Updated on 26-January-2019: Padma Shri is the fourth highest civilian award conferred by the Government of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. The Padma Shri is announced every year on January 26, on the occasion of India’s Republic Day.
The Padma Shri, like the other Padma Awards, was instituted in 1954. It is awarded to Indian citizens in recognition of their distinguished contributions in a variety of fields, such as arts and literature, business, industry, sports, science, medicine, public affairs and social service. It has also been awarded to non-citizens who have contributed to India in various ways.
Not more than 120 Padma Shris can be given during any one calendar year. The Padma Awards Committee draws a short list of the candidates to be awarded the Padma Shri based on recommendations from members of parliament, state governments, chief ministers, governors, eminent citizens, institutions of excellent and ministers of the central government.
The recommendations are presented to the Prime Minister, who takes the final decision with help from the Principal Secretary, Home Secretary, Cabinet secretary and Secretary to the President. The Prime Minister conveys his decision to the President, who confers the award to the recipients at a glittering function at the Rashtrapati Bhawan.
The award consists of a certificate (Sanad) issued with the seal of the President and a medallion. The recipients are not given any cash prize and receive no monetary benefits such as allowances. As of 2017, 2,755 individuals have been conferred the Padma Shri.
This year 2019, the President of India has approved conferment of 94 Padma Shri Awardees. Application These awards are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March/ April every year.
Shri Rajeshwar Acharya (Art-Vocal-Hindustani)
Shri Bangaru Adigalar(Others-Spiritualism)
Shri Illias Ali (Medicine-Surgery)
Shri Manoj Bajpayee (Art-Acting-Films)
Shri Uddhab Kumar Bharali (Science & Engineering-Grassroots Innovation)
Shri Omesh Kumar Bharti (Medicine-Rabies)
Shri Pritam Bhartwan (Art-Vocals-Folk)
Shri Jyoti Bhatt (Art-Painting)
Shri Dilip Chakravarty (Others-Archaeology)
Shri Mammen Chandy (Medicine-Hematology)
Shri Swapan Chaudhuri (Art-Music-Tabla)
Shri Kanwal Singh Chauhan
Shri Sunil Chhetri (Sports-Football)
Shri Dinyar Contractor (Art-Acting-Theatre)
Ms. Muktaben Pankajkumar Dagli (Social Work-Divyang Welfare)
Shri Babulal Dahiya (Others-Agriculture)
Shri Thanga Darlong (Art-Music-Flute)
Shri Prabhu Deva (Art-Dance)
Ms. Rajkumari Devi (Others-Agriculture)
Ms. Bhagirathi Devi (Public Affairs)
Shri Baldev Singh Dhillon (Science & Engineering-Agriculture)
Ms. Harika Dronavalli (Sports-Chess)
Ms. Godawari Dutta (Art-Painting)
Shri Gautam Gambhir (Sports-Cricket)
Ms. Draupadi Ghimiray (Social Work-Divyang Welfare)
Ms. Rohini Godbole (Science & Engineering-Nuclear)
Shri Sandeep Guleria (Medicine-Surgery)
Shri Pratap Singh Hardia (Medicine- Ophthmology)
Shri Bulu Imam (Social Work-Culture)
Ms. Friederike Irina (Foreigner) (Social Work-Animal Welfare)
Shri Joravarsinh Jadav (Art-Dance Folk)
Shri S Jaishankar (Civil Service)
Shri Narsingh Dev Jamwal (Literature & Education)
Shri Fayaz Ahmad Jan (Art-Craft-Papier Mache)
Shri K G Jayan (Art-Music-Bhakti)
Shri Subhash Kak (Foreigner) (Science & Engineering-Technology)
Shri Sharath Kamal (Sports-Table Tennis)
Shri Rajani Kant (Social Work)
Shri Sudam Kate (Medicine-Sickle Cell)
Shri Waman Kendre (Art-Acting-Theatre)
Shri Kader Khan (Posthumous-Foreigner) (Art-Acting-Films)
Shri Abdul Gafur Khatri (Art-Painting)
Shri Ravindra Kolhe and Ms. Smita Kolhe (Medicine-Affordable Healthcare)
Ms. Bombayla Devi Laishram (Sports-Archery)
Shri Kailash Madbaiya (Literature & Education)
Shri Ramesh Babaji Maharaj (Social Work-Animal Welfare)
Shri Vallabhbhai Vasrambhai Marvaniya (Others-Agriculture)
Ms. Gita Mehta (Foreigner) (Literature & Education)
Shri Shadab Mohammad (Medicine-Dentistry)
Shri K K Muhammed (Others-Archaeology)
Shri Shyama Prasad Mukherjee (Medicine-Affordable Healthcare)
Shri Daitari Naik (Social Work)
Shri Shankar Mahadevan Narayan (Art-Vocals-Films)
Shri Shantanu Narayen (Foreigner) (Trade & Industry-Technology)
Nartaki Natraj (Art-Dance-Bharatnatyam)
Shri Tsering Norboo (Medicine-Surgery)
Shri Anup Ranjan Pandey (Art-Music)
Shri Jagdish Prasad Parikh (Others-Agriculture)
Shri Ganpatbhai Patel (Foreigner) (Literature & Education)
Shri Bimal Patel (Others-Architecture)
Shri Hukumchand Patidar (Others-Agriculture)
Shri Harvinder Singh Phoolka (Public Affairs)
Ms. Madurai Chinna Pillai (Social Work-Microfinance)
Ms. Tao Porchon-Lynch (Foreigner) (Others-Yoga)
Ms. Kamala Pujhari (Others-Agriculture)
Shri Bajrang Punia (Sports-Wrestling)
Shri Jagat Ram (Medicine-Ophthalmology)
Shri R V Ramani (Medicine-Ophthalmology)
Shri Devarapalli Prakash Rao (Social Work-Affordable Education)
Shri Anup Sah (Art-Photography)
Ms. Milena Salvini (Foreigner) (Art-Dance-Kathakali)
Shri Nagindas Sanghavi (Literature & Education-Journalism)
Shri Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry (Art-Lyrics)
Shri Shabbir Sayyad (Social Work-Animal Welfare)
Shri Mahesh Sharma (Social Work-Tribal Welfare)
Shri Mohammad Hanif Khan Shastri (Literature & Education)
Shri Brijesh Kumar Shukla (Literature & Education)
Shri Narendra Singh (Others-Animal Husbandry)
Ms. Prashanti Singh (Sports-Basketball)
Shri Sultan Singh (Others-Animal Husbandry)
Shri Jyoti Kumar Sinha (Social Work-Affordable Education)
Shri Anandan Sivamani (Art-Music)
Ms. Sharada Srinivasan (Others-Archaeology)
Shri Devendra Swarup (Posthumous) (Literature & Education-Journalism)
Shri Ajay Thakur (Sports-Kabaddi)
Shri Rajeev Tharanath (Art-Music-Sarod)
Ms. Saalumarada Thimmakka (Social Work-Environment)
Ms. Jamuna Tudu (Social Work-Environment)
Shri Bharat Bhushan Tyagi (Others-Agriculture)
Shri Ramaswami Venkataswami (Medicine-Surgery)
Shri Ram Saran Verma (Others-Agriculture)
Shri Swami Vishudhananda (Others-Spiritualism)
Shri Hiralal Yadav (Art-Vocals-Folk)
Shri Venkateswara Rao Yadlapalli (Others-Agriculture)
This year 2018, the President of India has approved conferment of 73 Padma Shri Awardees.
| Name | Field | State |
| Shri Abhay Bang (Duo) | Medicine | Maharashtra |
| Shri Damodar Ganesh Bapat | Social Work | Chhattisgarh |
| Shri Prafulla Govinda Baruah | Literature and Education-Journalism | Assam |
| Shri Mohan Swaroop Bhatia | Art-Folk Music | Uttar Pradesh |
| Shri Sudhanshu Biswas | Social Work | West Bengal |
| Ms. Saikhom Mirabai Chanu | Sports-Weightlifting | Manipur |
| Shri Pandit Shyamlal Chaturvedi | Literature and Education-Journalism | Chhattisgarh |
| Shri Jose Ma Joey Concepcion III (Foreigner) | Trade & Industry | Philippines |
| Ms. Langpoklakpam Subadani Devi | Art-Weaving | Manipur |
| Shri Somdev Devvarman | Sports-Tennis | Tripura |
| Shri Yeshi Dhoden | Medicine | Himachal Pradesh |
| Shri Arup Kumar Dutta | Literature and Education | Assam |
| Shri Doddarange Gowda | Art-Lyrics | Karnataka |
| Shri Arvind Gupta | Literature and Education | Maharashtra |
| Shri Digamber Hansda | Literature and Education | Jharkhand |
| Shri Ramli Bin Ibrahim (Foreigner) | Art-Dance | Malaysia |
| Shri Anwar Jalalpuri (Posthumous) | Literature and Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| Shri Piyong Temjen Jamir | Literature and Education | Nagaland |
| Ms. Sitavva Joddati | Social Work | Karnataka |
| Ms. Malti Joshi | Literature and Education | Madhya Pradesh |
| Shri Manoj Joshi | Art-Acting | Maharashtra |
| Shri Rameshwarlal Kabra | Trade & Industry | Maharashtra |
| Shri Pran Kishore Kaul | Art | Jammu and Kashmir |
| Shri Bounlap Keokangna (Foreigner) | Others-Architecture | Laos |
| Shri Vijay Kichlu | Art-Music | West Bengal |
| Shri Tommy Koh (Foreigner) | Public Affairs | Singapore |
| Ms. Lakshmikutty | Medicine-Traditional | Kerala |
| Ms. Joyshree Goswami Mahanta | Literature and Education | Assam |
| Shri Narayan Das Maharaj | Others-Spiritualism | Rajasthan |
| Shri Pravakara Maharana | Art-Sculpture | Odisha |
| Shri Hun Many (Foreigner) | Public Affairs | Cambodia |
| Ms. Nouf Marwaai(Foreigner) | Others- Yoga | Saudi Arabia |
| Shri Zaverilal Mehta | Literature and Education-Journalism | Gujarat |
| Shri Krishna Bihari Mishra | Literature and Education | West Bengal |
| Shri Sisir Purushottam Mishra | Art-Cinema | Maharashtra |
| Ms. Subhasini Mistry | Social Work | West Bengal |
| Shri Tomio Mizokami(Foreigner) | Literature and Education | Japan |
| Shri Somdet Phra Maha Muniwong (Foreigner) | Others-Spiritualism | Thailand |
| Shri Keshav Rao Musalgaonkar | Literature and Education | Madhya Pradesh |
| Dr Thant Myint – U (Foreigner) | Public Affairs | Myanmar |
| Ms. V Nanammal | Others-Yoga | Tamil Nadu |
| Ms. Sulagitti Narasamma | Social Work | Karnataka |
| Ms. Vijayalakshmi Navaneethakrishnan | Art-Folk Music | Tamil Nadu |
| Shri I Nyoman Nuarta (Foreigner) | Art- Sculpture | Indonesia |
| Shri Malai Haji Abdullah Bin Malai Haji Othman (Foreigner) | Social Work | Brunei Darussalam |
| Shri Gobaradhan Panika | Art-Weaving | Odisha |
| Shri Bhabani Charan Pattanaik | Public Affairs | Odisha |
| Shri Murlikant Petkar | Sports-Swimming | Maharashtra |
| Shri Habibullo Rajabov (Foreigner) | Literature and Education | Tajikistan |
| Shri M R Rajagopal | Medicine-Palliative Care | Kerala |
| Shri Sampat Ramteke(Posthumous) | Social Work | Maharashtra |
| Shri Chandra Sekhar Rath | Literature and Education | Odisha |
| Shri S S Rathore | Civil Service | Gujarat |
| Shri Amitava Roy | Science and Engineering | West Bengal |
| Shri Sanduk Ruit (Foreigner) | Medicine- Ophthalmology | Nepal |
| Shri R Sathyanarayana | Art-Music | Karnataka |
| Shri Pankaj M Shah | Medicine-Oncology | Gujarat |
| Shri Bhajju Shyam | Art-Painting | Madhya Pradesh |
| Shri Maharao Raghuveer Singh | Literature and Education | Rajasthan |
| Shri Kidambi Srikanth | Sports-Badminton | Andhra Pradesh |
| Shri Ibrahim Sutar | Art-Music | Karnataka |
| Shri Siddeshwara Swamiji | Others-Spiritualism | Karnataka |
| Ms. Lentina Ao Thakkar | Social Work | Nagaland |
| Shri Vikram Chandra Thakur | Science and Engineering | Uttarakhand |
| Shri Rudrapatnam Narayanaswamy Tharanathan (Duo) | Art-Music | Karnataka |
| Shri Nguyen Tien Thien (Foreigner) | Others-Spiritualism | Vietnam |
| Shri Bhagirath Prasad Tripathi | Literature and Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| Shri Rajagopalan Vasudevan | Science and Engineering | Tamil Nadu |
| Shri Manas Bihari Verma | Science and Engineering | Bihar |
| Shri Panatawane Gangadhar Vithobaji | Literature and Education | Maharashtra |
| Shri Romulus Whitaker | Others-Wildlife Conservation | Tamil Nadu |
| Shri Baba Yogendra | Art | Madhya Pradesh |
| Shri A Zakia | Literature and Education | Mizoram |
In the year 2017, the President of India has approved conferment of 75 Padma Shri Awardees.
Smt. Basanti Bisht Art-Music Uttarakhand
Shri Chemanchery Kunhiraman Nair Art-Dance Kerala
Smt. Aruna Mohanty Art-Dance Odisha
Smt. Bharathi Vishnuvardhan Art-Cinema Karnataka
Shri Sadhu Meher Art-Cinema Odisha
Shri T K Murthy Art-Music Tamil Nadu
Shri Laishram Birendrakumar Singh Art-Music Manipur
Shri Krishna Ram Chaudhary Art-Music Uttar Pradesh
Smt. Baoa Devi Art-Painting Bihar
Shri Tilak Gitai Art-Painting Rajasthan
Dr. Prof. Aekka Yadagiri Rao Art-Sculpture Telangana
Shri Jitendra Haripal Art-Music Odisha
Shri Kailash Kher Art-Music Maharashtra
Smt. Parassala B Ponnammal Art-Music Kerala
Smt. Sukri Bommagowda Art-Music Karnataka
Shri Mukund Nayak Art-Music Jharkhand
Shri Purushottam Upadhyay Art-Music Gujarat
Smt. Anuradha Paudwal Art-Music Maharashtra
Shri Wareppa Naba Nil Art-Theatre Manipur
Shri Tripuraneni Hanuman Chowdary Civil Service Telangana
Shri T.K. Viswanathan Civil Service Haryana
Shri Kanwal Sibal Civil Service Delhi
Shri Birkha Bahadur Limboo Muringla Literature & Education Sikkim
Smt. Eli Ahmed Literature & Education Assam
Dr. Narendra Kohli Literature & Education Delhi
Prof. G. Venkatasubbiah Literature & Education Karnataka
Shri Akkitham Achyuthan Namboothiri Literature & Education Kerala
Shri Kashi Nath Pandita Literature & Education Jammu & Kashmir
Shri Chamu Krishna Shastry Literature & Education Delhi
Shri Harihar Kripalu Tripathi Literature & Education Uttar Pradesh
Shri Michel Danino Literature & Education Tamil Nadu
Shri Punam Suri Literature & Education Delhi
Shri VG Patel Literature & Education Gujarat
Smt. V Koteswaramma Literature & Education Andhra Pradesh
Shri Balbir Dutt Literature & EducationJournalism Jharkhand
Smt. Bhawana Somaaya Literature & EducationJournalism Maharashtra
Shri Vishnu Pandya Literature & EducationJournalism Gujarat
Dr. Subroto Das Medicine Gujarat
Dr. (Smt.) Bhakti Yadav Medicine Madhya Pradesh
Dr. Mohammed Abdul Waheed Medicine Telangana
Dr. Madan Madhav Godbole Medicine Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Devendra Dayabhai Patel Medicine Gujarat
Prof. Harkishan Singh Medicine Chandigarh
Dr. Mukut Minz Medicine Chandigarh
Shri Arun Kumar Sharma Others-Archaeology Chhattisgarh
Shri Sanjeev Kapoor Others-Culinary Maharashtra
Smt. Meenakshi Amma Others-Martial Art Kerala
Shri Genabhai Dargabhai Patel Others-Agriculture Gujarat
Shri Chandrakant Pithawa Science & Engineering Telangana
Prof. Ajoy Kumar Ray Science & Engineering West Bengal
Shri Chintakindi Mallesham Science & Engineering Andhra Pradesh
Shri Jitendra Nath Goswami Science & Engineering Assam
Shri Daripalli Ramaiah Social Work Telangana
Shri Girish Bhardwaj Social Work Karnataka
Shri Karimul Hak Social Work West Bengal
Shri Bipin Ganatra Social Work West Bengal
Smt. Nivedita Raghunath Bhide Social work Tamil Nadu
Shri Appasaheb Dharmadhikari Social Work Maharashtra
Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal Social Work Punjab
Shri Virat Kohli Sports-Cricket Delhi
Shri Shekar Naik Sports-Cricket Karnataka
Shri Vikasa Gowda Sports-Discus Throw Karnataka
Smt. Deepa Malik Sports-Athletics Haryana
Shri Mariyappan Thangavelu Sports-Athletics Tamil Nadu
Smt. Dipa Karmakar Sports-Gymnastics Tripura
Shri P R Shreejesh Sports-Hockey Kerala
Smt. Sakshi Malik Sports-Wrestling Haryana
Shri Mohan Reddy Venkatrama Bodanapu Trade & Industry Telangana
Shri Imrat Khan (NRI/PIO) Art-Music USA
Shri Anant Agarwal (NRI/PIO) Literature & Education USA
Shri H.R. Shah (NRI/PIO) Literature & EducationJournalism USA
Late (Smt.) Suniti Solomon (Posthumous) Medicine Tamil Nadu
Shri Asoke Kumar Bhattacharyya (Posthumous) Others-Archaeology West Bengal
Dr. Mapuskar (Posthumous) Social Work Maharashtra
Smt. Anuradha Koirala (Foreigner) Social Work Nepal