of musicians. Trained by Lalgudi Jayaraman and T R Balamani, Jayashri represents the fourth generation of music practitioners in her family. She was awarded Padma Shri in 2021, India’s fourth highest civilian award the. Today, she is one among the most sought after Carnatic musicians.

Dr Bhupendra Kumar Sanjay

Born on August 31, 1956, Sanjay settled in Dehradun over two decades ago after his training as an orthopaedic surgeon at Chandigarh’s Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research. Sanjay said he has been awarded several fellowships including that of the Swedish government in 1986. He is a recipient of awards like Uttarakhand Ratna (2002). Sanjay is also a fellow of the International Medical Sciences Academy.

Tsultrim Chonjor

Tsultrim Chonjor is a social worker of Stongde village in Ladakh. He has been awarded the Padma Shri award by the Government of India for his social work. Tsultrim Chonjor has devoted his life and property to social causes.

The social works done by Chonjor came to view when he developed a 38-km-long stretch of road from from May 2014 to June 2017, which extended from Kargyak village in the Zanskar valley of the Ladakh region to Darcha village in tribal Lahaul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh via Shinku La.  He finished the work with Rs 57 lakh from selling his ancestral property and took money from his own pocket to construct the road.

Carlos G. Valles

Carlos González Vallés S.J more popularly known as Father Vallés was an author and Spanish-Indian Jesuit priest. He wrote extensively in Gujarati and on mathematics as lived in India for five decades and even wrote in English and Spanish. He was awarded the highest award in Gujarati literature Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak, in 1978. He was also the recipient Padma Shri posthumously in 2021.

Balan Putheri

Balan Putheri, a visually challenged litterateur who managed to author as many as 211 books on various subjects has been presented the Padma Shri by the President of India Ram Nath Kovind which is the fourth-highest civilian award in the country. For more than 30 years, Shri has been serving the poor and tribal people of Ganjam.

Krishna Mohan Pathi

The 71 year old professor Dr Krishna Mohan Pathi, began his job as a surgeon for the grassroots people and attained the peak in the field of orthopedic surgery. But Dr Pathi is different from those who support brain drain and has been awarded Padmi Shri in the year 2021. For three decades he has been treating the poor free of cost for more than.

Gopiram Bargayn Burabhakat

Shri Gopiram Bargayn Burabhakat a Veteran Assamese folk musician from Majuli, has achieved Padma Shri this year. For over 7 decades he is known for grooming the Sattriya traditional music. 

Niru Kumar

She is a psychologist, medical doctor, and diversity and inclusion consultant. Through a blend of modern medicine, psychology, coaching skills and Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), Niru Kumar has been transforming the lives of people. Dr Kumar is a person who increases the idea about the notion of diversity and inclusion among Indian companies.

Narayan Debnath

Narayan Debnath is an esteemed artist-illustrator. His comic strips have gained a good number of audience mostly children of the Bengali households, especially those in West Bengal.  He is known to be the only comics-artist in India to have a D.Litt degree. Debnath won the Padma Shri in 2021.

Jitender Singh Shunty

He is an Indian politician and social worker. Jitender Singh Shunty was elected as a member of the Legislative Assembly from Shahdara from Bhartiya Janta Party in 2013. He founded an NGO, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Seva Dal that assists to cremate untaken bodies and immerse the ashes as led by the Hindu and Sikh religion.

Birubala Rabha

She is an Indian activist who fights against witchcraft and witch hunting in Goalpara, Assam in India. She runs an organization named Mission Birubala which spreads awareness against witch hunting. The Government of India recognized her the fourth highest civilian honor of the Padma Shri, in 2021, for her support to social work.

Sindhutai Sapkal

She is known to be an Indian social activist and social worker known specially for her work in raising orphaned children in India. Dr.Sindhutai Sapkal was bestowed with the Padma Shri in 2021 in the field of Social Work.

Kartar Singh

He had been featured in three Olympics and pulled curtains on his illustrious career after the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Kartar Singh is India’s only two-time Asiad gold medallist wrestler Kartar.

Sangkhumi Bualchhuak

Ms. Sangkhumi Bualchhuak is a social worker from Aizawl, has empowered Mizo women and has taken an instrumental role in encouraging education, enterprise and legal reforms for them. She has been awarded the Padma Shri this year for her contributions.

Jagadish Chandra Halder

Hailing from West Bengal Shri Jagadish Chandra Halder is an author from North 24 Parganas and has authority on Spiritualism & Matua Dharma. He is awarded with Padma Shri this year. 

Nanadro B Marak

Nanadro B Marak is one of the recipients of the Padma Shri award. This 61-year-old man is an innovative farmer in West Garo Hills who first planted the Karimunda variety of black pepper, which grows medium-sized, chestnut-black coloured grains. It is known that there are 3,400 trees of the spice in Marak’s farm, expanded across five hectares, which he inherited from his in-laws in the 1980s.

Jagadish Chaudhary

 A person who took the ritually notable position of ‘Dom Raja’ or king of cremators, was one of the proposers of Modi’s candidature from the constituency in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

Rattan Lal

He was known as a soil scientist. His aims on recreating agriculture through which soil can aid us to solve global issues like food security, climate change and water quality.He was awarded the Padma Shri in the year 2021.

Dharma Narayan Barma

Shri Dharma Narayan Barma, Kamatpuri writer & conservationist, who comes from Cooch Behar. He was famous for his contributions towards encouraging Kamtapur- a wonderful fusion of Bengali & Assamese languages. He has been conferred with Padma Shri this year.

Mridula Sinha

She was an Indian writer and politician who from August 2014 to October 2019 served as Governor of Goa. Mridula Sinha became the first woman Governor of Goa.

She also served as former president of BJP Mahila Morcha. She was awarded the Padma Shri, India’s fourth highest civilian award posthumously in 2021.

Solomon Pappaiah

He is an Indian scholar and a television icon in Tamil Nadu, India. He was famous for conducting ‘patti mandrams’, a debate talk show, which have been airing on Tamil Television Channels for over three decades. 

For almost 60 years he has carried Tamil literature and is known as one of the greatest Tamil scholars. He became the recipient of India’s fourth highest civilian award, the Padma Shri, in 2021

Nicholas Kazanas

N. Kazanas taught Indology in London and Athens. He has headed the Omilos Meleton Cultural Institute in Athens since 1980, an institute in which Sanskrit is also taught among other things. 

He translated many Gnostic texts into Greek and also translated ten Upanishads into Greek. He also wrote on economic history.

Ram Yatna Shukla

President of India Ram Nath Kovind awards Padma Shri to Prof. Ram Yatna Shukla. For over 6 decades he has been contributing & spreading knowledge on Sanskrit Vyakaran – Vedantas, Vedas, and Indian culture.

Madhavan Nambiar

The Indian government awards 89-year-old former coach of track and field event athlete PT Usha, the Padma Shri award (the fourth highest civilian award). Madhavan had become Usha’s personal coach throughout her 14-year running career. He was awarded the Dronacharya Award for outstanding coaches in sports and games in 1985.

Biren Kumar Basak

A man who used to sell sarees going door-to-door in the 1970s with his brother in Kolkata, Septuagenarian Biren Kumar Basak, is one among the 102 Padma Shri awardees this year. 

Mouma Das

She is an Indian table tennis player who was born and brought up in Kolkata, West Bengal, since the early 2000s, Mouma Das has represented India in international events. She is the recipient of many medals at the Commonwealth Games and even a gold in the Women’s Team Competition in 2018. She was awarded the Arjuna Award, India’s second highest sporting honour in 2013 for and a Padma Shri in 2021 for her contributions to the sport.

Roman Sarmah

He is a veteran journalist from Kamrup. Shri Roman Sarmah is also the editor of 89-year-old Bordoichila magazine, Guwahati. He is the recipient of Padma Shri this year. 

Jitendra Nath Pande

He was an Indian Pulmonologist and Professor and Head of Medicine at the AIIMS (All India Institute of Medical Studies). Jitendra Nath Pande or J. N. Pande served as a Senior Consultant in Medicine at Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science & Research, New Delhi. On 23 May 2020, he perished due to COVID-19 positivity during sleep when he was home, in New Delhi.

He was awarded the Padma Shri posthumously in 2021, India’s fourth highest civilian award.

Nanda Prusty

The 102-year-old man is the recipient of the Padma Shri award for his contributions in the field of education. Many decades of his life were spent offering free education to children and adults in Jajpur in Odisha. Admiringly called as ‘Nanda Sir’. He was only able to attend till Class 7 owing to his family’s financial condition. From Independence, Nanda Prusty has been educating children free of cost with the aim of removing illiteracy in his village.

Rattan Lal Mittal

He is a former Professor and Head of Orthopaedic Department at Government Medical College, Patiala. Dr Rattan Lal Mittal is known for performing uncommon club foot surgeries free of cost. He has done cutting-edge research on harsh, rigid and neglected clubfoot deformities — mostly prevalent in lower and middle income countries, including India.

Subbu Arumugam

He is an Indian musician, writer and Villupattu theatre art exponent. In 2021, Subbu Arumugam was awarded Padma Shri, India’s fourth-highest civilian award in the field of Arts and Literature category.

Quazi Sazzad Ali Zahir

Lieutenant Colonel Quazi Sazzad Ali Zahir (Retd.) is a veteran of the Bangladesh Liberation War. He was awarded the Bir Protik gallantry award from the Bangladesh government for his bravery in the war. He is also the recipient of India’s fourth highest civilian award the Padma Shri, 2021.

Anitha Pauldurai

An Indian basketball player who played for 18 years on the Indian women’s national team from 2000 to 2017. The India women’s national basketball team was led by Anitha Pauldurai. She gained the title of first and only Indian woman to have played nine Asian Basketball Confederation (ABC) championships continuously representing the national squad. She was awarded Padma Shri in 2021, India’s fourth highest civilian award.

Annavarpu Rama Swamy

Hailing from Andhra Pradesh, India, he is an Indian classical violinist. For his contributions in the field of Carnatic music Annavarapu Rama Swamy was awarded India’s fourth-highest civilian award in 2021 the Padma Shri in the Arts and Literature category. He was popularly known for inventing new Ragas and Talas such as Sri Durga Raga, Vandana Raga, and Tinetradi Tala and Vedadi Tala.

Bhuri Bai

Coming from Pitol village, he is an Indian Bhil artist. Bhuri Bai was from the largest tribal group of India, which is the community of Bhils. She is a recipient of several awards including the Shikhar Samman, the highest state honor conferred to artists by the Madhya Pradesh government. She was awarded the Padma Shri in 2021, India’s fourth highest civilian award.

Rajni Bector

A well-known businesswoman of Ludhiana, Rajni Bector. She grew her backyard business with a paltry investment of Rs 300 to successfully raise a triumphing Rs 541 crore from the market, and become an undisputed business tycoon.

Sujit Chattopadhyay

The 77-year-old village school teacher, Shri Sujit Chattopadhyay, more often known as ‘Master Moshai’. A person who had been working hard for decades to spread education, especially amongst tribal students. He was awarded with the Padma Shri award in 2021. 

One among the highest civilian Awards of India is the Padma Awards. They are known to be distributed into three categories, known as Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The Awards are given for various fields like social work, art, literature etc… This is a homage to honor some of the Padma Shri’ awardees for their distinguished service in any field. These awards are announced on the 26^th of January which is the occasion of Republic Day every year.

Anshu Jamsenpa

The first woman in the world to scale the summit of Mount Everest twice in a season and the fastest double summitter to do so within 5 days Anshu Jamsenpa is an Indian mountaineer and also the fastest double ascents of the tallest crest by a woman. She was awarded India’s fourth highest civilian award, the Padma Shri by the President of India in 2021.

Chaman Lal Sapru

Prof.  Chaman Lal Sapru has been awarded with Padma Shri posthumously. He is undoubtedly a figure in the field of education and literature from Jammu & Kashmir.

Sudha Hari Narayan Singh

Raebareli girl and an Arjuna Award winner, athlete Sudha Singh has been awarded the Padma Shri this year by the government of India. She has received Guangzhou Asian Games gold medal in steeplechase and the silver medal in the 2018 Jakarta Asiad.

Prakasarao Asavadi

A Dalit Hindu author known for his poetry and prose works Dr Asavadi Prakasarao, hails from Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh. He has been granted the Padma Shri honour in the field of Arts and Literature. It is authored in different genres around 50 books which include prose, poetry, anthologies and commentaries.

Srikant Datar

A graduate with distinction from the University of Bombay, Srikant Datar, is a recipient of gold medals upon graduation from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India. A CA, who holds two master’s degrees and a Ph. In 2021, Srikant Datar was awarded the fourth-highest civilian award in India, the Padma Shri.

Dulari Devi

Dulari Devi has indeed been accorded to “Warriors of Change “. She is one among the few Dalit women artists who have made the path for the development of Dalit art, which is an illustration of the critical issues of discrimination, domination, and oppression.

Gulfam Ahmed

Shri Gulfam Ahmed, Sarod & Afghani Rabab player from Uttar Pradesh has been awarded the Padma Shri in the field of ‘Art’ this year. He is famous for encouraging Indo-Afghan cultural relations.

I Wayan Dibia

He is an artist and scholar practising in Balinese performing arts. Hailing from an artist family, Shri Wayan Dibia is Bali’s most influential Kecak Dancer and Scholar which is a traditional Indonesian art form portraying chapters of the Ramayana. He has been awarded with Padma Shri in 2021 for his contribution.

Ali Manikfan

He is an Indian marine researcher, ecologist, shipbuilder, and a polyglot. He is known for his self-educated research knowledge in the marine, ecology, and agricultural fields. He does not hold any formal educational qualification, and encourages a life of simplicity. In 2021Government of India honored him with the award of Padma Shri.

Narayan Debanath

Narayan Debnath is an esteemed artist-illustrator. His comic strips have gained a good number of audience mostly children of the Bengali households, especially those in West Bengal.  He is known to be the only comics-artist in India to have a D.Litt degree. Debnath won the Padma Shri in 2021.