Padma Awards – one of many highest civilian Awards of the nation, are conferred in three classes, specifically, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The Awards are given in numerous disciplines / fields of actions, viz.- artwork, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, commerce and business, drugs, literature and schooling, sports activities, civil service, and many others. ‘Padma Vibhushan’ is awarded for distinctive and distinguished service; ‘Padma Bhushan’ for distinguished service of excessive order and ‘Padma Shri’ for distinguished service in any area. The awards are introduced on the event of Republic Day yearly.
These Awards are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial capabilities that are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan often round March / April yearly.
For the yr 2026, the President has authorised conferment of 131 Padma Awards together with 2 duo circumstances (in a duo case, the Award is counted as one) as per listing beneath. The listing contains 5 Padma Vibhushan, 13 Padma Bhushan and 113 Padma Shri Awards. 19 of the awardees are girls and the listing additionally consists of six individuals from the class of Foreigners / NRI / PIO / OCI and 16 Posthumous awardees.
Padma Vibhushan (5)
| Identify | Subject | State / Nation |
| Shri Dharmendra Singh Deol (Posthumous) | Artwork | Maharashtra |
| Shri Ok T Thomas | Public Affairs | Kerala |
| Ms. N Rajam | Artwork | Uttar Pradesh |
| Shri P Narayanan | Literature and Schooling | Kerala |
| Shri V S Achuthanandhan (Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Kerala |
Padma Bhushan (13)
| Identify | Subject | State / Nation |
| Ms. Alka Yagnik | Artwork | Maharashtra |
| Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari | Public Affairs | Uttarakhand |
| Shri Kallipatti Ramasamy Palaniswamy | Drugs | Tamil Nadu |
| Shri Mammootty | Artwork | Kerala |
| Dr. Nori Dattatreyudu | Drugs | United States of America |
| Shri Piyush Pandey (Posthumous) | Artwork | Maharashtra |
| Shri S Ok M Maeilanandhan | Social Work | Tamil Nadu |
| Shri Shatavadhani R Ganesh | Artwork | Karnataka |
| Shri Shibu Soren (Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Jharkhand |
| Shri Uday Kotak | Commerce and Trade | Maharashtra |
| Shri V Ok Malhotra (Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Delhi |
| Shri Vellappally Natesan | Public Affairs | Kerala |
| Shri Vijay Amritraj | Sports activities | United States of America |
Padma Shri (113)
| Identify | Subject | State / Nation |
| Shri A E Muthunayagam | Science and Engineering | Kerala |
| Shri Anil Kumar Rastogi | Artwork | Uttar Pradesh |
| Shri Anke Gowda M. | Social Work | Karnataka |
| Ms. Armida Fernandez | Drugs | Maharashtra |
| Shri Arvind Vaidya | Artwork | Gujarat |
| Shri Ashok Khade | Commerce and Trade | Maharashtra |
| Shri Ashok Kumar Singh | Science and Engineering | Uttar Pradesh |
| Shri Asok Kumar Haldar | Literature and Schooling | West Bengal |
| Shri Baldev Singh | Sports activities | Punjab |
| Shri Bhagwandas Raikwar | Sports activities | Madhya Pradesh |
| Shri Bharat Singh Bharti | Artwork | Bihar |
| Shri Bhiklya Ladakya Dhinda | Artwork | Maharashtra |
| Shri Bishwa Bandhu (Posthumous) | Artwork | 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 Schooling | Odisha |
| Shri Chiranji Lal Yadav | Artwork | Uttar Pradesh |
| Ms. Deepika Reddy | Artwork | Telangana |
| Shri Dharmiklal Chunilal Pandya | Artwork | Gujarat |
| Shri Gadde Babu Rajendra Prasad | Artwork | Andhra Pradesh |
| Shri Gafruddin Mewati Jogi | Artwork | Rajasthan |
| Shri Gambir Singh Yonzone | Literature and Schooling | West Bengal |
| Shri Garimella Balakrishna Prasad (Posthumous) | Artwork | Andhra Pradesh |
| Ms. Gayatri Balasubramanian and Ms. Ranjani Balasubramanian (Duo)* | Artwork | Tamil Nadu |
| Shri Gopal Ji Trivedi | Science and Engineering | Bihar |
| Shri Guduru Venkat Rao | Drugs | Telangana |
| Shri H V Hande | Drugs | Tamil Nadu |
| Shri Hally Warfare | Social Work | Meghalaya |
| Shri Hari Madhab Mukhopadhyay (Posthumous) | Artwork | West Bengal |
| Shri Haricharan Saikia | Artwork | Assam |
| Ms. Harmanpreet Kaur Bhullar | Sports activities | 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 | Artwork | West Bengal |
| Shri Ok Pajanivel | Sports activities | Puducherry |
| Shri Ok Ramasamy | Science and Engineering | Tamil Nadu |
| Shri Ok Vijay Kumar | Civil Service | Tamil Nadu |
| Shri Kabindra Purkayastha (Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Assam |
| Shri Kailash Chandra Pant | Literature and Schooling | Madhya Pradesh |
| Ms. Kalamandalam Vimala Menon | Artwork | Kerala |
| Shri Kewal Krishan Thakral | Drugs | Uttar Pradesh |
| Shri Khem Raj Sundriyal | Artwork | Haryana |
| Ms. Kollakal Devaki Amma G | Social Work | Kerala |
| Shri Krishnamurty Balasubramanian | Science and Engineering | Telangana |
| Shri Kumar Bose | Artwork | West Bengal |
| Shri Kumarasamy Thangaraj | Science and Engineering | Telangana |
| Prof. (Dr.) Lars-Christian Koch | Artwork | Germany |
| Ms. Liudmila Viktorovna Khokhlova | Literature and Schooling | Russia |
| Shri Madhavan Ranganathan | Artwork | Maharashtra |
| Shri Maganti Murali Mohan | Artwork | Andhra Pradesh |
| Shri Mahendra Kumar Mishra | Literature and Schooling | Odisha |
| Shri Mahendra Nath Roy | Literature and Schooling | West Bengal |
| Shri Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar | Literature and Schooling | Delhi |
| Ms. Mangala Kapoor | Literature and Schooling | Uttar Pradesh |
| Shri Mir Hajibhai Kasambhai | Artwork | Gujarat |
| Shri Mohan Nagar | Social Work | Madhya Pradesh |
| Shri Narayan Vyas | Others – Archaeology | Madhya Pradesh |
| Shri Naresh Chandra Dev Varma | Literature and Schooling | Tripura |
| Shri Nilesh Vinodchandra Mandlewala | Social Work | Gujarat |
| Shri Nuruddin Ahmed | Artwork | Assam |
| Shri Othuvaar Thiruthani Swaminathan | Artwork | Tamil Nadu |
| Dr. Padma Gurmet | Drugs | Ladakh |
| Shri Palkonda Vijay Anand Reddy | Drugs | Telangana |
| Ms. Pokhila Lekthepi | Artwork | Assam |
| Dr. Prabhakar Basavprabhu Kore | Literature and Schooling | Karnataka |
| Shri Prateek Sharma | Drugs | United States of America |
| Shri Praveen Kumar | Sports activities | Uttar Pradesh |
| Shri Prem Lal Gautam | Science and Engineering | Himachal Pradesh |
| Shri Prosenjit Chatterjee | Artwork | West Bengal |
| Dr. Punniamurthy Natesan | Drugs | Tamil Nadu |
| Shri R Krishnan (Posthumous) | Artwork | Tamil Nadu |
| Shri R V S Mani | Civil Service | Delhi |
| Shri Rabilal Tudu | Literature and Schooling | West Bengal |
| Shri Raghupat Singh (Posthumous) | Others – Agriculture | Uttar Pradesh |
| Shri Raghuveer Tukaram Khedkar | Artwork | Maharashtra |
| Shri Rajastapathi Kaliappa Goundar | Artwork | Tamil Nadu |
| Shri Rajendra Prasad | Drugs | 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)* | Drugs | Chhattisgarh |
| Shri Ratilal Borisagar | Literature and Schooling | Gujarat |
| Shri Rohit Sharma | Sports activities | Maharashtra |
| Ms. S G Susheelamma | Social Work | Karnataka |
| Shri Sangyusang S Pongener | Artwork | Nagaland |
| Sant Niranjan Dass | Others – Spiritualism | Punjab |
| Shri Sarat Kumar Patra | Artwork | Odisha |
| Shri Saroj Mandal | Drugs | West Bengal |
| Shri Satish Shah (Posthumous) | Artwork | Maharashtra |
| Shri Satyanarayan Nuwal | Commerce and Trade | Maharashtra |
| Ms. Savita Punia | Sports activities | Haryana |
| Prof. Shafi Shauq | Literature and Schooling | Jammu and Kashmir |
| Shri Shashi Shekhar Vempati | Literature and Schooling | Karnataka |
| Shri Shrirang Devaba Lad | Others – Agriculture | Maharashtra |
| Ms. Shubha Venkatesha Iyengar | Science and Engineering | Karnataka |
| Shri Shyam Sundar | Drugs | Uttar Pradesh |
| Shri Simanchal Patro | Artwork | Odisha |
| Ms. Sivasankari | Literature and Schooling | Tamil Nadu |
| Dr. Suresh Hanagavadi | Drugs | Karnataka |
| Swami Brahmdev Ji Maharaj | Social Work | Rajasthan |
| Shri T T Jagannathan (Posthumous) | Commerce and Trade | Karnataka |
| Shri Taga Ram Bheel | Artwork | Rajasthan |
| Shri Tarun Bhattacharya | Artwork | West Bengal |
| Shri Techi Gubin | Social Work | Arunachal Pradesh |
| Shri Thiruvaarur Bakthavathsalam | Artwork | Tamil Nadu |
| Ms. Tripti Mukherjee | Artwork | West Bengal |
| Shri Veezhinathan Kamakoti | Science and Engineering | Tamil Nadu |
| Shri Vempaty Kutumba Sastry | Literature and Schooling | Andhra Pradesh |
| Shri Vladimer Mestvirishvili (Posthumous) | Sports activities | Georgia |
| Shri Yumnam Jatra Singh (Posthumous) | Artwork | Manipur |
Revealed – January 25, 2026 07:27 pm IST
