On the eve of 70th Republic Day of India Union Home Ministry announced the name of Padma Awards winners.
- Padma Awards are one of the highest civilian Awards of the country and are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.
- The Awards are given in various disciplines/ fields of activities, viz.- art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. ‘Padma Vibhushan’ is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service; ‘Padma Bhushan’ for distinguished service of high order and ‘Padma Shri’ for distinguished service in any field. The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year.
- These awards are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March/ April every year.
- This year the President of India has approved conferment of 112 Padma Awards including one duo case (in a duo case, the Award is counted as one) as per list below. The list comprises 4 Padma Vibhushan, 14 Padma Bhushan and 94 Padma Shri Awards. 21 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 11 persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI, 3 Posthumous awardees and 1 transgender person.
COMPLETE LIST OF PADMA AMWARDS WINNERS
PADMA VIBHUSHAN (4)
| S.No | Name | Field | State |
| | Ms. Teejan Bai
| Art-Vocals-Folk | Chhattisgarh |
| | Shri Ismail Omar Guelleh (Foreigner) | Public Affairs | Djibouti |
| | Shri Anilkumar Manibhai Naik
| Trade & Industry-Infrastructure | Maharashtra |
| | Shri Balwant Moreshwar Purandare | Art-Acting-Theatre | Maharashtra |
PADMA BHUSHAN- (14)
| S.No | Name | Field | State |
| | Shri John Chambers (Foreigner) | Trade & Industry-Technology | USA |
| | Shri Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa
| Public Affairs | Punjab |
| | Shri Pravin Gordhan (Foreigner) | Public Affairs | South Africa |
| | Shri Mahashay Dharam Pal Gulati | Trade & Industry-Food Processing | Delhi |
| | Shri Darshan Lal Jain | Social Work | Haryana |
| | Shri Ashok Laxmanrao Kukade | Medicine-Affordable Healthcare | Maharashtra |
| | Shri Kariya Munda | Public Affairs | Jharkhand |
| | Shri Budhaditya Mukherjee | Art-Music-Sitar | West Bengal |
| | Shri Mohanlal Viswanathan Nair | Art-Acting-Film | Kerala |
| | Shri S Nambi Narayan | Science & Engineering-Space | Kerala |
| | Shri Kuldip Nayar (Posthumous) | Literature & Education (Journalism) | Delhi |
| | Ms. Bachendri Pal | Sports-Mountaineering | Uttarakhand |
| | Shri V K Shunglu | Civil Service | Delhi |
| | Shri Hukumdev Narayan Yadav | Public Affairs | Bihar |
PADMA SHRI- (94)
| S.No | Name | Field | State |
| | Shri Rajeshwar Acharya
| Art-Vocal-Hindustani | Uttar Pradesh |
| | Shri Bangaru Adigalar | Others-Spiritualism | Tamil Nadu |
| | Shri Illias Ali | Medicine-Surgery | Assam |
| | Shri Manoj Bajpayee | Art-Acting-Films | Maharashtra |
| | Shri Uddhab Kumar Bharali | Science & Engineering-Grassroots Innovation | Assam |
| | Shri Omesh Kumar Bharti | Medicine-Rabies | Himachal Pradesh |
| | Shri Pritam Bhartwan | Art-Vocals-Folk | Uttarakhand |
| | Shri Jyoti Bhatt | Art-Painting | Gujarat |
| | Shri Dilip Chakravarty | Others-Archaeology | Delhi |
| | Shri Mammen Chandy | Medicine-Hematology | West Bengal |
| | Shri Swapan Chaudhuri | Art-Music-Tabla | West Bengal |
| | Shri Kanwal Singh Chauhan | Others-Agriculture | Haryana |
| | Shri Sunil Chhetri | Sports-Football | Telangana |
| | Shri Dinyar Contractor | Art-Acting-Theatre | Maharashtra |
| | Ms. Muktaben Pankajkumar Dagli | Social Work-Divyang Welfare | Gujarat |
| | Shri Babulal Dahiya | Others-Agriculture | Madhya Pradesh |
| | Shri Thanga Darlong | Art-Music-Flute | Tripura |
| | Shri Prabhu Deva
| Art-Dance | Karnataka |
| | Ms. Rajkumari Devi | Others-Agriculture | Bihar |
| | Ms. Bhagirathi Devi | Public Affairs | Bihar |
| | Shri Baldev Singh Dhillon | Science & Engineering-Agriculture | Punjab |
| | Ms. Harika Dronavalli | Sports-Chess | Andhra Pradesh |
| | Ms. Godawari Dutta | Art-Painting | Bihar |
| | Shri Gautam Gambhir
| Sports-Cricket | Delhi |
| | Ms. Draupadi Ghimiray | Social Work-Divyang Welfare | Sikkim |
| | Ms. Rohini Godbole | Science & Engineering-Nuclear | Karnataka |
| | Shri Sandeep Guleria | Medicine-Surgery | Delhi |
| | Shri Pratap Singh Hardia | Medicine- Ophthmology | Madhya Pradesh |
| | Shri Bulu Imam | Social Work-Culture | Jharkhand |
| | Ms. Friederike Irina (Foreigner) | Social Work-Animal Welfare | Germany |
| | Shri Joravarsinh Jadav | Art-Dance Folk | Gujarat |
| | Shri S Jaishankar | Civil Service | Delhi |
| | Shri Narsingh Dev Jamwal | Literature & Education | Jammu & Kashmir |
| | Shri Fayaz Ahmad Jan | Art-Craft-Papier Mache | Jammu & Kashmir |
| | Shri K G Jayan | Art-Music-Bhakti | Kerala |
| | Shri Subhash Kak (Foreigner) | Science & Engineering-Technology | USA |
| | Shri Sharath Kamal | Sports-Table Tennis | Tamil Nadu |
| | Shri Rajani Kant | Social Work | Uttar Pradesh |
| | Shri Sudam Kate | Medicine-Sickle Cell | Maharashtra |
| | Shri Waman Kendre | Art-Acting-Theatre | Maharashtra |
| | Shri Kader Khan (Posthumous-Foreigner) | Art-Acting-Films | Canada |
| | Shri Abdul Gafur Khatri | Art-Painting | Gujarat |
| | Shri Ravindra Kolhe (Duo)* | Medicine-Affordable Healthcare | Maharashtra |
| Ms. Smita Kolhe (Duo)* | Medicine-Affordable Healthcare | Maharashtra | |
| | Ms. Bombayla Devi Laishram | Sports-Archery | Manipur |
| | Shri Kailash Madbaiya | Literature & Education | Madhya Pradesh |
| | Shri Ramesh Babaji Maharaj | Social Work-Animal Welfare | Uttar Pradesh |
| | Shri Vallabhbhai Vasrambhai Marvaniya | Others-Agriculture | Gujarat |
| | Ms. Gita Mehta (Foreigner) | Literature & Education | USA |
| | Shri Shadab Mohammad | Medicine-Dentistry | Uttar Pradesh |
| | Shri K K Muhammed | Others-Archaeology | Kerala |
| | Shri Shyama Prasad Mukherjee | Medicine-Affordable Healthcare | Jharkhand |
| | Shri Daitari Naik
| Social Work | Odisha |
| | Shri Shankar Mahadevan Narayan | Art-Vocals-Films | Maharashtra |
| | Shri Shantanu Narayen (Foreigner) | Trade & Industry-Technology | USA |
| | Nartaki Natraj | Art-Dance-Bharatnatyam | Tamil Nadu |
| | Shri Tsering Norboo | Medicine-Surgery | Jammu & Kashmir |
| | Shri Anup Ranjan Pandey | Art-Music | Chhattisgarh |
| | Shri Jagdish Prasad Parikh | Others-Agriculture | Rajasthan |
| | Shri Ganpatbhai Patel (Foreigner) | Literature & Education | USA |
| | Shri Bimal Patel | Others-Architecture | Gujarat |
| | Shri Hukumchand Patidar | Others-Agriculture | Rajasthan |
| | Shri Harvinder Singh Phoolka | Public Affairs | Punjab |
| | Ms. Madurai Chinna Pillai | Social Work-Microfinance | Tamil Nadu |
| | Ms. Tao Porchon-Lynch (Foreigner) | Others-Yoga | USA |
| | Ms. Kamala Pujhari | Others-Agriculture | Odisha |
| | Shri Bajrang Punia
| Sports-Wrestling | Haryana |
| | Shri Jagat Ram | Medicine-Ophthalmology | Chandigarh |
| | Shri R V Ramani | Medicine-Ophthalmology | Tamil Nadu |
| | Shri Devarapalli Prakash Rao | Social Work-Affordable Education | Odisha |
| | Shri Anup Sah | Art-Photography | Uttarakhand |
| | Ms. Milena Salvini (Foreigner) | Art-Dance-Kathakali | France |
| | Shri Nagindas Sanghavi | Literature & Education-Journalism | Maharashtra |
| | Shri Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry | Art-Lyrics | Telangana |
| | Shri Shabbir Sayyad | Social Work-Animal Welfare | Maharashtra |
| | Shri Mahesh Sharma | Social Work-Tribal Welfare | Madhya Pradesh |
| | Shri Mohammad Hanif Khan Shastri | Literature & Education | Delhi |
| | Shri Brijesh Kumar Shukla | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| | Shri Narendra Singh | Others-Animal Husbandry | Haryana |
| | Ms. Prashanti Singh | Sports-Basketball | Uttar Pradesh |
| | Shri Sultan Singh | Others-Animal Husbandry | Haryana |
| | Shri Jyoti Kumar Sinha | Social Work-Affordable Education | Bihar |
| | Shri Anandan Sivamani | Art-Music | Tamil Nadu |
| | Ms. Sharada Srinivasan | Others-Archaeology | Karnataka |
| | Shri Devendra Swarup (Posthumous) | Literature & Education-Journalism | Uttar Pradesh |
| | Shri Ajay Thakur | Sports-Kabaddi | Himachal Pradesh |
| | Shri Rajeev Tharanath | Art-Music-Sarod | Karnataka |
| | Ms. Saalumarada Thimmakka | Social Work-Environment | Karnataka |
| | Ms. Jamuna Tudu | Social Work-Environment | Jharkhand |
| | Shri Bharat Bhushan Tyagi | Others-Agriculture | Uttar Pradesh |
| | Shri Ramaswami Venkataswami | Medicine-Surgery | Tamil Nadu |
| | Shri Ram Saran Verma | Others-Agriculture | Uttar Pradesh |
| | Shri Swami Vishudhananda | Others-Spiritualism | Kerala |
| | Shri Hiralal Yadav | Art-Vocals-Folk | Uttar Pradesh |
| | Shri Venkateswara Rao Yadlapalli | Others-Agriculture | Andhra Pradesh |
