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