India, Jan. 25 -- The Centre announced the list of the awardees of the Padma Award on Saturday. The awardees were announced across all three categories - Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Vibhushan.

Several notable personalities who have excelled in their fields are among the Padma awardees. A total of 139 Padma Awardees have been announced, with one duo case (in a duo case, the Award is counted as one), out of which, 7 are Padma Vibhushan awardees, 19 Padma Bhushan awardees and 113 Padma Shri awardees. Across all the categories, 13 people are posthumous awardees.

MT Vasudevan Nair has been awarded Padma Vibhushan in literature and education. He died aged 91 on December 25, 2024. He was a Malayalam literary icon and his book Naaluket...