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The President of India is pleased to confer the Padma Awards for the year 2026.

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The President's Secretariat issued a notification (F. No. 74 - Pres/2026) on May 25, 2026, announcing the conferment of the prestigious Padma Awards for the year 2026 by the President of India. The awards are categorized into Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri. Two individuals were honored with the Padma Vibhushan, six with the Padma Bhushan, and fifty-seven with the Padma Shri. Recipients, including several posthumous awards, were recognized across a wide range of fields such as Art, Public Affairs, Trade and Industry, Medicine, Sports, Literature and Education, Social Work, Science and Engineering, Civil Service, Agriculture, Archaeology, and Radio Broadcasting, representing various states across India and one international recipient from Germany.

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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-25052026-272857 EXTRAORDINARY PART I-Section 1 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 141] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, MAY 25, 2026/JYAISTHA 4, 1948 PRESIDENT'S SECRETARIAT NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 25th May, 2026 F. No. 74 - Pres/2026.β€”The President of India is pleased to confer the following Awards for the year 2026: Padma Vibhushan +-----+-------------------------------------------------------+ | 1. | Shri Dharmendra Singh Deol (Posthumous), Art, Maharashtra | | 2. | Dr. (Smt.) N. Rajam, Art, Uttar Pradesh | +-----+-------------------------------------------------------+ Padma Bhushan +-----+-----------------------------------------------------------------+ | 1. | Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh, Art, Karnataka | | 2. | Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari, Public Affairs, Uttarakhand | | 3. | Shri Uday Sureshkumar Kotak, Trade and Industry, Maharashtra | | 4. | Prof. Vijay Kumar Malhotra (Posthumous), Public Affairs, Delhi | | 5. | Dr. Kallipatti Ramasamy Palaniswamy, Medicine, Tamil Nadu | | 6. | Shri Piyush Pandey (Posthumous), Art, Maharashtra | +-----+-----------------------------------------------------------------+ Padma Shri +-----+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | 1. | Shri Bishwa Bandhu (Posthumous), Art, Bihar | | 2. | Shri Bharat Singh Bharti, Art, Bihar | | 3. | Shri Taga Ram Bheel, Art, Rajasthan | | 4. | Ms. Harmanpreet Kaur Bhullar, Sports, Punjab | | 5. | Shri Ratilal Mohanlal Borisagar, Literature and Education, Gujarat | | 6. | Shri Kumar Bose, Art, West Bengal | | 7. | Shri Janardan Bapurao Bothe, Social Work, Maharashtra | | 8. | Swami Brahamdev, Social Work, Rajasthan | | 9. | Shri Prosenjit Chatterjee, Art, West Bengal | | 10. | Smt. Devaki Amma G, Social Work, Kerala | | 11. | Dr. Ramchandra Godbole and Smt. Suneeta Godbole (Duo), Medicine, Chhattisgarh | | 12. | Shri Techi Gubin, Social Work, Arunachal Pradesh | | 13. | Dr. H. V. Hande, Medicine, Tamil Nadu | | 14. | Shri Gafaruddin Mewati Jogi, Art, Rajasthan | | 15. | Shri Mir Haji Kasam, Art, Gujarat | | 16. | Shri Raghuvir Khedkar, Art, Maharashtra | | 17. | Shri R. Krishnan Kitna (Posthumous), Art, Tamil Nadu | | 18. | Prof. Dr. Lars-Christian Koch, Art, Germany | | 19. | Prof. Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar, Literature and Education, Delhi | | 20. | Shri Praveen Kumar, Sports, Uttar Pradesh | | 21. | Shri K. Vijay Kumar, Civil Service, Tamil Nadu | | 22. | Shri Shrirang Devba Lad, Agriculture, Maharashtra | | 23. | Shri Ankegowda M, Social Work, Karnataka | | 24. | Professor (Dr.) Saroj Mandal, Medicine, West Bengal | | 25. | Prof. Buddha Rashmi Mani, Archaeology, Uttar Pradesh | | 26. | Shri Nilesh Vinodchandra Mandlewala, Social Work, Gujarat | | 27. | Dr. Mahendra Kumar Mishra, Literature and Education, Odisha | | 28. | Smt. Tripti Mukherjee, Art, West Bengal | | 29. | Shri Harimadhab Mukhopadhyay (Posthumous), Art, West Bengal | | 30. | Dr. A. E. Muthunayagam, Science and Engineering, Kerala | | 31. | Shri Satyanarayan Nandlal Nuwal, Trade and Industry, Maharashtra | | 32. | Shri K. Pajanivel, Sports, Puducherry | | 33. | Shri Dharmiklal Chunilal Pandya, Art, Gujarat | | 34. | Shri Kailash Chandra Pant, Literature and Education, Madhya Pradesh | | 35. | Shri Garimella Balakrishna Prasad (Posthumous), Art, Andhra Pradesh | | 36. | Prof. (Dr.) Rajendra Prasad, Medicine, Uttar Pradesh | | 37. | Dr. Guduru Venkat Rao, Medicine, Telangana | | 38. | Smt. Deepika Reddy, Art, Telangana | | 39. | Dr. Palkonda Vijay Anand Reddy, Medicine, Telangana | | 40. | Shri Haricharan Saikia, Art, Assam | | 41. | Prof. Vempaty Kutumba Sastry, Literature and Education, Andhra Pradesh| | 42. | Prof. Shafi Shauq, Literature and Education, Jammu and Kashmir | | 43. | Shri Baldev Singh, Sports, Punjab | | 44. | Shri Yumnam Jatra Singh (Posthumous), Art, Manipur | | 45. | Dr. Ashok Kumar Singh, Science and Engineering, Uttar Pradesh | | 46. | Smt. Sivasankari, Literature and Education, Tamil Nadu | | 47. | Dr. R. Sreedher, Radio Broadcasting, Tamil Nadu | | 48. | Prof. Shyam Sundar, Medicine, Uttar Pradesh | | 49. | Dr. S. G. Susheelamma, Social Work, Karnataka | | 50. | Shri N. Swaminathan, Art, Tamil Nadu | | 51. | Dr. Kewal Krishan Thakral, Medicine, Uttar Pradesh | | 52. | Dr. Gopal Ji Trivedi (Posthumous), Science and Engineering, Bihar | | 53. | Shri Arvind Vaidya, Art, Gujarat | | 54. | Prof. Juzer Vasi, Science and Engineering, Maharashtra | | 55. | Dr. Narayan Vyas, Archaeology, Madhya Pradesh | | 56. | Shri Hally War, Social Work, Meghalaya | | 57. | Prof. Gambir Singh Yonzone, Literature and Education, West Bengal | +-----+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ DEEPTI UMASHANKAR, Secy. to the President

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