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 five Padma Vibhushan, 13 Padma Bhushan and 113 Padma Shri Awards. 19 of the awardees are women and the list also includes six persons from the category of Foreigners / NRI / PIO / OCI and 16 Posthumous awardees. Padma Vibhushan (5) Name Field State / Country Shri Dharmendra Singh Deol (Posthumous) Art Maharashtra Shri K T Thomas Public Affairs Kerala Ms. N Rajam Art Uttar Pradesh Shri P Narayanan Literature and Education Kerala Shri V S Achuthanandhan (Posthumous) Public Affairs Kerala Padma Bhushan (13) Name Field State / Country Ms. Alka Yagnik Art Maharashtra Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari Public Affairs Uttarakhand Shri Kallipatti Ramasamy Palaniswamy Medicine Tamil Nadu Shri Mammootty Art Kerala Dr. Nori Dattatreyudu Medicine United States of America Shri Piyush Pandey (Posthumous) Art Maharashtra Shri S K M Maeilanandhan Social Work Tamil Nadu Shri Shatavadhani R Ganesh Art Karnataka Shri Shibu Soren (Posthumous) Public Affairs Jharkhand Shri Uday Kotak Trade and Industry Maharashtra Shri V K Malhotra (Posthumous) Public Affairs Delhi Shri Vellappally Natesan Public Affairs Kerala Shri Vijay Amritraj Sports United States of America Padma Shri (113) Name Field State / Country Shri A E Muthunayagam Science and Engineering Kerala Shri Anil Kumar Rastogi Art Uttar Pradesh Shri Anke Gowda M. Social Work Karnataka Ms. Armida Fernandez Medicine Maharashtra Shri Arvind Vaidya Art Gujarat Shri Ashok Khade Trade and Industry Maharashtra Shri Ashok Kumar Singh Science and Engineering Uttar Pradesh Shri Asok Kumar Haldar Literature and Education West Bengal Shri Baldev Singh Sports Punjab Shri Bhagwandas Raikwar Sports Madhya Pradesh Shri Bharat Singh Bharti Art Bihar Shri Bhiklya Ladakya Dhinda Art Maharashtra Shri Bishwa Bandhu (Posthumous) Art Bihar Shri Brij Lal Bhat Social Work Jammu and Kashmir Shri Buddha Rashmi Mani Others – Archaeology Uttar Pradesh Dr. Budhri Tati Social Work Chhattisgarh Shri Chandramouli Gaddamanugu Science and Engineering Telangana Shri Charan Hembram Literature and Education Odisha Shri Chiranji Lal Yadav Art Uttar Pradesh Ms. Deepika Reddy Art Telangana Shri Dharmiklal Chunilal Pandya Art Gujarat Shri Gadde Babu Rajendra Prasad Art Andhra Pradesh Shri Gafruddin Mewati Jogi Art Rajasthan Shri Gambir Singh Yonzone Literature and Education West Bengal Shri Garimella Balakrishna Prasad (Posthumous) Art Andhra Pradesh Ms. Gayatri Balasubramanian and Ms. Ranjani Balasubramanian (Duo)* Art Tamil Nadu Shri Gopal Ji Trivedi Science and Engineering Bihar Shri Guduru Venkat Rao Medicine Telangana Shri H V Hande Medicine Tamil Nadu Shri Hally War Social Work Meghalaya Shri Hari Madhab Mukhopadhyay (Posthumous) Art West Bengal Shri Haricharan Saikia Art Assam Ms. Harmanpreet Kaur Bhullar Sports Punjab Shri Inderjit Singh Sidhu Social Work Chandigarh Shri Janardan Bapurao Bothe Social Work Maharashtra Shri Jogesh Deuri Others – Agriculture Assam Shri Juzer Vasi Science and Engineering Maharashtra Shri Jyotish Debnath Art West Bengal Shri K Pajanivel Sports Puducherry Shri K Ramasamy Science and Engineering Tamil Nadu Shri K Vijay Kumar Civil Service Tamil Nadu Shri Kabindra Purkayastha (Posthumous) Public Affairs Assam Shri Kailash Chandra Pant Literature and Education Madhya Pradesh Ms. Kalamandalam Vimala Menon Art Kerala Shri Kewal Krishan Thakral Medicine Uttar Pradesh Shri Khem Raj Sundriyal Art Haryana Ms. Kollakal Devaki Amma G Social Work Kerala Shri Krishnamurty Balasubramanian Science and Engineering Telangana Shri Kumar Bose Art West Bengal Shri Kumarasamy Thangaraj Science and Engineering Telangana Prof. (Dr.) Lars-Christian Koch Art Germany Ms. Liudmila Viktorovna Khokhlova Literature and Education Russia Shri Madhavan Ranganathan Art Maharashtra Shri Maganti Murali Mohan Art Andhra Pradesh Shri Mahendra Kumar Mishra Literature and Education Odisha Shri Mahendra Nath Roy Literature and Education West Bengal Shri Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar Literature and Education Delhi Ms. Mangala Kapoor Literature and Education Uttar Pradesh Shri Mir Hajibhai Kasambhai Art Gujarat Shri Mohan Nagar Social Work Madhya Pradesh Shri Narayan Vyas Others – Archaeology Madhya Pradesh Shri Naresh Chandra Dev Varma Literature and Education Tripura Shri Nilesh Vinodchandra Mandlewala Social Work Gujarat Shri Nuruddin Ahmed Art Assam Shri Othuvaar Thiruthani Swaminathan Art Tamil Nadu Dr. Padma Gurmet Medicine Ladakh Shri Palkonda Vijay Anand Reddy Medicine Telangana Ms. Pokhila Lekthepi Art Assam Dr. Prabhakar Basavprabhu Kore Literature and Education Karnataka Shri Prateek Sharma Medicine United States of America Shri Praveen Kumar Sports Uttar Pradesh Shri Prem Lal Gautam Science and Engineering Himachal Pradesh Shri Prosenjit Chatterjee Art West Bengal Dr. Punniamurthy Natesan Medicine Tamil Nadu Shri R Krishnan (Posthumous) Art Tamil Nadu Shri R V S Mani Civil Service Delhi Shri Rabilal Tudu Literature and Education West Bengal Shri Raghupat Singh (Posthumous) Others – Agriculture Uttar Pradesh Shri Raghuveer Tukaram Khedkar Art Maharashtra Shri Rajastapathi Kaliappa Goundar Art Tamil Nadu Shri Rajendra Prasad Medicine Uttar Pradesh Shri Rama Reddy Mamidi (Posthumous) Others – Animal Husbandry Telangana Shri Ramamurthy Sreedher Others – Radio Broadcasting Delhi Shri Ramchandra Godbole and Ms. Suneeta Godbole (Duo)* Medicine Chhattisgarh Shri Ratilal Borisagar Literature and Education Gujarat Shri Rohit Sharma Sports Maharashtra Ms. S G Susheelamma Social Work Karnataka Shri Sangyusang S Pongener Art Nagaland Sant Niranjan Dass Others – Spiritualism Punjab Shri Sarat Kumar Patra Art Odisha Shri Saroj Mandal Medicine West Bengal Shri Satish Shah (Posthumous) Art Maharashtra Shri Satyanarayan Nuwal Trade and Industry Maharashtra Ms. Savita Punia Sports Haryana Prof. Shafi Shauq Literature and Education Jammu and Kashmir Shri Shashi Shekhar Vempati Literature and Education Karnataka Shri Shrirang Devaba Lad Others – Agriculture Maharashtra Ms. Shubha Venkatesha Iyengar Science and Engineering Karnataka Shri Shyam Sundar Medicine Uttar Pradesh Shri Simanchal Patro Art Odisha Ms. Sivasankari Literature and Education Tamil Nadu Dr. Suresh Hanagavadi Medicine Karnataka Swami Brahmdev Ji Maharaj Social Work Rajasthan Shri T T Jagannathan (Posthumous) Trade and Industry Karnataka Shri Taga Ram Bheel Art Rajasthan Shri Tarun Bhattacharya Art West Bengal Shri Techi Gubin Social Work Arunachal Pradesh Shri Thiruvaarur Bakthavathsalam Art Tamil Nadu Ms. Tripti Mukherjee Art West Bengal Shri Veezhinathan Kamakoti Science and Engineering Tamil Nadu Shri Vempaty Kutumba Sastry Literature and Education Andhra Pradesh Shri Vladimer Mestvirishvili (Posthumous) Sports Georgia Shri Yumnam Jatra Singh (Posthumous) Art Manipur Published – January 25, 2026 07:27 pm IST Share this: Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window) Telegram Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on Reddit 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