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Padma Vibhushan Award Winners List
The Padma Awards Committee, which is established annually by the Prime Minister, considers each nomination that has been submitted for a Padma Award. The Cabinet Secretary presides over the Padma Awards Committee, which also features the Home Secretary, the Secretary to the President, and anywhere from four to six other eminent citizens. The committee makes its recommendations to the Prime Minister and the President of India.
Padma Vibhushan follows Bharat Ratna as the highest civilian honor India can bestow. It is given for exceptional and distinguished service in any field: Art, Social Work, Public Affairs, Science and Engineering, Poetry, Promotion of Education, Trade & Industry, Sports, and many more. In this list, we have mentioned the names of all the winners of Padma Vibhushan.
| Sl.No | Name | State | Year | Field |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Satyendra Nath Bose | West Bengal | 1954 | Science & Engineering |
| 2 | Nandalal Bose | West Bengal | 1954 | Arts |
| 3 | Zakir Husain | Andhra Pradesh | 1954 | Public Affairs |
| 4 | Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher | Maharashtra | 1954 | Public Affairs |
| 5 | V. K. Krishna Menon | Kerala | 1954 | Public Affairs |
| 6 | Jigme Dorji Wangchuck | Bhutan | 1954 | Public Affairs |
| 7 | Dhondo Keshav Karve | Maharashtra | 1955 | Literature & Education |
| 8 | J. R. D. Tata | Maharashtra | 1955 | Trade & Industry |
| 9 | Fazal Ali | Bihar | 1956 | Public Affairs |
| 10 | Jankibai Bajaj | Madhya Pradesh | 1956 | Social Work |
| 11 | Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi | Madhya Pradesh | 1956 | Public Affairs |
| 12 | Ghanshyam Das Birla | Rajasthan | 1957 | Trade & Industry |
| 13 | Sri Prakasa | Uttar Pradesh | 1957 | Public Affairs |
| 14 | M. C. Setalvad | Maharashtra | 1957 | Public Affairs |
| 15 | John Mathai | Kerala | 1959 | Literature & Education |
| 16 | Gaganvihari Lallubhai Mehta | Maharashtra | 1959 | Social Work |
| 17 | Radhabinod Pal | West Bengal | 1959 | Public Affairs |
| 18 | Narayana Raghvan Pillai | Tamil Nadu | 1960 | Public Affairs |
| 19 | H. V. R. Iyengar | Tamil Nadu | 1962 | Civil Service |
| 20 | Padmaja Naidu | Andhra Pradesh | 1962 | Public Affairs |
| 21 | Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit | Uttar Pradesh | 1962 | Civil Service |
| 22 | Suniti Kumar Chatterji | West Bengal | 1963 | Literature & Education |
| 23 | A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar | Tamil Nadu | 1963 | Medicine |
| 24 | Hari Vinayak Pataskar | Maharashtra | 1963 | Public Affairs |
| 25 | Acharya Kakasaheb Kalelkar | Maharashtra | 1964 | Literature & Education |
| 26 | Gopinath Kaviraj | Uttar Pradesh | 1964 | Literature & Education |
| 27 | Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri | West Bengal | 1965 | Civil Service |
| 28 | Mehdi Nawaz Jung | Telangana | 1965 | Public Affairs |
| 29 | Arjan Singh | Delhi | 1965 | Civil Service |
| 30 | Valerian Gracias | Maharashtra | 1966 | Social Work |
| 31 | Chandra Kisan Daphtary | Maharashtra | 1967 | Public Affairs |
| 32 | Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim | Andhra Pradesh | 1967 | Civil Service |
| 33 | Bhola Nath Jha | Uttar Pradesh | 1967 | Civil Service |
| 34 | P. V. R. Rao | Andhra Pradesh | 1967 | Civil Service |
| 35 | Madhav Shrihari Aney | Madhya Pradesh | 1968 | Public Affairs |
| 36 | Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar | Pakistan | 1968 | Science & Engineering |
| 37 | Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis | Delhi | 1968 | Literature & Education |
| 38 | Kripal Singh | Delhi | 1968 | Civil Service |
| 39 | Kalyan Sundaram | Delhi | 1968 | Public Affairs |
| 40 | Rajeshwar Dayal | Delhi | 1969 | Civil Service |
| 41 | Dattatraya Shridhar Joshi | Maharashtra | 1969 | Civil Service |
| 42 | Har Gobind Khorana | Pakistan | 1969 | Science & Engineering |
| 43 | Mohan Sinha Mehta | Rajasthan | 1969 | Civil Service |
| 44 | Ghananand Pande | Uttar Pradesh | 1969 | Civil Service |
| 45 | Tara Chand | Uttar Pradesh | 1970 | Literature & Education |
| 46 | Suranjan Das | West Bengal | 1970 | Civil Service |
| 47 | Anthony Lancelot Dias | Maharashtra | 1970 | Public Affairs |
| 48 | P. Prabhakar Kumaramangalam | Tamil Nadu | 1970 | Civil Service |
| 49 | A. Ramasamy Mudaliar | Andhra Pradesh | 1970 | Civil Service |
| 50 | Binay Ranjan Sen | West Bengal | 1970 | Civil Service |
| 51 | Harbaksh Singh | Punjab | 1970 | Civil Service |
| 52 | Bimala Prasad Chaliha | Assam | 1971 | Civil Service |
| 53 | Allauddin Khan | West Bengal | 1971 | Arts |
| 54 | Sumati Morarjee | Maharashtra | 1971 | Civil Service |
| 55 | Uday Shankar | Maharashtra | 1971 | Arts |
| 56 | Vithal Nagesh Shirodkar | Goa | 1971 | Medicine |
| 57 | B. Sivaraman | Tamil Nadu | 1971 | Civil Service |
| 58 | P. Balacharya Gajendragadkar | Maharashtra | 1972 | Public Affairs |
| 59 | Aditya Nath Jha# | Uttar Pradesh | 1972 | Public Affairs |
| 60 | Pratap Chandra Lal | Punjab | 1972 | Civil Service |
| 61 | Sam Manekshaw | Tamil Nadu | 1972 | Civil Service |
| 62 | Jivraj Narayan Mehta | Maharashtra | 1972 | Public Affairs |
| 63 | Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda | Delhi | 1972 | Civil Service |
| 64 | Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq[i]# | Jammu and Kashmir | 1972 | Public Affairs |
| 65 | Vikram Sarabhai[ii]# | Gujarat | 1972 | Science & Engineering |
| 66 | Hormasji Maneckji Seervai | Maharashtra | 1972 | Literature & Education |
| 67 | Basanti Devi | West Bengal | 1973 | Civil Service |
| 68 | U. N. Dhebar | Gujarat | 1973 | Social Work |
| 69 | Daulat Singh Kothari | Delhi | 1973 | Science & Engineering |
| 70 | Nellie Sengupta | West Bengal | 1973 | Social Work |
| 71 | Nagendra Singh | Rajasthan | 1973 | Public Affairs |
| 72 | Thirumalraya Swaminathan | Tamil Nadu | 1973 | Civil Service |
| 73 | Niren De | West Bengal | 1974 | Public Affairs |
| 74 | Benode Behari Mukherjee | West Bengal | 1974 | Arts |
| 75 | V. K. R. V. Rao | Karnataka | 1974 | Civil Service |
| 76 | Harish Chandra Sarin | Delhi | 1974 | Civil Service |
| 77 | C. D. Deshmukh | Maharashtra | 1975 | Public Affairs |
| 78 | Durgabai Deshmukh | Andhra Pradesh | 1975 | Social Work |
| 79 | Mary Clubwala Jadhav | Tamil Nadu | 1975 | Social Work |
| 80 | Basanti Dulal Nagchaudhuri | West Bengal | 1975 | Literature & Education |
| 81 | Raja Ramanna | Karnataka | 1975 | Science & Engineering |
| 82 | Homi Nusserwanji Sethna | Maharashtra | 1975 | Civil Service |
| 83 | M. S. Subbulakshmi | Tamil Nadu | 1975 | Arts |
| 84 | Premlila Vithaldas Thackersey | Maharashtra | 1975 | Literature & Education |
| 85 | Salim Ali | Uttar Pradesh | 1976 | Science & Engineering |
| 86 | Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir | Punjab | 1976 | Literature & Education |
| 87 | K. Shankar Pillai | Delhi | 1976 | Arts |
| 88 | K. R. Ramanathan | Kerala | 1976 | Science & Engineering |
| 89 | Satyajit Ray | West Bengal | 1976 | Arts |
| 90 | Kalu Lal Shrimali | Uttar Pradesh | 1976 | Literature & Education |
| 91 | Bashir Hussain Zaidi | Delhi | 1976 | Literature & Education |
| 92 | T. Balasaraswati | Tamil Nadu | 1977 | Arts |
| 93 | Ali Yavar Jung | Andhra Pradesh | 1977 | Public Affairs |
| 94 | Ajudhia Nath Khosla | Delhi | 1977 | Civil Service |
| 95 | Om Prakash Mehra | Punjab | 1977 | Civil Service |
| 96 | Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee | West Bengal | 1977 | Public Affairs |
| 97 | Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh | Delhi | 1977 | Literature & Education |
| 98 | Bismillah Khan | Uttar Pradesh | 1980 | Arts |
| 99 | Rai Krishnadasa | Uttar Pradesh | 1980 | Civil Service |
| 100 | Satish Dhawan | Karnataka | 1981 | Science & Engineering |
| 101 | Ravi Shankar | Uttar Pradesh | 1981 | Arts |
| 102 | Mira Behn | 1982 | Social Work | |
| 103 | C. N. R. Rao | Karnataka | 1985 | Science & Engineering |
| 104 | M. G. K. Menon | Kerala | 1985 | Civil Service |
| 105 | Baba Amte | Maharashtra | 1986 | Social Work |
| 106 | Birju Maharaj | Delhi | 1986 | Arts |
| 107 | Autar Singh Paintal | Delhi | 1986 | Medicine |
| 108 | Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay | Karnataka | 1987 | Social Work |
| 109 | Benjamin Peary Pal | Punjab | 1987 | Science & Engineering |
| 110 | Manmohan Singh | Delhi | 1987 | Civil Service |
| 111 | Arun Shridhar Vaidya | Maharashtra | 1987 | Civil Service |
| 112 | Mirza Hameedullah Beg | Delhi | 1988 | Public Affairs |
| 113 | Kuvempu | Karnataka | 1988 | Literature & Education |
| 114 | Mahadevi Varma | Uttar Pradesh | 1988 | Literature & Education |
| 115 | Uma Shankar Dikshit | Uttar Pradesh | 1989 | Public Affairs |
| 116 | Ali Akbar Khan | West Bengal | 1989 | Arts |
| 117 | M. S. Swaminathan | Tamil Nadu | 1989 | Science & Engineering |
| 118 | V. S. R. Arunachalam | Delhi | 1990 | Literature & Education |
| 119 | Triloki Nath Chaturvedi | Karnataka | 1990 | Civil Service |
| 120 | Bhabatosh Datta | West Bengal | 1990 | Literature & Education |
| 121 | Kumar Gandharva | Madhya Pradesh | 1990 | Arts |
| 122 | A. P. J. Abdul Kalam | Tamil Nadu | 1990 | Science & Engineering |
| 123 | Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer | Tamil Nadu | 1990 | Arts |
| 124 | M. Balamuralikrishna | Tamil Nadu | 1991 | Arts |
| 125 | M. F. Husain | Maharashtra | 1991 | Arts |
| 126 | Hirendranath Mukherjee | West Bengal | 1991 | Public Affairs |
| 127 | Gulzarilal Nanda | Gujarat | 1991 | Public Affairs |
| 128 | I. G. Patel | Gujarat | 1991 | Science & Engineering |
| 129 | N. G. Ranga | Andhra Pradesh | 1991 | Public Affairs |
| 130 | Khusro Faramurz Rustamji | Maharashtra | 1991 | Civil Service |
| 131 | Rajaram Shastri | Uttar Pradesh | 1991 | Literature & Education |
| 132 | Aruna Asaf Ali | Delhi | 1992 | Public Affairs |
| 133 | Lakshman Shastri Joshi | Maharashtra | 1992 | Literature & Education |
| 134 | Mallikarjun Mansur | Karnataka | 1992 | Arts |
| 135 | S. I. Padmavati | Delhi | 1992 | Medicine |
| 136 | Kaloji Narayana Rao | Telangana | 1992 | Arts |
| 137 | Ravi Narayana Reddy | Andhra Pradesh | 1992 | Public Affairs |
| 138 | V. Shantaram | Maharashtra | 1992 | Arts |
| 139 | Govindbhai Shroff | Maharashtra | 1992 | Literature & Education |
| 140 | Swaran Singh | Punjab | 1992 | Public Affairs |
| 141 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | Delhi | 1992 | Public Affairs |
| 142 | Usha Mehta | Maharashtra | 1998 | Social Work |
| 143 | Nanabhoy Palkhivala | Maharashtra | 1998 | Public Affairs |
| 144 | Lakshmi Sahgal | Uttar Pradesh | 1998 | Public Affairs |
| 145 | Walter Sisulu | South Africa | 1998 | Public Affairs |
| 146 | Pandurang Shastri Athavale | Maharashtra | 1999 | Social Work |
| 147 | Rajagopala Chidambaram | Maharashtra | 1999 | Science & Engineering |
| 148 | Nanaji Deshmukh | Delhi | 1999 | Social Work |
| 149 | Sarvepalli Gopal | Tamil Nadu | 1999 | Literature & Education |
| 150 | Satish Gujral | Delhi | 1999 | Arts |
| 151 | V. R. Krishna Iyer | Kerala | 1999 | Public Affairs |
| 152 | Bhimsen Joshi | Maharashtra | 1999 | Arts |
| 153 | Hans Raj Khanna | Delhi | 1999 | Public Affairs |
| 154 | Verghese Kurien | Gujarat | 1999 | Science & Engineering |
| 155 | Lata Mangeshkar | Maharashtra | 1999 | Arts |
| 156 | Braj Kumar Nehru | Himachal Pradesh | 1999 | Civil Service |
| 157 | D. K. Pattammal | Tamil Nadu | 1999 | Arts |
| 158 | Lallan Prasad Singh[iv]# | Delhi | 1999 | Civil Service |
| 159 | Dharma Vira | Delhi | 1999 | Civil Service |
| 160 | Sikander Bakht | Delhi | 2000 | Public Affairs |
| 161 | Jagdish Bhagwati | Maharashtra | 2000 | Literature & Education |
| 162 | Hariprasad Chaurasia | Maharashtra | 2000 | Arts |
| 163 | M. S. Gill | Delhi | 2000 | Civil Service |
| 164 | Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan | Karnataka | 2000 | Science & Engineering |
| 165 | K. B. Lall | Delhi | 2000 | Civil Service |
| 166 | Kelucharan Mohapatra | Odisha | 2000 | Arts |
| 167 | Jasraj Motiram | Maharashtra | 2000 | Arts |
| 168 | M. Narasimham | Andhra Pradesh | 2000 | Trade & Industry |
| 169 | R. K. Narayan | Tamil Nadu | 2000 | Literature & Education |
| 170 | B. D. Pande | Uttar Pradesh | 2000 | Civil Service |
| 171 | K. N. Raj | Kerala | 2000 | Literature & Education |
| 172 | Tarlok Singh | Delhi | 2000 | Civil Service |
| 173 | John Kenneth Galbraith | Canada | 2001 | Literature & Education |
| 174 | Benjamin A. Gilman | New York | 2001 | Public Affairs |
| 175 | Amjad Ali Khan | Delhi | 2001 | Arts |
| 176 | Zubin Mehta | Maharashtra | 2001 | Arts |
| 177 | Hrishikesh Mukherjee | Maharashtra | 2001 | Arts |
| 178 | Kotha Satchidananda Murthy | Andhra Pradesh | 2001 | Literature & Education |
| 179 | Chakravarthi V. Narasimhan | Tamil Nadu | 2001 | Civil Service |
| 180 | Hosei Norota | Japan | 2001 | Public Affairs |
| 181 | C. R. Rao | Karnataka | 2001 | Science & Engineering |
| 182 | Man Mohan Sharma | Maharashtra | 2001 | Science & Engineering |
| 183 | Shivkumar Sharma | Maharashtra | 2001 | Arts |
| 184 | Kishori Amonkar | Maharashtra | 2002 | Arts |
| 185 | Gangubai Hangal | Karnataka | 2002 | Arts |
| 186 | Kishan Maharaj | Uttar Pradesh | 2002 | Arts |
| 187 | C. Rangarajan | Tamil Nadu | 2002 | Literature & Education |
| 188 | Soli Sorabjee | Delhi | 2002 | Public Affairs |
| 189 | Kazi Lhendup Dorjee | West Bengal | 2003 | Public Affairs |
| 190 | Sonal Mansingh | Delhi | 2003 | Arts |
| 191 | Bal Ram Nanda | Delhi | 2003 | Literature & Education |
| 192 | Brihaspati Dev Triguna | Delhi | 2003 | Medicine |
| 193 | Jayant Narlikar | Maharashtra | 2004 | Science & Engineering |
| 194 | Amrita Pritam | Delhi | 2004 | Literature & Education |
| 195 | M. N. Venkatachaliah | Karnataka | 2004 | Public Affairs |
| 196 | Milon K. Banerji | Delhi | 2005 | Public Affairs |
| 197 | Mohan Dharia | Maharashtra | 2005 | Social Work |
| 198 | Jyotindra Nath Dixit | Delhi | 2005 | Civil Service |
| 199 | B. K. Goyal | Maharashtra | 2005 | Medicine |
| 200 | R. K. Laxman | Maharashtra | 2005 | Arts |
| 201 | Ram Narayan | Maharashtra | 2005 | Arts |
| 202 | Karan Singh | Delhi | 2005 | Public Affairs |
| 203 | M. S. Valiathan | Delhi | 2005 | Medicine |
| 204 | Norman Borlaug | United States | 2006 | Science & Engineering |
| 205 | Charles Correa | Maharashtra | 2006 | Science & Engineering |
| 206 | Nirmala Deshpande | Delhi | 2006 | Social Work |
| 207 | Mahasweta Devi | West Bengal | 2006 | Literature & Education |
| 208 | Adoor Gopalakrishnan | Kerala | 2006 | Arts |
| 209 | V. N. Khare | Uttar Pradesh | 2006 | Public Affairs |
| 210 | C. R. Krishnaswamy Rao | Tamil Nadu | 2006 | Civil Service |
| 211 | Obaid Siddiqi | Karnataka | 2006 | Science & Engineering |
| 212 | Prakash Narain Tandon | Delhi | 2006 | Medicine |
| 213 | P. N. Bhagwati | Delhi | 2007 | Public Affairs |
| 214 | Naresh Chandra | Delhi | 2007 | Civil Service |
| 215 | Raja Chelliah | Tamil Nadu | 2007 | Public Affairs |
| 216 | V. Krishnamurthy | Delhi | 2007 | Civil Service |
| 217 | Fali Sam Nariman | Delhi | 2007 | Public Affairs |
| 218 | Raja Rao | Karnataka | 2007 | Literature & Education |
| 219 | Balu Sankaran | Delhi | 2007 | Medicine |
| 220 | Khushwant Singh | Delhi | 2007 | Literature & Education |
| 221 | George Sudarshan | Kerala | 2007 | Science & Engineering |
| 222 | Narinder Nath Vohra | Haryana | 2007 | Civil Service |
| 223 | Adarsh Sein Anand | Uttar Pradesh | 2008 | Public Affairs |
| 224 | Viswanathan Anand | Tamil Nadu | 2008 | Sports |
| 225 | Asha Bhosle | Maharashtra | 2008 | Arts |
| 226 | P. N. Dhar | Delhi | 2008 | Public Affairs |
| 227 | Edmund Hillary | New Zealand | 2008 | Sports |
| 228 | Lakshmi Mittal | Rajasthan | 2008 | Trade & Industry |
| 229 | Pranab Mukherjee | Delhi | 2008 | Public Affairs |
| 230 | N. R. Narayana Murthy | Karnataka | 2008 | Trade & Industry |
| 231 | Prithvi Raj Singh Oberoi | Delhi | 2008 | Trade & Industry |
| 232 | Rajendra K. Pachauri | Delhi | 2008 | Science & Engineering |
| 233 | E. Sreedharan | Delhi | 2008 | Science & Engineering |
| 234 | Ratan Tata | Maharashtra | 2008 | Trade & Industry |
| 235 | Sachin Tendulkar | Maharashtra | 2008 | Sports |
| 236 | Sunderlal Bahuguna | Uttarakhand | 2009 | Others |
| 237 | Jasbir Singh Bajaj | Punjab | 2009 | Medicine |
| 238 | D. P. Chattopadhyaya | West Bengal | 2009 | Literature & Education |
| 239 | Ashok Sekhar Ganguly | Maharashtra | 2009 | Trade & Industry |
| 240 | Sister Nirmala | West Bengal | 2009 | Social Work |
| 241 | Anil Kakodkar | Maharashtra | 2009 | Science & Engineering |
| 242 | Purshotam Lal | Uttar Pradesh | 2009 | Medicine |
| 243 | G. Madhavan Nair | Karnataka | 2009 | Science & Engineering |
| 244 | Govind Narain | Uttar Pradesh | 2009 | Public Affairs |
| 245 | Chandrika Prasad Srivastava | Maharashtra | 2009 | Civil Service |
| 246 | Ebrahim Alkazi | Delhi | 2010 | Arts |
| 247 | Venkatraman Ramakrishnan | Tamil Nadu | 2010 | Science & Engineering |
| 248 | Prathap C. Reddy | Andhra Pradesh | 2010 | Trade & Industry |
| 249 | Y. Venugopal Reddy | Andhra Pradesh | 2010 | Public Affairs |
| 250 | Zohra Sehgal | Delhi | 2010 | Arts |
| 251 | Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman | Tamil Nadu | 2010 | Arts |
| 252 | Montek Singh Ahluwalia | Delhi | 2011 | Public Affairs |
| 253 | Vijay Kelkar | Maharashtra | 2011 | Public Affairs |
| 254 | Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai | Delhi | 2011 | Public Affairs |
| 255 | O. N. V. Kurup | Kerala | 2011 | Literature & Education |
| 256 | Sitakant Mahapatra | Odisha | 2011 | Literature & Education |
| 257 | Brajesh Mishra | Delhi | 2011 | Civil Service |
| 258 | K. Parasaran | Delhi | 2011 | Public Affairs |
| 259 | Azim Premji | Karnataka | 2011 | Trade & Industry |
| 260 | Palle Rama Rao | Andhra Pradesh | 2011 | Science & Engineering |
| 261 | Akkineni Nageswara Rao | Andhra Pradesh | 2011 | Arts |
| 262 | Kapila Vatsyayan | Delhi | 2011 | Arts |
| 263 | Homai Vyarawalla | Gujarat | 2011 | Arts |
| 264 | Bhupen Hazarika | Assam | 2012 | Arts |
| 265 | Mario Miranda | Goa | 2012 | Arts |
| 266 | T. V. Rajeswar | Delhi | 2012 | Civil Service |
| 267 | Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti | Maharashtra | 2012 | Medicine |
| 268 | K. G. Subramanyan | Gujarat | 2012 | Arts |
| 269 | Raghunath Mohapatra | Odisha | 2013 | Arts |
| 270 | Roddam Narasimha | Karnataka | 2013 | Science & Engineering |
| 271 | Yash Pal | Uttar Pradesh | 2013 | Science & Engineering |
| 272 | S. H. Raza | Delhi | 2013 | Arts |
| 273 | B. K. S. Iyengar | Maharashtra | 2014 | Others |
| 274 | Raghunath Anant Mashelkar | Maharashtra | 2014 | Science & Engineering |
| 275 | L. K. Advani | Gujarat | 2015 | Public Affairs |
| 276 | Amitabh Bachchan | Maharashtra | 2015 | Arts |
| 277 | Parkash Singh Badal | Punjab | 2015 | Public Affairs |
| 278 | Veerendra Heggade | Karnataka | 2015 | Social Work |
| 279 | Dilip Kumar | Maharashtra | 2015 | Arts |
| 280 | Rambhadracharya | Uttar Pradesh | 2015 | Literature & Education |
| 281 | M. R. Srinivasan | Tamil Nadu | 2015 | Science & Engineering |
| 282 | Kottayan Katankot Venugopal | Delhi | 2015 | Public Affairs |
| 283 | Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan | Switzerland | 2015 | Social Work |
| 284 | V. K. Aatre | Karnataka | 2016 | Science & Engineering |
| 285 | Dhirubhai Ambani | Maharashtra | 2016 | Trade & Industry |
| 286 | Girija Devi | West Bengal | 2016 | Arts |
| 287 | Avinash Dixit | Maharashtra | 2016 | Literature & Education |
| 288 | Jagmohan | Delhi | 2016 | Public Affairs |
| 289 | Yamini Krishnamurthy | Delhi | 2016 | Arts |
| 290 | Rajinikanth | Tamil Nadu | 2016 | Arts |
| 291 | Ramoji Rao | Andhra Pradesh | 2016 | Literature & Education |
| 292 | Sri Sri Ravi Shankar | Karnataka | 2016 | Others |
| 293 | V. Shanta | Tamil Nadu | 2016 | Medicine |
| 294 | Murli Manohar Joshi | Uttar Pradesh | 2017 | Public Affairs |
| 295 | Sunder Lal Patwa | Madhya Pradesh | 2017 | Public Affairs |
| 296 | Sharad Pawar | Maharashtra | 2017 | Public Affairs |
| 297 | Udupi Ramachandra Rao | Karnataka | 2017 | Science & Engineering |
| 298 | P. A. Sangma | Meghalaya | 2017 | Public Affairs |
| 299 | Jaggi Vasudev | Tamil Nadu | 2017 | Others |
| 300 | K. J. Yesudas | Kerala | 2017 | Arts |
| 301 | Ilaiyaraaja | Tamil Nadu | 2018 | Arts |
| 302 | Ghulam Mustafa Khan | Maharashtra | 2018 | Arts |
| 303 | P. Parameswaran | Kerala | 2018 | Literature & Education |
| 304 | Teejan Bai | Chhattisgarh | 2019 | Arts |
| 305 | Ismaïl Omar Guelleh | Ethiopia | 2019 | Public Affairs |
| 306 | Anil Manibhai Naik | Maharashtra | 2019 | Trade & Industry |
| 307 | Balwant Moreshwar Purandare | Maharashtra | 2019 | Arts |
| 308 | George Fernandes | Bihar | 2020 | Public Affairs |
| 309 | Arun Jaitley | Delhi | 2020 | Public Affairs |
| 310 | Anerood Jugnauth | Mauritius | 2020 | Public Affairs |
| 311 | Mary Kom | Manipur | 2020 | Sports |
| 312 | Chhannulal Mishra | Uttar Pradesh | 2020 | Arts |
| 313 | Sushma Swaraj | Delhi | 2020 | Public Affairs |
| 314 | Vishwesha Teertha | Karnataka | 2020 | Others |
| 315 | Shinzo Abe | Japan | 2021 | Public Affairs |
| 316 | S. P. Balasubramaniam | Andhra Pradesh | 2021 | Arts |
| 317 | Belle Monappa Hegde | Karnataka | 2021 | Medicine |
| 318 | Narinder Singh Kapany | Punjab | 2021 | Science & Engineering |
| 319 | Wahiduddin Khan | Delhi | 2021 | Others |
| 320 | B. B. Lal | Delhi | 2021 | Others |
| 321 | Sudarshan Sahoo | Odisha | 2021 | Arts |
| 322 | Prabha Atre | Maharashtra | 2022 | Arts |
| 323 | Radheshyam Khemka | Uttar Pradesh | 2022 | Literature & Education |
| 324 | Bipin Rawat | Uttarakhand | 2022 | Civil Service |
| 325 | Kalyan Singh | Uttar Pradesh | 2022 | Public Affairs |