On the eve of Republic Day, President Droupadi Murmu approved the conferment of 131 Padma Awards, including two duo cases (in a duo case, the Award is counted as one) for the year 2026.
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 this year, the list of awardees comprises five Padma Vibhushan, 13 Padma Bhushan and 113 Padma Shri Awards. Nineteen of the awardees are women, and the list also includes six persons from the category of Foreigners/ NRI/ PIO/OCI and 16 Posthumous awardees.
Here is the full list of recipients of the Padma Awards:
Padma Vibhushan (5)
- Dharmendra Singh Deol- (Posthumous) Art- Maharashtra
- K T Thomas – Public Affairs – Kerala
- N Rajam -Art – Uttar Pradesh
- P Narayanan – Literature and Education – Kerala
- V S Achuthanandhan (Posthumous) – Public Affairs – Kerala
Padma Bhushan (13)
- Alka Yagnik- Art – Maharashtra
- Bhagat Singh Koshyari- Public Affairs – Uttarakhand
- Kallipatti Ramasamy Palaniswamy- Medicine- Tamil Nadu
- Mammootty – Art – Kerala
- Dr Nori Dattatreyudu- Medicine – United States of America
- Piyush Pandey (Posthumous) – Art — Maharashtra
- S K M Maeilanandhan -Social Work –Tamil Nadu
- Shatavadhani R Ganesh -Art – Karnataka
- Shibu Soren (Posthumous) – Public Affairs -Jharkhand
- Uday Kotak -Trade and Industry- Maharashtra
- V K Malhotra (Posthumous) – Public Affairs- Delhi
- Vellappally Natesan -Public Affairs- Kerala
- Vijay Amritraj – Sports – United States of America
Padma Shri (113)
- A E Muthunayagam- Science and Engineering – Kerala
- Anil Kumar Rastogi – Art- Uttar Pradesh
- Anke Gowda M. – Social Work – Karnataka
- Armida Fernandez – Medicine – Maharashtra
- Arvind Vaidya – Art – Gujarat
- Ashok Khade – Trade and Industry – Maharashtra
- Ashok Kumar Singh – Science and Engineering – Uttar Pradesh
- Asok Kumar Haldar – Literature and Education- West Bengal
- Baldev Singh – Sports — Punjab
- Bhagwandas Raikwar- Sports – Madhya Pradesh
- Bharat Singh Bharti – Art – Bihar
- Bhiklya Ladakya Dhinda – Art – Maharashtra
- Bishwa Bandhu (Posthumous) – Art – Bihar
- Brij Lal Bhat — Social Work- Jammu and Kashmir
- Buddha Rashmi Mani- Others – Archaeology- Uttar Pradesh
- Dr Budhri Tati- Social Work- Chhattisgarh
- Chandramouli Gaddamanugu – Science and Engineering-
Telangana
- Charan Hembram – Literature and Education- Odisha
- Chiranji Lal Yadav – Art – Uttar Pradesh
- Deepika Reddy – Art- Telangana
- Dharmiklal Chunilal Pandya – Art — Gujarat
- Gadde Babu Rajendra Prasad- Art — Andhra Pradesh
- Gafruddin Mewati Jogi- Art — Rajasthan
- Gambir Singh Yonzone – Literature and Education- West Bengal
- Garimella Balakrishna Prasad (Posthumous)- Art –
Andhra Pradesh
- Gayatri Balasubramanian and Ranjani Balasubramanian (Duo) — Art — Tamil Nadu
- Gopal Ji Trivedi – Science and Engineering — Bihar
- Guduru Venkat Rao – Medicine — Telangana
- H V Hande – Medicine — Tamil Nadu
- Hally War — Social Work — Meghalaya
- Hari Madhab Mukhopadhyay (Posthumous) – Art- West Bengal
- Haricharan Saikia – Art – Assam
- Harmanpreet Kaur Bhullar- Sports – Punjab
- Inderjit Singh Sidhu – Social Work – Chandigarh
- Janardan Bapurao Bothe –Social Work- Maharashtra
- Jogesh Deuri – Others – Agriculture – Assam
- Juzer Vasi – Science and Engineering – Maharashtra
- Jyotish Debnath – Art – West Bengal
- K Pajanivel – Sports – Puducherry
- K Ramasamy -Science and Engineering – Tamil Nadu
- K Vijay Kumar – Civil Service – Tamil Nadu
- Kabindra Purkayastha (Posthumous) -Public Affairs – Assam
- Kailash Chandra Pant – Literature and Education- Madhya Pradesh
- Kalamandalam Vimala Menon – Art – Kerala
- Kewal Krishan Thakral- Medicine – Uttar Pradesh
- Khem Raj Sundriyal -Art – Haryana
- Kollakal Devaki Amma G – Social Work – Kerala
- Krishnamurty Balasubramanian -Science and Engineering –
Telangana
- Kumar Bose – Art — West Bengal
- Kumarasamy Thangaraj- Science and Engineering- Telangana
- Prof (Dr) Lars-Christian Koch – Art — Germany
- Liudmila Viktorovna Khokhlova – Literature and Education-
Russia
- Madhavan Ranganathan – Art – Maharashtra
- Maganti Murali Mohan – Art – Andhra Pradesh
- Mahendra Kumar Mishra – Literature and Education- Odisha
- Mahendra Nath Roy – Literature and Education- West Bengal
- Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar -Literature and Education- Delhi
- Mangala Kapoor -Literature and Education – Uttar Pradesh
- Mir Hajibhai Kasambhai- Art – Gujarat
- Mohan Nagar — Social Work — Madhya Pradesh
- Narayan Vyas – Others – Archaeology- Madhya Pradesh
- Naresh Chandra Dev Varma- Literature and Education –
Tripura
- Nilesh Vinodchandra Mandlewala- Social Work- Gujarat
- Nuruddin Ahmed – Art – Assam
- Othuvaar Thiruthani Swaminathan- Art – Tamil Nadu
- Dr Padma Gurmet – Medicine — Ladakh
- Palkonda Vijay Anand Reddy – Medicine – Telangana
- Pokhila Lekthepi – Art – Assam
- Dr Prabhakar Basavprabhu Kore – Literature and Education-
Karnataka
- Prateek Sharma – Medicine — United States of America
- Praveen Kumar – Sports – Uttar Pradesh
- Prem Lal Gautam – Science and Engineering – Himachal Pradesh
- Prosenjit Chatterjee – Art — West Bengal
- Dr Punniamurthy Natesan -Medicine – Tamil Nadu
- R Krishnan (Posthumous) – Art – Tamil Nadu
- R V S Mani – Civil Service – Delhi
- Rabilal Tudu – Literature and Education – West Bengal
- Raghupat Singh (Posthumous) — Others – Agriculture – Uttar Pradesh
- Raghuveer Tukaram Khedkar -Art – Maharashtra
- Rajastapathi Kaliappa Goundar -Art – Tamil Nadu
- Rajendra Prasad – Medicine — Uttar Pradesh
- Rama Reddy Mamidi (Posthumous) -Others – Animal Husbandry — Telangana
- Ramamurthy Sreedher – Others – Radio Broadcasting —
Delhi
- Ramchandra Godbole and Suneeta Godbole (Duo) – Medicine — Chhattisgarh
- Ratilal Borisagar – Literature and Education- Gujarat
- Rohit Sharma – Sports — Maharashtra
- S G Susheelamma – Social Work – Karnataka
- Sangyusang S Pongener – Art – Nagaland
- Sant Niranjan Dass – Others – Spiritualism – Punjab
- Sarat Kumar Patra – Art – Odisha
- Saroj Mandal – Medicine – West Bengal
- Satish Shah (Posthumous) – Art – Maharashtra
- Satyanarayan Nuwal – Trade and Industry – Maharashtra
- Savita Punia – Sports – Haryana
- Prof Shafi Shauq – Literature and Education – Jammu and Kashmir
- Shashi Shekhar Vempati – Literature and Education –
Karnataka
- Shrirang Devaba Lad -Others – Agriculture — Maharashtra
- Shubha Venkatesha Iyengar – Science and Engineering –
Karnataka
- Shyam Sundar – Medicine – Uttar Pradesh
- Simanchal Patro – Art – Odisha
- Sivasankari – Literature and Education — Tamil Nadu
- Dr Suresh Hanagavadi – Medicine — Karnataka
- Swami Brahmdev Ji Maharaj- Social Work- Rajasthan
- T T Jagannathan (Posthumous) — Trade and Industry –
Karnataka
- Taga Ram Bheel – Art – Rajasthan
- Tarun Bhattacharya – Art – West Bengal
- Techi Gubin – Social Work – Arunachal Pradesh
- Thiruvaarur Bakthavathsalam – Art – Tamil Nadu
- Tripti Mukherjee – Art – West Bengal
- Veezhinathan Kamakoti – Science and Engineering –
Tamil Nadu
- Vempaty Kutumba Sastry – Literature and Education –
Andhra Pradesh
- Vladimer Mestvirishvili (Posthumous) – Sports – Georgia
- Yumnam Jatra Singh (Posthumous) – Art – Manipur
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