The Union Home Ministry has announced the recipients of one of the highest civilian awards Padma Awards 2021 in the field of education and literature. This year a total of 119 Padma awards were given this year out of which 26 are educators, writers, and authors. Seven Padma Vibhushan, 10 Padma Bhushan, and 102 Padma Shri awards have been given by President Ram Nath Kovind.
As per a release issued by the home ministry, 29 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 10 persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI, 16 Posthumous awardees, and one transgender awardee.
On the eve of Republic Day, the Union home ministry has announced the name of Padma Awardees. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announcing the names of awardees tweeted: “We are proud of all those who have been conferred the Padma Awards. India cherishes their contribution to the nation and humanity at large. These exceptional individuals from different walks of life have brought qualitative changes in the lives of others.”
The Padma Awards are the highest civilian awards in the country, in three categories, the highest being Padma Vibhushan, followed by Padma Bhushan, and lastly, Padma Shri.
The Awards are given in various disciplines/ fields of activities, such as art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc.
‘Padma Vibhushan’ is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service; ‘Padma Bhushan’ for distinguished service of a high order and ‘Padma Shri’ for distinguished service in any field. The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year.
Following are the recipients of Padma awards in the field of education and literature:
Chandrashekhar Kambara, Prakasarao Asavadi , Srikant Datar, Sujit Chattopadhyay, Dadudan Gadhavi, Jai Bhagwan Goyal, Mangal Singh Hazowary, Jagadish Chandra Halder, Namdeo C Kamble, Rajat Kumar Kar, Rangasami Lakshminarayana Kashyap, Prakash Kaur, Nicholas Kazanas, Chandrakant Mehta, Solomon Pappaiah, Nanda Prusty, Balan Putheri, Chaman Lal Sapru (posthumous), Roman Sarmah, Ram Yatna Shukla, Imran Shah, Arjun Singh Shekhawat, Mridula Sinha (Posthumous), Father Vallés, Usha Yadav, Kapil Tiwari.
Chandrashekhar Kambara is the founding Vice-Chancellor of Kannada University who is also a poet and playwriter. Former Vice-chancellor of Manipal University, Belle Monappa Hegde has been awarded Padma Vibhushan.
