New Delhi, Jan 25: The Centre on Monday announced the Padma Awards for 2026, with 131 individuals selected for the country’s civilian honours. The list includes five Padma Vibhushan, 13 Padma Bhushan and 113 Padma Shri awardees, recognising contributions across various fields.

From Odisha, four personalities have been selected for the Padma Shri award.

In the field of Literature and Education, Charan Hembrom and Mahendra Kumar Mishra will be honoured with the Padma Shri. In the field of Arts, Sarat Kumar Patra and Simanchal Patro have been selected for the award.

Charan Hembrom is a well-known Santhali writer. Simanchal Patro is associated with Sakhi Nata Theatre as a performing artist.

Padma Vibhushan
Veteran actor Dharmendra Singh Deol will be awarded the Padma Vibhushan posthumously in the field of Arts. Other recipients include KT Thomas (Public Affairs, Kerala), N Rajam (Arts, Uttar Pradesh), P Narayanan (Literature and Education, Kerala), and VS Achuthanandan (Public Affairs, Kerala), all of whom will be honoured posthumously.

Padma Bhushan Awardees

Alka Yagnik
Bhagat Singh Koshyari
Kalpatti Ramasamy Palanisamy
Mammootty
Dr. Nori Dattatreyudu
Piyush Pandey (Posthumous)
K M Maelanandhan
Shatavadhani R Ganesh
Sibbu Soren (Posthumous)
Uday Kotak
V K Malhotra (Posthumous)
Vellappally Natesan
Vijay Amritraj

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Padma Shri Awardees

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 Ladkya Dhinda
Bishwa Bandhu (Posthumous)
Biju Lal Bhat
Buddha Rashmi Mani
Dr. Budhri Tati
Chandramouli Gaddamanugu
Charan Hembram
Chiranj Lal Yadav
Deepika Reddy
Dharmiklal Chunilal Pandya
Gadde Babu Rajendra Prasad
Garudim Mevari Jogi
Gambir Singh Yonzon
Gariellam Balakrishna Prasad (Posthumous)
Gayatri Balasubramanian and Ranjani Balasubramanian (Duo)
Gopal Ji Tiwari
Guduru Venkat Rao
H V Hande
Hally War
Hari Madhab Mukhopadhyay (Posthumous)
Haricharan Saikia
Harmanpreet Kaur Bhullar
Inderjit Singh Sidhu
Janardan Bapusaheb Bothe
Jogesh Deuri
Juzer Vasi
Jyotish Debnath
K Pajnivel
K Ramasamy
K Vijay Kumar
Kabindra Purkayastha (Posthumous)
Kailash Chandra Pant
Kalamandalam Vimala Menon
Kewal Krishan Thakral
Khem Raj Sundriyal
Kollakal Devaki Amma G
Krishnamurthy Balasubramanian
Kumar Bose
Kumaraswamy Thangarai
Prof. 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 Mandelwala
Nuruddin Ahmed
Othuvaar Thirunathi Swaminathan
Dr. Padma Gurmet
Palkonda Vijay Anand Reddy
Pokhila Lekbari
Dr. Prabhakar Basavaprabhu Kore
Prateek Sharma
Praveen Kumar
Prem Lal Gautam
Prosenjit Chatterjee
Dr. Punnamurthy Natesan
R Krishnan (Posthumous)
R V S Mani
Rabital Tudu
Raghupati Singh (Posthumous)
Raghuveer Tukaram Khedkar
Rajasapathi Kalappa Gounder
Rajendra Prasad
Rama Reddy Mandadi (Posthumous)
Ramamurthy Sreer
Ramchandra Godbole and Suneeta Godbole (Duo)
Ratilal Borisagar
Rohit Sharma
S G Susheelamma
Sangyusang S Pogner
Niranjan Dass
Sarat Kumar Patra
Saroj Mandal
Satish Shah (Posthumous)
Satyanarayan Nuwal
Savita Punia
Prof. Shafi Shaug
Shashi Shekhar Vempati
Shrirang Devaba Lad
Shubha Venkatesha Iyengar
Shyam Sundar
Simanchal Patro
Sivasankari
Dr. Suresh Hangavadi
Brahmdev Ji Maharaj
T Jagannathan (Posthumous)
Taga Ram Bheel
Tarun Bhattacharya
Techie Gubin
Thiruvarur Bakthavatsalam
Tripti Mukherjee
Vezhinathan Kamakoti
Vempaty Kutumba Sastry
Vladimir Mestvirishvili (Posthumous)
Yumna Jatra Singh (Posthumous)