Narayan Debnath
The Bengali comics creator behind Handa Bhonda, Bantul the Great and Nonte Fonte, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2021.
- Padma Shri 2021
- West Bengal
Padma Awards 2021
Recipients announced for 2021 that we have profiled so far (5 Padma Vibhushan, 10 Padma Bhushan, 94 Padma Shri). The official list is published by the Ministry of Home Affairs.
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Nidumolu Sumathi
A mridangam player, the only woman in All India Radio's top grade, who accompanied M. S. Subbulakshmi, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2021.
- Padma Shri 2021
- Andhra Pradesh
Niru Kumar
A Delhi doctor living with the effects of polio who pioneered diversity and inclusion work in Indian workplaces, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2021.
- Padma Shri 2021
- Delhi
P Subramanian
The 'Gear Man of Coimbatore', who started Shanthi Gears in a rented shed, honoured posthumously with the Padma Shri in 2021.
- Padma Shri 2021 (posthumous)
- Tamil Nadu
P. Anitha
A Chennai basketball player who captained India at 19 and played for the national team for 18 years, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2021.
- Padma Shri 2021
- Tamil Nadu
Pappammal
A Coimbatore organic farmer who grew millets and pulses well past the age of 100 and served on local councils from 1959, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2021.
- Padma Shri 2021
- Tamil Nadu
Parshuram Atmaram Gangavane
A Thakar Adivasi artist from Sindhudurg who has kept his community's string puppetry and Chitrakathi alive, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2021.
- Padma Shri 2021
- Maharashtra
Prakasarao Asavadi
A Telugu poet and ashtavadhani from Penukonda who wrote 60 books and gave avadhanams across India, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2021.
- Padma Shri 2021
- Andhra Pradesh
Prakash Kaur
A Jalandhar woman who has run Unique Home for abandoned girls since 1993 and raised more than 70 of them as their mother, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2021.
- Padma Shri 2021
- Punjab
Prem Chand Sharma
A Dehradun district farmer who brought pomegranates and off-season vegetables to Uttarakhand, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2021.
- Padma Shri 2021
- Uttarakhand
Purnamasi Jani
A Kui poet from Kandhamal whose devotional songs carry messages against superstition and child marriage, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2021.
- Padma Shri 2021
- Odisha
Radhe Devi
A Manipuri bridal dresser known as Abok Radhe who has made potloi costumes for over 1,000 brides, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2021.
- Padma Shri 2021
- Manipur
Radhe Shyam Barle
A Panthi dancer from Chhattisgarh whose academy has more than 2,000 troupes spreading the message of Guru Ghasidas, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2021.
- Padma Shri 2021
- Chhattisgarh
Rajat Kumar Kar
An Odia scholar who commentated on the Puri Rath Yatra on radio and TV from 1958 and revived the Pala art, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2021.
- Padma Shri 2021
- Odisha
Rajni Bector
A Punjab entrepreneur who grew a home bakery into Mrs Bectors Food Specialities and the Cremica group, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2021.
- Padma Shri 2021
- Punjab
Ram Yatna Shukla
A Varanasi Sanskrit grammarian called 'Abhinav Panini' who taught free for 70 years, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2021.
- Padma Shri 2021
- Uttar Pradesh
Rama Swamy Annavarapu
A Vijayawada Carnatic violinist who accompanied the great singers of his age and taught students free for seven decades, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2021.
- Padma Shri 2021
- Andhra Pradesh
Ramachandra Manjhi
A Bhojpuri folk actor who worked for four decades with Bhikhari Thakur, famed as Rakhailan in Bidesiya, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2021.
- Padma Shri 2021
- Bihar
Rangasami Lakshminarayana Kashyap
A Purdue engineering professor known for the Ho–Kashyap algorithm who translated the four Vedas into English, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2021.
- Padma Shri 2021
- Karnataka
Rattan Lal Mittal
A Patiala orthopaedic surgeon who invented low-cost instruments and spent decades researching severe clubfoot, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2021.
- Padma Shri 2021
- Punjab
Rewben Mashangva
A Tangkhul Naga singer from Ukhrul known as a pioneer of Naga folk blues, who runs a folk music academy and museum, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2021.
- Padma Shri 2021
- Manipur
Roman Sarmah
An Assamese writer, lawyer and editor of Bordoichila with more than a thousand newspaper columns, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2021.
- Padma Shri 2021
- Assam
Sangkhumi Bualchhuak
A Mizoram women's leader who founded the state's first rehabilitation centre for women, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2021.
- Padma Shri 2021
- Mizoram
Satyaram Reang
A Bru folk artist from South Tripura who spent his life performing and teaching the Hojagiri dance and Bru folk songs, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2021.
- Padma Shri 2021
- Tripura