Padma Awards 2026 Announced: 131 Honours Approved Ahead of Republic Day

Law Notify, January 25, 2026 : The Padma Awards for 2026 were announced on Saturday, with President Droupadi Murmu approving the conferment of 131 civilian honours on the eve of Republic Day. The total includes two duo awards, which are counted as single honours.

The Padma Awards are among India’s highest civilian recognitions and are conferred in three categories: Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. They recognise 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.

Padma Vibhushan is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service, Padma Bhushan for distinguished service of a high order, and Padma Shri for distinguished service in any field. The awards are announced annually on Republic Day and are formally presented by the President of India at ceremonial functions held at Rashtrapati Bhavan, usually in March or April.

For 2026, the list comprises five Padma Vibhushan, 13 Padma Bhushan and 113 Padma Shri awards. Nineteen of the awardees are women. The list also includes six recipients from the Foreigners, NRI, PIO and OCI categories, along with 16 posthumous honours.

The government has released the complete list of awardees along with their respective fields and states or countries.

Padma Vibhushan (5)

1. Dharmendra Singh Deol (Posthumous) – Art – Maharashtra
2. K T Thomas – Public Affairs – Kerala
3. N Rajam – Art – Uttar Pradesh
4. P Narayanan – Literature and Education – Kerala
5. V S Achuthanandhan (Posthumous) – Public Affairs – Kerala

Padma Bhushan (13)

6. Alka Yagnik – Art – Maharashtra
7. Bhagat Singh Koshyari – Public Affairs – Uttarakhand
8. Kallipatti Ramasamy Palaniswamy – Medicine – Tamil Nadu
9. Mammootty – Art – Kerala
10. Nori Dattatreyudu – Medicine – United States of America
11. Piyush Pandey (Posthumous) – Art – Maharashtra
12. S K M Maeilanandhan – Social Work – Tamil Nadu
13. Shatavadhani R Ganesh – Art – Karnataka
14. Shibu Soren (Posthumous) – Public Affairs – Jharkhand
15. Uday Kotak – Trade and Industry – Maharashtra
16. V K Malhotra (Posthumous) – Public Affairs – Delhi
17. Vellappally Natesan – Public Affairs – Kerala
18. Vijay Amritraj – Sports – United States of America

Padma Shri (113)

Yumnam Jatra Singh (Posthumous) – Art – Manipur

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 – Archaeology – Uttar Pradesh

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 – 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

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 – 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

Padma Gurmet – Medicine – Ladakh

Palkonda Vijay Anand Reddy – Medicine – Telangana

Pokhila Lekthepi – Art – Assam

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

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) – Agriculture – Uttar Pradesh

Raghuveer Tukaram Khedkar – Art – Maharashtra

Rajastapathi Kaliappa Goundar – Art – Tamil Nadu

Rajendra Prasad – Medicine – Uttar Pradesh

Rama Reddy Mamidi (Posthumous) – Animal Husbandry – Telangana

Ramamurthy Sreedher – 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 – 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

Shafi Shauq – Literature and Education – Jammu and Kashmir

Shashi Shekhar Vempati – Literature and Education – Karnataka

Shrirang Devaba Lad – Agriculture – Maharashtra

Shubha Venkatesha Iyengar – Science and Engineering – Karnataka

Shyam Sundar – Medicine – Uttar Pradesh

Simanchal Patro – Art – Odisha

Sivasankari – Literature and Education – Tamil Nadu

Suresh Hanagavadi – Medicine – Karnataka

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