A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Awards
Padma Vibhushan
Award
The Padma Vibhushan is the second-highest civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is given for "exceptional and distinguished service". All persons without distinction of race,... Wikipedia
Established: January 2, 1954
First awarded: 1954
Category of: Padma Awards
Last awarded: 2024: Vyjayanthimala; Chiranjeevi; Venkaiah Naidu; Bindeshwar Pathak (posthumous); Padma Subrahmanyam
Next (higher): Ashoka Chakra
Next (lower): Padma Bhushan
Winners
Padma Subrahmanyam
2024
Bindeshwar Pathak
2024
Vyjayanthimala
2024
Chiranjeevi
2024
M. Venkaiah Naidu
2024
S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan
2023
Zakir Hussain
2023
Mulayam Singh Yadav
2023
S. M. Krishna
2023
Dilip Mahalanabis
2023
B. V. Doshi
2023
Prabha Atre
2022
Bipin Rawat
2022
Kalyan Singh
2022
Radheyshyam Khemka
2022
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
2021
Narinder Singh Kapany
2021
B. B. Lal
2021
Shinzo Abe
2021
B. M. Hegde
2021
Wahiduddin Khan
2021
Sudarshan Sahoo
2021
Sushma Swaraj
2020
Anerood Jugnauth
2020
Mary Kom
2020
George Fernandes
2020
Arun Jaitley
2020
Chhannulal Mishra
2020
Vishwesha Tirtha
2020
Babasaheb Purandare
2019
Teejan Bai
2019
A. M. Naik
2019
Ismail Omar Guelleh
2019
Ghulam Mustafa Khan
2018
P. Parameswaran
2018
Sharad Pawar
2017
P. A. Sangma
2017
Udupi Ramachandra Rao
2017
K. J. Yesudas
2017
Sunder Lal Patwa
2017
Sadhguru
2017
Murli Manohar Joshi
2017
Dhirubhai Ambani
2016
Yamini Krishnamurthy
2016
Avinash Dixit
2016
Rajinikanth
2016
Girija Devi
2016
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
2016
Ramoji Rao
2016
V. K. Aatre
2016
Jagmohan
2016
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