The Centre on Sunday (January 25) announced the Padma Awards for 2026, approving a total of 131 civilian honors across the Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri categories. The list comprises five Padma Vibhushan, 13 Padma Bhushan and 113 Padma Shri awards, and includes names from fields such as public life, arts, cinema, literature, sports and public affairs. Those selected for the Padma Vibhushan include 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 writer P Narayanan.
The category recognizes exceptional and distinguished service. Cricketer Rohit Sharma has been awarded the Padma Shri. The Padma Bhushan list features personalities such as singer Alka Yagnik, actor Mammootty, industrialist Uday Kotak, former Uttarakhand chief minister Bhagat Singh Koshyari, advertising professional Piyush Pandey (posthumous), social leader Vellappally Natesan, and former tennis player Vijay Amritraj, honouring distinguished service of a high order.
President Droupadi Murmu will be giving out these awards during the ceremony which generally happens around March/April every year.
Padma Vibhushan (5)
- Dharmendra Singh Deol (Posthumous): Art (Maharashtra)
- K T Thomas: Public Affairs (Kerala)
- N Rajam: Art (Uttar Pradesh)
- P Narayanan: Literature and Education (Kerala)
- V S Achuthanandhan (Posthumous): Public Affairs (Kerala)
Padma Bhushan (13)
- Alka Yagnik: Art (Maharashtra)
- Bhagat Singh Koshyari: Public Affairs (Uttarakhand)
- Kallipatti Ramasamy Palaniswamy: Medicine (Tamil Nadu)
- Mammootty: Art (Kerala)
- Nori Dattatreyudu: Medicine (United States of America)
- Piyush Pandey (Posthumous): Art (Maharashtra)
- S K M Maeilanandhan: Social Work (Tamil Nadu)
- Shatavadhani R Ganesh: Art(Karnataka)
- Shibu Soren (Posthumous): Public Affairs (Jharkhand)
- Uday Kotak: Trade and Industry (Maharashtra)
- V K Malhotra (Posthumous): Public Affairs (Delhi)
- Vellappally Natesan: Public Affairs (Kerala)
- Vijay Amritraj: Sports (United States of America)
Padma Shri (113)
- A E MuthunayagamScience 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: Others – 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: Others – Agriculture (Assam)
- Juzer Vasi: Science and EngineeringMaharashtra
- 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)
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