Updated on 26-January-2019: The Padma Vibhushan is the second-highest civilian award granted by the Government of India. There is only the Bharat Ratna that is considered to be more important than this award. The Padma Vibhushan was instituted in 1954.
It is granted for exceptional service to distinguished individuals in any field. At the time of this writing (October, 2016), 294 individuals have been conferred this award, including 6 posthumously. 19 non-citizens have been given the award as well. Government servants such doctors and scientists can also be conferred this award, however those working for public sector undertakings are excluded.
Recommendations for the Padma Vibhushan are received from all state governments, ministers of the union government, Institutes of Excellence, Chief Ministers and the Governors of State, as well as by Members of Parliament from 1 May and 15 September every year.
The recommendations are submitted to the Padma Awards Committee, which answers directly to the Prime Minister. The committee submits their final recommendations to the Prime Minister and the President of the country, who are responsible for the final approval. The awards are announced on the Republic Day of every year (January 26).
The first recipients of the Padma Visbhushan were Nand Lal Bose, Satyendra Nath Bose, Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher, Zakir Hussain, V. K. Krishna Menon, and Jigme Dorji Wangchuk. They received the award in 1954.
This Year, 2019, the President of India has approved conferment of 4 Padma Vibhushan 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.
Year | State/ Country | Name Of The Person/ Awardee | Field |
2019 | Chhattisgarh | Ms. Teejan Bai | Art-Vocals-Folk |
2019 | Djibouti | Shri Ismail Omar Guelleh | Public Affairs |
2019 | Maharashtra | Shri Anilkumar Manibhai Naik | Trade & Industry-Infrastructure |
2019 | Maharashtra | Shri Balwant Moreshwar Purandare | Art-Acting-Theatre |
2018 | Tamil Nadu | Shri Illaiyaraja | Art-Music |
2018 | Maharashtra | Shri Ghulam Mustafa Khan | Art-Music |
2018 | Kerala | Shri Parameswaran Parameswaran | Literature and Education |
2017 | Kerala | Shri K J Yesudas | Art-Music |
2017 | Tamil Nadu | Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev | Others-Spiritualism |
2017 | Maharashtra | Shri Sharad Pawar | Public Affairs |
2017 | Uttar Pradesh | Shri Murli Manohar Joshi | Public Affairs |
2017 | Karnataka | Prof. Udipi Ramachandra Rao | Science & Engineering |
2017 | Madhya Pradesh | Late Shri Sunder Lal Patwa (Posthumous) | Public Affairs |
2017 | Meghalaya | Late Shri PA Sangma (Posthumous) | Public Affairs |
2016 | Karnataka | V. K. Aatre | Science & Engineering |
2016 | Maharashtra | Dhirubhai Ambani | Trade & Industry |
2016 | West Bengal | Girija Devi | Arts |
2016 | United States | Avinash Dixit | Literature & Education |
2016 | Delhi | Jagmohan | Public Affairs |
2016 | Delhi | Yamini Krishnamurthy | Arts |
2016 | Tamil Nadu | Rajinikanth | Arts |
2016 | Andhra Pradesh | Ramoji Rao | Literature & Education |
2016 | Karnataka | Sri Sri Ravi Shankar | Others |
2016 | Tamil Nadu | V. Shanta | Medicine |
2015 | Gujarat | L. K. Advani | Public Affairs |
2015 | Maharashtra | Amitabh Bachchan | Arts |
2015 | Punjab | Parkash Singh Badal | Public Affairs |
2015 | Karnataka | Veerendra Heggade | Social Work |
2015 | Maharashtra | Dilip Kumar | Arts |
2015 | Uttar Pradesh | Rambhadracharya | Others |
2015 | Tamil Nadu | M. R. Srinivasan | Science & Engineering |
2015 | Delhi | Kottayan Katankot Venugopal | Public Affairs |
2015 | United Kingdom, France | Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan | Trade & Industry |
2014 | Maharashtra | B. K. S. Iyengar | Others |
2014 | Maharashtra | Raghunath Anant Mashelkar | Science & Engineering |
2013 | Odisha | Raghunath Mohapatra | Arts |
2013 | Karnataka | Roddam Narasimha | Science & Engineering |
2013 | Uttar Pradesh | Yash Pal | Science & Engineering |
2013 | Delhi | S. H. Raza | Arts |
2012 | Assam | Bhupen Hazarika | Arts |
2012 | Goa | Mario Miranda | Arts |
2012 | Delhi | T. V. Rajeswar | Civil Service |
2012 | Maharashtra | Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti | Medicine |
2012 | Gujarat | K. G. Subramanyan | Arts |
2011 | Delhi | Montek Singh Ahluwalia | Public Affairs |
2011 | Delhi | Lakshmi Chand Jain | Public Affairs |
2011 | Maharashtra | Vijay Kelkar | Public Affairs |
2011 | Delhi | Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai | Public Affairs |
2011 | Kerala | O. N. V. Kurup | Literature & Education |
2011 | Odisha | Sitakant Mahapatra | Literature & Education |
2011 | Delhi | Brajesh Mishra | Civil Service |
2011 | Delhi | K. Parasaran | Public Affairs |
2011 | Karnataka | Azim Premji | Trade & Industry |
2011 | Andhra Pradesh | Palle Rama Rao | Science & Engineering |
2011 | Andhra Pradesh | Akkineni Nageswara Rao | Arts |
2011 | Delhi | Kapila Vatsyayan | Arts |
2011 | Gujarat | Homai Vyarawalla | Arts |
2010 | Delhi | Ebrahim Alkazi | Arts |
2010 | United Kingdom | Venkatraman Ramakrishnan | Science & Engineering |
2010 | Tamil Nadu | Prathap C. Reddy | Trade & Industry |
2010 | Andhra Pradesh | Y. Venugopal Reddy | Public Affairs |
2010 | Delhi | Zohra Sehgal | Arts |
2010 | Tamil Nadu | Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman | Arts |
2009 | Uttarakhand | Sunderlal Bahuguna | Others |
2009 | Punjab | Jasbir Singh Bajaj | Medicine |
2009 | West Bengal | D. P. Chattopadhyaya | Literature & Education |
2009 | Maharashtra | Ashok Sekhar Ganguly | Trade & Industry |
2009 | West Bengal | Sister Nirmala | Social Work |
2009 | Maharashtra | Anil Kakodkar | Science & Engineering |
2009 | Uttar Pradesh | Purshotam Lal | Medicine |
2009 | Karnataka | G. Madhavan Nair | Science & Engineering |
2009 | Uttar Pradesh | Govind Narain | Public Affairs |
2009 | Maharashtra | Chandrika Prasad Srivastava | Civil Service |
2008 | Uttar Pradesh | Adarsh Sein Anand | Public Affairs |
2008 | Tamil Nadu | Viswanathan Anand | Sports |
2008 | Maharashtra | Asha Bhosle | Arts |
2008 | Delhi | P. N. Dhar | Civil Service |
2008 | New Zealand | Edmund Hillary | Sports |
2008 | United Kingdom | Lakshmi Mittal | Trade & Industry |
2008 | Delhi | Pranab Mukherjee | Public Affairs |
2008 | Karnataka | N. R. Narayana Murthy | Trade & Industry |
2008 | Delhi | Prithvi Raj Singh Oberoi | Trade & Industry |
2008 | Delhi | Rajendra K. Pachauri | Science & Engineering |
2008 | Delhi | E. Sreedharan | Science & Engineering |
2008 | Maharashtra | Ratan Tata | Trade & Industry |
2008 | Maharashtra | Sachin Tendulkar | Sports |
2007 | Delhi | P. N. Bhagwati | Public Affairs |
2007 | Delhi | Naresh Chandra | Civil Service |
2007 | Tamil Nadu | Raja Chelliah | Public Affairs |
2007 | Delhi | V. Krishnamurthy | Civil Service |
2007 | Delhi | Fali Sam Nariman | Public Affairs |
2007 | United States | Raja Rao | Literature & Education |
2007 | Delhi | Balu Sankaran | Medicine |
2007 | Delhi | Khushwant Singh | Literature & Education |
2007 | United States | George Sudarshan | Science & Engineering |
2007 | Haryana | Narinder Nath Vohra | Civil Service |
2006 | United States | Norman Borlaug | Science & Engineering |
2006 | Maharashtra | Charles Correa | Science & Engineering |
2006 | Delhi | Nirmala Deshpande | Social Work |
2006 | West Bengal | Mahasweta Devi | Literature & Education |
2006 | Kerala | Adoor Gopalakrishnan | Arts |
2006 | Uttar Pradesh | V. N. Khare | Public Affairs |
2006 | Tamil Nadu | C. R. Krishnaswamy Rao | Civil Service |
2006 | Karnataka | Obaid Siddiqi | Science & Engineering |
2006 | Delhi | Prakash Narain Tandon | Medicine |
2005 | Delhi | Milon K. Banerji | Public Affairs |
2005 | Maharashtra | Mohan Dharia | Social Work |
2005 | Delhi | Jyotindra Nath Dixit | Civil Service |
2005 | Maharashtra | B. K. Goyal | Medicine |
2005 | Maharashtra | R. K. Laxman | Arts |
2005 | Maharashtra | Ram Narayan | Arts |
2005 | Delhi | Karan Singh | Public Affairs |
2005 | Karnataka | M. S. Valiathan | Medicine |
2004 | Maharashtra | Jayant Narlikar | Science & Engineering |
2004 | Delhi | Amrita Pritam | Literature & Education |
2004 | Karnataka | M. N. Venkatachaliah | Public Affairs |
2003 | West Bengal | Kazi Lhendup Dorjee | Public Affairs |
2003 | Delhi | Sonal Mansingh | Arts |
2003 | Delhi | Bal Ram Nanda | Literature & Education |
2003 | Delhi | Brihaspati Dev Triguna | Medicine |
2002 | Maharashtra | Kishori Amonkar | Arts |
2002 | Karnataka | Gangubai Hangal | Arts |
2002 | Uttar Pradesh | Kishan Maharaj | Arts |
2002 | Andhra Pradesh | C. Rangarajan | Literature & Education |
2002 | Delhi | Soli Sorabjee | Public Affairs |
2001 | United States | John Kenneth Galbraith | Literature & Education |
2001 | United States | Benjamin A. Gilman | Public Affairs |
2001 | Delhi | Amjad Ali Khan | Arts |
2001 | United States | Zubin Mehta | Arts |
2001 | Maharashtra | Hrishikesh Mukherjee | Arts |
2001 | Andhra Pradesh | Kotha Satchidanda Murthy | Literature & Education |
2001 | Tamil Nadu | Chakravarthi V. Narasimhan | Civil Service |
2001 | Japan | Hosei Norota | Public Affairs |
2001 | United States | C. R. Rao | Science & Engineering |
2001 | Maharashtra | Man Mohan Sharma | Science & Engineering |
2001 | Maharashtra | Shivkumar Sharma | Arts |
2000 | Delhi | Sikander Bakht | Public Affairs |
2000 | United States | Jagdish Bhagwati | Literature & Education |
2000 | Maharashtra | Hariprasad Chaurasia | Arts |
2000 | Delhi | M. S. Gill | Civil Service |
2000 | Karnataka | Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan | Science & Engineering |
2000 | Delhi | K. B. Lall | Civil Service |
2000 | Odisha | Kelucharan Mohapatra | Arts |
2000 | Maharashtra | Jasraj Motiram | Arts |
2000 | Andhra Pradesh | M. Narasimham | Trade & Industry |
2000 | Tamil Nadu | R. K. Narayan | Literature & Education |
2000 | Uttarakhand | Bhairab Dutt Pande | Civil Service |
2000 | Kerala | K. N. Raj | Literature & Education |
2000 | Delhi | Tarlok Singh | Civil Service |
1999 | Maharashtra | Pandurang Shastri Athavale | Social Work |
1999 | Maharashtra | Rajagopala Chidambaram | Science & Engineering |
1999 | Delhi | Nanaji Deshmukh | Social Work |
1999 | Tamil Nadu | Sarvepalli Gopal | Literature & Education |
1999 | Delhi | Satish Gujral | Arts |
1999 | Kerala | V. R. Krishna Iyer | Public Affairs |
1999 | Maharashtra | Bhimsen Joshi | Arts |
1999 | Delhi | Hans Raj Khanna | Public Affairs |
1999 | Gujarat | Verghese Kurien | Science & Engineering |
1999 | Maharashtra | Lata Mangeshkar | Arts |
1999 | Himachal Pradesh | Braj Kumar Nehru | Civil Service |
1999 | Tamil Nadu | D. K. Pattammal | Arts |
1999 | Delhi | Lallan Prasad Singh | Civil Service |
1999 | Delhi | Dharma Vira | Civil Service |
1998 | Maharashtra | Usha Mehta | Social Work |
1998 | Maharashtra | Nanabhoy Palkhivala | Public Affairs |
1998 | Uttar Pradesh | Lakshmi Sahgal | Public Affairs |
1998 | South Africa | Walter Sisulu | Public Affairs |
1992 | Delhi | Aruna Asaf Ali | Public Affairs |
1992 | Maharashtra | Lakshman Shastri Joshi | Literature & Education |
1992 | Karnataka | Mallikarjun Mansur | Arts |
1992 | Delhi | S. I. Padmavati | Medicine |
1992 | Andhra Pradesh | Kaloji Narayana Rao | Arts |
1992 | Andhra Pradesh | Ravi Narayana Reddy | Public Affairs |
1992 | Maharashtra | V. Shantaram | Arts |
1992 | Maharashtra | Govindbhai Shroff | Literature & Education |
1992 | Punjab | Swaran Singh | Public Affairs |
1992 | Delhi | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | Public Affairs |
1991 | Tamil Nadu | M. Balamuralikrishna | Arts |
1991 | Maharashtra | M. F. Husain | Arts |
1991 | West Bengal | Hirendranath Mukherjee | Public Affairs |
1991 | Gujarat | Gulzarilal Nanda | Public Affairs |
1991 | Gujarat | I. G. Patel | Science & Engineering |
1991 | Andhra Pradesh | N. G. Ranga | Public Affairs |
1991 | Maharashtra | Khusro Faramurz Rustamji | Civil Service |
1991 | Uttar Pradesh | Rajaram Shastri | Literature & Education |
1990 | Delhi | V. S. R. Arunachalam | Literature & Education |
1990 | Karnataka | Triloki Nath Chaturvedi | Civil Service |
1990 | West Bengal | Bhabatosh Datta | Literature & Education |
1990 | Madhya Pradesh | Kumar Gandharva | Arts |
1990 | Tamil Nadu | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam | Science & Engineering |
1990 | Tamil Nadu | Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer | Arts |
1989 | Uttar Pradesh | Uma Shankar Dikshit | Public Affairs |
1989 | West Bengal | Ali Akbar Khan | Arts |
1989 | Delhi | M. S. Swaminathan | Science & Engineering |
1988 | Delhi | Mirza Hameedullah Beg | Public Affairs |
1988 | Karnataka | Kuvempu | Literature & Education |
1988 | Uttar Pradesh | Mahadevi Varma | Literature & Education |
1987 | Karnataka | Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay | Social Work |
1987 | Punjab | Benjamin Peary Pal | Science & Engineering |
1987 | Delhi | Manmohan Singh | Civil Service |
1987 | Maharashtra | Arun Shridhar Vaidya | Civil Service |
1986 | Maharashtra | Baba Amte[e] | Social Work |
1986 | Delhi | Birju Maharaj | Arts |
1986 | Delhi | Autar Singh Paintal | Medicine |
1985 | Tamil Nadu | C. N. R. Rao | Science & Engineering |
1985 | Kerala | M. G. K. Menon | Civil Service |
1982 | United Kingdom | Mira Behn | Social Work |
1981 | Karnataka | Satish Dhawan | Science & Engineering |
1981 | Uttar Pradesh | Ravi Shankar | Arts |
1980 | Uttar Pradesh | Bismillah Khan | Arts |
1980 | Uttar Pradesh | Rai Krishnadasa | Civil Service |
1977 | Tamil Nadu | T. Balasaraswati | Arts |
1977 | Andhra Pradesh | Ali Yavar Jung | Public Affairs |
1977 | Delhi | Ajudhia Nath Khosla | Civil Service |
1977 | Punjab | Om Prakash Mehra | Civil Service |
1977 | West Bengal | Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee | Public Affairs |
1977 | Delhi | Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh | Literature & Education |
1976 | Uttar Pradesh | Salim Ali | Science & Engineering |
1976 | Punjab | Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir | Literature & Education |
1976 | Delhi | K. Shankar Pillai | Arts |
1976 | Kerala | K. R. Ramanathan | Science & Engineering |
1976 | West Bengal | Satyajit Ray | Arts |
1976 | Uttar Pradesh | Kalu Lal Shrimali | Literature & Education |
1976 | Delhi | Bashir Hussain Zaidi | Literature & Education |
1975 | Andhra Pradesh | C. D. Deshmukh | Public Affairs |
1975 | Maharashtra | Durgabai Deshmukh | Social Work |
1975 | Tamil Nadu | Mary Clubwala Jadhav | Social Work |
1975 | West Bengal | Basanti Dulal Nagchaudhuri | Literature & Education |
1975 | Karnataka | Raja Ramanna | Science & Engineering |
1975 | Maharashtra | Homi Nusserwanji Sethna | Civil Service |
1975 | Tamil Nadu | M. S. Subbulakshmi | Arts |
1975 | Maharashtra | Premlila Vithaldas Thackersey | Literature & Education |
1974 | West Bengal | Niren De | Public Affairs |
1974 | Uttarakhand | Benode Behari Mukherjee | Arts |
1974 | Karnataka | V. K. R. V. Rao | Civil Service |
1974 | Delhi | Harish Chandra Sarin | Civil Service |
1973 | West Bengal | Basanti Devi | Civil Service |
1973 | Gujarat | U. N. Dhebar | Social Work |
1973 | Delhi | Daulat Singh Kothari | Science & Engineering |
1973 | West Bengal | Nellie Sengupta | Social Work |
1973 | Rajashtan | Nagendra Singh | Public Affairs |
1973 | Tamil Nadu | Thirumalraya Swaminathan | Civil Service |
1972 | Maharashtra | P. Balacharya Gajendragadkar | Public Affairs |
1972 | Uttar Pradesh | Aditya Nath Jha# | Public Affairs |
1972 | Punjab | Pratap Chandra Lal | Civil Service |
1972 | Tamil Nadu | Sam Manekshaw | Civil Service |
1972 | Maharashtra | Jivraj Narayan Mehta | Public Affairs |
1972 | Delhi | Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda | Civil Service |
1972 | Jammu & Kashmir | Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq | Public Affairs |
1972 | Gujarat | Vikram Sarabhai | Science & Engineering |
1972 | Maharashtra | Hormasji Maneckji Seervai | Literature & Education |
1971 | Assam | Bimala Prasad Chaliha | Civil Service |
1971 | West Bengal | Allauddin Khan | Arts |
1971 | Maharashtra | Sumati Morarjee | Civil Service |
1971 | Maharashtra | Uday Shankar | Arts |
1971 | Goa | Vithal Nagesh Shirodkar | Medicine |
1971 | Tamil Nadu | Balaram Sivaraman | Civil Service |
1970 | Uttar Pradesh | Tara Chand | Literature & Education |
1970 | West Bengal | Suranjan Das | Civil Service |
1970 | Maharashtra | Anthony Lancelot Dias | Public Affairs |
1970 | Tamil Nadu | P. Prabhakar Kumaramangalam | Civil Service |
1970 | Andhra Pradesh | A. Ramasamy Mudaliar | Civil Service |
1970 | West Bengal | Binay Ranjan Sen | Civil Service |
1970 | Punjab | Harbaksh Singh | Civil Service |
1969 | Delhi | Rajeshwar Dayal | Civil Service |
1969 | Maharashtra | Dattatraya Shridhar Joshi | Civil Service |
1969 | United States | Har Gobind Khorana | Science & Engineering |
1969 | Rajashtan | Mohan Sinha Mehta | Civil Service |
1969 | Uttar Pradesh | Ghananand Pande | Civil Service |
1968 | Madhya Pradesh | Madhav Shrihari Aney | Public Affairs |
1968 | United States | Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar | Science & Engineering |
1968 | Delhi | Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis | Literature & Education |
1968 | Delhi | Kirpal Singh | Civil Service |
1968 | Delhi | Kalyan Sundaram | Public Affairs |
1967 | Maharashtra | Chandra Kisan Daphtary | Public Affairs |
1967 | Andhra Pradesh | Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim | Civil Service |
1967 | Uttar Pradesh | Bhola Nath Jha | Civil Service |
1967 | Andhra Pradesh | Pattadakal Venkanna R Rao | Civil Service |
1966 | Maharashtra | Valerian Gracias | Social Work |
1965 | West Bengal | Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri | Civil Service |
1965 | Andhra Pradesh | Mehdi Nawaz Jung | Public Affairs |
1965 | Delhi | Arjan Singh | Civil Service |
1964 | Maharashtra | Acharya Kakasaheb Kalelkar | Literature & Education |
1964 | Uttar Pradesh | Gopinath Kaviraj | Literature & Education |
1963 | West Bengal | Suniti Kumar Chatterji | Literature & Education |
1963 | Tamil Nadu | A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar | Medicine |
1963 | Maharashtra | Hari Vinayak Pataskar | Public Affairs |
1962 | Tamil Nadu | H. V. R. Iyengar | Civil Service |
1962 | Andhra Pradesh | Padmaja Naidu | Public Affairs |
1962 | Uttar Pradesh | Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit | Civil Service |
1960 | Tamil Nadu | Naryana Raghvan Pillai | Public Affairs |
1959 | Kerala | John Mathai | Literature & Education |
1959 | Maharashtra | Gaganvihari Lallubhai Mehta | Social Work |
1959 | West Bengal | Radhabinod Pal | Public Affairs |
1957 | Rajashtan | Ghanshyam Das Birla | Trade & Industry |
1957 | Andhra Pradesh | Sri Prakasa | Public Affairs |
1957 | Maharashtra | M. C. Setalvad | Public Affairs |
1956 | Bihar | Fazal Ali | Public Affairs |
1956 | Madhya Pradesh | Jankibai Bajaj | Social Work |
1956 | Madhya Pradesh | Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi | Public Affairs |
1955 | Maharashtra | Dhondo Keshav Karve | Literature & Education |
1955 | Maharashtra | J. R. D. Tata | Trade & Industry |
1954 | West Bengal | Satyendra Nath Bose | Literature & Education |
1954 | West Bengal | Nandalal Bose | Arts |
1954 | Andhra Pradesh | Zakir Husain | Public Affairs |
1954 | Maharashtra | Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher | Public Affairs |
1954 | Kerala | V. K. Krishna Menon | Public Affairs |
1954 | Country (Bhutan) | Jigme Dorji Wangchuck | Public Affairs |