The Union Home Ministry (MHA) on Sunday released the official list of people selected for the Padma Award 2026. Among India’s most prestigious civilian honours, the Padma Award recognizes individuals who have made a lasting impact on society in various fields including arts, literature, medicine, science, sports, social service and public life.
According to the Union Home Ministry, the President has approved a total of 131 Padma Awards for the year 2026. In this, two people have jointly received Padma awards, which are considered as one award. This time 5 people have been selected for Padma Vibhushan, 13 for Padma Bhushan and 113 for Padma Shri. Padma Vibhushan is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service, Padma Bhushan for distinguished service of high order and Padma Shri for distinguished service in any field. This year’s list also includes respected people from India and abroad.
Veteran actor Dharmendra and former Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achyutanandan has been awarded Padma Vibhushan (posthumously). Apart from this, famous violinist N. Rajam and senior jurist K. T. Thomas will also be honored with Padma Vibhushan.
Padma Bhushan recipients include famous singer Alka Yagnik, actor Mammootty, industrialist Uday Kotak, advertising veteran Piyush Pandey (posthumously) and tennis player Vijay Amritraj.
Padma Shri awards include a large number of people who are being called ‘unsung heroes’ of the country. These include Indian women’s cricket team captain Harmanpreet Kaur, cricketer Rohit Sharma, hockey player Savita Punia, actor Satish Shah (posthumously) and many grassroots social workers, teachers, artists and doctors. The list includes 19 women, 6 foreign nationals and 16 posthumous awards.
Padma Vibhushan Award Winner
Dharmendra Singh Deol (posthumous) – Art
Of. T. Thomas – Public Life
N. Rajam- art
P. Narayanan – Literature and Education
V.S. Achuthanandan (posthumously) – Public Life
Padma Bhushan Award Winner
Alka Yagnik-Art
Bhagat Singh Koshyari- Public Life
Kallipatti Ramasamy Palaniswami- Medical
Mammootty-Art
Dr. Nori Dattatreyudu- Medical
Piyush Pandey (posthumously) – Art
S K M Mailainandan- Social Work
Shataavdhani R Ganesh-
Kala Shibu Soren (posthumous) – Public Life
Uday Kotak- Trade and Industry
VK Malhotra (posthumously) – Public Life
Vellappally Natesan- Public Life
Vijay Amritraj- Sports
Padma Shri Award Winner
A. E. Muthunayagam
Anil Kumar Rastogi
Anke Gowda M.
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Arvind Vaidya
Ashok Khade
Ashok Kumar Singh
Ashok Kumar Haldar
Baldev Singh
Bhagwandas Raikarwar
Bharat Singh Bharti
Bhiklya Ladkya Dhinda
Bishwa Bandhu (posthumous)
Brij Lal Bhatt
Buddha Rashmi Mani
Dr. Budhri Tatti
Chandramouli Gaddamanugu
Charan Hembram
Chiranji Lal Yadav
Deepika Reddy
Dharmiklal Chunilal Pandya
Gadde Babu Rajendra Prasad
Ghafaruddin Mewati Jogi
Gambhir Singh Yonjon
Garimella Balakrishna Prasad (posthumous)
Gayatri Balasubramanian and Ms. Ranjani Balasubramanian (Joint)
Gopal ji Trivedi
Guduru Venkata Rao
H.V. Hande
Hali Vaar
Hari Madhab Mukhopadhyay (posthumous)
Haricharan Saikia
Harmanpreet Kaur Bhullar
Inderjit Singh Sidhu
Janardan Bapurao Bothe
Jogesh Deuri
Jujar resident
Astrology Debnath
Of. Pajnivel
Of. Ramaswami
Of. vijay kumar
Kabindra Purkayastha (posthumous)
Kailash Chandra Pant
Kalamandalam Vimala Menon
Kewal Krishna Thakural
Khem Raj Sundriyal
Kollakal Devaki Amma Ji
Krishnamurthy Balasubramanian
Kumar Bose
Kumaraswamy Thangaraj
Pro. (Dr.) Lars-Christian Koch
Lyudmila Viktorovna Khokhlova
Madhavan Ranganathan
Maganti Murali Mohan
Mahendra Kumar Mishra
Mahendra Nath Roy
Mamidala Jagdish Kumar
Mangala Kapoor
Mir Hajibhai Kasambhai
Mohan Nagar
Narayan Vyas
Naresh Chandra Dev Verma
Nilesh Vinodchandra Mandlewala
Nooruddin Ahmed
Othuvar Tiruthani Swaminathan
Dr. Padma Gurmet
Palakonda Vijay Anand Reddy
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Dr. Prabhakar Basavaprabhu Kore
Pratik Sharma
Praveen Kumar
Prem Lal Gautam
Prosenjit Chatterjee
Dr. Punniamurthy Nation
R. Krishnan (posthumous)
R. V.S. gem
Rabi Lal Tudu
Raghupat Singh (posthumous)
Raghuveer Tukaram Khedkar
Rajasthapati Kaliyappa Gounder
Rajendra Prasad
Rama Reddy Mamidi (posthumous)
Ramamurthy Sridhar
Ramchandra Godbole and Ms. Sunita Godbole (Joint)
Ratilal Borisagar
Rohit Sharma
S. Yes. Sushilamma
Sangyusang S. Pongener
Sant Niranjan Das
Sharat Kumar Patra
Saroj Mandal
Satish Shah (posthumously)
Satyanarayan Nuwal
Savita Punia
Pro. Shafi Shouk
Shashi Shekhar Vempati
Shrirang Devaba Lad
Shubha Venkatesh Iyengar
Shyam Sundar
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sivasankari
Dr. Suresh Hanagavadi
Swami Brahmadev Ji Maharaj
T.T. Jagannathan (posthumous)
Taga Ram Bhil
Tarun Bhattacharya
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Thiruvarur Bhaktavatsalam
Trupti Mukherjee
Vezhinathan Kamakoti
Vempati Kutumba Shastri
Vladimir Mestvirishvili (posthumous)
Yumnam Jatra Singh (posthumous)