Padma Awards 2026 Announced: Dharmendra, Shibu Soren, and Rohit Sharma Among Honorees
COMPLETE LIST: Padma Awards 2026
As released by the Ministry of Home Affairs on 25th January 2026
The Padma Awards 2026 have been officially announced, celebrating individuals who have made exceptional contributions across diverse fields such as arts, sports, public affairs, social service, science, and literature. Recognized as one of India’s highest civilian honors, the Padma Awards highlight excellence, dedication, and lifelong service to the nation.
This year’s list features some of the most respected and widely admired personalities of the country, including legendary Bollywood actor Dharmendra, veteran tribal leader and former Chief Minister Shibu Soren, and Indian cricket icon Rohit Sharma. Their inclusion reflects the government’s continued effort to acknowledge both cultural influence and national service. In this article, we take a closer look at the Padma Awards 2026 honorees, the significance of the awards, and why these distinguished personalities were selected.
- COMPLETE LIST: Padma Awards 2026
- Padma Vibhushan (5 Awards)
- Padma Bhushan (13 Awards)
- Padma Shri (113 Awards)
- Conclusion
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
- Q1. What are the Padma Awards?
- Q2. When were the Padma Awards 2026 announced?
- Q3. Who are some prominent recipients of Padma Awards 2026?
- Q4. Why was Dharmendra selected for the Padma Award?
- Q5. What contribution of Shibu Soren led to his recognition?
- Q6. Why did Rohit Sharma receive the Padma Award?
- Q7. How many Padma Awards are given each year?
COMPLETE LIST: Padma Awards 2026
Padma Vibhushan (5 Awards)
| SN | Name | Field | State/Country |
| 1 | Shri Dharmendra Singh Deol (Posthumous) | Art | Maharashtra |
| 2 | Shri KT Thomas | Public Affairs | Kerala |
| 3 | Ms. N Rajam | Art | Uttar Pradesh |
| 4 | Shri P Narayanan | Literature & Education | Kerala |
| 5 | Shri V S Achuthanandhan (Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Kerala |
Padma Bhushan (13 Awards)
| SN | Name | Field | State/Country |
| 6 | Ms. Alka Yagnik | Art | Maharashtra |
| 7 | Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari | Public Affairs | Uttarakhand |
| 8 | Shri Kallipatti Ramasamy Palaniswamy | Medicine | Tamil Nadu |
| 9 | Shri Mammootty | Art | Kerala |
| 10 | Dr. Nori Dattatreyudu | Medicine | USA |
| 11 | Shri Piyush Pandey (Posthumous) | Art | Maharashtra |
| 12 | Shri SKM Maeilanandhan | Social Work | Tamil Nadu |
| 13 | Shri Shatavadhani R Ganesh | Art | Karnataka |
| 14 | Shri Shibu Soren (Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Jharkhand |
| 15 | Shri Uday Kotak | Trade & Industry | Maharashtra |
| 16 | Shri V K Malhotra (Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Delhi |
| 17 | Shri Vellappally Natesan | Public Affairs | Kerala |
| 18 | Shri Vijay Amritraj | Sports | USA |
Padma Shri (113 Awards)
| SN | Name | Field | State/Country |
| 19 | Shri A E Muthunayagam | Science & Engg | Kerala |
| 20 | Shri Anil Kumar Rastogi | Art | Uttar Pradesh |
| 21 | Shri Anke Gowda M. | Social Work | Karnataka |
| 22 | Ms. Armida Fernandez | Medicine | Maharashtra |
| 23 | Shri Arvind Vaidya | Art | Gujarat |
| 24 | Shri Ashok Khade | Trade & Industry | Maharashtra |
| 25 | Shri Ashok Kumar Singh | Science & Engg | Uttar Pradesh |
| 26 | Shri Asok Kumar Haldar | Lit & Education | West Bengal |
| 27 | Shri Baldev Singh | Sports | Punjab |
| 28 | Shri Bhagwandas Raikwar | Sports | Madhya Pradesh |
| 29 | Shri Bharat Singh Bharti | Art | Bihar |
| 30 | Shri Bhiklya Ladakya Dhinda | Art | Maharashtra |
| 31 | Shri Bishwa Bandhu (Posthumous) | Art | Bihar |
| 32 | Shri Brij Lal Bhat | Social Work | J&K |
| 33 | Shri Buddha Rashmi Mani | Archaeology | Uttar Pradesh |
| 34 | Dr. Budhri Tati | Social Work | Chhattisgarh |
| 35 | Shri Chandramouli Gaddamanugu | Science & Engg | Telangana |
| 36 | Shri Charan Hembram | Lit & Education | Odisha |
| 37 | Shri Chiranji Lal Yadav | Art | Uttar Pradesh |
| 38 | Ms. Deepika Reddy | Art | Telangana |
| 39 | Shri Dharmiklal Chunilal Pandya | Art | Gujarat |
| 40 | Shri Gadde Babu Rajendra Prasad | Art | Andhra Pradesh |
| 41 | Shri Gafruddin Mewati Jogi | Art | Rajasthan |
| 42 | Shri Gambir Singh Yonzone | Lit & Education | West Bengal |
| 43 | Shri Garimella Balakrishna Prasad (Posthumous) | Art | Andhra Pradesh |
| 44 | Ms. Gayatri & Ms. Ranjani Balasubramanian (Duo) | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| 45 | Shri Gopal Ji Trivedi | Science & Engg | Bihar |
| 46 | Shri Guduru Venkat Rao | Medicine | Telangana |
| 47 | Shri H V Hande | Medicine | Tamil Nadu |
| 48 | Shri Hally War | Social Work | Meghalaya |
| 49 | Shri Hari Madhab Mukhopadhyay (Posthumous) | Art | West Bengal |
| 50 | Shri Haricharan Saikia | Art | Assam |
| 51 | Ms. Harmanpreet Kaur Bhullar | Sports | Punjab |
| 52 | Shri Inderjit Singh Sidhu | Social Work | Chandigarh |
| 53 | Shri Janardan Bapurao Bothe | Social Work | Maharashtra |
| 54 | Shri Jogesh Deuri | Agriculture | Assam |
| 55 | Shri Juzer Vasi | Science & Engg | Maharashtra |
| 56 | Shri Jyotish Debnath | Art | West Bengal |
| 57 | Shri K Pajanivel | Sports | Puducherry |
| 58 | Shri K Ramasamy | Science & Engg | Tamil Nadu |
| 59 | Shri K Vijay Kumar | Civil Service | Tamil Nadu |
| 60 | Shri Kabindra Purkayastha (Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Assam |
| 61 | Shri Kailash Chandra Pant | Lit & Education | Madhya Pradesh |
| 62 | Ms. Kalamandalam Vimala Menon | Art | Kerala |
| 63 | Shri Kewal Krishan Thakral | Medicine | Uttar Pradesh |
| 64 | Shri Khem Raj Sundriyal | Art | Haryana |
| 65 | Ms. Kollakal Devaki Amma G | Social Work | Kerala |
| 66 | Shri Krishnamurty Balasubramanian | Science & Engg | Telangana |
| 67 | Shri Kumar Bose | Art | West Bengal |
| 68 | Shri Kumarasamy Thangaraj | Science & Engg | Telangana |
| 69 | Prof. (Dr.) Lars-Christian Koch | Art | Germany |
| 70 | Ms. Liudmila Viktorovna Khokhlova | Lit & Education | Russia |
| 71 | Shri Madhavan Ranganathan | Art | Maharashtra |
| 72 | Shri Maganti Murali Mohan | Art | Andhra Pradesh |
| 73 | Shri Mahendra Kumar Mishra | Lit & Education | Odisha |
| 74 | Shri Mahendra Nath Roy | Lit & Education | West Bengal |
| 75 | Shri Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar | Lit & Education | Delhi |
| 76 | Ms. Mangala Kapoor | Lit & Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| 77 | Shri Mir Hajibhai Kasambhai | Art | Gujarat |
| 78 | Shri Mohan Nagar | Social Work | Madhya Pradesh |
| 79 | Shri Narayan Vyas | Archaeology | Madhya Pradesh |
| 80 | Shri Naresh Chandra Dev Varma | Lit & Education | Tripura |
| 81 | Shri Nilesh Vinodchandra Mandlewala | Social Work | Gujarat |
| 82 | Shri Nuruddin Ahmed | Art | Assam |
| 83 | Shri Othuvaar Thiruthani Swaminathan | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| 84 | Dr. Padma Gurmet | Medicine | Ladakh |
| 85 | Shri Palkonda Vijay Anand Reddy | Medicine | Telangana |
| 86 | Ms. Pokhila Lekthepi | Art | Assam |
| 87 | Dr. Prabhakar Basavprabhu Kore | Lit & Education | Karnataka |
| 88 | Shri Prateek Sharma | Medicine | USA |
| 89 | Shri Praveen Kumar | Sports | Uttar Pradesh |
| 90 | Shri Prem Lal Gautam | Science & Engg | Himachal Pradesh |
| 91 | Shri Prosenjit Chatterjee | Art | West Bengal |
| 92 | Dr. Punniamurthy Natesan | Medicine | Tamil Nadu |
| 93 | Shri R Krishnan (Posthumous) | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| 94 | Shri RVS Mani | Civil Service | Delhi |
| 95 | Shri Rabilal Tudu | Lit & Education | West Bengal |
| 96 | Shri Raghupat Singh (Posthumous) | Agriculture | Uttar Pradesh |
| 97 | Shri Raghuveer Tukaram Khedkar | Art | Maharashtra |
| 98 | Shri Rajastapathi Kaliappa Goundar | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| 99 | Shri Rajendra Prasad | Medicine | Uttar Pradesh |
| 100 | Shri Rama Reddy Mamidi (Posthumous) | Animal Husbandry | Telangana |
| 101 | Shri Ramamurthy Sreedher | Radio Broadcasting | Delhi |
| 102 | Shri Ramchandra Godbole & Ms. Suneeta Godbole (Duo) | Medicine | Chhattisgarh |
| 103 | Shri Ratilal Borisagar | Lit & Education | Gujarat |
| 104 | Shri Rohit Sharma | Sports | Maharashtra |
| 105 | Ms. S G Susheelamma | Social Work | Karnataka |
| 106 | Shri Sangyusang S Pongener | Art | Nagaland |
| 107 | Sant Niranjan Dass | Spiritualism | Punjab |
| 108 | Shri Sarat Kumar Patra | Art | Odisha |
| 109 | Shri Saroj Mandal | Medicine | West Bengal |
| 110 | Shri Satish Shah (Posthumous) | Art | Maharashtra |
| 111 | Shri Satyanarayan Nuwal | Trade & Industry | Maharashtra |
| 112 | Ms. Savita Punia | Sports | Haryana |
| 113 | Prof. Shafi Shauq | Lit & Education | J&K |
| 114 | Shri Shashi Shekhar Vempati | Lit & Education | Karnataka |
| 115 | Shri Shrirang Devaba Lad | Agriculture | Maharashtra |
| 116 | Ms. Shubha Venkatesha Iyengar | Science & Engg | Karnataka |
| 117 | Shri Shyam Sundar | Medicine | Uttar Pradesh |
| 118 | Shri Simanchal Patro | Art | Odisha |
| 119 | Ms. Sivasankari | Lit & Education | Tamil Nadu |
| 120 | Dr. Suresh Hanagavadi | Medicine | Karnataka |
| 121 | Swami Brahmdev Ji Maharaj | Social Work | Rajasthan |
| 122 | Shri TT Jagannathan (Posthumous) | Trade & Industry | Karnataka |
| 123 | Shri Taga Ram Bheel | Art | Rajasthan |
| 124 | Shri Tarun Bhattacharya | Art | West Bengal |
| 125 | Shri Techi Gubin | Social Work | Arunachal Pradesh |
| 126 | Shri Thiruvaarur Bakthavathsalam | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| 127 | Ms. Tripti Mukherjee | Art | West Bengal |
| 128 | Shri Veezhinathan Kamakoti | Science & Engg | Tamil Nadu |
| 129 | Shri Vempaty Kutumba Sastry | Lit & Education | Andhra Pradesh |
| 130 | Shri Vladimer Mestvirishvili (Posthumous) | Sports | Georgia |
| 131 | Shri Yumnam Jatra Singh (Posthumous) | Art | Manipur |
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Conclusion
The announcement of the Padma Awards 2026 once again underscores India’s commitment to honoring individuals who have shaped the nation through talent, leadership, and selfless service. From Dharmendra’s timeless contribution to Indian cinema, Shibu Soren’s lifelong dedication to tribal rights and public service, to Rohit Sharma’s remarkable impact on Indian cricket, each awardee represents excellence in their respective domain.
These honors not only celebrate personal achievements but also inspire future generations to contribute meaningfully to society. As the nation applauds the Padma Award recipients of 2026, the awards continue to stand as a symbol of gratitude, recognition, and national pride.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Q1. What are the Padma Awards?
The Padma Awards are among India’s highest civilian honors, given annually in three categories: Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri for distinguished service in various fields.
Q2. When were the Padma Awards 2026 announced?
The Padma Awards 2026 were announced by the Government of India ahead of Republic Day 2026.
Q3. Who are some prominent recipients of Padma Awards 2026?
Notable honorees include Dharmendra, Shibu Soren, and Rohit Sharma, along with several other distinguished personalities from different fields.
Q4. Why was Dharmendra selected for the Padma Award?
Dharmendra was honored for his decades-long contribution to Indian cinema, his cultural impact, and his role in shaping the Hindi film industry.
Q5. What contribution of Shibu Soren led to his recognition?
Shibu Soren was recognized for his lifelong work in tribal welfare, social justice, and public service, especially in Jharkhand.
Q6. Why did Rohit Sharma receive the Padma Award?
Rohit Sharma was honored for his outstanding achievements in Indian cricket, leadership as team captain, and contribution to India’s success in international cricket.
Q7. How many Padma Awards are given each year?
The number varies each year, but the government usually confers around 120 Padma Awards, including posthumous awards.
