Bindeshwar Pathak
Founder of Sulabh International, whose low-cost and pay-and-use toilets changed sanitation in India, honoured posthumously with the Padma Vibhushan in 2024.
- Padma Vibhushan 2024 (posthumous)
- Bihar
Padma Awards 2024
Recipients announced for 2024 that we have profiled so far (5 Padma Vibhushan, 16 Padma Bhushan, 103 Padma Shri). The official list is published by the Ministry of Home Affairs.
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Chiranjeevi
A Telugu film star with 155 films over 45 years whose charitable trust runs blood and eye banks, honoured with the Padma Vibhushan in 2024.
- Padma Vibhushan 2024
- Andhra Pradesh
M. Venkaiah Naidu
A political leader for five decades and Vice-President of India from 2017 to 2022, honoured with the Padma Vibhushan in 2024.
- Padma Vibhushan 2024
- Andhra Pradesh
Padma Subrahmanyam
A dancer and scholar who drew on the Natyashastra and temple sculpture to create the Bharatanrityam style, honoured with the Padma Vibhushan in 2024.
- Padma Vibhushan 2024
- Tamil Nadu
Vyjayantimala Bali
A Bharatanatyam dancer and one of Hindi cinema's great stars of the 1950s and 60s, later an MP, honoured with the Padma Vibhushan in 2024.
- Padma Vibhushan 2024
- Tamil Nadu
Ashwin Balachand Mehta
A Mumbai cardiologist who brought angioplasty and other heart procedures to Indian patients and taught them to doctors, honoured with the Padma Bhushan in 2024.
- Padma Bhushan 2024
- Maharashtra
C. P. Thakur
A physician whose kala-azar research shaped its treatment, and a former Union minister and MP from Patna, honoured with the Padma Bhushan in 2024.
- Padma Bhushan 2024
- Bihar
Hormusji N. Cama
Chairman of Mumbai Samachar, Asia's oldest newspaper, who helped bring Gujarati into computer typesetting, honoured with the Padma Bhushan in 2024.
- Padma Bhushan 2024
- Maharashtra
Kundan Vyas
The chief editor of the Janmabhoomi group of Gujarati newspapers, a political reporter in Delhi for three decades, honoured with the Padma Bhushan in 2024.
- Padma Bhushan 2024
- Maharashtra
M. Fathima Beevi
The first woman judge of the Supreme Court of India and later Governor of Tamil Nadu, honoured posthumously with the Padma Bhushan in 2024.
- Padma Bhushan 2024 (posthumous)
- Kerala
Mithun Chakraborty
A film actor who won the National Award for his first film and has played lead roles in some 300 films, honoured with the Padma Bhushan in 2024.
- Padma Bhushan 2024
- West Bengal
O. Rajagopal
A veteran Kerala politician, former Union minister and the BJP's first member of the Kerala legislative assembly, honoured with the Padma Bhushan in 2024.
- Padma Bhushan 2024
- Kerala
Pyarelal Sharma
One half of the composing duo Laxmikant–Pyarelal, who scored more than 800 films over six decades, honoured with the Padma Bhushan in 2024.
- Padma Bhushan 2024
- Maharashtra
Rajdutt
A Marathi film director with more than 60 years in cinema and three National Awards, who still acts in his nineties, honoured with the Padma Bhushan in 2024.
- Padma Bhushan 2024
- Maharashtra
Ram Naik
A Mumbai politician who won eight straight elections, served as a Union minister and as Governor of Uttar Pradesh, honoured with the Padma Bhushan in 2024.
- Padma Bhushan 2024
- Maharashtra
Satya Brata Mookherjee
A Calcutta barrister in company law who served as a Union minister, honoured posthumously with the Padma Bhushan in 2024.
- Padma Bhushan 2024 (posthumous)
- West Bengal
Sitaram Jindal
The founder of Jindal Aluminium and of a large naturopathy institute in Bengaluru, and a philanthropist, honoured with the Padma Bhushan in 2024.
- Padma Bhushan 2024
- Karnataka
Tejas Madhusudan Patel
An Ahmedabad cardiologist known for transradial and telerobotic procedures who has trained thousands, honoured with the Padma Bhushan in 2024.
- Padma Shri 2015
- Padma Bhushan 2024
- Gujarat
Togdan Rinpoche
A Drikung Kagyu lama who led Ladakh's monasteries and served the region as a minister, honoured posthumously with the Padma Bhushan in 2024.
- Padma Bhushan 2024 (posthumous)
- Ladakh
Usha Uthup
A pop singer who has performed for fifty years in 17 Indian and 8 foreign languages, honoured with the Padma Bhushan in 2024.
- Padma Bhushan 2024
- West Bengal
Vijayakant
A Tamil film star of 154 films known as "Captain" who founded the DMDK, honoured posthumously with the Padma Bhushan in 2024.
- Padma Bhushan 2024 (posthumous)
- Tamil Nadu
Ali Mohammed and Ghani Mohammed
Bikaner brothers who have sung Rajasthan's Mand folk style together for about 40 years and taught it to others, jointly honoured with the Padma Shri in 2024.
- Padma Shri 2024
- Rajasthan
Anupama Hoskere
A Bengaluru puppeteer who founded Dhaatu Puppet Theater, staging Indian epics with puppets, dance and theatre, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2024.
- Padma Shri 2024
- Karnataka
Ashok Kumar Biswas
A Bihar artist who revived Tikuli art as a form of folk painting and has trained about 8,000 women in it, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2024.
- Padma Shri 2024
- Bihar