Centre Announces Padma Shri Awards for 2026; Two from Telangana Selected
New Delhi/Hyderabad, Jan. 25: On the occasion of Republic Day, the Central government announced the Padma Awards for 2026.
As part of the announcement, 54 individuals from various fields were selected for the prestigious Padma Shri awards in recognition of their distinguished service.
Among the awardees, two individuals from Telangana have been selected for the Padma Shri. Mamidi Rama Reddy from Nizamabad has been chosen for his contributions in the fields of dairy and animal husbandry.
Dr Kumaraswamy Thangaraj, who works at CCMB in Hyderabad, has been selected for his work in genetic research.
The list includes awardees from across the country representing different states and union territories.
Padma Shri Awardees 2026 (Name — State)
Techi Gubin — Arunachal Pradesh
Jogesh Devuri — Assam
Nooruddin Ahmad — Assam
Pokhila Lekthepi — Assam
Vishwabandhu — Bihar
Inderjit Singh Sidhu — Chandigarh
Budhri Tati — Chhattisgarh
Ramchandra Godbole and Sunita Godbole — Chhattisgarh
Ramamurthy Sridhar — Delhi
Dharmiklal Chunilal Pandya — Gujarat
Meer Hajibhai Kasambhai — Gujarat
Nilesh Vinodchandra Mandalewala — Gujarat
Khemraj Sundriyal — Haryana
Brij Lal Bhatt — Jammu and Kashmir
Shafi Shouk — Jammu and Kashmir
Anke Gowda — Karnataka
S.G. Sushilamma — Karnataka
Suresh Hanagavadi — Karnataka
Kollakkayil Devaki Ammaji — Kerala
Padma Gurmet — Ladakh
Bhagwandas Raikwar — Madhya Pradesh
Kailash Chandra Pant — Madhya Pradesh
Mohan Nagar — Madhya Pradesh
Armida Fernandez — Maharashtra
Bhiklya Ladakya Dhinda — Maharashtra
Raghuveer Tukaram Khedkar — Maharashtra
Shriram Devbalad — Maharashtra
Yumnam Jatra Singh — Manipur
Halli War — Meghalaya
Sangyu Sang S. Pongen — Nagaland
Charan Hembram — Odisha
Mahendra Kumar Mishra — Odisha
Simanchal Patro — Odisha
K. Pazhanivel — Puducherry
Gafruddeen Mewati Jogi — Rajasthan
Tagaram Bhil — Rajasthan
Othuvar Tiruttani Swaminathan — Tamil Nadu
Punniyamurthy Natesan — Tamil Nadu
R. Krishnan — Tamil Nadu
Rajastapathi Kaliappa Gounder — Tamil Nadu
Thiruvarur Bhaktavatsalam — Tamil Nadu
Kumaraswamy Thangaraj — Telangana
Ram Reddy Mamidi — Telangana
Naresh Chandra Dev Varma — Tripura
Chiranjee Lal Yadav — Uttar Pradesh
Mangala Kapoor — Uttar Pradesh
Raghupat Singh — Uttar Pradesh
Shyam Sunder — Uttar Pradesh
Ashok Kumar Haldar — West Bengal
Gambhir Singh Yonzone — West Bengal
Hari Madhab Mukhopadhyay — West Bengal
Jyotish Debnath — West Bengal
Mahendra Nath Roy — West Bengal
Tripti Mukherjee — West Bengal
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