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The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) connected Sunday (January 25, 2026), the eve of the 77th Republic Day, announced the database of 131 persons who volition person the prestigious Padma Awards, 1 of the highest civilian Awards of the country.
Also Read: Full database of Padma Awards 2026
The Padma Awards recognise distinguished contributions successful antithetic categories: arts, education, industry, literature, science, acting, medicine, social service and public affairs.
The awards are fixed successful 3 categories: Padma Vibhushan (for exceptional and distinguished service), Padma Bhushan (distinguished work of higher order) and Padma Shri (distinguished service).
Out of the 131 awardees this year, six persons are from the class of foreigners, NRI, PIO and OCI, according to a authorities connection published connected Sunday (January 25, 2026). Here is simply a database of awardees nether the category:
Dr. Nori Dattatreyudu
Dr. Nori Dattatreyudu, settled successful the U.S., is an oncologist who has 5 decades of acquisition successful treating 9 types of cancer. The government, this year, has recognised his efforts that enactment successful processing caller methods successful treating cancer. He is besides celebrated for lending a manus successful establishing crab centres successful respective countries.
Vijay Amritraj
Vijay Amritaraj is honoured with Padma Bhushan successful the class of sports for his contributions to India done tennis. He is recognised arsenic 1 of India’s astir palmy tennis players, who has placed Indian tennis connected the planetary map. Now settled successful U.S., helium has won 16 titles for India and has captained the Davis Cup team.
Prof. (Dr.) Lars-Christian Koch
Prof. Lars-Christian Koch is simply a globally acclaimed museologist who is named for the Padma Shri grant successful the arts category. He is simply a practitioner of the North Indian classical music. The German has besides researched the mentation connected the aforesaid topic. Mr. Koch has besides published 3 enactment connected Indian euphony and philharmonic instruments.
Liudmila Viktorovna Khokhlova
Liudmila Viktorovna Khokhlova is named for Padma Shri successful the class of lit and education. She is simply a celebrated Russian prof of Indology and linguist. She has authored 5 books. Ms. Khokhlova has besides published implicit 70 reports advertisement respective probe papers. In her vocation spanning implicit 5 decades she has done contributions to Hindi, Punjabi Gujarati and Marwari.
Vladimer Mestvirishvili
Vladimer Mestvirishvili is posthumously named for Padma Shri successful the class of sports. As a legendary freestyle wrestling coach, Mestvirishvili had helped India to its shaping arsenic a wresling powerhouse.
Prateek Sharma
Pateek Sharma, who is settled successful the U.S., is named for Padma Shri successful the medicine category. As a Gastroenterologist, Mr. Sharma has improved the absorption of GI diseases and Cancer.
