Sukama Acharya
A Sanskrit scholar who runs gurukul-style colleges for girls in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Haryana
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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Thounaojam Chaoba Singh
A Manipur politician and theatre actor who served as deputy chief minister and as a Union minister of state, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Manipur
Tula Ram Upreti
A farmer from Sikkim who has grown his crops for decades with nothing but animal manure, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Sikkim
Uma Shankar Pandey
A Banda water conservationist who turned drought-hit Jakhni into a water village, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Uttar Pradesh
Usha Barle
A Pandwani singer and Panthi dancer from Chhattisgarh who uses folk performance to spread social messages, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Chhattisgarh
V P Appukuttan Poduval
A Payyanur Gandhian and freedom fighter who spent four decades spreading khadi across India, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023 at the age of 99.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Kerala
Vadivel Gopal and Masi Sadaiyan
Two Irula snake catchers whose catches supply venom for antivenom, and who hunted pythons in Florida; jointly honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Tamil Nadu
Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari
A Hindi poet and critic from Gorakhpur, the first Hindi writer to lead the Sahitya Akademi, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2023.
- Padma Shri 2023
- Uttar Pradesh