List of Padma Vibhushan award recipients


The Padma Vibhushan is the second highest civilian award of the Republic of India. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is given for the "exceptional and distinguished service", without distinction of race, occupation, position, or sex. The Padma Vibhushan award recipients are announced every year on Republic Day and registered in The Gazette of Indiaa publication released weekly by the Department of Publication, Ministry of Urban Development used for official government notices. The conferral of the award is not considered official without its publication in the Gazette. Recipients whose awards have been revoked or restored, both of which require the authority of the President, are also registered in the Gazette and are required to surrender their medals when their names are struck from the register., none of the conferments of Padma Vibhushan have been revoked or restored. The recommendations are received from all the state and the union territory governments, the Ministries of the Government, the Bharat Ratna and previous Padma Vibhushan award recipients, the Institutes of Excellence, the Ministers, the Chief Ministers and the Governors of State, and the Members of Parliament including private individuals. The recommendations received during 1 May and 15 September of every year are submitted to the Padma Awards Committee, constituted by the Prime Minister. The committee recommendations are later submitted to the Prime Minister and the President for the further approval.
When instituted in 1954, the Padma Vibhushan was classified as "Pahela Warg" under the three-tier Padma Vibhushan awards; preceded by the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award, and followed by "Dusra Warg", and "Tisra Warg". On 15 January 1955, the Padma Vibhushan was reclassified into three different awards; the Padma Vibhushan, the highest of the three, followed by the Padma Bhushan and the Padma Shri. The criteria includes "exceptional and distinguished service in any field including service rendered by Government servants" but excluding those working with the Public sector undertakings with the exception of doctors and scientists. The 1954 statutes did not allow posthumous awards but this was subsequently modified in the January 1955 statute. The award, along with other personal civil honours, was briefly suspended twice in its history; for the first time in July 1977 when Morarji Desai was sworn in as the fourth Prime Minister. The suspension was rescinded on 25 January 1980, after Indira Gandhi became the Prime Minister. The civilian awards were suspended again in mid-1992, when two Public-Interest Litigations were filed in the High Courts questioning the civilian awards being "Titles" per an interpretation of of the Constitution. The awards were reintroduced by the Supreme Court in December 1995, following the conclusion of the litigation.
The recipients receive a Sanad signed by the President and a medal with no monetary grant associated with the award. The decoration is a circular-shaped toned bronze medallion in diameter and thick. The centrally placed pattern made of outer lines of a square of side is embossed with a knob embossed within each of the outer angles of the pattern. A raised circular space of diameter is placed at the centre of the decoration. A centrally located lotus flower is embossed on the obverse side of the medal and the text "Padma" written in Devanagari script is placed above and the text "Vibhushan" is placed below the lotus. The Emblem of India is placed in the centre of the reverse side with the national motto, "Satyameva Jayate" in Devanagari Script, inscribed on the lower edge. The rim, the edges and all embossing on either side is of white gold with the text "Padma Vibhushan" of silver gilt. The medal is suspended by a pink riband in width. It is ranked fourth in the order of precedence of wearing of medals and decorations.
The first recipients of the Padma Vibhushan were Satyendra Nath Bose, Nandalal Bose, Zakir Husain, Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher, V. K. Krishna Menon, and Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, who were honoured in 1954., the award has been bestowed on 314 individuals, including seventeen posthumous and twenty-one non-citizen recipients. Some of the recipients have refused or returned their awards; P. N. Haksar, Vilayat Khan, E. M. S. Namboodiripad, Swami Ranganathananda, and Manikonda Chalapathi Rau refused the award; the family members of Lakshmi Chand Jain and Sharad Anantrao Joshi declined their posthumous conferments, and 1986 recipient Baba Amte returned his honour in 1991.Most recently on 25 January 2020, the award has been bestowed upon seven recipients - George Fernandes, Arun Jaitley, Anerood Jugnauth, Mary Kom, Chhannulal Mishra, Sushma Swaraj and Vishwesha Teertha.

Recipients





YearRecipientFieldState
1954Literature & EducationWest Bengal
1954ArtsWest Bengal
1954Public AffairsAndhra Pradesh
1954Public AffairsMaharashtra
1954Public AffairsKerala
1954Public Affairs
1955Literature & EducationMaharashtra
1955Trade & IndustryMaharashtra
1956Public AffairsBihar
1956Social WorkMadhya Pradesh
1956Public AffairsMadhya Pradesh
1957Trade & IndustryRajasthan
1957Public AffairsAndhra Pradesh
1957Public AffairsMaharashtra
1959Literature & EducationKerala
1959Social WorkMaharashtra
1959Public AffairsWest Bengal
1960Public AffairsTamil Nadu
1962Civil ServiceTamil Nadu
1962Public AffairsAndhra Pradesh
1962Civil ServiceUttar Pradesh
1963Literature & EducationWest Bengal
1963MedicineTamil Nadu
1963Public AffairsMaharashtra
1964Literature & EducationMaharashtra
1964Literature & EducationUttar Pradesh
1965Civil ServiceWest Bengal
1965Public AffairsAndhra Pradesh
1965Civil ServiceDelhi
1966Social WorkMaharashtra
1967Public AffairsMaharashtra
1967Civil ServiceAndhra Pradesh
1967Civil ServiceUttar Pradesh
1967Civil ServiceAndhra Pradesh
1968Public AffairsMadhya Pradesh
1968Science & Engineering
1968Literature & EducationDelhi
1968Civil ServiceDelhi
1968Public AffairsDelhi
1969Civil ServiceDelhi
1969Civil ServiceMaharashtra
1969Science & Engineering
1969Civil ServiceRajasthan
1969Civil ServiceUttar Pradesh
1970Literature & EducationUttar Pradesh
1970Civil ServiceWest Bengal
1970Public AffairsMaharashtra
1970Civil ServiceTamil Nadu
1970Civil ServiceAndhra Pradesh
1970Civil ServiceWest Bengal
1970Civil ServicePunjab
1971Civil ServiceAssam
1971ArtsWest Bengal
1971Civil ServiceMaharashtra
1971ArtsMaharashtra
1971MedicineGoa
1971Civil ServiceTamil Nadu
1972Public AffairsMaharashtra
1972Public AffairsUttar Pradesh
1972Civil ServicePunjab
1972Civil ServiceTamil Nadu
1972Public AffairsMaharashtra
1972Civil ServiceDelhi
1972Public AffairsJammu and Kashmir
1972Science & EngineeringGujarat
1972Literature & EducationMaharashtra
1973Civil ServiceWest Bengal
1973Social WorkGujarat
1973Science & EngineeringDelhi
1973Social WorkWest Bengal
1973Public AffairsRajasthan
1973Civil ServiceTamil Nadu
1974Public AffairsWest Bengal
1974ArtsWest Bengal
1974Civil ServiceKarnataka
1974Civil ServiceDelhi
1975Public AffairsAndhra Pradesh
1975Social WorkMaharashtra
1975Social WorkTamil Nadu
1975Literature & EducationWest Bengal
1975Science & EngineeringKarnataka
1975Civil ServiceMaharashtra
1975ArtsTamil Nadu
1975Literature & EducationMaharashtra
1976Science & EngineeringUttar Pradesh
1976Literature & EducationPunjab
1976ArtsDelhi
1976Science & EngineeringKerala
1976ArtsWest Bengal
1976Literature & EducationUttar Pradesh
1976Literature & EducationDelhi
1977ArtsTamil Nadu
1977Public AffairsAndhra Pradesh
1977Civil ServiceDelhi
1977Civil ServicePunjab
1977Public AffairsWest Bengal
1977Literature & EducationDelhi
1980ArtsUttar Pradesh
1980Civil ServiceUttar Pradesh
1981Science & EngineeringKarnataka
1981ArtsUttar Pradesh
1982Social Work
1985Science & EngineeringKarnataka
1985Civil ServiceKerala
1986Social WorkMaharashtra
1986ArtsDelhi
1986MedicineDelhi
1987Social WorkKarnataka
1987Science & EngineeringPunjab
1987Civil ServiceDelhi
1987Civil ServiceMaharashtra
1988Public AffairsDelhi
1988Literature & EducationKarnataka
1988Literature & EducationUttar Pradesh
1989Public AffairsUttar Pradesh
1989ArtsWest Bengal
1989Science & EngineeringDelhi
1990Literature & EducationDelhi
1990Civil ServiceKarnataka
1990Literature & EducationWest Bengal
1990ArtsMadhya Pradesh
1990Science & EngineeringTamil Nadu
1990ArtsTamil Nadu
1991ArtsTamil Nadu
1991ArtsMaharashtra
1991Public AffairsWest Bengal
1991Public AffairsGujarat
1991Science & EngineeringGujarat
1991Public AffairsAndhra Pradesh
1991Civil ServiceMaharashtra
1991Literature & EducationUttar Pradesh
1992Public AffairsDelhi
1992Literature & EducationMaharashtra
1992ArtsKarnataka
1992MedicineDelhi
1992ArtsAndhra Pradesh
1992Public AffairsAndhra Pradesh
1992ArtsMaharashtra
1992Literature & EducationMaharashtra
1992Public AffairsPunjab
1992Public AffairsDelhi
1998Social WorkMaharashtra
1998Public AffairsMaharashtra
1998Public AffairsUttar Pradesh
1998Public Affairs
1999Social WorkMaharashtra
1999Science & EngineeringMaharashtra
1999Social WorkDelhi
1999Literature & EducationTamil Nadu
1999ArtsDelhi
1999Public AffairsKerala
1999ArtsMaharashtra
1999Public AffairsDelhi
1999Science & EngineeringGujarat
1999ArtsMaharashtra
1999Civil ServiceHimachal Pradesh
1999ArtsTamil Nadu
1999Civil ServiceDelhi
1999Civil ServiceDelhi
2000Public AffairsDelhi
2000Literature & Education
2000ArtsMaharashtra
2000Civil ServiceDelhi
2000Science & EngineeringKarnataka
2000Civil ServiceDelhi
2000ArtsOdisha
2000ArtsMaharashtra
2000Trade & IndustryAndhra Pradesh
2000Literature & EducationTamil Nadu
2000Civil ServiceUttar Pradesh
2000Literature & EducationKerala
2000Civil ServiceDelhi
2001Literature & Education
2001Public Affairs
2001ArtsDelhi
2001Arts
2001ArtsMaharashtra
2001Literature & EducationAndhra Pradesh
2001Civil ServiceTamil Nadu
2001Public Affairs
2001Science & Engineering
2001Science & EngineeringMaharashtra
2001ArtsMaharashtra
2002ArtsMaharashtra
2002ArtsKarnataka
2002ArtsUttar Pradesh
2002Literature & EducationAndhra Pradesh
2002Public AffairsDelhi
2003Public AffairsWest Bengal
2003ArtsDelhi
2003Literature & EducationDelhi
2003MedicineDelhi
2004Science & EngineeringMaharashtra
2004Literature & EducationDelhi
2004Public AffairsKarnataka
2005Public AffairsDelhi
2005Social WorkMaharashtra
2005Civil ServiceDelhi
2005MedicineMaharashtra
2005ArtsMaharashtra
2005ArtsMaharashtra
2005Public AffairsDelhi
2005MedicineDelhi
2006Science & Engineering
2006Science & EngineeringMaharashtra
2006Social WorkDelhi
2006Literature & EducationWest Bengal
2006ArtsKerala
2006Public AffairsUttar Pradesh
2006Civil ServiceTamil Nadu
2006Science & EngineeringKarnataka
2006MedicineDelhi
2007Public AffairsDelhi
2007Civil ServiceDelhi
2007Public AffairsTamil Nadu
2007Civil ServiceDelhi
2007Public AffairsDelhi
2007Literature & Education
2007MedicineDelhi
2007Literature & EducationDelhi
2007Science & Engineering
2007Civil ServiceHaryana
2008Public AffairsUttar Pradesh
2008SportsTamil Nadu
2008ArtsMaharashtra
2008Public AffairsDelhi
2008Sports
2008Trade & Industry
2008Public AffairsDelhi
2008Trade & IndustryKarnataka
2008Trade & IndustryDelhi
2008Science & EngineeringDelhi
2008Science & EngineeringDelhi
2008Trade & IndustryMaharashtra
2008SportsMaharashtra
2009OthersUttarakhand
2009MedicinePunjab
2009Literature & EducationWest Bengal
2009Trade & IndustryMaharashtra
2009Social WorkWest Bengal
2009Science & EngineeringMaharashtra
2009MedicineUttar Pradesh
2009Science & EngineeringKarnataka
2009Public AffairsUttar Pradesh
2009Civil ServiceMaharashtra
2010ArtsDelhi
2010Science & Engineering
2010Trade & IndustryTamil Nadu
2010Public AffairsAndhra Pradesh
2010ArtsDelhi
2010ArtsTamil Nadu
2011Public AffairsDelhi
2011Public AffairsMaharashtra
2011Public AffairsDelhi
2011Literature & EducationKerala
2011Literature & EducationOdisha
2011Civil ServiceDelhi
2011Public AffairsDelhi
2011Trade & IndustryKarnataka
2011Science & EngineeringAndhra Pradesh
2011ArtsAndhra Pradesh
2011ArtsDelhi
2011ArtsGujarat
2012ArtsAssam
2012ArtsGoa
2012Civil ServiceDelhi
2012MedicineMaharashtra
2012ArtsGujarat
2013ArtsOdisha
2013Science & EngineeringKarnataka
2013Science & EngineeringUttar Pradesh
2013ArtsDelhi
2014OthersMaharashtra
2014Science & EngineeringMaharashtra
2015Public AffairsGujarat
2015ArtsMaharashtra
2015Public AffairsPunjab
2015Social WorkKarnataka
2015ArtsMaharashtra
2015OthersUttar Pradesh
2015Science & EngineeringTamil Nadu
2015Public AffairsDelhi
2015Trade & Industry
2016Science & EngineeringKarnataka
2016Trade & IndustryMaharashtra
2016ArtsWest Bengal
2016Literature & Education
2016Public AffairsDelhi
2016ArtsDelhi
2016ArtsTamil Nadu
2016Literature & EducationTelangana
2016OthersKarnataka
2016MedicineTamil Nadu
2017Public AffairsUttar Pradesh
2017Public AffairsMadhya Pradesh
2017Public AffairsMaharashtra
2017Science & EngineeringKarnataka
2017Public AffairsMeghalaya
2017OthersTamil Nadu
2017ArtsKerala
2018ArtsTamil Nadu
2018ArtsMaharashtra
2018Literature & EducationKerala
2019ArtsChhattisgarh
2019Public Affairs
2019Trade & IndustryMaharashtra
2019ArtsMaharashtra
2020.Public AffairsBihar
2020.Public AffairsDelhi
2020Public Affairs
2020SportsManipur
2020ArtsUttar Pradesh
2020.Public AffairsDelhi
2020.OthersKarnataka

Explanatory notes

;Non-citizen recipients
;Posthumous recipients