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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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K Shanathoiba Sharma

A guru of thang-ta, the traditional martial art of Manipur, who has spent four decades teaching and promoting it, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.

  • Padma Shri 2023
  • Manipur
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Kapil Dev Prasad

A Nalanda weaver who kept the bawan buti handloom style alive, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023. He died in 2024.

  • Padma Shri 2023
  • Bihar
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Karma Wangchu

A former Arunachal Pradesh minister from Tawang who later ran a free boarding school for poor children, honoured posthumously with the Padma Shri in 2023.

  • Padma Shri 2023 (posthumous)
  • Mann Ki Baat #97
  • Arunachal Pradesh
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Khadar Valli Dudekula

A biochemist known as the Millet Man of India, who left a US career to bring millets back to Indian kitchens and farms; Padma Shri, 2023.

  • Padma Shri 2023
  • Karnataka
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Kota Satchidananda Sastry

A Harikatha storyteller from Andhra Pradesh who has performed since 1946, giving over 15,000 shows, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.

  • Padma Shri 2023
  • Andhra Pradesh
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Krishna Patel

A Sambalpuri folk singer whose duet 'Rangabati' became one of Odisha's best-loved songs, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.

  • Padma Shri 2023
  • Odisha
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Kushok Thiksey Nawang Chamba Stanzin

The head of Thiksey Monastery in Ladakh, who reformed monastic life, built schools and sat in the Rajya Sabha, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.

  • Padma Shri 2023
  • Ladakh
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Laxman Singh

A Rajasthan villager whose chauka system of rainwater harvesting turned Laporiya green and became a model for drylands, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.

  • Padma Shri 2023
  • Rajasthan
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M M Keeravaani

The film composer behind Baahubali and RRR, whose song 'Naatu Naatu' won the Golden Globe and the Oscar, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.

  • Padma Shri 2023
  • Andhra Pradesh
Maguni Charan Kuanr during a puppet show in Kolkata

Maguni Charan Kuanr

A rod puppeteer from Keonjhar who kept Odisha's kandhei nacha alive through decades of hardship, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023. He died in 2024.

  • Padma Shri 2023
  • Odisha
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Mahendra Pal

A veterinary scientist called the father of veterinary mycology in India, with over 575 papers on fungi in animals, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.

  • Padma Shri 2023
  • Gujarat
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Mahipat Kavi

A Gujarati puppeteer who founded Puppets and Plays in 1973 and wrote over 200 puppet plays, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023. He died in 2026.

  • Padma Shri 2023
  • Gujarat
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Mangala Kanti Roy

A sarinda player from Jalpaiguri, famed for his bird calls and still performing past 100, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.

  • Padma Shri 2023
  • Mann Ki Baat #97
  • West Bengal
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Manoranjan Sahu

A professor of Ayurvedic surgery at BHU who was founding director of the All India Institute of Ayurveda in New Delhi, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.

  • Padma Shri 2023
  • Uttar Pradesh
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Moa Subong

A Naga musician who invented the bamhum, a bamboo wind instrument, and co-founded the folk fusion band Abiogenesis, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.

  • Padma Shri 2023
  • Mann Ki Baat #97
  • Nagaland
Modadugu Vijay Gupta with the Sunhak Peace Prize, 2015

Modadugu Vijay Gupta

A fisheries scientist whose low-cost fish farming methods spread across Asia and Africa, and a World Food Prize winner, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.

  • Padma Shri 2023
  • Telangana
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Mohan Singh

A Dogri poet and playwright from Samba who led the campaign to add Dogri to the Constitution's Eighth Schedule, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.

  • Padma Shri 2023
  • Jammu and Kashmir
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Moolchand Lodha

A social worker who set up a tribal welfare centre in Dungarpur with an eye hospital, school and orphan care, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.

  • Padma Shri 2023
  • Rajasthan
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Munishwar Chander Dawar

A Jabalpur doctor and 1971 war veteran who charged patients Rs 2 from 1972, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023. He died in 2025.

  • Padma Shri 2023
  • Madhya Pradesh
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Nalini Parthasarathi

A Puducherry paediatrician who founded the territory's Haemophilia Society and has cared for patients for 30 years, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.

  • Padma Shri 2023
  • Puducherry
Portrait of Narendra Chandra Debbarma

Narendra Chandra Debbarma

A former AIR station director who founded the Indigenous People's Front of Tripura and became a minister, honoured posthumously with the Padma Shri in 2023.

  • Padma Shri 2023 (posthumous)
  • Tripura
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Neihunuo Sorhie

A Kohima weaver who has trained hundreds of Naga women on the loin loom and run a crafts shop for 40 years, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.

  • Padma Shri 2023
  • Nagaland
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Nekram Sharma

A Mandi farmer who brought millets and old crops back to hundreds of Himachal villages, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.

  • Padma Shri 2023
  • Himachal Pradesh
Portrait of Palam Kalyana Sundaram

Palam Kalyana Sundaram

A retired Tamil Nadu librarian who gave away his salary for decades and founded the charity Anbu Paalam, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.

  • Padma Shri 2023
  • Tamil Nadu