Sirpi Balasubramaniam
A Tamil poet, critic and translator who helped found the Vanambadi poetry movement and has published over 120 books, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Tamil Nadu
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.
Showing 97–118 of 118 heroes
Sivananda
A Varanasi yoga practitioner who served leprosy-affected people in Puri for five decades, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022. He died in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Uttar Pradesh
Sonu Nigam
A playback singer from Faridabad with more than 6,000 songs in 28 languages, from 'Sandese Aate Hain' to 'Kal Ho Naa Ho', honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Maharashtra
Sosamma Iype
A veterinary scientist who brought Kerala's tiny Vechur cow back from the brink of extinction, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Kerala
Sowcar Janaki
An actress who appeared in more than 450 films in five languages over seven decades, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022. She died in 2026.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Tamil Nadu
Srimad Baba Balia
An Odisha spiritual teacher whose trust fights superstitions such as witch-hunting and runs a free Sanskrit college; Padma Shri, 2022.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Odisha
Subbanna Ayyappan
A fisheries scientist who became the first non-crop scientist to head the ICAR, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022. He died in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Karnataka
Sulochana Chavan
A Marathi singer hailed as the Queen of Lavani, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022. She died the same year.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Maharashtra
Sumit Antil
A javelin thrower from Sonipat who won Tokyo Paralympic gold with a world record, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Haryana
Sunkara Venkata Adinarayana Rao
A Visakhapatnam surgeon who did free corrective surgery for polio patients for decades, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022. He died in 2026.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Andhra Pradesh
T Senka Ao
A Mokokchung writer who edited Ao Milen, Nagaland's oldest newspaper, for twenty years and worked for peace, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Nagaland
Tara Jauhar
A writer and educator who has led the Sri Aurobindo Ashram's Delhi branch for 45 years, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Delhi
Thavil Kongampattu A V Murugaiyan
A top-grade thavil player from Puducherry who has performed for 50 years with nadaswaram masters and taught 300 students, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Puducherry
Tsering Namgyal
A Ladakhi woodcarver who has carved shrines, thrones and doors for monasteries across Ladakh, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Ladakh
Tulku Rinpoche
The abbot of a Bomdila monastery and former abbot of Tawang, who runs a school for monks and poor children, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Arunachal Pradesh
V L Nghaka
A Mizo educator who founded the Mizoram Hindi Prachar Samiti in 1954 and mediated during the insurgency, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Mizoram
Vandana Kataria
A forward from Haridwar who has played for India in two Olympics, including the fourth-placed team at Tokyo 2020, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Uttarakhand
Veeraswamy Seshiah
A Chennai doctor who started India's first diabetology department and a simple test for diabetes in pregnancy, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Tamil Nadu
Vidya Vindu Singh
A Hindi and Awadhi writer from Ambedkar Nagar who has documented folk traditions, songs and stories, with over 118 books, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Uttar Pradesh
Vidyanand Sarek
A Sirmaur folk artist and poet who has written about 1,000 Pahari songs and kept the Kariyala folk theatre alive, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Himachal Pradesh
Vijaykumar Vinayak Dongre
A Mumbai doctor who worked for decades against leprosy and its stigma, and led the Voluntary Health Association of India, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Maharashtra
Vishwamurti Shastri
A Sanskrit scholar from Udhampur who taught for 44 years and teaches the Vedas free, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022.
- Padma Shri 2022
- Jammu and Kashmir