The President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu presented Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri Awards for the year 2026 at the Civil Investiture Ceremony-I held at Rashtrapati Bhavan on May 25th 2026. Among the dignitaries present on the occasion were the Vice President of India, Prime Minister of India and Union Minister for Home Affairs.
Padma Vibhushan
Shri Dharmendra Singh Deol (Posthumous)
Dr. Smt. N. Rajam
Padma Bhushan
Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh
Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari
Shri Uday Sureshkumar Kotak
Prof. Vijay Kumar Malhotra (Posthumous)
Dr. Kallipatti Ramasamy Palaniswamy
Shri Piyush Pandey (Posthumous)
Padma Shri
Shri Bishwa Bandhu (Posthumous)
Shri Bharat Singh Bharti
Shri Taga Ram Bheel
Ms. Harmanpreet Kaur Bhullar
Shri Ratilal Mohanlal Borisagar
Shri Kumar Bose
Shri Janardan Bapurao Bothe
Swami Brahamdev
Shri Prosenjit Chatterjee
Smt. Devaki Amma G
Dr. Ramchandra Godbole
Smt. Suneeta Godbole
Shri Techi Gubin
Dr. H. V. Hande
Shri Gafruddin Mewati Jogi
Shri Mir Haji Kasam
Shri Raguvir Khedkar
Shri R. Krishnan Kitna (Posthumous)
Prof. Dr. Lars-Christian Koch
Prof. Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar
Shri Praveen Kumar
Shri K Vijay Kumar
Shri Shrirang Devba Lad
Shri Ankegowda M
Professor (Dr.) Saroj Mandal
Prof. Buddha Rashmi Mani
Shri Nilesh Vinodchandra Mandlewala
Dr. Mahendra Kumar Mishra
Smt. Tripti Mukherjee
Shri Harimadhab Mukhopadhyay (Posthumous)
Dr. A. E. Muthunayagam
Shri Satyanarayan Nandlal Nuwal
Shri K. Pajanivel
Shri Dharmiklal Chunilal Pandya
Shri Kailash Chandra Pant
Shri Garimella Balakrishna Prasad (Posthumous)
Prof. (Dr.) Rajendra Prasad
Dr. Guduru Venkat Rao
Smt. Deepika Reddy
Dr. Palkonda Vijay Anand Reddy
Shri Haricharan Saikia
Prof. Vempatty Kutumba Sastry
Prof. Shafi Shauq
Shri Baldev Singh
Shri Yumnam Jatra Singh (Posthumous)
Dr. Ashok Kumar Singh
Smt. Sivasankari
Dr. R. Sreedher
Prof. Shyam Sundar
Dr. S. G. Susheelamma
Shri N. Swaminathan
Dr. Kewal Krishan Thakral
Dr. Gopal Ji Trivedi (Posthumous)
Shri Arvind Vaidya
Prof. Juzer Vasi
Dr. Narayan Vyas
Shri Hally War
Prof. Gambir Singh Yonzone
