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Award and Honour
President Draupadi Murmu presented the Padma Awards in New Delhi
Updated: 26 May 2026
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President Draupadi Murmu presented the Padma Awards at the Civil Investiture Ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan. The Padma Awards, among the highest civilian awards in the country, are presented in three categories: the Padma Vibhushan, the Padma Bhushan, and the Padma Shri.
At the first Civil Investiture Ceremony of the year 2026, the President will confer 66 Padma Awards, including two Padma Vibhushans, six Padma Bhushans, and 58 Padma Shris. The remaining Padma Awards will be conferred in the second phase of the Civil Investiture Ceremony to be held later.
This year, the government has announced a total of 131 Padma Awards. These include five Padma Vibhushans, 13 Padma Bhushans, and 113 Padma Shris. Nineteen of the awardees are women, while 16 are posthumous recipients.
Instituted in 1954, these awards are announced every year on Republic Day. This award is given to recognize outstanding work.
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🏅 Padma Vibhushan (5) |
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S.No. |
Name |
Area |
State |
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Shri Dharmendra Singh Deol (posthumous) |
Art |
Maharashtra |
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Mr. K. T. Thomas |
Public Affairs |
Keralam |
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Ms. N. Rajam |
Art |
UP |
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Mr. P. Narayanan |
Literature and Education |
Kerala |
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Mr. V. S. Achuthanandan (posthumous) |
Public Affairs |
Keralam |
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🏅 Padma Bhushan (13) |
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S. No. |
Name |
Area |
State/Country |
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Ms. Alka Yagnik |
Art |
Maharashtra |
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Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari |
Public Affairs |
U ttarakhand |
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Shri Kallipatti Ramasamy Palaniswami |
Medicine |
Tamil Nadu |
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Mr. Mammootty |
Art |
Kerala |
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Dr. Nori Dattatreyudu |
Medicine |
USA |
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Shri Piyush Pandey (Posthumous) |
Art |
Maharashtra |
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Shri S. K. M. Mailanandan |
Social work |
Tamil Nadu |
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Shri Shatavdhani R. Ganesh |
Art |
Karnataka |
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Shri Shibu Soren (posthumous) |
Public Affairs |
Jharkhand |
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Shri Uday Kotak |
Trade and Industry |
Maharashtra |
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Shri V.K. Malhotra (posthumous) |
Public Affairs |
Delhi |
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Shri Vellappally Natesan |
Public Affairs |
Kerala |
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Shri Vijay Amritraj |
game |
USA |
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🏅 Padma Shri ( 113) |
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Order |
Name |
Area |
State/Country |
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Shri A. E. Muthunayagam |
Science and Engineering |
Kerala |
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Shri Anil Kumar Rastogi |
Art |
Uttar Pradesh |
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Shri Anke Gowda M. |
Social work |
Karnataka |
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Ms. Armida Fernandez |
Medicine |
Maharashtra |
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Shri Arvind Vaidya |
Art |
Gujarat |
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Mr. Ashok Khade |
Trade and Industry |
Maharashtra |
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Shri Ashok Kumar Singh |
Science and Engineering |
Uttar Pradesh |
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Shri Ashok Kumar Haldar |
Literature and Education |
West Bengal |
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Shri Baldev Singh |
game |
Punjab |
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Shri Bhagwandas Raikwar |
game |
Madhya Pradesh |
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Shri Bharat Singh Bharti |
Art |
Bihar |
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Shri Bhiklya Ladkya Dhinda |
Art |
Maharashtra |
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Shri Vishwa Bandhu (posthumous) |
Art |
Bihar |
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Shri Brij Lal Bhatt |
Social work |
Jammu and Kashmir |
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Shri Buddha Rashmi Mani |
Other – Archeology |
Uttar Pradesh |
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Dr. Budhari Tati |
Social work |
Chhattisgarh |
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Sri Chandramouli Gaddamanugu |
Science and Engineering |
Telangana |
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Shri Charan Hembram |
Literature and Education |
Odisha |
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Shri Chiranji Lal Yadav |
Art |
Uttar Pradesh |
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Ms. Deepika Reddy |
Art |
Telangana |
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Shri Dharmiklal Chunnilal Pandya |
Art |
Gujarat |
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Shri Gadde Babu Rajendra Prasad |
Art |
Andhra Pradesh |
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Shri Gafruddin Mewati Jogi |
Art |
Rajasthan |
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Shri Gambhir Singh Yonzone |
Literature and Education |
West Bengal |
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Shri Garimella Balakrishna Prasad (Posthumous) |
Art |
Andhra Pradesh |
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Ms. Gayatri Balasubramaniam and Ms. Ranjani Balasubramaniam (Pair) |
Art |
Tamil Nadu |
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Shri Gopal Ji Trivedi |
Science and Engineering |
Bihar |
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Shri Guduru Venkata Rao |
Medicine |
Telangana |
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Shri H.V. Hande |
Medicine |
Tamil Nadu |
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Shri Hailey War |
Social work |
Meghalaya |
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Shri Hari Madhab Mukhopadhyay (posthumous) |
Art |
West Bengal |
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Shri Haricharan Saikia |
Art |
Assam |
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Ms. Harmanpreet Kaur Bhullar |
game |
Punjab |
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Shri Inderjit Singh Sidhu |
Social work |
Chandigarh |
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Shri Janardan Bapurao Bothe |
Social work |
Maharashtra |
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Mr. Jogesh Deuri |
Others – Agriculture |
Assam |
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Shri Jujer Vasi |
Science and Engineering |
Maharashtra |
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Shri Jyotish Debnath |
Art |
West Bengal |
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Shri K. Pazhanivel |
game |
Puducherry |
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Shri K. Ramasamy |
Science and Engineering |
Tamil Nadu |
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Shri K. Vijay Kumar |
Civil Service |
Tamil Nadu |
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Shri Kavindra Purkayastha (posthumous) |
Public Affairs |
Assam |
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Shri Kailash Chandra Pant |
Literature and Education |
Madhya Pradesh |
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Ms. Kalamandalam Vimala Menon |
Art |
Kerala |
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Shri Kewal Krishna Thakral |
Medicine |
Uttar Pradesh |
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Shri Khem Raj Sundariyal |
Art |
Haryana |
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Ms. Kollakal Devaki Amma Ji |
Social work |
Kerala |
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Sri Krishnamurthy Balasubramaniam |
Science and Engineering |
Telangana |
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Shri Kumar Bose |
Art |
West Bengal |
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Shri Kumarasamy Thangaraj |
Science and Engineering |
Telangana |
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Prof. (Dr.) Lars-Christian Koch |
Art |
Germany |
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Ms. Lyudmila Viktorovna Khokhlova |
Literature and Education |
Russia |
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Shri Madhavan Ranganathan |
Art |
Maharashtra |
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Shri Maganti Murali Mohan |
Art |
Andhra Pradesh |
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Shri Mahendra Kumar Mishra |
Literature and Education |
Odisha |
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Shri Mahendra Nath Roy |
Literature and Education |
West Bengal |
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Shri Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar |
Literature and Education |
Delhi |
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Ms. Mangala Kapoor |
Literature and Education |
Uttar Pradesh |
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Shri Mir Hajibhai Kasambhai |
Art |
Gujarat |
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Sri Mohan Nagar |
Social work |
Madhya Pradesh |
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Shri Narayan Vyas |
Other – Archeology |
Madhya Pradesh |
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Shri Naresh Chandra Dev Verma |
Literature and Education |
Tripura |
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Mr. Nilesh Vinodchandra Mandalawala |
Social work |
Gujarat |
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Shri Nooruddin Ahmed |
Art |
Assam |
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Shri Othuvar Thiruthani Swaminathan |
Art |
Tamil Nadu |
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Dr. Padma Gurmet |
Medicine |
Ladakh |
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Shri Palakonda Vijay Anand Reddy |
Medicine |
Telangana |
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Ms. Pokhila Lekthepi |
Art |
Assam |
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Dr. Prabhakar Basavaprabhu Kore |
Literature and Education |
Karnataka |
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Shri Prateek Sharma |
Medicine |
United States of America |
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Shri Praveen Kumar |
game |
Uttar Pradesh |
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Shri Prem Lal Gautam |
Science and Engineering |
Himachal Pradesh |
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Shri Prosenjit Chatterjee |
Art |
West Bengal |
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Dr. Punniyamoorthy Natesan |
Medicine |
Tamil Nadu |
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Shri R. Krishnan (posthumous) |
Art |
Tamil Nadu |
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Shri R. V. S. Mani |
Civil Service |
Delhi |
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Shri Rabilal Tudu |
Literature and Education |
West Bengal |
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Shri Raghupat Singh (posthumous) |
Others – Agriculture |
Uttar Pradesh |
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Shri Raghuveer Tukaram Khedkar |
Art |
Maharashtra |
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Shri Rajasthapati Kaliyappa Gounder |
Art |
Tamil Nadu |
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Shri Rajendra Prasad |
Medicine |
Uttar Pradesh |
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Sri Ram Reddy Mamidi (posthumous) |
Others – Animal Husbandry |
Telangana |
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Shri Ramamurthy Sridhar |
Other – Radio broadcasting |
Delhi |
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Shri Ramchandra Godbole and Ms. Sunita Godbole (Duo) |
Medicine |
Chhattisgarh |
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Shri Ratilal Borisagar |
Literature and Education |
Gujarat |
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Mr. Rohit Sharma |
game |
Maharashtra |
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Ms. S.G. Susheelamma |
Social work |
Karnataka |
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Shri Sangyusang S. Pongenar |
Art |
Nagaland |
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Sant Niranjan Das |
Other – Spiritualism |
Punjab |
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Shri Sarat Kumar Patra |
Art |
Odisha |
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Shri Saroj Mandal |
Medicine |
West Bengal |
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Shri Satish Shah (Posthumous) |
Art |
Maharashtra |
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Shri Satyanarayan Nuwal |
Trade and Industry |
Maharashtra |
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Ms. Savita Punia |
game |
Haryana |
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Prof. Shafi Shauq |
Literature and Education |
Jammu and Kashmir |
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Shri Shashi Shekhar Vempati |
Literature and Education |
Karnataka |
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Sri Srirang Devaba Lad |
Others – Agriculture |
Maharashtra |
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Ms. Shubha Venkatesh Iyengar |
Science and Engineering |
Karnataka |
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Shri Shyam Sundar |
Medicine |
Uttar Pradesh |
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Shri Seemanchal Patra |
Art |
Odisha |
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Ms. Sivasankari |
Literature and Education |
Tamil Nadu |
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Dr. Suresh Hanagawadi |
Medicine |
Karnataka |
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Swami Brahmadev Ji Maharaj |
Social work |
Rajasthan |
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Shri T.T. Jagannathan (Posthumous) |
Trade and Industry |
Karnataka |
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Shri Taga Ram Bhil |
Art |
Rajasthan |
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Shri Tarun Bhattacharya |
Art |
West Bengal |
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Mr Techi Gubin |
Social work |
Arunachal Pradesh |
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Sri Thiruvarur Baktavatsalam |
Art |
Tamil Nadu |
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Ms. Trupti Mukherjee |
Art |
West Bengal |
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Shri Veezhinathan Kamakoti |
Science and Engineering |
Tamil Nadu |
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Sri Vempati Kutumba Shastri |
Literature and Education |
Andhra Pradesh |
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Mr. Vladimir Mestvirishvili (posthumous) |
game |
Georgia |
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Shri Yumnam Jatra Singh (Posthumous) |
Art |
Manipur |
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