The Padma Awards 2024 had been introduced on the event of Republic Day eve on Thursday night time. The final date for nominations for the Padma Awards was September 15, 2023.
Here is the list of 34 Padma Shri awardees
- Parbati Baruah: India’s first feminine elephant mahout, who overcame stereotypes to create an area for herself in a historically male-dominated subject
- Jageshwar Yadav: Tribal welfare employee from Jashpur who devoted his life for the upliftment of marginalized Birhor & Pahadi Korwa individuals
- Chami Murmu: Tribal environmentalist and girls empowerment champion from Seraikela Kharsawan
- Gurvinder Singh: Divyang social employee from Sirsa who labored for betterment of the homeless, destitute, girls, orphans and divyangjan.
- Sathyanarayana Beleri: Rice farmer from Kasaragod, who developed right into a guardian of paddy crop by preserving over 650 conventional rice varieties.
- Sangthankima: Social employee from Aizawl who has been operating Mizoram’s largest orphanage ‘Thutak Nunpuitu Team’.
- Hemchand Manjhi: A conventional medicinal practitioner from Narayanpur, offering reasonably priced healthcare to villagers for over 5 a long time, having began serving the needy for the reason that age of 15.
- Dukhu Majhi: Tribal environmentalist from Sindri village, Purulia.
- Ok Chellammal: Organic Farmer from South Andaman, efficiently developed a ten acre natural farm.
- Yanung Jamoh Lego: East Siang based mostly natural drugs skilled who has offered medical care to over 10,000 sufferers, educated 1 lakh people on medicinal herbs and educated SHGs of their use.
- Somanna: Tribal welfare employee from Mysuru, tirelessly working for upliftment of Jenu Kuruba tribe for over 4 a long time.
- Sarbeswar Basumatary: Tribal farmer from Chirang who efficiently adopted blended built-in farming strategy and cultivated varieties of crops like coconuts, oranges, paddy, litchis and maize.
- Prema Dhanraj: Plastic (reconstructive) surgeon & social employee, devoted to the care and rehabilitation of burn victims – her legacy extending past surgical procedure, championing burn prevention, consciousness and coverage reform.
- Uday Vishwanath Deshpande: International Mallakhamb coach, who labored relentlessly in reviving, revitalizing and popularizing the game at world stage.
- Yazdi Maneksha Italia: Renowned microbiologist who pioneered the event of India’s inaugural Sickle Cell Anemia Control Program (SCACP).
- Shanti Devi Paswan & Shivan Paswan: Husband-wife from Dusadh neighborhood, who overcame social stigma to develop into globally acknowledged Godna painters – exhibiting paintings in international locations like USA, Japan and Hong Kong and coaching over 20,000 girls.
- Ratan Kahar: Renowned Bhadu people singer from Birbhum, has devoted over 60 years to people music.
- Ashok Kumar Biswas: Prolific Tikuli painter credited for revival and modification of the Mauryan period artform via his efforts during the last 5 a long time.
- Balakrishnan Sadanam Puthiya Veetil: Distinguished Kalluvazhi Kathakali Dancer with a profession spanning over 60 years – incomes world acclaim and selling a deeper understanding of Indian traditions.
- Uma Maheshwari D: First feminine Harikatha Exponent, has showcased her ability in Sanskrit recitation.
- Gopinath Swain: Krishna Leela Singer from Ganjam, devoted his life to protect and promote the custom.
- Smriti Rekha Chakma: Chakma Loinloom Shawl Weaver from Tripura, who transforms eco-friendly greens dyed cotton threads into conventional designs, selling the use of pure dyes.
- Omprakash Sharma: Mach Theatre Artist who has devoted 7 a long time of his life to advertise this 200-year-old conventional dance drama of the Malwa area.
- Narayanan EP: Veteran Theyyam Folk Dancer from Kannur – mastery extending past dance to your complete Theyyam ecosystem together with costume designing & face portray strategies.
- Bhagabat Padhan: Exponent of Sabda Nrutya people dance from Bargarh, who has taken the dance kind past the temples.
- Sanatan Rudra Pal: Distinguished sculptor with over 5 a long time of expertise, preserving and selling the normal artwork kind – focuses on crafting Sabeki Durga idols.
- Badrappan M: Exponent of Valli Oyil Kummi Folk Dance from Coimbatore – a blended kind of tune and dance efficiency which depicts the tales of deities ‘Muruggan’ and ‘Valli’.
- Jordan Lepcha: Bamboo Craftsman from Mangan, who’s nurturing the cultural heritage of Lepcha tribe.
- Machihan Sasa: Longpi potter from Ukhrul who devoted 5 a long time to protect this historic Manipuri conventional pottery which traces its roots again to the Neolithic interval (10,000 BC).
- Gaddam Sammaiah: Eminent Chindu Yakshaganam theatre artist from Jangaon, performing this wealthy heritage artwork kind for over 5 a long time over 19,000 reveals.
- Jankilal: Behrupiya artist from Bhilwara, mastering the fading artwork kind and fascinating world audiences for over 6 a long time.
- Dasari Kondappa: Third era Burra Veena participant from Damaragidda village in Narayanpet, has devoted his life to preserving the artform.
- Babu Ram Yadav: Brass Marori craftsperson with over 6 a long time expertise in creating intricate brass artifacts utilizing conventional crafting strategies.
