Dharmendra, Rohit Sharma, V S Achuthanandan honoured with Padma Awards 2026 — Full list inside

Legendary actor Dharmendra Singh Deol and former Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan have been conferred the Padma Vibhushan posthumously, while celebrated Malayalam cinema icon Mammootty has been awarded the Padma Bhushan.

Actors R Madhavan and Prosenjit Chatterjee have received the Padma Shri.

Renowned Bollywood playback singer Alka Yagnik has also been named for the Padma Bhushan.

Indian cricket stars Rohit Sharma, the T20 World Cup–winning captain, and Harmanpreet Kaur, who led India to World Cup glory, have been honoured with the Padma Shri.

According to a press note issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Padma Awards—among India’s highest civilian honours—are conferred in three categories:

Padma Vibhushan for exceptional and distinguished service

Padma Bhushan for distinguished service of a high order

Padma Shri for distinguished service in any field

The awards are announced annually on the occasion of Republic Day.

For 2026, the President of India has approved 131 Padma Awards, including five Padma Vibhushan, 13 Padma Bhushan, and 113 Padma Shri honours. The list features 19 women awardees, six foreign nationals / NRI / PIO / OCI recipients, 16 posthumous awards, and two duo cases counted as single honours.

Dharmendra, whose illustrious career spanned over six decades, remains one of the most enduring figures of popular Hindi cinema. V S Achuthanandan is remembered as one of Kerala’s most influential political leaders, known for his firm administrative stance and long public life. Mammootty, honoured with the Padma Bhushan, is widely regarded as one of India’s finest actors, with an acclaimed body of work across multiple languages.

The Padma Awards will be formally conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions held at Rashtrapati Bhavan, usually during March–April each year.

FULL LIST OF PADMA AWARDEES 2026

Padma Vibhushan

Dharmendra Singh Deol (Posthumous)

K T Thomas

N Rajam

P Narayanan

V S Achuthanandan (Posthumous)

Padma Bhushan

Alka Yagnik

Bhagat Singh Koshyari

Kallipatti Ramasamy Palaniswamy

Mammootty

Nori Dattatreyudu

Piyush Pandey (Posthumous)

S K M Maeilanandhan

Shatavadhani R Ganesh

Shibu Soren (Posthumous)

Uday Kotak

V K Malhotra (Posthumous)

Vellappally Natesan

Vijay Amritraj

Padma Shri

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

Ranjani Balasubramanian

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

Kollakal 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

Suneeta Godbole

Ratilal Borisagar

Rohit Sharma

S G Susheelamma

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)