Padma Awards - one of the highest civilian Awards of the country, 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 Padma Awards to 104 persons as per the list below. The list comprises of 9 Padma Vibhushan, 20 Padma Bhushan and 75 Padma Shri Awardees. 17 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 17 persons from the category of foreigners, NRIs, PIOs and 4 Posthumous awardees.
Padma Vibhushan
| S. No. | Name of the Awardee | Discipline |
State/Domicile |
| 1. | Shri L. K. Advani | Public Affairs | Gujarat |
| 2. | Shri Amitabh Bachchan | Art | Maharashtra |
| 3. | Shri Prakash Singh Badal | Public Affairs | Punjab |
| 4. | Dr. D. Veerendra Heggade | Social Work | Karnataka |
| 5. | Shri Mohammad Yusuf Khan alias Dilip Kumar | Art | Maharashtra |
| 6. | Shri Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Swami Rambhadracharya | Others | Uttar Pradesh |
| 7. | Prof. Malur Ramaswamy Srinivasan | Science and Engineering | Tamil Nadu |
| 8. |
Shri Kottayan K. Venugopal | Public Affairs | Delhi |
| 9. | Shri Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan (Foreigner) | Trade and Industry | France/UK |
| 1. |
Shri Jahnu Barua | Art | Assam |
| 2. |
Dr. Vijay Bhatkar | Science and Engineering | Maharashtra |
| 3. | Shri Swapan Dasgupta | Literature and Education | Delhi |
| 4. | Swami Satyamitranand Giri | Others | Uttar Pradesh |
| 5. | Shri N. Gopalaswami | Civil Service | Tamil Nadu |
| 6. | Dr. Subhash C. Kashyap | Public Affairs | Delhi |
| 7. | Dr. (Pandit) Gokulotsavji Maharaj | Art | Madhya Pradesh |
| 8. | Dr. Ambrish Mithal | Medicine | Delhi |
| 9. | Smt. Sudha Ragunathan | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| 10. | Shri Harish Salve | Public Affairs | Delhi |
| 11. | Dr. Ashok Seth | Medicine | Delhi |
| 12. | Shri Rajat Sharma | Literature and Education | Delhi |
| 13. | Shri Satpal | Sports | Delhi |
| 14. | Shri Shivakumara Swami | Others | Karnataka |
| 15. | Dr. Kharag Singh Valdiya | Science and Engineering | Karnataka |
| 16. |
Prof. Manjul Bhargava (NRI/PIO) | Science and Engineering | USA |
| 17. |
Shri David Frawley (Vamadeva) (Foreigner) | Others | USA |
| 18. |
Shri Bill Gates (Foreigner) | Social Work | USA |
| 19. |
Ms. Melinda Gates (Foreigner) | Social Work | USA |
| 20. |
Shri Saichiro Misumi (Foreigner) | Others | Japan |
Padma Shri
| 1. | Dr. Manjula Anagani | Medicine | Telangana |
| 2. | Shri S. Arunan | Science and Engineering | Karnataka |
| 3. |
