The Padma Awards 2026 took place today at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi, where President Droupadi Murmu conferred the civilian honours upon several distinguished personalities. This year’s selection celebrates outstanding contributions across diverse fields, including icons of Indian cinema. Late actor Dharmendra was posthumously honoured with the Padma Vibhushan, India’s second-highest civilian award, for his exceptional decades-long legacy in Hindi cinema. Hema Malini received the award on his behalf. Malayalam cinema stalwart Mammootty was conferred with the Padma Bhushan, marking another major milestone in his illustrious acting career. Meanwhile, the Padma Shri line-up recognized stellar cinematic and theatrical talent, including versatile pan-Indian actor R Madhavan, Bengali cinema superstar Prosenjit Chatterjee, veteran actor and theatre personality Anil Kumar Rastogi, and actor-director Arvind Vaidya. Beloved comedy icon and television veteran late Satish Shah was also honoured with the Padma Shri posthumously for his lifetime contribution to cinema and television.
Complete List of Padma Awards 2026 Winners
Padma Vibhushan (5)
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 (13)
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 (113)
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 – Literature and Education (Uttar Pradesh)
Shri Baldev Singh – Sports (Haryana)
Shri Bhagwandas Raikwar – Sports (Madhya Pradesh)
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)
Shri Gauri Shankar Lal– Others – Agriculture (Uttar Pradesh)
Dr. Girdhar Lal Saini– Science and Engineering (Rajasthan)
Shri Gopal Das Saini – Art (Rajasthan)
Shri Gopi Chand – Social Work (Haryana)
Shri Gopinath Mohanty– Literature and Education (Odisha)
Shri Gurpreet Singh (Posthumous) – Social Work (Punjab)
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 Lalit Kumar– Social Work (Delhi)
Shri Leeladhar Jagoori– Literature and Education (Uttarakhand)
Shri M C Raj – Social Work (Karnataka)
Shri M R Rajagopal – Medicine (Kerala)
Shri Madhav Gadgil – Science and Engineering (Maharashtra)
Shri Maheswar Mohanty (Posthumous) – Public Affairs (Odisha)
Ms. Mangala Kapoor – Social Work (Maharashtra)
Shri Mani Ratnam– Science and Engineering (Tamil Nadu)
Shri Mannava Radha Krishna – Social Work (Telangana)
Shri Mayaram Sharma – Art (Uttar Pradesh)
Shri Meenakshi Sundaram – Literature and Education (Tamil Nadu)
Shri Milind Pralhad Kamble – Trade and Industry (Maharashtra)
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 Satish Shah (Posthumous)– Art (Maharashtra)
Ms. Savita Punia– Sports (Haryana)
Shri Shantilal Shankerlal Shah – Social Work (Gujarat)
Shri Sharad Kuma – Literature and Education (Bihar)
Shri Sheo Kumar Mishra – Literature and Education (Uttar Pradesh)
Shri Shiv Charan Singh (Posthumous)– Social Work (Rajasthan)
Shri Shyam Singh Yadav – Public Affairs (Uttar Pradesh)
Shri Shyam Sundar Sharma – Art (Bihar)
Shri Subbanna Chikkaballapura – Art (Karnataka)
Shri Sudhakar Sharma – Art (Delhi)
Shri Suman Sahai– Science and Engineering (Delhi)
Shri Suresh Ramchandra Khopde – Civil Service (Maharashtra)
Shri Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay (Posthumous) – Literature and Education (West Bengal)
Shri Tehemton Erach Udwadia (Posthumous) – Medicine (Maharashtra)
Shri Thounaojam Chaoba Singh – Public Affairs (Manipur)
Shri V Suresh – Social Work (Andhra Pradesh)
Shri Vayalar Ravi– Public Affairs (Kerala)
Shri Ved Prakash – Science and Engineering (Delhi)
* **Shri Veloo Annamalai** – Art (Puducherry)
* **Shri Vijay Dutt Shrimali** – Art (Madhya Pradesh)
* **Shri Vijay Singh** – Social Work (Rajasthan)
* **Shri Vladimir Mestvirishvili (Posthumous)** – Sports (Georgia)
* **Shri Yadhuvir Singh** – Social Work (Uttar Pradesh)
* **Shri Yumnam Jiten Singh** – Art (Manipur)
* **Shri R. Madhavan** – Art (Tamil Nadu)
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