General Bipin Rawat
India's first Chief of Defence Staff and a former Army chief, honoured posthumously with the Padma Vibhushan in 2022.
- Padma Vibhushan 2022 (posthumous)
- Uttarakhand
Padma Awards 2022
Recipients announced for 2022 that we have profiled so far (4 Padma Vibhushan, 13 Padma Bhushan, 101 Padma Shri). The official list is published by the Ministry of Home Affairs.
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Kalyan Singh
A former Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Lok Sabha member and Governor of Rajasthan, honoured posthumously with the Padma Vibhushan in 2022.
- Padma Vibhushan 2022 (posthumous)
- Uttar Pradesh
Prabha Atre
A Kirana gharana vocalist, composer and teacher who reshaped Hindustani vocal music, honoured with the Padma Vibhushan in 2022. She died in 2024.
- Padma Vibhushan 2022
- Maharashtra
Radheyshyam Khemka
The long-time editor of Kalyan, the Gita Press's Hindi spiritual monthly, honoured posthumously with the Padma Vibhushan in 2022.
- Padma Vibhushan 2022 (posthumous)
- Uttar Pradesh
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
A former West Bengal chief minister, from 2000 to 2011, who declined the Padma Bhushan announced for him in 2022. He died in 2024.
- Padma Bhushan 2022
- West Bengal
Cyrus Poonawalla
The founder of the Serum Institute of India in Pune, which grew into the world's largest vaccine maker by doses, honoured with the Padma Bhushan in 2022.
- Padma Bhushan 2022
- Maharashtra
Devendra Jhajharia
A javelin thrower from Churu, the first Indian para-athlete with two Paralympic golds, who added silver in Tokyo; Padma Bhushan, 2022.
- Padma Bhushan 2022
- Rajasthan
Ghulam Nabi Azad
A former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and Union minister, including for health from 2009 to 2014, honoured with the Padma Bhushan in 2022.
- Padma Bhushan 2022
- Jammu and Kashmir
Gurmeet Bawa
A Punjabi folk singer famed for her long, breathless 'lambi hek' and five decades on stage, honoured posthumously with the Padma Bhushan in 2022.
- Padma Bhushan 2022 (posthumous)
- Punjab
Krishna Ella and Suchitra Ella
The founders of Bharat Biotech, makers of the Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin and the rotavirus vaccine Rotavac, jointly honoured with the Padma Bhushan in 2022.
- Padma Bhushan 2022
- Telangana
Natarajan Chandrasekaran
The chairman of Tata Sons, who earlier led TCS as chief executive from 2009 to 2017, honoured with the Padma Bhushan in 2022.
- Padma Bhushan 2022
- Maharashtra
Pratibha Ray
An Odia novelist and Jnanpith laureate, author of Yajnaseni, whose fiction ranges from city life to tribal communities, honoured with the Padma Bhushan in 2022.
- Padma Bhushan 2022
- Odisha
Rajiv Mehrishi
A former Comptroller and Auditor General and Union home and finance secretary who drafted key laws, honoured with the Padma Bhushan in 2022.
- Padma Bhushan 2022
- Rajasthan
Rashid Khan
A Hindustani vocalist of the Rampur-Sahaswan gharana, honoured with the Padma Bhushan in 2022. He died in 2024.
- Padma Bhushan 2022
- Uttar Pradesh
Sachidanand
A Gujarati monk and writer whose Dantali ashram runs old-age homes and welfare work, honoured with the Padma Bhushan in 2022.
- Padma Bhushan 2022
- Gujarat
Vashishth Tripathi
A Varanasi scholar of Nyaya, the classical Indian school of logic, honoured with the Padma Bhushan in 2022.
- Padma Bhushan 2022
- Uttar Pradesh
Victor Banerjee
An actor who worked with both David Lean and Satyajit Ray and won National Awards in three categories, honoured with the Padma Bhushan in 2022.
- Padma Bhushan 2022
- West Bengal
A K C Natarajan
A Carnatic clarinet maestro from Tiruchirappalli, hailed as 'Clarionet Everest', who has performed since 1946, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Tamil Nadu
Abdul Khader Nadakattin
A Dharwad farmer-inventor known as the Barefoot Scientist, whose low-cost machines include a tamarind seed separator, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Karnataka
Aditya Prasad Dash
A scientist who has worked on malaria, filariasis and other diseases of the poor, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Odisha
Ajay Kumar Sonkar
A Prayagraj scientist who developed new ways to grow pearls, from black pearls in the Andamans to tissue culture, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Uttar Pradesh
Ajita Srivastava
A Mirzapur singer and teacher who kept kajri, the monsoon songs of eastern Uttar Pradesh, alive, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022. She died in 2024.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Uttar Pradesh
Akhone Asgar Ali Basharat
A Kargil poet and scholar who writes in Balti and has worked to keep the language alive in Ladakh, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Ladakh
Amai Mahalinga Naik
A Dakshina Kannada farmer known as the 'Tunnel Man', who dug tunnels into a hillside by hand to water his barren land, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Karnataka