Recipients of
Padma Vibhushan
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 2025
- Shri Duvvur Nageshwar Reddy
- Shri Jagdish Singh Khehar
- Smt. Kumudini Rajnikant Lakhia
- Shri Lakshminarayana Subramaniam
- Shri M. T. Vasudevan Nair (Posthumous)
- Shri Osamu Suzuki (Posthumous)
- Smt. Sharda Sinha (Posthumous)
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 2024
- Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak
- Shri Konidela Chiranjeevi
- Shri Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu
- Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam
- Dr. Vyjayantimala Bali
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 2023
- Dr. Dilip Mahalanabis (Posthumous)
- Prof. Balkrishna Doshi (Posthumous)
- Shri Mulayam Singh Yadav (Posthumous)
- Shri Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna
- Shri S.R. Srinivasa Varadhan
- Shri Zakir Hussain
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 2022
- Dr. Prabha Atre
- General Bipin Rawat PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, YSM, SM, VSM (Posthumous)
- Shri Kalyan Singh (Posthumous)
- Shri Radhey Shyam Khemka (Posthumous)
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 2021
- Dr. Belle Monappa Hegde
- Dr. Narinder Singh Kapany (Posthumous)
- Maulana Wahiduddin Khan (Posthumous)
- Prof. Braj Basi Lal
- Shri Shinzo Abe
- Shri Sripathi Panditharadhyula Balasubrahmanyam (Posthumous)
- Shri Sudarshan Sahoo
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 2020
- Pandit Chhannulal Mishra
- Shri Arun Jaitley (Posthumous)
- Shri George Fernandes (Posthumous)
- Shri Shri Vishwesha Theertha Swamiji (Posthumous)
- Sir Anerood Jugnauth
- Smt. Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom
- Smt. Sushma Swaraj (Posthumous)
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 2019
- Dr.(Smt.)Teejan Bai
- His Excellency Shri Ismail Omar Guelleh
- Shri Anilkumar Manibhai Naik
- Shri Babasaheb alias Balwant Moreshwar Purandare
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 2018
- Shri Ilaiyaraaja
- Shri P Parameswaran
- Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 2017
- Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi
- Prof. Udipi Ramachandra Rao
- Sadhguru Jagadish Vasudev
- Shri K J Yesudas
- Shri Purno Agitok Sangma (Posthumous)
- Shri Sharadchandra Govindrao Pawar
- Shri Sunder Lal Patwa (Posthumous)
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 2016
- Dr. Girija Devi
- Dr. Vasudev Kalkunte Aatre
- Dr. V. Shanta
- Dr. Yamini Krishnamurti
- Shri Avinash Kamlakar Dixit
- Shri Dhirubhai Hirachand Ambani (Posthumous)
- Shri Jagmohan
- Shri Rajinikanth
- Shri Ramoji Rao
- Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 2015
- His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan
- Prof.i Malur Ramaswamy Srinivasan
- Shri Amitabh Bachchan
- Shri Dharmasthala Veerendra Heggade
- Shri Jagadguru Swami Rambhadracharya
- Shri K.K. Venugopal
- Shri Lal Kishinchand Advani
- Shri Mohammed Yusuf Khan alias Dilip Kumar
- Shri Sardar Parkash Singh Badal
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 2014
- Dr. Raghunath Anant Mashelkar
- Shri Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 2013
- Prof. Roddam Narasimha
- Prof. Yash Pal
- Shri Raghunath Mohapatra
- Shri Sayed Haider Raza
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 2012
- Dr. Bhupendra Kumar Hazarika(Posthumous)
- Dr. Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti
- Prof. Kalpathi Ganapathi Subramanyan
- Shri Mario de Miranda (Posthumous)
- Shri T. V. Rajeswar
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 2011
- Dr. Akhlaq Ur Rahman Kidwai
- Dr. Akkineni Nageswara Rao
- Dr. Sitakant Mahapatra
- Dr. (Smt.) Kapila Vatsyayan
- Dr. Vijay Laxman Kelkar
- Prof. O.N.V. Kurup
- Prof. Palle Rama Rao
- Shri Azim Premji
- Shri Brajesh Chandra Mishra
- Shri K Parasaran
- Shri Montek Singh Ahluwalia
- Smt. Homai Vyarawalla
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 2010
- Dr. Prathap Chandra Reddy
- Dr. Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman
- Dr. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
- Dr. Yaga Venugopal Reddy
- Shri Ebrahim Alkazi
- Smt. Zohra Segal
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 2009
- Dr. A.S. Ganguly
- Dr. Anil Kakodkar
- Dr. Chandrika PrasadSrivastava
- Dr. Purshotam Lal
- Prof. D.P.Chattopadhyaya
- Prof. Jasbir Singh Bajaj
- Shri G. Madhavan Nair
- Shri Govind Narain
- Shri Sunderlal Bahuguna
- Sister Nirmala
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 2008
- (Dr.) Justice A. S. Anand
- Dr. E. Sreedharan
- Dr. Rajendra Kumar Pachauri
- Mr. Late Edmund Hillary
- Ms. Asha Bhosle
- Shri Lakshmi Narayan Mittal
- Shri N.R. Narayana Murthy
- Shri P.N. Dhar
- Shri P.R.S. Oberoi
- Shri Pranab Mukherjee
- Shri Ratan Naval Tata
- Shri Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
- Shri Viswanathan Anand
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 2007
- Balu Sankaran, Prof. (Dr.)
- Fali Sam Nariman
- Khushwant Singh
- N.N. Vohra
- Naresh Chandra
- Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati Justice (Retd.)
- Raja Jesudoss Chelliah, Dr.
- Raja Rao
- Sudarshan Erinackal Chandy George
- Venkataraman Krishnamurthy, Dr.
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 2006
- Adoor Gopalakrishnan
- C.R. Krishnaswamy Rao
- Charles Correa
- Mahasweta Devi
- Nirmala Deshpande
- Norman E. Borlaug, Dr.
- Obaid Siddiqui, Prof.
- Prakash Narain Tandon, Prof.
- V.N. Khare, Justice
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 2005
- Bal Krishna Goyal, Dr.
- Jyotindra Nath Dixit
- Karan Singh, Dr.
- Marthanda Varma Valiathan, Prof.
- Milon Kumar Banerji
- Mohan Dharia, Dr.
- Ram Narayan Pandit
- Rasipuram Laxman
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 2004
- Amrita Pritam
- Jayant Vishnu Narlikar, Prof.
- Manepalli Narayana Venkatachaliah, Justice
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 2003
- Bal Ram Nanda
- Bhrihaspati Dev Triguna, Vaid
- Kazi Lhendup Dorji Kangsarpa
- Sonal Mansingh
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 2002
- Chakravarthi Rangarajan, Dr.
- Gangubai Hangal
- Kishan Maharaj Pandit
- Kishori Amonkar
- Soli Jehangir Sorabjee
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 2001
- Amjad Ali Khan
- Benjamin Arthur Gilman
- Calyampudi Rao, Dr.
- Chakravarthi Narasimhan, Dr.
- Hosei Norota
- Hrishikesh Mukherjee
- John Kenneth Galbraith
- Kotta Satchidananda Murty
- Man Mohan Sharma, Prof.
- Shiv Kumar Sharma Pandit
- Zubin Mehta
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 2000
- Bhairab Datt Pande
- Hari Prasad Chaurasia Pandit
- Jagdish Natwarlal Bhagwati, Prof.
- Jasraj Pandit
- Kakkadan Nandanath Raj, Prof.
- Kelucharan Mohapatra
- Krishen Behari Lall, Dr.
- Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan, Dr.
- Maidavolu Narasmiham
- Manohar Singh Gill, Dr.
- Rasipuram Narayan
- Sikandar Bakht
- Tarlok Singh
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 1999
- Bhimsen Joshi Pandit
- Braj Kumar Nehru
- Damal Pattammal
- Dharma Vira
- Hans Raj Khanna Justice
- Lallan Prasad
- Lata Mangeshkar
- Nana Deshmukh
- Pandurangshastri Athavale
- Rajagopala Chidambaram, Dr.
- Sarvepalli Gopal, Dr.
- Satish Gujral
- V.R. Krishna Iyer
- Verghese Kurien, Dr.
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 1998
- Lakshmi Sahgal, Dr.
- Nani Ardeshir Palkhivala
- Usha H. Mehta, Dr.
- Walter Sisulu
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 1992
- Aruna Asaf Ali
- Atal Bihari Vajpayee
- Govinddas Mannulal Shroff
- Kaloji Narayana Rao
- Lakshmanshastri Joshi Pandit
- Mallikarjun Mansur, Dr.
- Ravi Narayan Reddy
- Sardar Swaran Singh
- Shantaram Rajaram Shantaram, Dr.
- Sivaramakrishna Iyer Padmavati, Dr.
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 1991
- Gulzari Lal Nanda
- Hirendra Nath Mukherjee, Prof.
- Indraprasad Patel, Dr.
- Khusro Faramurz Rustamji
- Mangalampalli Krishna, Dr.
- Maqbool Fida Hussain
- Nayakulu Gogineni Ranga, Prof.
- Rajaram Shastri, Prof.
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 1990
- Abdul Kalam, A.P.J., Dr.
- Bhabatosh Datta, Prof.
- Semmangudi Srinivasier, Dr.
- Sirivaputra Sidhram Gandharv
- Triloki Nath Chaturvedi
- Vallampadugai Arunachalam, Dr.
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 1989
- Ali Akbar Khan Ustad
- Monkombu Swaminathan, Dr.
- Umashankar Dikshit
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 1988
- Kuppalli Venkatappa Puttappa, Dr.
- Mahadevi Verma
- Mirza Hameedullah Beg Justice
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 1987
- Arun Shridhar Vaidya
- Benjamin Peary Pal, Dr.
- Kamladevi Chattopadhyay
- Manmohan Singh, Dr.
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 1986
- Avtar Singh Paintal, Dr.
- Baba Amte
- Birju Maharaj
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 1985
- C. Nagesa Rao, Prof.
- Mambillikalathil Menon, Prof.
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 1982
- Miss Mira Behn
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 1981
- Ravi Shankar
- Satish Dhawan, Dr.
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 1980
- Bismillah Khan Ustad
- Rai Krishnadasa
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 1977
- Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee
- Ajudhia Nath Khosla
- Ali Yavar Jung Bahadur
- Chandreshwar Singh
- O.P. Mehra, Air Chief
- T. Balasaraswati
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 1976
- Bashir Hussain Zaidi, Col.
- Gurumukh Singh Musafir Giani
- Kalpathi Ramakrishna Ramanathan, Dr.
- Kalu Lal Shrimali, Dr.
- Keshava Shankar Pillai
- Salim Moizuddin Ali Abdul
- Satyajit Ray
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 1975
- Basanti Dulal Nag Chaudhuri
- Chintaman Deshmukh, Dr.
- Durgabai Deshmukh, Dr.
- Homi Nusserwanji Sethna
- M.S. Subbulakshmi
- Mary Clubwala Jadhav
- Premila Vithaldas Thackersey
- Raja Ramanna, Dr.
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 1974
- Binode Behari Mukherjee
- Harish Chandra Sarin
- Niren De
- V. Kasturi Ranga Rao, Dr.
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 1973
- Basanti Devi
- Daulat Singh Kothari
- Nagandra Singh, Dr.
- Nallie Sen Sengupta
- Tirumalrao Swaminathan
- U.N. Dhebar
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 1972
- Aditya Nath Jha, Dr.
- Ghulam Mohd. Sadiq
- Hormusji Maneckji Seervai
- J.S.N. Framji Manekshaw, General
- Jivraj N. Mehta, Dr.
- P. Balacharya Gajendragadkar, Dr.
- Pratap Ch. Lal, Air Chief
- Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda, Admiral
- Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai, Dr.
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 1971
- Allauddin Khan Ustad
- Balaram Sivaraman
- Bimal Prasad Chaliha
- Sumati Morarjee
- Uday Shankar
- Vithal Nagesh Shirodkar, Dr.
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 1970
- A. Rameswami Mudaliar
- Anthony Lancelot Dias
- Binay Ranjan Sen, Dr.
- Harbakhs Singh, Lt. Gen.
- P. Prabhakar Kumaramangala, General
- Suranjan Das, Grp. Capt.
- Tara Chand, Dr.
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 1969
- Dattatraya Shridhar Joshi
- Ghananand Pande
- Hargobind Khorana, Dr.
- Mohan Sinha Mehta, Dr.
- Rajeshwar Dayal
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 1968
- K. Vaidyanatha Sundaram
- Kripal Singh
- Mahadev Srihari Aney, Dr.
- Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, Prof.
- Subrahmanyam Chandrashekhar, Dr.
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 1967
- Bhola Nath Jha
- Chandra Kisan Daphtary
- Hafix Mohammed Ibrahim
- Pattadakal Venkanna Rao
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 1966
- Valerian Cardinal Gracias, Dr.
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 1965
- Arjan Singh, Air Marshall
- Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri, General
- Mehdi Nawaz Jung
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 1964
- Acharya Kalelkar
- Gopinath Kaviraj Pandit
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 1963
- Arcot Lakshman Mudaliar, Dr.
- Hari Vinayak Pataskar
- Suniti Kumar Chatterji, Dr.
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 1962
- H. Varda Raja Iyengar
- Padmaja Naidu
- Vijayalakshmi Pandit
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 1960
- Narayana Raghvan Pillai
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 1959
- Gaganvihari Lallubhai Mehta
- John Matthai, Dr.
- Radhnobinod Pal, Dr.
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 1957
- Ghanshyam Das Birla
- Motilal Chimanlal Setalvad
- Sri Prakash
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 1956
- Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi
- Fazal Ali
- Jankibai Bajaj
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 1955
- Dhondo Keshav Karve, Dr.
- J.R.D. Tata
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan - 1954
- B.G. Kher
- Jigme Dorji Wangchuk
- Nand Lal Bose
- Satyendra Nath Bose, Dr.
- V.K. Krishna Menon
- Zakir Hussain, Dr.