Padma Awards 2026, Complete List of Padma Shri, Bhushan and Vibhushan
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Padma Awards 2026 represent one of the highest forms of civilian recognition in India. These awards celebrate individuals who have made outstanding contributions to society through dedication, excellence, and service. Announced every year on the eve of Republic Day, the Padma Awards highlight achievements that go beyond personal success and create lasting public impact.
For 2026, the Government of India approved a total of 131 Padma Awards across three categories. The Padma Awards recipient list 2026 reflects diversity in profession, geography, and background, with awardees coming from India as well as abroad.
What is Padma Awards 2026?
The Padma Awards are India's most prestigious civilian honors. They recognize exceptional contributions in various fields like art, social work, public affairs, science, and medicine. The Padma awards 2026 list was announced on Republic Day 2026.
The President of India approves these awards annually. The Padma awards 2026 include 131 awardees, comprising 5 Padma Vibhushan, 13 Padma Bhushan, and 113 Padma Shri Awards. These honors celebrate individuals who have shown distinguished service to the nation.
Types of Padma Awards 2026
Padma Awards are presented in three distinct categories, each representing a different level of contribution and national importance.
Padma Vibhushan
This award is given for exceptional and distinguished service. It is the second-highest civilian honour in India and recognises contributions of the highest order.
Padma Bhushan
Padma Bhushan honours distinguished service of a high degree in any field. It is the third-highest civilian award.
Padma Shri
Padma Shri is awarded for distinguished service in any recognised field and is the fourth-highest civilian honour in the country.
Padma Awards Category Wise List 2026
The Padma Awards category wise list 2026 showcases awardees from diverse disciplines. This wide representation reflects India’s recognition of excellence across all sections of society. The awardees are grouped under:
Padma Vibhushan 2026
The Padma Vibhushan is the second-highest civilian award in India. It is given for exceptional and distinguished service. This year, five individuals received the Padma Vibhushan award. The list below details the recipients:
| Padma Vibhushan 2026 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 2026
The Padma Bhushan is India's third-highest civilian award. It is given for distinguished service of a high order. For Padma awards 2026, thirteen notable personalities were honored with the Padma Bhushan. This includes Shri Mammootty, recognized for his contributions to art.
| Padma Bhushan 2026 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Maellanandhan | 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 2026
The Padma Shri is awarded for distinguished service in any field. For the Padma awards 2026, 113 individuals received this honor. These awards recognize grassroots contributions across diverse sectors.
| Padma Shri 2026 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Key Rules of Padma Awards 2026
The Padma Awards are presented by the President of India. This occurs at ceremonial functions, usually around March or April each year. The total number of awards (excluding posthumous and NRI/foreigners/OCIs) does not exceed 120 in a year. The awards do not serve as titles and cannot be used as prefixes or suffixes to names.
Eligibility and Nomination
All persons are eligible for these awards, regardless of race, occupation, position, or sex. However, government servants (except doctors and scientists) are not eligible. A higher category Padma award can be given after at least five years from the previous Padma award. Exceptional cases allow relaxation. Nominations for these Padma awards are open to the public. They are reviewed by a committee formed by the Prime Minister.
Posthumous Awards
Normally, the award is not given posthumously. However, in highly deserving cases, the Government can consider giving an award after a person's death. Several posthumous awards were part of the Padma awards 2026 list.
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