Bhiku Ramji Idate
A Maharashtra social worker who has served nomadic and denotified tribes for 50 years and chaired a national commission on them; Padma Shri, 2023.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Maharashtra
Padma Awards 2023
Recipients announced for 2023 that we have profiled so far (5 Padma Vibhushan, 9 Padma Bhushan, 90 Padma Shri). The official list is published by the Ministry of Home Affairs.
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Bikram Bahadur Jamatia
A former chief of Tripura's Jamatia community who rallied village volunteers against insurgency, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Mann Ki Baat #97
- Tripura
C I Issac
A Kottayam historian and writer who has served on the Indian Council of Historical Research since 2015, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Kerala
Cheruvayal Raman
A Kurichiya farmer from Wayanad who kept dozens of traditional rice varieties alive, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023. He died in 2026, aged 74.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Kerala
Chintalapati Venkatapathi Raju
An Etikoppaka toymaker who revived lacquered wooden toys coloured with natural, lead-free dyes, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Andhra Pradesh
Coomi Nariman Wadia
India's first woman choral conductor, who has led Mumbai's Paranjoti Academy Chorus for over five decades, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Maharashtra
Dhaniram Toto
A writer from the small Toto tribe of north Bengal who created a script for the endangered Toto language, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Mann Ki Baat #97
- West Bengal
Dilshad Hussain
A Moradabad master of nakkashi, the engraving of metal vessels, who has trained hundreds of artisans, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Uttar Pradesh
Domar Singh Kunvar
A Nacha folk theatre artist from Chhattisgarh whose shows campaign against child marriage and superstition, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Chhattisgarh
Gajanan Jagannath Mane
A Navy veteran who has run a leprosy colony in Kalyan since 1991, giving residents treatment, work and schooling, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Maharashtra
Ganesh Nagappa Krishnarajanagara
A chemist known for work on DNA analogues and the founding director of IISER Pune and IISER Tirupati, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Andhra Pradesh
Ghulam Muhammad Zaz
A Srinagar maker of santoors and other string instruments, the eighth generation of his family in the craft, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Mann Ki Baat #97
- Jammu and Kashmir
Gopalsamy Veluchamy
A Siddha physician who gathered over 1,500 palm-leaf manuscripts and led a national research council, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Tamil Nadu
Gurcharan Singh
A veteran cricket coach who trained 12 international players, among them Kirti Azad and Maninder Singh, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Delhi
Hanumantha Rao Pasupuleti
A Hyderabad paediatrician who started a school for disabled children in his garage and built the Sweekaar academy; Padma Shri, 2023.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Telangana
Hem Chandra Goswami
A Majuli artist who makes the bamboo masks of Assam's sattras, some now in the British Museum, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Assam
Hemant Chauhan
A Gujarati bhajan and folk singer who sings to the ektara and has recorded over 8,200 songs, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Gujarat
Hemoprova Chutia
A Dibrugarh weaver who has woven entire holy books, including the Bhagavad Gita, into long lengths of silk cloth, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Assam
Hirabai Lobi
A Siddi community leader from Gujarat who, with no schooling of her own, helped hundreds of women earn, save and educate their children.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Mann Ki Baat #97
- Gujarat
Ishwar Chander Verma
A paediatrician who set up India's first medical genetics centre, at AIIMS in 1968, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023. He died in 2024.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Mann Ki Baat #97
- Delhi
Janum Singh Soy
A Ho writer and retired Hindi professor from Chaibasa who wrote Ho Kudi, the first novel in the Ho language, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Mann Ki Baat #97
- Jharkhand
Jodhaiya Bai Baiga
A Baiga tribal painter from Umaria who took up the brush late in life, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023. She died in 2024.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Madhya Pradesh
K C Runremsangi
A Mizo folk singer and dance teacher who has recorded eight albums of traditional songs, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Mizoram
K Kalyanasundaram Pillai
A Bharatanatyam guru from a Thanjavur family of dance masters who has taught for over seventy years, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Tamil Nadu