From Alka Yagnik to Rohit Sharma: Check the Complete List of Padma Awards 2026 Recipients
The Padma Awards are presented to people who have contributed significantly to various fields of life for the betterment of the society. The 2026 Padma Awards winners involve many famous personalities such as Alka Yagnik and Rohit Sharma. Check the complete list of winners here.
The Padma Awards are known to be one of the highest civilian awards that is presented in India. These awards are presented every year and the winners are announced on the evening of Republic Day.
There are a total of 131 recipients of Padma Awards 2026. These include 5 Padma Vibhushan, 13 Padma Bhushan and 113 Padma Shri awards. From the total list, 19 award recipients are women and 16 individuals will be awarded posthumously.
President Droupadi Murmu presented 66 Padma Awards on May 25, 2026 and the 65 recipients were presented with their awards on 23 June 2026 during the second Civil Investiture Ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi.
There are many famous personalities that were presented with Padma Awards on 23rd June such as playback singer Alka Yagnik, cricketer Rohit Sharma, tennis player Vijay Amritraj and many others.
Honouring Excellence Through Padma Awards!
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List of Padma Award Winners 2026
Here is the complete list of Padma Award winners according to the categories:
| Padma Vibhushan | ||
| Name | Field | State / Country |
| Shri Dharmendra Singh Deol (Posthumous) | Art | Maharashtra |
| Shri K T Thomas | Public Affairs | Kerala |
| Ms. N Rajam | Art | Uttar Pradesh |
| Shri P Narayanan | Literature and Education | Kerala |
| Shri V S Achuthanandhan (Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Kerala |
| Padma Bhushan | ||
| Name | Field | State / Country |
| Ms. Alka Yagnik | Art | Maharashtra |
| Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari | Public Affairs | Uttarakhand |
| Shri Kallipatti Ramasamy Palaniswamy | Medicine | Tamil Nadu |
| Shri Mammootty | Art | Kerala |
| Dr. Nori Dattatreyudu | Medicine | United States of America |
| Shri Piyush Pandey (Posthumous) | Art | Maharashtra |
| Shri S K M Maeilanandhan | Social Work | Tamil Nadu |
| Shri Shatavadhani R Ganesh | Art | Karnataka |
| Shri Shibu Soren (Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Jharkhand |
| Shri Uday Kotak | Trade and Industry | Maharashtra |
| Shri V K Malhotra (Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Delhi |
| Shri Vellappally Natesan | Public Affairs | Kerala |
| Shri Vijay Amritraj | Sports | United States of America |
| Padma Shri | ||
| Name | Field | State / Country |
| Shri A E Muthunayagam | Science and Engineering | Kerala |
| Shri Anil Kumar Rastogi | Art | Uttar Pradesh |
| Shri Anke Gowda M. | Social Work | Karnataka |
| Ms. Armida Fernandez | Medicine | Maharashtra |
| Shri Arvind Vaidya | Art | Gujarat |
| Shri Ashok Khade | Trade and Industry | Maharashtra |
| Shri Ashok Kumar Singh | Science and Engineering | Uttar Pradesh |
| Shri Asok Kumar Haldar | Literature and Education | West Bengal |
| Shri Baldev Singh | Sports | Punjab |
| Shri Bhagwandas Raikwar | Sports | Madhya Pradesh |
| Shri Bharat Singh Bharti | Art | Bihar |
| Shri Bhiklya Ladakya Dhinda | Art | Maharashtra |
| Shri Bishwa Bandhu (Posthumous) | Art | 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 Education | Odisha |
| Shri Chiranji Lal Yadav | Art | Uttar Pradesh |
| Ms. Deepika Reddy | Art | Telangana |
| Shri Dharmiklal Chunilal Pandya | Art | Gujarat |
| Shri Gadde Babu Rajendra Prasad | Art | Andhra Pradesh |
| Shri Gafruddin Mewati Jogi | Art | Rajasthan |
| Shri Gambir Singh Yonzone | Literature and Education | West Bengal |
| Shri Garimella Balakrishna Prasad (Posthumous) | Art | Andhra Pradesh |
| Ms. Gayatri Balasubramanian and Ms. Ranjani Balasubramanian (Duo)* | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| Shri Gopal Ji Trivedi | Science and Engineering | Bihar |
| Shri Guduru Venkat Rao | Medicine | Telangana |
| Shri H V Hande | Medicine | Tamil Nadu |
| Shri Hally War | Social Work | Meghalaya |
| Shri Hari Madhab Mukhopadhyay (Posthumous) | Art | West Bengal |
| Shri Haricharan Saikia | Art | Assam |
| Ms. Harmanpreet Kaur Bhullar | Sports | 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 | Art | West Bengal |
| Shri K Pajanivel | Sports | Puducherry |
| Shri K Ramasamy | Science and Engineering | Tamil Nadu |
| Shri K Vijay Kumar | Civil Service | Tamil Nadu |
| Shri Kabindra Purkayastha (Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Assam |
| Shri Kailash Chandra Pant | Literature and Education | Madhya Pradesh |
| Ms. Kalamandalam Vimala Menon | Art | Kerala |
| Shri Kewal Krishan Thakral | Medicine | Uttar Pradesh |
| Shri Khem Raj Sundriyal | Art | Haryana |
| Ms. Kollakal Devaki Amma G | Social Work | Kerala |
| Shri Krishnamurty Balasubramanian | Science and Engineering | Telangana |
| Shri Kumar Bose | Art | West Bengal |
| Shri Kumarasamy Thangaraj | Science and Engineering | Telangana |
| Prof. (Dr.) Lars-Christian Koch | Art | Germany |
| Ms. Liudmila Viktorovna Khokhlova | Literature and Education | Russia |
| Shri Madhavan Ranganathan | Art | Maharashtra |
| Shri Maganti Murali Mohan | Art | Andhra Pradesh |
| Shri Mahendra Kumar Mishra | Literature and Education | Odisha |
| Shri Mahendra Nath Roy | Literature and Education | West Bengal |
| Shri Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar | Literature and Education | Delhi |
| Ms. Mangala Kapoor | Literature and Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| Shri Mir Hajibhai Kasambhai | Art | Gujarat |
| Shri Mohan Nagar | Social Work | Madhya Pradesh |
| Shri Narayan Vyas | Others - Archaeology | Madhya Pradesh |
| Shri Naresh Chandra Dev Varma | Literature and Education | Tripura |
| Shri Nilesh Vinodchandra Mandlewala | Social Work | Gujarat |
| Shri Nuruddin Ahmed | Art | Assam |
| Shri Othuvaar Thiruthani Swaminathan | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| Dr. Padma Gurmet | Medicine | Ladakh |
| Shri Palkonda Vijay Anand Reddy | Medicine | Telangana |
| Ms. Pokhila Lekthepi | Art | Assam |
| Dr. Prabhakar Basavprabhu Kore | Literature and Education | Karnataka |
| Shri Prateek Sharma | Medicine | United States of America |
| Shri Praveen Kumar | Sports | Uttar Pradesh |
| Shri Prem Lal Gautam | Science and Engineering | Himachal Pradesh |
| Shri Prosenjit Chatterjee | Art | West Bengal |
| Dr. Punniamurthy Natesan | Medicine | Tamil Nadu |
| Shri R Krishnan (Posthumous) | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| Shri R V S Mani | Civil Service | Delhi |
| Shri Rabilal Tudu | Literature and Education | West Bengal |
| Shri Raghupat Singh (Posthumous) | Others - Agriculture | Uttar Pradesh |
| Shri Raghuveer Tukaram Khedkar | Art | Maharashtra |
| Shri Rajastapathi Kaliappa Goundar | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| Shri Rajendra Prasad | Medicine | 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)* | Medicine | Chhattisgarh |
| Shri Ratilal Borisagar | Literature and Education | Gujarat |
| Shri Rohit Sharma | Sports | Maharashtra |
| Ms. S G Susheelamma | Social Work | Karnataka |
| Shri Sangyusang S Pongener | Art | Nagaland |
| Sant Niranjan Dass | Others - Spiritualism | Punjab |
| Shri Sarat Kumar Patra | Art | Odisha |
| Shri Saroj Mandal | Medicine | West Bengal |
| Shri Satish Shah (Posthumous) | Art | Maharashtra |
| Shri Satyanarayan Nuwal | Trade and Industry | Maharashtra |
| Ms. Savita Punia | Sports | Haryana |
| Prof. Shafi Shauq | Literature and Education | Jammu and Kashmir |
| Shri Shashi Shekhar Vempati | Literature and Education | Karnataka |
| Shri Shrirang Devaba Lad | Others - Agriculture | Maharashtra |
| Ms. Shubha Venkatesha Iyengar | Science and Engineering | Karnataka |
| Shri Shyam Sundar | Medicine | Uttar Pradesh |
| Shri Simanchal Patro | Art | Odisha |
| Ms. Sivasankari | Literature ands Education | Tamil Nadu |
| Dr. Suresh Hanagavadi | Medicine | Karnataka |
| Swami Brahmdev Ji Maharaj | Social Work | Rajasthan |
| Shri T T Jagannathan (Posthumous) | Trade and Industry | Karnataka |
| Shri Taga Ram Bheel | Art | Rajasthan |
| Shri Tarun Bhattacharya | Art | West Bengal |
| Shri Techi Gubin | Social Work | Arunachal Pradesh |
| Shri Thiruvaarur Bakthavathsalam | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| Ms. Tripti Mukherjee | Art | West Bengal |
| Shri Veezhinathan Kamakoti | Science and Engineering | Tamil Nadu |
| Shri Vempaty Kutumba Sastry | Literature and Education | Andhra Pradesh |
| Shri Vladimer Mestvirishvili (Posthumous) | Sports | Georgia |
| Shri Yumnam Jatra Singh (Posthumous) | Art | Manipur |
How Many Categories and Disciplines Are There in Padma Awards?
The Padma Awards are divided in three categories which are Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri. All these awards are presented to individuals who have made significant contributions in different fields of life.
The Padma Awards mentions: “The Awards are given in three categories: Padma Vibhushan (for exceptional and distinguished service), Padma Bhushan (distinguished service of higher order) and Padma Shri (distinguished service).”
Here is the list of disciplines in which the Padma Awards are presented:
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Art
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Social Work
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Public Affairs
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Science & Engineering
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Trade & Industry
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Medicine
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Literature & Education
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Civil Services
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Sports
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Others (Involving fields of protection of human rights, wildlife conservation etc.
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