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The Padma Shri (IAST: padma śrī), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is conferred in recognition of "distinguished contribution in various spheres of activity including the arts ...
The Padma Vibhushan award recipients are announced every year on Republic Day and registered in The Gazette of India—a publication released weekly by the Department of Publication, Ministry of Urban Development used for official government notices. [2] The conferral of the award is not considered official without its publication in the Gazette.
When instituted in 1954, the Padma Bhushan was classified as "Dusra Warg" (Class II) under the three-tier Padma Vibhushan awards, which were preceded by the Bharat Ratna in hierarchy. On 15 January 1955, the Padma Vibhushan was reclassified into three different awards as the Padma Vibhushan, the Padma Bhushan and the Padma Shri. [3]
List of Padma Shri award recipients showing year, field and State/Union Territory/Other Nationality [1] Year S. No. Recipient Field State/Country 2020 1 Shashadhar Acharya: Arts: Jharkhand 2 Yogi Aereon: Medicine: Uttarakhand 3 Jai Prakash Agarwal: Trade & Industry: Delhi 4 Jagdish Lal Ahuja: Social Work: Punjab 5 Kazi Masum Akhtar: Literature ...
Lists of Padma Shri award recipients cover people who have received the Padma Shri award from the Republic of India for "distinguished service of a high order...without distinction of race, occupation, position or sex." The lists are organized by period. List of Padma Shri award recipients (1954–1959) List of Padma Shri award recipients (1960 ...
The Padma Bhushan (IAST: Padma Bhūṣaṇa, lit. 'Lotus Decoration') is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, preceded by the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan and followed by the Padma Shri.
The following is an incomplete list of people who have either declined or renounced an Indian honour or decoration. These include recipients of the Bharat Ratna and the Padma awards (Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri), along with other Indian governmental awards. In some instances, the families of an intended posthumous recipient of a ...
When instituted in 1954, the Padma Bhushan was classified as "Dusra Varg" (Class II) under the three-tier Padma Vibhushan awards, which were preceded by the Bharat Ratna in hierarchy. On 15 January 1955, the Padma Vibhushan was reclassified into three different awards as the Padma Vibhushan, the Padma Bhushan and the Padma Shri. [3]