Pareshbhai Rathwa
A Pithora painter from Chhota Udaipur who has taken his community's ritual wall art to galleries and metro walls, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Gujarat
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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Parshuram Komaji Khune
A Zadipatti folk theatre actor from Gadchiroli who has played some 5,000 roles over 50 years, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Mann Ki Baat #97
- Maharashtra
Patayat Sahu
A traditional healer from Kalahandi who has grown a garden of about 3,200 medicinal plant varieties on his own land, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Odisha
Pindipapanahalli Munivenkatappa
A master of the tamate, a Dalit folk hand drum of old Mysuru, who has played it since he was 17, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Mann Ki Baat #97
- Karnataka
Prabhakar Bhanudas Mande
A Marathi folklorist who collected thousands of folk songs and helped make folk literature a university subject; Padma Shri, 2023. He died that year.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Maharashtra
Prakash Chandra Sood
A nuclear physicist who set up BHU's first accelerator lab and computer centre and helped build two national centres, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Andhra Pradesh
Premjit Baria
A Diu painter and art teacher of 37 years whose students won international children's painting awards, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
Pritikana Goswami
A Kolkata master of nakshi kantha embroidery who has trained about 300 women in the craft, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.
- Padma Shri 2023
- West Bengal
Radha Charan Gupta
A historian of Indian mathematics who founded the journal Ganita Bharati, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023. He died in 2024.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Uttar Pradesh
Rakesh Radheshyam Jhunjhunwala
A stock market investor who built a fortune from Rs 5,000 and backed causes such as Ashoka University, honoured posthumously with the Padma Shri in 2023.
- Padma Shri 2023 (posthumous)
- Maharashtra
Ramesh Parmar and Shanti Parmar
A Jhabua couple who make tribal dolls, dresses and toys and have trained over 1,000 young artisans, jointly honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Madhya Pradesh
Ramesh Patange
A Marathi writer and former chief editor of the weekly Vivek who has written on Ambedkar and the Constitution, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Maharashtra
Ramkuiwangbe Jeme Newme
A Zeliangrong leader from Haflong who has worked to keep the Heraka faith and culture alive, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Mann Ki Baat #97
- Assam
Rani Machaiah
A Kodava folk dancer who has led Kodagu's women's Ummathat dance for decades, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Karnataka
Ratan Chandra Kar
A doctor who won the trust of the Jarawa of the Andamans and helped save them in a 1999 measles outbreak, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Mann Ki Baat #97
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Rattan Singh Jaggi
A Patiala scholar of Punjabi and Hindi literature known for his commentaries on Sikh scripture, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023. He died in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Punjab
Raveena Ravi Tandon
A Hindi film actor whose work runs from Mohra to Daman and Aranyak, and who runs a charity for children, women and animals; Padma Shri, 2023.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Maharashtra
Risingbor Kurkalang
A Khasi folk musician from East Khasi Hills who handcrafts and plays traditional Khasi instruments, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Mann Ki Baat #97
- Meghalaya
Ritwik Sanyal
A Dhrupad singer of the Dagar tradition and former dean of performing arts at BHU who has trained thousands of students, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Uttar Pradesh
S R D Prasad
A Kannur kalaripayattu master who leads the Sree Bharath Kalari founded by his father in 1936, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Kerala
S Subbaraman
An ASI chemist who conserved murals at Ajanta and Lepakshi and separated two layers of paintings at Thanjavur, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Karnataka
Sankurathri Chandra Sekhar
A scientist who lost his family in the 1985 Air India bombing and built schools and eye hospitals in Kakinada, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Andhra Pradesh
Shah Rasheed Ahmed Quadri
A master craftsman of Bidriware, the inlaid metalwork of Bidar, who has shown the craft around the world, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Karnataka
Subhadra Devi
A Mithila artist known as the mother of Madhubani papier-mache, who brought Madhubani painting to papier-mache toys, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Bihar