P Narayana Kurup
A Malayalam poet and critic whose works include Nishagandhi and Kaviyum Kavithayum, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022. He died in 2026.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Kerala
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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Padmaja Reddy
A Kuchipudi dancer who has given over 3,000 shows and revived the medieval Kakatiyam dance from an old text, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Telangana
Prabhaben Shah
A Gandhian social worker from Daman who worked for women's welfare for decades, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022. She died in 2023.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
Prahlad Rai Agarwala
The founder-chairman of Rupa and Company, built from 1968 into a national hosiery brand, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022.
- Padma Shri 2022
- West Bengal
Pramod Bhagat
A para-badminton player from Bargarh who won Paralympic gold in Tokyo and five world titles, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Odisha
Prem Singh
A retired official from Ropar who sold his own house to build homes for people affected by leprosy, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Punjab
R Muthukannammal
The last living exponent of Sadir, the temple dance from which Bharatanatyam grew, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Tamil Nadu
Raghuvendra Tanwar
A Kurukshetra historian of the partition of Punjab and chairman of the ICHR, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Haryana
Ram Dayal Sharma
A Nautanki singer and guru called the Nightingale of Braj, who has given more than 5,000 shows, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Rajasthan
Ram Sahay Panday
A Bundelkhand dancer who championed the Rai folk dance despite social boycott, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022. He died in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Madhya Pradesh
Ramachandraiah
A Koya folk singer who can sing the Sammakka-Sarakka tale for 24 hours in Telugu and Koya, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Telangana
S Ballesh Bhajantri
A shehnai player and disciple of Ustad Bismillah Khan, called the Bismillah Khan of the South, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Tamil Nadu
S Damodaran
The founder of Gramalaya, who helped make Thandavampatti India's first open-defecation-free village, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Tamil Nadu
Sadguru Brahmeshanand Acharya Swami
The head of the Shree Datta Padmanabh Peeth in Goa, who promotes Sanskrit teaching and interfaith peace events, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Goa
Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay
A computer scientist in machine learning and computational biology who heads the Indian Statistical Institute; Padma Shri, 2022.
- Padma Shri 2022
- West Bengal
Sankaranarayana Menon Chundayil
A Chavakkad kalaripayattu guru known as Unni Gurukkal, who taught for over 60 years; Padma Shri, 2022. He died in 2023.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Kerala
Savaji Bhai Dholakia
A Surat diamond merchant who founded Hari Krishna Exports and has built village lakes, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Gujarat
Seth Pal Singh
A Saharanpur farmer who turned to water chestnut, lotus, fish and mushrooms to make small farms pay, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Uttar Pradesh
Shaibal Gupta
An economist who founded a leading social science institute in Patna and championed Bihar's development; Padma Shri (posthumous), 2022.
- Padma Shri 2022 (posthumous)
- Bihar
Shakuntala Choudhary
A Gandhian social worker at Guwahati's Sarania Ashram who served the Kasturba Trust from 1947, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Assam
Sheesh Ram
A 1971 war veteran from Meerut who served 40 years in the Army and now paints soldiers' courage and sacrifice, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Uttar Pradesh
Shivnath Mishra
A Benaras gharana sitarist who plays Dhrupad, Khayal, Thumri and Tappa styles on the sitar, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Uttar Pradesh
Shyamamani Devi
An Odissi music vocalist from Cuttack who left film playback singing to revive Odisha's traditional songs, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Odisha
Siddhalingaiah
A Kannada poet and Dalit Sangharsh Samiti founder whose poems gave voice to Dalit protest, honoured posthumously with the Padma Shri in 2022.
- Padma Shri 2022 (posthumous)
- Karnataka