The Government of India has been presenting the Padma Bhushan Award on a regular basis, since the year 1954, with a view to recognise extraordinary talents in various fields. The award is ranked third amongst all the civilian awards presented in India and brings a lot of honour to the recipients. The Government of India actually recognises and appreciates the extraordinary talents of Indians and foreigners in various fields, through this award. A total 17 people won the Padma Bhushan Award in the year 1983.
An elaborated list of the 1983 Padma Bhushan Awardees is given below:
| Name | Field | State | Country |
| Singanallur Puttaswamaiah Muthuraj Rajkumar | Arts | Karnataka | India |
| V. Doraswamy Iyengar | Arts | Karnataka | India |
| Pt Vishnu Govind Jog | Arts | West Bengal | India |
| Prem Nazir | Arts | Kerala | India |
| Sir Richard Samuel Attenborough | Arts | - | United Kingdom |
| Adi M. Sethna | Civil Service | Delhi | India |
| Suraj Parkash Malhotra | Civil Service | Delhi | India |
| K. Sankaran Nair | Civil Service | Kerala | India |
| Kershap Tehmurasp Satarawala | Civil Service | Goa | India |
| Umrao Singh | Civil Service | Punjab | India |
| Nagendra | Literature & Education | Delhi | India |
| K. Gopalaiyer Ramanathan | Literature & Education | Maharashtra | India |
| Subodh Chandra Sengupta | Literature & Education | West Bengal | India |
| Benudhar Sharma | Literature & Education | Assam | India |
| Arun Kumar Sharma | Science & Engineering | Delhi | India |
| Swraj Paul | Social Work | - | United Kingdom |
| Raja Bhalendra Singh | Sports | Delhi | India |
