The Government of India on Sunday released the full list of winners of the Padma Awards for 2026, a day before the 77th Republic Day celebrations across the nation.
The full list consists of those awarded India's highest civilian honours after the Bharat Ratna—the Padma Bhushan, the Padma Vibhushan, and the Padma Shri, respectively.
#PadmaAwards 2026 announced: 131 awardees honoured, including 5 Padma Vibhushan, 13 Padma Bhushan, and 113 Padma Shri, recognising excellence and service across diverse fields.#PadmaAwards2026 #PeoplesPadma pic.twitter.com/iuhyldgeSE
— DD News (@DDNewslive) January 25, 2026
The awards recognise exceptional service to a variety of fields. The winners will be felicitated in a ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on a later date.
Cricketer Rohit Sharma, Mollywood actor Mammootty, former Kerala CM V.S. Achuthanandan, singer Alka Yagnik, and adman Piyush Pandey have all found a spot in the list for this year.
Padma Bhushan awardees
Alka Yagnik
Bhagat Singh Koshyari
Kalpatti Ramasamy Palanisamy
Mammootty
Dr. Nori Dattatreyudu
Piyush Pandey (Posthumous)
K M Maelanandhan
Shatavadhani R Ganesh
Shibu Soren (Posthumous)
Uday Kotak
V K Malhotra (Posthumous)
Vellappally Natesan
Vijay Amritraj
Padma Vibhushan awardees
Dharmendra Singh Deol (Posthumous)
K T Thomas
N Rajam
P Narayanan
V S Achuthanandan (Posthumous)
Padma Shri awardees
A E Muthunayagam
Anil Kumar Rastogi
Anke Gowda M.
Armida Fernandez
Arvind Vaidya
Ashok Khade
Ashok Kumar Singh
Asok Kumar Haldar
Baldev Singh
Bhagwandas Raikwar
Bharat Singh Bharti
Bhiklya Ladakya Dhinda
Bishwa Bandhu (Posthumous)
Brij Lal Bhat
Buddha Rashmi Mani
Budhri Tati
Chandramouli Gaddamanugu
Charan Hembram
Chiranji Lal Yadav
Deepika Reddy
Dharmiklal Chunilal Pandya
Gadde Babu Rajendra Prasad
Gafruddin Mewati Jogi
Gambir Singh Yonzone
Garimella Balakrishna Prasad (Posthumous)
Gayatri Balasubramanian and Ranjani Balasubramanian (Duo)
Gokul Chandra Dey
Gopal Ji Trivedi
Guduru Venkat Rao
H V Hande
Hally War
Hari Madhab Mukhopadhyay (Posthumous)
Haricharan Saikia
Harmanpreet Kaur Bhullar
Inderjit Singh Sidhu
Janardan Bapurao Bothe
Jogesh Deuri
Juzer Vasi
Jyotish Debnath
K Pajanivel
K Ramasamy
K Vijay Kumar
Kabindra Purkayastha (Posthumous)
Kailash Chandra Pant
Kalamandalam Vimala Menon
Kewal Krishan Thakral
Khem Raj Sundriyal
Kollakkayil Devaki Amma G
Krishnamurty Balasubramanian
Kumar Bose
Kumarasamy Thangaraj
Lars-Christian Koch
Liudmila Viktorovna Khokhlova
Madhavan Ranganathan
Maganti Murali Mohan
Mahendra Kumar Mishra
Mahendra Nath Roy
Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar
Mangala Kapoor
Mir Hajibhai Kasambhai
Mohan Nagar
Narayan Vyas
Naresh Chandra Dev Varma
Nilesh Vinodchandra Mandlewala
Nuruddin Ahmed
Othuvaar Thiruthani Swaminathan
Padma Gurmet
Palkonda Vijay Anand Reddy
Pokhila Lekthepi
Prabhakar Basavprabhu Kore
Prateek Sharma
Praveen Kumar
Prem Lal Gautam
Prosenjit Chatterjee
Punniamurthy Natesan
R Krishnan (Posthumous)
R V S Mani
Rabilal Tudu
Raghupat Singh (Posthumous)
Raghuveer Tukaram Khedkar
Rajastapathi Kaliappa Goundar
Rajendra Prasad
Rama Reddy Mamidi (Posthumous)
Ramamurthy Sreedher
Ramchandra Godbole and Suneeta Godbole (Duo)
Ratilal Borisagar
Rohit Sharma
S G Susheelamma
Sally Holkar
Sangyusang S Pongener
Sant Niranjan Dass
Sarat Kumar Patra
Saroj Mandal
Satish Shah (Posthumous)
Satyanarayan Nuwal
Savita Punia
Shafi Shauq
Shashi Shekhar Vempati
Shrirang Devaba Lad
Shubha Venkatesha Iyengar
Shyam Sundar
Simanchal Patro
Sivasankari
Suresh Hanagavadi
Swami Brahmdev Ji Maharaj
T T Jagannathan (Posthumous)
Taga Ram Bheel
Tarun Bhattacharya
Techi Gubin
Thiruvaarur Bakthavathsalam
Tripti Mukherjee
Veezhinathan Kamakoti
Vempaty Kutumba Sastry
Vladimer Mestvirishvili (Posthumous)
Yumnam Jatra Singh (Posthumous)
