Padma Awards 2026 Winners List:On the eve of Republic Day 2026 the Government of India released the highly awaited Padma Awards 2026 list which recognized 131 exceptional individuals for their outstanding national achievements. The Indian government presents these awards as its highest civilian honors which consist of three distinct categories Padma Vibhushan Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri to honor exceptional achievement in various fields including art public affairs sports science medicine literature and social service.
Padma Awards 2026 Winners List
Padma Vibhushan (5 recipients)
- Dharmendra Singh Deol (Posthumous)
- K T Thomas
- N Rajam
- P Narayanan
- V S Achuthanandan (Posthumous)
- Padma Bhushan
- The prestigious Padma Bhushan category this year features stars and stalwarts from varied arenas.
Padma Bhushan (13 recipients)
- Alka Yagnik
- Bhagat Singh Koshyari
- Kalpatti Ramasamy Palanisamy
- Mammootty
- Dr. Nori Dattatreyudu
- Piyush Pandey (Posthumous)
- K M Maelanandhan
- Shatavadhani R Ganesh
- Sibbu Soren (Posthumous)
- Uday Kotak
- V K Malhotra (Posthumous)
- Vellappally Natesan
- Vijay Amritraj
- Padma Shri
The Padma Shri, awarded for distinguished service in any field, includes a rich tapestry of achievers from world-class sportspersons to grassroots changemakers.
Padma Shri (113 recipients)
- Yumnam Jatra Singh (Posthumous)
- A E Muthunayagam
- Anil Kumar Rastogi
- Anke Gowda M
- Armida Fernandez
- Arvind Vaidya
- Ashok Khade
- Ashok Kumar Singh
- Asok Kumar Haldar
- Baldev Singh
- Bhagwandas Raikwar
- Bharat Singh Bharti
- Bhiklya Ladakya Dhinda
- Bishwa Bandhu (Posthumous)
- Brij Lal Bhat
- Buddha Rashmi Mani
- Budhri Tati
- Chandramouli Gaddamanugu
- Charan Hembram
- Chiranji Lal Yadav
- Deepika Reddy
- Dharmiklal Chunilal Pandya
- Gadde Babu Rajendra Prasad
- Gafruddin Mewati Jogi
- Gambir Singh Yonzone
- Garimella Balakrishna Prasad (Posthumous)
- Gayatri Balasubramanian & Ms Ranjani Balasubramanian (Duo)
- Gopal Ji Trivedi
- Guduru Venkat Rao
- H V Hande
- Hally War
- Hari Madhab Mukhopadhyay (Posthumous)
- Haricharan Saikia
- Harmanpreet Kaur Bhullar
- Inderjit Singh Sidhu
- Janardan Bapurao Bothe
- Jogesh Deuri
- Juzer Vas
- Jyotish Debnath
- K Pajanivel
- K Ramasamy
- K Vijay Kumar
- Kabindra Purkayastha (Posthumous)
- Kailash Chandra Pant
- Kalamandalam Vimala Menon
- Kewal Krishan Thakral
- Khem Raj Sundriyal
- Kollakkayil Devaki Amma G
- Krishnamurty Balasubramanian
- Kumar Bose
- Kumarasamy Thangaraj
- Prof (Dr) Lars-Christian Koch
- Liudmila Viktorovna Khokhlova
- Madhavan Ranganathan
- Maganti Murali Mohan
- Mahendra Kumar Mishra
- Mahendra Nath Roy
- Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar
- Mangala Kapoor
- Mir Hajibhai Kasambhai
- Mohan Nagar
- Narayan Vyas
- Naresh Chandra Dev Varma
- Nilesh Vinodchandra Mandlewala
- Nuruddin Ahmed
- Othuvaar Thiruthani Swaminathan
- Dr Padma Gurmet
- Palkonda Vijay Anand Reddy
- Pokhila Lekthepi
- Dr Prabhakar Basavprabhu Kore
- Prateek Sharma
- Praveen Kumar
- Prem Lal Gautam
- Prosenjit Chatterjee
- Dr Punniamurthy Natesan
- R Krishnan (Posthumous)
- R V S Mani
- Rabilal Tudu
- Raghupat Singh (Posthumous)
- Raghuveer Tukaram Khedkar
- Rajastapathi Kaliappa Goundar
- Rajendra Prasad
- Rama Reddy Mamidi (Posthumous)
- Ramamurthy Sreedher
- Ramchandra Godbole & Ms Suneeta Godbole (Duo)
- Ratilal Borisagar
- Rohit Sharma
- S G Susheelamma
- Sangyusang S Pongener
- Sant Niranjan Dass
- Sarat Kumar Patra
- Saroj Mandal
- Satish Shah (Posthumous)
- Satyanarayan Nuwal
- Savita Punia
- Prof Shafi Shauq
- Shashi Shekhar Vempati
- Shrirang Devaba Lad
- Shubha Venkatesha Iyengar
- Shyam Sundar
- Simanchal Patro
- Sivasankari
- Dr Suresh Hanagavadi
- Swami Brahmdev Ji Maharaj
- T T Jagannathan (Posthumous)
- Taga Ram Bheel
- Tarun Bhattacharya
- Techi Gubin
- Thiruvaarur Bakthavathsalam
- Tripti Mukherjee
- Veezhinathan Kamakoti
- Vempaty Kutumba Sastry
- Vladimer Mestvirishvili (Posthumous)
UNSUNG & UNIQUE Padma Awardees (#PeoplesPadma)
Continuing the principle of celebrating Ordinary Indians making Extraordinary Contributions, this year’s Padma Awards recognise a wide spectrum of unsung heroes from across the length and breadth of India. Each awardee represents… pic.twitter.com/zA28HDEfMm
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The list includes five Padma Vibhushan, 13 Padma Bhushan, and 113 Padma Shri recipients. Notably, 19 awardees are women, and the list also features six recipients from the Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI category, along with 16 posthumous honours.
