Padma Awards 2024: Venkaiah Naidu, Chiranjeevi get Padma Vibhushan

Foxconn Chairman Young Liu from Taiwan is also among the awardees.

Updated on: Jan 26, 2024, 01:44:29 IST

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New Delhi: The central government has conferred India's second-highest civilian award Padma Vibhushan to former vice president Venkaiah Naidu, actors Vyjayantimala Bali and Konidela Chiranjeevi, social worker Bindeshwar Pathak (posthumous) and Bharat Natyam dancer Padma Subrahmanyam.

Former vice-president of India, Venkaiah Naidu. (File Photo)

Actor Mithun Chakraborty will receive the Padma Bhushan, the country's third-highest award.

Renowned art patron and philanthropist Kiran Nadar and Indian squash star Joshna Chinappa will receive the Padma Shri, India's third-highest civilian award.

M Fathima Beevi (Posthumous), Sitaram Jindal, Ram Naik, Pyarelal Sharma, Usha Uthup, Vijaykanth (posthumous) are among those who got the Padma Bhushan.

Foxconn Chairman Young Liu from Taiwan is also among the Padma awardees.

Among the Padma awardees, 34 are unsung heroes including India's first woman elephant mahout Parbati Baruah, famous as "Hasti Kanya", tribal environmentalist Chami Murmu, social worker Sangthankima who runs Mizoram's largest orphanage and plastic surgeon Prema Dhanraj.

Group Editor and CEO of Gujarati newspaper Janmabhoomi Kundan Vyas, veteran actor and director Dattatray Ambadas Mayaloo, former Union health minister CP Thakur and BJP leader Olanchery Rajagopal are also among the awardees.

In total, five people got the Padma Vibhushan, 17 got the Padma Bhushan and 110 got the Padma Shri.

This year, the government gave the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, to former Bihar CM (late) Karpoori Thakur.

Also read: Padma Awards 2024: Check list of Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan, Padma Vibhushan awardees

Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the winners.

"Congratulations to all those who have been conferred the Padma Awards. India cherishes their contribution across diverse sectors. May they continue to inspire people with their exceptional work," he wrote.

Thirty of the awardees are women and the list also includes eight persons from the category of foreigners, NRI, PIO OCI and nine posthumous awardees.

The Awards are given in various disciplines and fields of activities, viz.- art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports and civil service.

'Padma Vibhushan' is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service; 'Padma Bhushan' for distinguished service of high order and 'Padma Shri' for distinguished service in any field. The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year.

With inputs from PTI, ANI

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