Padma Vibhushan
Second highest civilian award of the Republic of India
Padma Vibhushan ▸ Facts ▸ Comments ▸ News ▸ Videos

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, occupation, position or sex are eligible for these awards. However, government servants including those working with PSUs, except doctors and scientists, are not eligible for these Awards. As of 2022, the award has been bestowed on 325 individuals, including nineteen posthumous and twenty-one non-citizen recipients.
0 shares | ShareTweetSavePostSend |
You Might Like
BJP pays homage to Kanshi Ram to woo Dalits before 2024 pollsTop BJP functionaries paid homage to BSP founder Kanshi Ram on his 89th birthday anniversary Wednesday, in a move seen as the party’s effort to reach out to Dalits ahead of next year’s Lok Sabha..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Samajwadi Party slams Centre for conferring Padma Vibhushan on Mulayam Singh Yadav, demands Bharat RatnaThe SP claimed that the central government had made a mockery of Mulayam Singh Yadav's stature and contributions with the Padma Vibhushan honour.DNA - Published | |
ORS pioneer among 26 unsung heroes on Padma awards listSP ex-chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, iconic architect Balkrishna Doshi and pioneer of ORS Dilip Mahalanabis have been posthumously awarded Padma Vibhushan, India’s second-highest civilian award. Other..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Mulayam Singh, Zakir Hussain, Dilip Mahalanabis amid 6 Padma Vibhushan awardeesORS (oral rehydration solution) pioneer Dilip Mahalanabis will receive the Padma Vibhushan (posthumous) in the field of Medicine (Pediatrics), the Centre announced on Wednesday. A total of 25 other..IndiaTimes - Published | |
ORS pioneer Dilip Mahalanabis to receive Padma Vibhushan; 25 others to get Padma ShriIndiaTimes - Published | |
Padma Awards 2023: Nominations open till September 15Instituted in 1954, the three Padma awards -- Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri -- are amongst the highest civilian awards of the country.DNA - Published | |
'Patriot' Satyendar Jain should be given top awards like the Padma Bhushan or Padma Vibhushan, says Delhi CM KejriwalKejriwal defended Jain as a "hardcore honest and patriot" person who was being framed in a "false case" and hoped the minister will come out clean.DNA - Published | |
President confers Padma awards on late Kalyan Singh, actor Victor Banerjee, 52 othersAmongst the prominent awardees at the second investiture ceremony were Padma Vibhushan recipients Kalyan Singh (posthumous), during whose tenure the Babri Masjid was demolished in 1992, and classical..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Amit Shah condoles demise of Padma Vibhushan Shiv Shahir Babasaheb PurandareIndiaTimes - Published | |
Historian, Padma Vibhushan awardee Babasaheb Purandare deadNoted historian and Padma Vibhushan awardee Balwant Moreshwar Purandare, popularly known as Babasaheb Purandare, died at a Pune hospital on Monday after a brief illness, a doctor said. Purandare (99),..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Playback singer SP Balasubrahmanyam awarded Padma Vibhushan posthumouslyIndiaTimes - Published | |
Padma awards: Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley, Kangana, Adnan Sami among 119 people honouredPresident Ram Nath Kovind on Monday conferred the Padma awards on 119 people at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi. This year's list comprises seven Padma Vibhushan, 10 Padma Bhushan and 102 Padma Shri..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Famed Islamic scholar Maulana Wahiduddin deadRenowned Islamic scholar, spiritual leader and Padma Vibhushan awardee Maulana Wahiduddin Khan passed away due to Covid-19 complications on Wednesday night.IndiaTimes - Published | India honours "Father of Fibre Optics" with Padma Vibhushan; daughter says overwhelmedThe official statement by the government announcing the honour said he "laid the foundation for today's high-speed internet technology."DNA - Published |
'Father of fibre optics' Narinder Singh Kapany gets Padma Vibhushan posthumouslyIndia has honoured Indian-American Narinder Singh Kapany with Padma Vibhushan, the second-highest award of the country.DNA - Published | Abe, SPB awarded Padma Vibhushan; honours for Gogoi, Paswan, KeshubhaiIndiaTimes - Published |
Former Japan PM Shinzo Abe, S P Balasubramaniam conferred Padma Vibhushan; Tarun Gogoi, Paswan, honoured with Padma BhushanIndiaTimes - Published | Republic Day 2021: Ex-Japanese PM Shinzo Abe, singer SP Balasubramaniam awarded Padma VibhushanFormer Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and legendary singer SP Balasubramaniam have been awarded Padma Vibhushan, the second-highest civilian award of the country, on Monday (January 25).DNA - Published |