Authors Sudha Murty, S.L. Bhyrappa, Kamlesh D Patel among others conferred Padma Bhushan 2023

On the occasion of the 74th Republic Day of India, the Centre released a list of 106 people who will receive the coveted Padma Awards 2023. The awards include, Padma Vibhushan conferred to six people for their exceptional and distinguished service; Padma Bhushan to nine people for their distinguished service of a high order; and the Padma Shri to 91 people for their distinguished service in any field. The Padma Awards are the highest civilian honours, after the Bharat Ratna, given in the country. Every year, the awards are announced on the occasion of the Republic Day of India and they are given in different fields like: arts, literature and education, social work, science and engineering, public affairs, sports, etc. This year, author-philanthropist Sudha Murty, novelist-philosopher-screenwriter S.L. Bhyrappa from Karnataka, and spiritual leader-author Kamlesh D Patel (also known as Daaji) are among the nine people who are named for the Padma Bhushan 2023 awards. IANS reports Bhyrappa's "novels are unique in terms of theme, structure, and characterisation. Bhyrappa has been among the top-selling authors in the Kannada language and his books, translated into Hindi and Marathi, which have notched good sales." Kapil Kapoor, an Indian scholar of linguistics and literature and an authority on Indian intellectual traditions, is also included in this list as per IANS.READ MORE: Simple yet profound books written by Sudha MurtyCheckout the complete list of Padma Awardees 2023 below:Padma Vibhushan 20231. Balkrishna Doshi (Posthumous)- Others - Architecture2. Zakir Hussain- Art3. S M Krishna- Public Affairs4. Dilip Mahalanabis (Posthumous)- Medicine5. Srinivas Varadhan- Science & Engineering6. Mulayam Singh Yadav (Posthumous)- Public AffairsPadma Bhushan 20231. S L Bhyrappa- Literature & Education2. Kumar Mangalam Birla- Trade & Industry3. Deepak Dhar- Science & Engineering4. Vani Jairam- Art5. Swami Chinna Jeeyar- Others - Spiritualism6. Suman Kalyanpur- Art7. Kapil Kapoor- Literature & Education8. Sudha Murty- Social Work9. Kamlesh D Patel- Others - SpiritualismPadma Shri 20231. Dr. Sukama Acharya- Others - Spiritualism2. Jodhaiyabai Baiga- Art3. Premjit Baria- Art4. Usha Barle- Art5. Munishwar Chanddawar- Medicine6. Hemant Chauhan- Art7. Bhanubhai Chitara- Art8. Hemoprova Chutia- Art9. Narendra Chandra Debbarma (Posthumous)- Public Affairs10. Subhadra Devi- Art11. Khadar Valli Dudekula- Science & Engineering12. Hem Chandra Goswami- Art13. Pritikana Goswami- Art14. Radha Charan Gupta- Literature & Education15. Modadugu Vijay Gupta- Science & Engineering16. Ahmed Hussain & Shri Mohd Hussain *(Duo)- Art17. Dilshad Hussain- Art18. Bhiku Ramji Idate- Social Work19. C I Issac- Literature & Education20. Rattan Singh Jaggi- Literature & Education21. Bikram Bahadur Jamatia- Social Work22. Ramkuiwangbe Jene- Social Work23. Rakesh Radheshyam Jhunjhunwala (Posthumous)- Trade & Industry24. Ratan Chandra Kar- Medicine25. Mahipat Kavi- Art26. M M Keeravaani- Art27. Areez Khambatta (Posthumous)- Trade & Industry28. Parshuram Komaji Khune- Art29. Ganesh Nagappa Krishnarajanagara- Science & Engineering30. Maguni Charan Kuanr- Art31. Anand Kumar- Literature & Education32. Arvind Kumar- Science & Engineering33. Domar Singh Kunvar- Art34. Risingbor Kurkalang- Art35. Hirabai Lobi- Social Work36. Moolchand Lodha- Social Work37. Rani Machaiah- Art38. Ajay Kumar Mandavi- Art39. Prabhakar Bhanudas Mande- Literature & Education38. Gajanan Jagannath Mane- Social Work39. Antaryami Mishra- Literature & Education40. Nadoja Pindipapanahalli Munivenkatappa- Art41. Prof. (Dr.) Mahendra Pal- Science & Engineering42. Uma Shankar Pandey- Social Work43. Ramesh Parmar & Ms. Shanti Parmar *(Duo)- Art44. Dr. Nalini Parthasarathi- Medicine45. Hanumantha Rao Pasupuleti- Medicine46. Ramesh Patange- Literature & Education47. Krishna Patel- Art48. K Kalyanasundaram Pillai- Art49. V P Appukuttan Poduval- Social Work50. Kapil Dev Prasad- Art52. S R D Prasad- Sports53. Shah Rasheed Ahmed Quadri- Art54. C V Raju- Art55. Bakshi Ram- Science & Engineering56. Cheruvayal K Raman- Others - Agriculture57. Sujatha Ramdorai- Science & Engineering58. Abbareddy Nageswara Rao- Science & Engineering59. Pareshbhai Rathwa- Art60. B Ramakrishna Reddy- Literature & Education61. Mangala Kanti Roy- Art62. K C Runremsangi- Art63. Vadivel Gopal & Shri Masi Sadaiyan *(Duo)- Social Work64. Manoranjan Sahu- Medicine65. Patayat Sahu- Others - Agriculture66. Ritwik Sanyal- Art67. Kota Satchidananda Sastry- Art68. Sankurathri Chandra Sekhar- Social Work69. K Shanathoiba Sharma- Sports70. Nekram Sharma- Others - Agriculture71. Gurcharan Singh- Sports72. Laxman Singh- Social Work73. Mohan Singh- Literature & Education74. Thounaojam Chaoba Singh- Public Affairs75. Prakash Chandra Sood- Literature & Education76. Neihunuo Sorhie- Art77. Dr. Janum Singh Soy- Literature & Education78. Kushok Thiksey Nawang Chamba Stanzin- Others - Spiritualism79. S Subbaraman- Others - Archaeology80. Moa Subong- Art81. Palam Kalyana Sundaram- Social Work82. Raveena Ravi Tandon- Art83. Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari- Literature & Education84. Dhaniram Toto- Literature & Education85. Tula Ram Upreti- Others - Agriculture86. Dr. Gopalsamy Veluchamy- Medicine87. Dr. Ishwar Chander Verma- Medicine88. Coomi Nariman Wadia- Art89. Karma Wangchu (Posthumous)- Social Work90. Ghulam Muhammad Zaz- Art