Padma Awards – one of the highest civilian Awards of the country, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The Awards are given in various disciplines / fields of activities, viz.- art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. ‘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.
These Awards are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March / April every year. For the year 2026, the President has approved conferment of 131 Padma Awards including 2 duo cases (in a duo case, the Award is counted as one) as per list below. The list comprises 5 Padma Vibhushan, 13 Padma Bhushan and 113 Padma Shri Awards. 19 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 6 persons from the category of Foreigners / NRI / PIO / OCI and 16 Posthumous awardees.
Padma Vibhushan (5)
SN
Name
Field
State / Country
1
Shri Dharmendra Singh Deol (Posthumous)
Art
Maharashtra
2
Shri K T Thomas
Public Affairs
Kerala
3
Ms. N Rajam
Art
Uttar Pradesh
4
Shri P Narayanan
Literature and Education
Kerala
5
Shri V S Achuthanandhan (Posthumous)
Public Affairs
Kerala
Padma Bhushan (13)
SN
Name
Field
State / Country
6
Ms. Alka Yagnik
Art
Maharashtra
7
Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari
Public Affairs
Uttarakhand
8
Shri Kallipatti Ramasamy Palaniswamy
Medicine
Tamil Nadu
9
Shri Mammootty
Art
Kerala
10
Dr. Nori Dattatreyudu
Medicine
United States of America
11
Shri Piyush Pandey (Posthumous)
Art
Maharashtra
12
Shri S K M Maeilanandhan
Social Work
Tamil Nadu
13
Shri Shatavadhani R Ganesh
Art
Karnataka
14
Shri Shibu Soren (Posthumous)
Public Affairs
Jharkhand
15
Shri Uday Kotak
Trade and Industry
Maharashtra
16
Shri V K Malhotra (Posthumous)
Public Affairs
Delhi
17
Shri Vellappally Natesan
Public Affairs
Kerala
18
Shri Vijay Amritraj
Sports
United States of America
Padma Shri (113)
SN
Name
Field
State / Country
19
Shri A E Muthunayagam
Science and Engineering
Kerala
20
Shri Anil Kumar Rastogi
Art
Uttar Pradesh
21
Shri Anke Gowda M.
Social Work
Karnataka
22
Ms. Armida Fernandez
Medicine
Maharashtra
23
Shri Arvind Vaidya
Art
Gujarat
24
Shri Ashok Khade
Trade and Industry
Maharashtra
25
Shri Ashok Kumar Singh
Science and Engineering
Uttar Pradesh
26
Shri Asok Kumar Haldar
Literature and Education
West Bengal
27
Shri Baldev Singh
Sports
Punjab
28
Shri Bhagwandas Raikwar
Sports
Madhya Pradesh
29
Shri Bharat Singh Bharti
Art
Bihar
30
Shri Bhiklya Ladakya Dhinda
Art
Maharashtra
31
Shri Bishwa Bandhu (Posthumous)
Art
Bihar
32
Shri Brij Lal Bhat
Social Work
Jammu and Kashmir
33
Shri Buddha Rashmi Mani
Others – Archaeology
Uttar Pradesh
34
Dr. Budhri Tati
Social Work
Chhattisgarh
35
Shri Chandramouli Gaddamanugu
Science and Engineering
Telangana
36
Shri Charan Hembram
Literature and Education
Odisha
37
Shri Chiranji Lal Yadav
Art
Uttar Pradesh
38
Ms. Deepika Reddy
Art
Telangana
39
Shri Dharmiklal Chunilal Pandya
Art
Gujarat
40
Shri Gadde Babu Rajendra Prasad
Art
Andhra Pradesh
41
Shri Gafruddin Mewati Jogi
Art
Rajasthan
42
Shri Gambir Singh Yonzone
Literature and Education
West Bengal
43
Shri Garimella Balakrishna Prasad (Posthumous)
Art
Andhra Pradesh
44
Ms. Gayatri Balasubramanian and Ms. Ranjani Balasubramanian (Duo)*
Art
Tamil Nadu
45
Shri Gopal Ji Trivedi
Science and Engineering
Bihar
46
Shri Guduru Venkat Rao
Medicine
Telangana
47
Shri H V Hande
Medicine
Tamil Nadu
48
Shri Hally War
Social Work
Meghalaya
49
Shri Hari Madhab Mukhopadhyay (Posthumous)
Art
West Bengal
50
Shri Haricharan Saikia
Art
Assam
51
Ms. Harmanpreet Kaur Bhullar
Sports
Punjab
52
Shri Inderjit Singh Sidhu
Social Work
Chandigarh
53
Shri Janardan Bapurao Bothe
Social Work
Maharashtra
54
Shri Jogesh Deuri
Others – Agriculture
Assam
55
Shri Juzer Vasi
Science and Engineering
Maharashtra
56
Shri Jyotish Debnath
Art
West Bengal
57
Shri K Pajanivel
Sports
Puducherry
58
Shri K Ramasamy
Science and Engineering
Tamil Nadu
59
Shri K Vijay Kumar
Civil Service
Tamil Nadu
60
Shri Kabindra Purkayastha (Posthumous)
Public Affairs
Assam
61
Shri Kailash Chandra Pant
Literature and Education
Madhya Pradesh
62
Ms. Kalamandalam Vimala Menon
Art
Kerala
63
Shri Kewal Krishan Thakral
Medicine
Uttar Pradesh
64
Shri Khem Raj Sundriyal
Art
Haryana
65
Ms. Kollakal Devaki Amma G
Social Work
Kerala
66
Shri Krishnamurty Balasubramanian
Science and Engineering
Telangana
67
Shri Kumar Bose
Art
West Bengal
68
Shri Kumarasamy Thangaraj
Science and Engineering
Telangana
69
Prof. (Dr.) Lars-Christian Koch
Art
Germany
70
Ms. Liudmila Viktorovna Khokhlova
Literature and Education
Russia
71
Shri Madhavan Ranganathan
Art
Maharashtra
72
Shri Maganti Murali Mohan
Art
Andhra Pradesh
73
Shri Mahendra Kumar Mishra
Literature and Education
Odisha
74
Shri Mahendra Nath Roy
Literature and Education
West Bengal
75
Shri Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar
Literature and Education
Delhi
76
Ms. Mangala Kapoor
Literature and Education
Uttar Pradesh
77
Shri Mir Hajibhai Kasambhai
Art
Gujarat
78
Shri Mohan Nagar
Social Work
Madhya Pradesh
79
Shri Narayan Vyas
Others – Archaeology
Madhya Pradesh
80
Shri Naresh Chandra Dev Varma
Literature and Education
Tripura
81
Shri Nilesh Vinodchandra Mandlewala
Social Work
Gujarat
82
Shri Nuruddin Ahmed
Art
Assam
83
Shri Othuvaar Thiruthani Swaminathan
Art
Tamil Nadu
84
Dr. Padma Gurmet
Medicine
Ladakh
85
Shri Palkonda Vijay Anand Reddy
Medicine
Telangana
86
Ms. Pokhila Lekthepi
Art
Assam
87
Dr. Prabhakar Basavprabhu Kore
Literature and Education
Karnataka
88
Shri Prateek Sharma
Medicine
United States of America
89
Shri Praveen Kumar
Sports
Uttar Pradesh
90
Shri Prem Lal Gautam
Science and Engineering
Himachal Pradesh
91
Shri Prosenjit Chatterjee
Art
West Bengal
92
Dr. Punniamurthy Natesan
Medicine
Tamil Nadu
93
Shri R Krishnan (Posthumous)
Art
Tamil Nadu
94
Shri R V S Mani
Civil Service
Delhi
95
Shri Rabilal Tudu
Literature and Education
West Bengal
96
Shri Raghupat Singh (Posthumous)
Others – Agriculture
Uttar Pradesh
97
Shri Raghuveer Tukaram Khedkar
Art
Maharashtra
98
Shri Rajastapathi Kaliappa Goundar
Art
Tamil Nadu
99
Shri Rajendra Prasad
Medicine
Uttar Pradesh
100
Shri Rama Reddy Mamidi (Posthumous)
Others – Animal Husbandry
Telangana
101
Shri Ramamurthy Sreedher
Others – Radio Broadcasting
Delhi
102
Shri Ramchandra Godbole and Ms. Suneeta Godbole (Duo)*
Medicine
Chhattisgarh
103
Shri Ratilal Borisagar
Literature and Education
Gujarat
104
Shri Rohit Sharma
Sports
Maharashtra
105
Ms. S G Susheelamma
Social Work
Karnataka
106
Shri Sangyusang S Pongener
Art
Nagaland
107
Sant Niranjan Dass
Others – Spiritualism
Punjab
108
Shri Sarat Kumar Patra
Art
Odisha
109
Shri Saroj Mandal
Medicine
West Bengal
110
Shri Satish Shah (Posthumous)
Art
Maharashtra
111
Shri Satyanarayan Nuwal
Trade and Industry
Maharashtra
112
Ms. Savita Punia
Sports
Haryana
113
Prof. Shafi Shauq
Literature and Education
Jammu and Kashmir
114
Shri Shashi Shekhar Vempati
Literature and Education
Karnataka
115
Shri Shrirang Devaba Lad
Others – Agriculture
Maharashtra
116
Ms. Shubha Venkatesha Iyengar
Science and Engineering
Karnataka
117
Shri Shyam Sundar
Medicine
Uttar Pradesh
118
Shri Simanchal Patro
Art
Odisha
119
Ms. Sivasankari
Literature ands Education
Tamil Nadu
120
Dr. Suresh Hanagavadi
Medicine
Karnataka
121
Swami Brahmdev Ji Maharaj
Social Work
Rajasthan
122
Shri T T Jagannathan (Posthumous)
Trade and Industry
Karnataka
123
Shri Taga Ram Bheel
Art
Rajasthan
124
Shri Tarun Bhattacharya
Art
West Bengal
125
Shri Techi Gubin
Social Work
Arunachal Pradesh
126
Shri Thiruvaarur Bakthavathsalam
Art
Tamil Nadu
127
Ms. Tripti Mukherjee
Art
West Bengal
128
Shri Veezhinathan Kamakoti
Science and Engineering
Tamil Nadu
129
Shri Vempaty Kutumba Sastry
Literature and Education
Andhra Pradesh
130
Shri Vladimer Mestvirishvili (Posthumous)
Sports
Georgia
131
Shri Yumnam Jatra Singh (Posthumous)
Art
Manipur
