♦ The Government has announced 131 Padma awards for the year 2026. The list includes five Padma Vibhushan, 13 Padma Bhushan and 113 Padma Shri awardees, cutting across public life, arts, cinema, literature, sports, science and social service. Among the awardees, 19 are women and 16 honours are being conferred posthumously.
♦ Among those chosen for the Padma Vibhushan, the country’s second-highest civilian award, are veteran actor Dharmendra Singh Deol (posthumous), former Kerala chief minister V S Achuthanandan (posthumous), classical violinist N Rajam, former Supreme Court judge K T Thomas and noted writer P Narayanan. The award recognises exceptional and distinguished service.
♦ The Padma Bhushan list features several prominent personalities, including singer Alka Yagnik, actor Mammootty, industrialist Uday Kotak, former Uttarakhand chief minister Bhagat Singh Koshyari, advertising veteran Piyush Pandey (posthumous), social leader Vellappally Natesan and tennis icon Vijay Amritraj. The Padma Bhushan honours distinguished service of a high order.
FULL LIST OF PADMA AWARDEES 2026
Padma Vibhushan
1. Dharmendra Singh Deol (posthumous)
2. K T Thomas
3. N Rajam
4. P Narayanan
5. V S Achuthanandhan (posthumous)
Padma Bhushan
1. Alka Yagnik
2. Bhagat Singh Koshyari
3. Kallipatti Ramasamy Palaniswamy
4. Mammootty
5. Nori Dattatreyudu
6. Piyush Pandey (posthumous)
7. S K M Maeilanandhan
8. Shatavadhani R Ganesh
9. Shibu Soren (posthumous)
10. Uday Kotak
11. V K Malhotra (posthumous)
12. Vellappally Natesan
13. Vijay Amritraj
Padma Shri
1. A E Muthunayagam
2. Anil Kumar Rastogi
3. Anke Gowda M
4. Armida Fernandez
5. Arvind Vaidya
6. Ashok Khade
7. Ashok Kumar Singh
8. Asok Kumar Haldar
9. Baldev Singh
10. Bhagwandas Raikwar
11. Bharat Singh Bharti
12. Bhiklya Ladakya Dhinda
13. Bishwa Bandhu (posthumous)
14. Brij Lal Bhat
15. Buddha Rashmi Mani
16. Budhri Tati
17. Chandramouli Gaddamanugu
18. Charan Hembram
19. Chiranji Lal Yadav
20. Deepika Reddy
21. Dharmiklal Chunilal Pandya
22. Gadde Babu Rajendra Prasad
23. Gafruddin Mewati Jogi
24. Gambir Singh Yonzone
25. Garimella Balakrishna Prasad (posthumous)
26. Gayatri Balasubramanian
27. Ranjani Balasubramanian
28. Gopal Ji Trivedi
29. Guduru Venkat Rao
30. H V Hande
31. Hally War
32. Hari Madhab Mukhopadhyay (posthumous)
33. Haricharan Saikia
34. Harmanpreet Kaur Bhullar
35. Inderjit Singh Sidhu
36. Janardan Bapurao Bothe
37. Jogesh Deuri
38. Juzer Vasi
39. Jyotish Debnath
40. K Pajanivel
41. K Ramasamy
42. K Vijay Kumar
43. Kabindra Purkayastha (posthumous)
44. Kailash Chandra Pant
45. Kalamandalam Vimala Menon
46. Kewal Krishan Thakral
47. Khem Raj Sundriyal
48. Kollakal Devaki Amma G
49. Krishnamurty Balasubramanian
50. Kumar Bose
51. Kumarasamy Thangaraj
52. Lars-Christian Koch
53. Liudmila Viktorovna Khokhlova
54. Madhavan Ranganathan
55. Maganti Murali Mohan
56. Mahendra Kumar Mishra
57. Mahendra Nath Roy
58. Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar
59. Mangala Kapoor
60. Mir Hajibhai Kasambhai
61. Mohan Nagar
62. Narayan Vyas
63. Naresh Chandra Dev Varma
64. Nilesh Vinodchandra Mandlewala
65. Nuruddin Ahmed
66. Othuvaar Thiruthani Swaminathan
67. Padma Gurmet
68. Palkonda Vijay Anand Reddy
69. Pokhila Lekthepi
70. Prabhakar Basavprabhu Kore
71. Prateek Sharma
72. Praveen Kumar
73. Prem Lal Gautam
74. Prosenjit Chatterjee
75. Punniamurthy Natesan
76. R Krishnan (posthumous)
77. R V S Mani
78. Rabilal Tudu
79. Raghupat Singh (posthumous)
80. Raghuveer Tukaram Khedkar
81. Rajastapathi Kaliappa Goundar
82. Rajendra Prasad
83. Rama Reddy Mamidi (posthumous)
84. Ramamurthy Sreedher
85. Ramchandra Godbole
86. Suneeta Godbole
87. Ratilal Borisagar
88. Rohit Sharma
89. S G Susheelamma
90. Sangyusang S Pongener
91. Sant Niranjan Dass
92. Sarat Kumar Patra
93. Saroj Mandal
94. Satish Shah (posthumous)
95. Satyanarayan Nuwal
96. Savita Punia
97. Shafi Shauq
98. Shashi Shekhar Vempati
99. Shrirang Devaba Lad
100. Shubha Venkatesha Iyengar
101. Shyam Sundar
102. Simanchal Patro
103. Sivasankari
104. Suresh Hanagavadi
105. Swami Brahmdev Ji Maharaj
106. T T Jagannathan (posthumous)
107. Taga Ram Bheel
108. Tarun Bhattacharya
109. Techi Gubin
110. Thiruvaarur Bakthavathsalam
111. Tripti Mukherjee
112. Veezhinathan Kamakoti
113. Vempaty Kutumba Sastry
114. Vladimer Mestvirishvili (posthumous)
115. Yumnam Jatra Singh (posthumous)