List of Padma Shri award recipients (2020–2029)
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The Padma Shri Award is India's fourth highest civilian honour. This article lists recipients for 2020–2026.
Infobox
Type
National Civilian
Country
India
Presented by
Government of India
Obverse
A centrally located lotus flower is embossed and the text "Padma" written in Devanagari script is placed above and the text "Shri" is placed below the lotus.
Reverse
A platinum State Emblem of India placed in the centre with the national motto of India, "Satyameva Jayate" (Truth alone triumphs) in Devanagari Script
Established
1954
First award
1954
Next (higher)
Padma Bhushan
Tables
Key · Recipients
| # Indicates a posthumous honour |
List of Padma Shri award recipients showing year, field and State/Union Territory/Other Nationality · Recipients
2020
2020
Year
2020
#
1
Recipient
Shashadhar Acharya
Field
Arts
State/Country
Jharkhand
2
2
Year
2
#
Yogi Aereon
Recipient
Medicine
Field
Uttarakhand
3
3
Year
3
#
Jai Prakash Agarwal
Recipient
Trade & Industry
Field
Delhi
4
4
Year
4
#
Jagdish Lal Ahuja
Recipient
Social Work
Field
Punjab
5
5
Year
5
#
Kazi Masum Akhtar
Recipient
Literature & Education
Field
West Bengal
6
6
Year
6
#
Gloria Arieira
Recipient
Literature & Education
Field
–
7
7
Year
7
#
Khan Zaheerkhan Bakthtiyarkhan
Recipient
Sports
Field
Maharashtra
8
8
Year
8
#
Padmavathy Bandopadhyay
Recipient
Medicine
Field
Uttar Pradesh
9
9
Year
9
#
Sushovan Banerjee
Recipient
Medicine
Field
West Bengal
10
10
Year
10
#
Digambar Behera
Recipient
Medicine
Field
Chandigarh
11
11
Year
11
#
Popatrao Baguji Pawar
Recipient
Social Work
Field
Maharashtra
12
12
Year
12
#
Himmat Ram Bhambhu
Recipient
Social Work
Field
Rajasthan
13
13
Year
13
#
Sanjeev Bikhchandani
Recipient
Trade & Industry
Field
Uttar Pradesh
14
14
Year
14
#
Gafurbhai M. Bilakhia
Recipient
Trade & Industry
Field
Gujarat
16
16
Year
16
#
Bob Blackman
Recipient
Public Affairs
Field
–
17
17
Year
17
#
Indira P. P. Bora
Recipient
Arts
Field
Assam
18
18
Year
18
#
Madan Singh Chouhan
Recipient
Arts
Field
Chhattisgarh
19
19
Year
19
#
Usha Chaumar
Recipient
Social Work
Field
Rajasthan
20
20
Year
20
#
Lil Bahadur Chettri
Recipient
Literature & Education
Field
Assam
21
21
Year
21
#
Lalitha & Saroja Chidambaram (duo)
Recipient
Arts
Field
Tamil Nadu
22
22
Year
22
#
Vajira Chitrasena
Recipient
Arts
Field
–
23
23
Year
23
#
Purushottam Dadheech
Recipient
Arts
Field
Madhya Pradesh
24
24
Year
24
#
Utsav Charan Das
Recipient
Arts
Field
Odisha
25
25
Year
25
#
Indra Dassanayake#
Recipient
Literature & Education
Field
–
26
26
Year
26
#
H. M. Desai
Recipient
Literature & Education
Field
Gujarat
27
27
Year
27
#
Manohar Devadoss
Recipient
Arts
Field
Tamil Nadu
28
28
Year
28
#
Oinam Bembem Devi
Recipient
Sports
Field
Manipur
29
29
Year
29
#
Lia Diskin
Recipient
Social Work
Field
–
30
30
Year
30
#
M. P. Ganesh
Recipient
Sports
Field
Karnataka
31
31
Year
31
#
Bangalore Gangadhar
Recipient
Medicine
Field
Karnataka
32
32
Year
32
#
Raman Gangakhedkar
Recipient
Science & Engineering
Field
Maharashtra
33
33
Year
33
#
Barry Gardiner
Recipient
Public Affairs
Field
–
34
34
Year
34
#
Chewang Motup Goba
Recipient
Trade & Industry
Field
Ladakh
35
35
Year
35
#
Bharat Goenka
Recipient
Trade & Industry
Field
Karnataka
36
36
Year
36
#
Yadla Gopalarao
Recipient
Arts
Field
Andhra Pradesh
37
37
Year
37
#
Mitrabhanu Gountia
Recipient
Arts
Field
Odisha
38
38
Year
38
#
Tulasi Gowda
Recipient
Social Work
Field
Karnataka
39
39
Year
39
#
Sujoy K. Guha
Recipient
Science & Engineering
Field
Bihar
40
40
Year
40
#
Harekala Hajabba
Recipient
Social Work
Field
Karnataka
41
41
Year
41
#
Enamul Haque
Recipient
Others
Field
–
42
42
Year
42
#
Madhu Mansuri Hasmukh
Recipient
Arts
Field
Jharkhand
43
43
Year
43
#
Abdul Jabbar Khan#
Recipient
Social Work
Field
Madhya Pradesh
44
44
Year
44
#
Bimal Kumar Jain
Recipient
Social Work
Field
Bihar
45
45
Year
45
#
Meenakshi Jain
Recipient
Literature & Education
Field
Delhi
46
46
Year
46
#
Nemnath Jain
Recipient
Trade & Industry
Field
Madhya Pradesh
47
47
Year
47
#
Shanti Jain
Recipient
Arts
Field
Bihar
48
48
Year
48
#
Sudhir K. Jain
Recipient
Science & Engineering
Field
Gujarat
49
49
Year
49
#
Benichandra Jamatia
Recipient
Literature & Education
Field
Tripura
50
50
Year
50
#
K. V. Sampath Kumar and Jayalakhshmi K. S. (duo)
Recipient
Literature & Education
Field
Karnataka
51
51
Year
51
#
Karan Johar
Recipient
Arts
Field
Maharashtra
52
52
Year
52
#
Leela Joshi
Recipient
Medicine
Field
Madhya Pradesh
53
53
Year
53
#
Sarita Joshi
Recipient
Arts
Field
Maharashtra
54
54
Year
54
#
C. Kamlova
Recipient
Literature & Education
Field
Mizoram
55
55
Year
55
#
Ravi Kannan R
Recipient
Medicine
Field
Assam
56
56
Year
56
#
Ekta Kapoor
Recipient
Arts
Field
Maharashtra
57
57
Year
57
#
Yazdi Karanjia
Recipient
Arts
Field
Gujarat
58
58
Year
58
#
Narayan Joshi Karayal
Recipient
Literature & Education
Field
Gujarat
59
59
Year
59
#
Narindar Nath Khanna
Recipient
Medicine
Field
Uttar Pradesh
60
60
Year
60
#
Navin Khanna
Recipient
Science & Engineering
Field
Delhi
61
61
Year
61
#
S. P. Kothari
Recipient
Literature & Education
Field
–
62
62
Year
62
#
V. K. Munusamy
Recipient
Arts
Field
Puducherry
63
63
Year
63
#
M. K. Kunjol
Recipient
Social Work
Field
Kerala
64
64
Year
64
#
Manmohan Mahapatra#
Recipient
Arts
Field
Odisha
65
65
Year
65
#
Anwar Khan Manganiyar
Recipient
Arts
Field
Rajasthan
66
66
Year
66
#
Kattungal Subramaniam Manilal
Recipient
Science & Engineering
Field
Kerala
67
67
Year
67
#
Munna Master
Recipient
Arts
Field
Rajasthan
68
68
Year
68
#
Abhiraj Rajendra Mishra
Recipient
Literature & Education
Field
Himachal Pradesh
69
69
Year
69
#
Binapani Mohanty
Recipient
Literature & Education
Field
Odisha
70
70
Year
70
#
Arunoday Mondal
Recipient
Medicine
Field
West Bengal
71
71
Year
71
#
Prithwindra Mukherjee
Recipient
Literature & Education
Field
–
72
72
Year
72
#
Sathyanarayan Mundayoor
Recipient
Social Work
Field
Arunachal Pradesh
73
73
Year
73
#
Manilal Nag
Recipient
Arts
Field
West Bengal
74
74
Year
74
#
N. Chandrasekharan Nair
Recipient
Literature & Education
Field
Kerala
75
75
Year
75
#
Tetsu Nakamura #
Recipient
Social Work
Field
–
76
76
Year
76
#
Shiv Datt Nirmohi
Recipient
Literature & Education
Field
Jammu & Kashmir
77
77
Year
77
#
Lalbiakthanga Pachuau
Recipient
Literature & Education
Field
Mizoram
78
78
Year
78
#
Moozhikkal Pankajakshi
Recipient
Arts
Field
Kerala
79
79
Year
79
#
Prasanta Pattanaik
Recipient
Literature & Education
Field
–
80
80
Year
80
#
Jogendra Nath Phukan
Recipient
Literature & Education
Field
Assam
| Year | # | 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 & Education | West Bengal | |
| 6 | Gloria Arieira | Literature & Education | – | |
| 7 | Khan Zaheerkhan Bakthtiyarkhan | Sports | Maharashtra | |
| 8 | Padmavathy Bandopadhyay | Medicine | Uttar Pradesh | |
| 9 | Sushovan Banerjee | Medicine | West Bengal | |
| 10 | Digambar Behera | Medicine | Chandigarh | |
| 11 | Popatrao Baguji Pawar | Social Work | Maharashtra | |
| 12 | Himmat Ram Bhambhu | Social Work | Rajasthan | |
| 13 | Sanjeev Bikhchandani | Trade & Industry | Uttar Pradesh | |
| 14 | Gafurbhai M. Bilakhia | Trade & Industry | Gujarat | |
| 16 | Bob Blackman | Public Affairs | – | |
| 17 | Indira P. P. Bora | Arts | Assam | |
| 18 | Madan Singh Chouhan | Arts | Chhattisgarh | |
| 19 | Usha Chaumar | Social Work | Rajasthan | |
| 20 | Lil Bahadur Chettri | Literature & Education | Assam | |
| 21 | Lalitha & Saroja Chidambaram (duo) | Arts | Tamil Nadu | |
| 22 | Vajira Chitrasena | Arts | – | |
| 23 | Purushottam Dadheech | Arts | Madhya Pradesh | |
| 24 | Utsav Charan Das | Arts | Odisha | |
| 25 | Indra Dassanayake# | Literature & Education | – | |
| 26 | H. M. Desai | Literature & Education | Gujarat | |
| 27 | Manohar Devadoss | Arts | Tamil Nadu | |
| 28 | Oinam Bembem Devi | Sports | Manipur | |
| 29 | Lia Diskin | Social Work | – | |
| 30 | M. P. Ganesh | Sports | Karnataka | |
| 31 | Bangalore Gangadhar | Medicine | Karnataka | |
| 32 | Raman Gangakhedkar | Science & Engineering | Maharashtra | |
| 33 | Barry Gardiner | Public Affairs | – | |
| 34 | Chewang Motup Goba | Trade & Industry | Ladakh | |
| 35 | Bharat Goenka | Trade & Industry | Karnataka | |
| 36 | Yadla Gopalarao | Arts | Andhra Pradesh | |
| 37 | Mitrabhanu Gountia | Arts | Odisha | |
| 38 | Tulasi Gowda | Social Work | Karnataka | |
| 39 | Sujoy K. Guha | Science & Engineering | Bihar | |
| 40 | Harekala Hajabba | Social Work | Karnataka | |
| 41 | Enamul Haque | Others | – | |
| 42 | Madhu Mansuri Hasmukh | Arts | Jharkhand | |
| 43 | Abdul Jabbar Khan# | Social Work | Madhya Pradesh | |
| 44 | Bimal Kumar Jain | Social Work | Bihar | |
| 45 | Meenakshi Jain | Literature & Education | Delhi | |
| 46 | Nemnath Jain | Trade & Industry | Madhya Pradesh | |
| 47 | Shanti Jain | Arts | Bihar | |
| 48 | Sudhir K. Jain | Science & Engineering | Gujarat | |
| 49 | Benichandra Jamatia | Literature & Education | Tripura | |
| 50 | K. V. Sampath Kumar and Jayalakhshmi K. S. (duo) | Literature & Education | Karnataka |
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