Padma Awards 2026: Dharmendra, V S Achuthanandan, Rohit Sharma among 131 honoured across categories

Five Padma Vibhushan, 13 Padma Bhushan and 113 Padma Shri awards announced, recognising achievers from arts, sports, public life and grassroots service

The Centre on Sunday announced the Padma Awards for 2026, approving 131 civilian honours across the Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri categories. 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 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.

The Padma Shri list for 2026 reflects a wide mix of nationally recognised figures and grassroots contributors. In sports, Indian cricket team captains Rohit Sharma and Harmanpreet Kaur Bhullar has been awarded the Padma Shri, along with women’s hockey player Savita Punia The arts list includes actor Prosenjit Chatterjee, classical vocalist Tripti Mukherjee and folk and traditional artists such as Tarun Bhattacharya and Pokhila Lekthepi.

The awards also recognise several “unsung heroes” for their contributions to social work, indigenous art forms, healthcare, education and heritage preservation across the country. This year’s list includes 19 women awardees, six foreigners or persons of Indian origin abroad, and 16 posthumous honours.

The Padma Awards are announced annually on the occasion of Republic Day and are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions held at Rashtrapati Bhavan, usually in March or April.

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)