The Padma Awards are among India's highest civilian honours, announced every year on Republic Day (26 January) by the Government of India. This page lists 142 recipients in the field of Medicine — 122 Padma Shri and 20 Padma Bhushan — awarded between 2010 and 2026. Use the search and filters to find a doctor by name, state or year.
📋 About this list: compiled from the official Padma Awards register (padmaawards.gov.in) and Wikipedia's year-wise Padma Award lists. It covers the field of Medicine only. A name on this list is a recognition of public service — it is not a clinical recommendation. Where we host a verified profile for an awardee, their name links to it.
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| Name ▲▼ | Award ▲▼ | Year ▲▼ | City ▲▼ | State ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. K. R. Palaniswamy | Padma Bhushan | 2026 | Chennai | Tamil Nadu |
| Dr. Nori Dattatreyudu | Padma Bhushan | 2026 | United States | United States |
| Dr. Ashwin Balachand Mehta | Padma Bhushan | 2024 | Mumbai | Maharashtra |
| Dr. C. P. Thakur | Padma Bhushan | 2024 | Patna | Bihar |
| Dr. Tsering Landol | Padma Bhushan | 2020 | Leh | Ladakh |
| Dr. Ashok Laxmanrao Kukade | Padma Bhushan | 2019 | Mumbai | Maharashtra |
| Dr. Tehemton Erach Udwadia | Padma Bhushan | 2017 | Mumbai | Maharashtra |
| Dr. D. Nageshwar Reddy | Padma Bhushan | 2016 | Hyderabad | Telangana |
| Dr. Ambrish Mithal | Padma Bhushan | 2015 | Delhi | Delhi |
| Dr. Neelam Kler | Padma Bhushan | 2014 | Delhi | Delhi |
| Dr. Nandkishore Shamrao Laud | Padma Bhushan | 2013 | Mumbai | Maharashtra |
| Dr. N. H. Wadia | Padma Bhushan | 2012 | Mumbai | Maharashtra |
| Dr. Suresh H. Advani ✓ on DoctorReviews | Padma Bhushan | 2012 | Mumbai | Maharashtra |
| Dr. Keki Byramjee Grant | Padma Bhushan | 2011 | Mumbai | Maharashtra |
| Dr. Raghavan Thirumulpad | Padma Bhushan | 2011 | Kochi | Kerala |
| Dr. Belle Monappa Hegde | Padma Bhushan | 2010 | Bangalore | Karnataka |
| Dr. E. T. Narayanan Mooss | Padma Bhushan | 2010 | Kochi | Kerala |
| Dr. Noshir M. Shroff | Padma Bhushan | 2010 | Delhi | Delhi |
| Dr. P. K. Warrier | Padma Bhushan | 2010 | Kochi | Kerala |
| Dr. Satya Paul Agarwal | Padma Bhushan | 2010 | Delhi | Delhi |
| Dr. Illias Ali | Padma Shri | 2019 | Guwahati | Assam |
| Dr. Jagat Ram | Padma Shri | 2019 | Chandigarh | Chandigarh |
| Dr. Omesh Kumar Bharti | Padma Shri | 2019 | Shimla | Himachal Pradesh |
| Dr. Pratap Singh Hardia | Padma Shri | 2019 | Bhopal | Madhya Pradesh |
| Dr. R. V. Ramani | Padma Shri | 2019 | Chennai | Tamil Nadu |
| Dr. Ramaswami Venkataswami | Padma Shri | 2019 | Chennai | Tamil Nadu |
| Dr. Ravindra and Smita Kolhe | Padma Shri | 2019 | Mumbai | Maharashtra |
| Dr. Sandeep Guleria | Padma Shri | 2019 | Delhi | Delhi |
| Dr. Shadab Mohammad | Padma Shri | 2019 | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh |
| Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee | Padma Shri | 2019 | Ranchi | Jharkhand |
| Dr. Sudam Kate | Padma Shri | 2019 | Mumbai | Maharashtra |
| Dr. Tsering Norboo | Padma Shri | 2019 | Jammu & Kashmir | Jammu & Kashmir |
| Dr. Abhay and Rani Bang | Padma Shri | 2018 | Mumbai | Maharashtra |
| Dr. Lakshmikutty | Padma Shri | 2018 | Kochi | Kerala |
| Dr. M. R. Rajagopal | Padma Shri | 2018 | Kochi | Kerala |
| Dr. Pankaj M Shah | Padma Shri | 2018 | Ahmedabad | Gujarat |
| Dr. Sanduk Ruit | Padma Shri | 2018 | [ O ] | |
| Dr. Yeshi Dhonden | Padma Shri | 2018 | Shimla | Himachal Pradesh |
| Dr. Bhakti Yadav | Padma Shri | 2017 | Bhopal | Madhya Pradesh |
| Dr. Devendra Dayabhai Patel | Padma Shri | 2017 | Ahmedabad | Gujarat |
| Dr. Harkishan Singh | Padma Shri | 2017 | Chandigarh | Chandigarh |
| Dr. Madan Madhav Godbole | Padma Shri | 2017 | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh |
| Dr. Mohammed Abdul Waheed | Padma Shri | 2017 | Hyderabad | Telangana |
| Dr. Mukut Minz | Padma Shri | 2017 | Chandigarh | Chandigarh |
| Dr. Subroto Das | Padma Shri | 2017 | Ahmedabad | Gujarat |
| Dr. Suniti Solomon | Padma Shri | 2017 | Chennai | Tamil Nadu |
| Dr. A. G. K. Gokhale | Padma Shri | 2016 | Hyderabad | Andhra Pradesh |
| Dr. Anil Kumari Malhotra | Padma Shri | 2016 | Delhi | Delhi |
| Dr. Daljeet Singh Gambhir | Padma Shri | 2016 | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh |
| Dr. Gopi Chand Mannam | Padma Shri | 2016 | Hyderabad | Telangana |
| Dr. John Ebnezar | Padma Shri | 2016 | Bangalore | Karnataka |
| Dr. M. M. Joshi | Padma Shri | 2016 | Bangalore | Karnataka |
| Dr. M. V. Padma Srivastava ✓ on DoctorReviews | Padma Shri | 2016 | Delhi | Delhi |
| Dr. Ram Harsh Singh | Padma Shri | 2016 | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh |
| Dr. Ravi Kant | Padma Shri | 2016 | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh |
| Dr. Sabya Sachi Sarkar | Padma Shri | 2016 | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh |
| Dr. Shiv Narain Kureel | Padma Shri | 2016 | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh |
| Dr. Sudhir V. Shah ✓ on DoctorReviews | Padma Shri | 2016 | Ahmedabad | Gujarat |
| Dr. T. K. Lahiri | Padma Shri | 2016 | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh |
| Dr. T. S. Chandrasekar | Padma Shri | 2016 | Chennai | Tamil Nadu |
| Dr. Yarlagadda Nayudamma | Padma Shri | 2016 | Hyderabad | Andhra Pradesh |
| Dr. Alka Kriplani | Padma Shri | 2015 | Delhi | Delhi |
| Dr. Dattatreyudu Nori | Padma Shri | 2015 | ||
| Dr. Hargovind Laxmishanker Trivedi | Padma Shri | 2015 | Ahmedabad | Gujarat |
| Dr. Harsh Kumar | Padma Shri | 2015 | Delhi | Delhi |
| Dr. Jayakumari Chikkala | Padma Shri | 2015 | Delhi | Delhi |
| Dr. K. P. Haridas | Padma Shri | 2015 | Kochi | Kerala |
| Dr. Manjula Anagani | Padma Shri | 2015 | Hyderabad | Telangana |
| Dr. Narendra Prasad | Padma Shri | 2015 | Patna | Bihar |
| Dr. Nikhil Tandon | Padma Shri | 2015 | Delhi | Delhi |
| Dr. Raghu Ram Pillarisetti | Padma Shri | 2015 | ||
| Dr. Rajesh Kotecha | Padma Shri | 2015 | Jaipur | Rajasthan |
| Dr. Randeep Guleria | Padma Shri | 2015 | Delhi | Delhi |
| Dr. Sarungbam Bimola Kumari Devi | Padma Shri | 2015 | Imphal | Manipur |
| Dr. Saumitra Rawat | Padma Shri | 2015 | – [ F ] | |
| Dr. Tejas Patel | Padma Shri | 2015 | Ahmedabad | Gujarat |
| Dr. Yog Raj Sharma | Padma Shri | 2015 | Delhi | Delhi |
| Dr. Amod Gupta | Padma Shri | 2014 | Gurugram | Haryana |
| Dr. Ashok Panagariya | Padma Shri | 2014 | Jaipur | Rajasthan |
| Dr. Balram Bhargava | Padma Shri | 2014 | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh |
| Dr. Daya Kishore Hazra | Padma Shri | 2014 | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh |
| Dr. Hakim Syed Khaleefathullah | Padma Shri | 2014 | Chennai | Tamil Nadu |
| Dr. Indira Chakravarty | Padma Shri | 2014 | Kolkata | West Bengal |
| Dr. J. S. Titiyal | Padma Shri | 2014 | Delhi | Delhi |
| Dr. Kamini A. Rao | Padma Shri | 2014 | Bangalore | Karnataka |
| Dr. Kiritkumar Mansukhlal Acharya | Padma Shri | 2014 | Ahmedabad | Gujarat |
| Dr. Lalit Kumar | Padma Shri | 2014 | Delhi | Delhi |
| Dr. M. Subhadra Nair | Padma Shri | 2014 | Kochi | Kerala |
| Dr. Mahesh Verma | Padma Shri | 2014 | Delhi | Delhi |
| Dr. Milind Vasant Kirtane | Padma Shri | 2014 | Mumbai | Maharashtra |
| Dr. Mohan Mishra | Padma Shri | 2014 | Patna | Bihar |
| Dr. Narendra Kumar Pandey | Padma Shri | 2014 | Gurugram | Haryana |
| Dr. Nitish Naik | Padma Shri | 2014 | Delhi | Delhi |
| Dr. Om Prakash Upadhyaya | Padma Shri | 2014 | Chandigarh | Punjab |
| Dr. Pawan Raj Goyal | Padma Shri | 2014 | Gurugram | Haryana |
| Dr. Rajesh Kumar Grover | Padma Shri | 2014 | Delhi | Delhi |
| Dr. Ramakant Krishnaji Deshpande | Padma Shri | 2014 | Mumbai | Maharashtra |
| Dr. Sarbeswar Sahariah | Padma Shri | 2014 | Hyderabad | Andhra Pradesh |
| Dr. Shashank R. Joshi | Padma Shri | 2014 | Mumbai | Maharashtra |
| Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee | Padma Shri | 2014 | ||
| Dr. Subrat Kumar Acharya | Padma Shri | 2014 | Delhi | Delhi |
| Dr. Sunil Pradhan | Padma Shri | 2014 | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh |
| Dr. Thenumgal Poulose Jacob | Padma Shri | 2014 | Chennai | Tamil Nadu |
| Dr. Vamsi Mootha | Padma Shri | 2014 | ||
| Dr. Amit Prabhakar Maydeo | Padma Shri | 2013 | Mumbai | Maharashtra |
| Dr. C. Venkata S. Ram | Padma Shri | 2013 | Hyderabad | Andhra Pradesh |
| Dr. Ganesh Kumar Mani | Padma Shri | 2013 | Delhi | Delhi |
| Dr. Gulshan Rai Khatri | Padma Shri | 2013 | Delhi | Delhi |
| Dr. Krishna Chandra Chunekar | Padma Shri | 2013 | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh |
| Dr. Pramod Kumar Julka | Padma Shri | 2013 | Delhi | Delhi |
| Dr. Rajendra Achyut Badwe ✓ on DoctorReviews | Padma Shri | 2013 | Mumbai | Maharashtra |
| Dr. Saroj Chooramani Gopal | Padma Shri | 2013 | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh |
| Dr. Sudarshan K. Aggarwal | Padma Shri | 2013 | Delhi | Delhi |
| Dr. Sundaram Natarajan | Padma Shri | 2013 | Mumbai | Maharashtra |
| Dr. T. V. Devarajan | Padma Shri | 2013 | Chennai | Tamil Nadu |
| Dr. Taraprasad Das | Padma Shri | 2013 | Bhubaneswar | Odisha |
| Dr. Vishwa Kumar Gupta | Padma Shri | 2013 | Delhi | Delhi |
| Dr. J. Hareendran Nair | Padma Shri | 2012 | Kochi | Kerala |
| Dr. Jitendra Kumar Singh | Padma Shri | 2012 | Patna | Bihar |
| Dr. Jugal Kishore | Padma Shri | 2012 | Delhi | Delhi |
| Dr. Mahdi Hasan | Padma Shri | 2012 | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh |
| Dr. Mukesh Batra | Padma Shri | 2012 | Mumbai | Maharashtra |
| Dr. Nitya Anand | Padma Shri | 2012 | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh |
| Dr. Shrinivas S. Vaishya | Padma Shri | 2012 | Daman & Diu | Daman & Diu |
| Dr. V. Mohan | Padma Shri | 2012 | Chennai | Tamil Nadu |
| Dr. Vallalarpuram Sennimalai Natarajan | Padma Shri | 2012 | Chennai | Tamil Nadu |
| Dr. A. Marthanda Pillai | Padma Shri | 2011 | Kochi | Kerala |
| Dr. Jose Chacko Periappuram | Padma Shri | 2011 | Kochi | Kerala |
| Dr. Madanur Ahmed Ali | Padma Shri | 2011 | Chennai | Tamil Nadu |
| Dr. Mansoor Hasan | Padma Shri | 2011 | Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh |
| Dr. Pukhraj Bafna | Padma Shri | 2011 | Chhattisgarh | Chhattisgarh |
| Dr. Shyama Prasad Mandal | Padma Shri | 2011 | Delhi | Delhi |
| Dr. Sivapatham Vittal | Padma Shri | 2011 | Chennai | Tamil Nadu |
| Dr. Anil Kumar Bhalla | Padma Shri | 2010 | Delhi | Delhi |
| Dr. B. Ramana Rao | Padma Shri | 2010 | Bangalore | Karnataka |
| Dr. Jalakantapuram Ramaswamy Krishnamoorthy | Padma Shri | 2010 | Chennai | Tamil Nadu |
| Dr. K. K. Aggarwal | Padma Shri | 2010 | Delhi | Delhi |
| Dr. Kodaganur S. Gopinath | Padma Shri | 2010 | Bangalore | Karnataka |
| Dr. Laxmi Chand Gupta | Padma Shri | 2010 | Delhi | Delhi |
| Dr. Philip Augustine | Padma Shri | 2010 | Kochi | Kerala |
| Dr. Rabindra Narain Singh | Padma Shri | 2010 | Patna | Bihar |
| Dr. Vikas Mahatme | Padma Shri | 2010 | Mumbai | Maharashtra |
Frequently asked questions
What is the Padma Shri award in medicine?
The Padma Shri is India's fourth-highest civilian award, conferred annually by the Government of India. In Medicine it recognises doctors and medical scientists for distinguished service. Since 2010, over 122 medical professionals have received it.
What is the difference between Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan?
Both are part of the Padma Awards. Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian honour; Padma Shri is the fourth-highest. (Padma Vibhushan is the second-highest.) All are announced on Republic Day each year.
Can I consult a Padma-awarded doctor?
Several awardees are listed on DoctorReviews.in with verified profiles and patient reviews — see the highlighted list above. For others, search the doctor's name on our homepage.
Source & attribution: Award data from the Padma Awards Directorate, Ministry of Home Affairs (padmaawards.gov.in) and Wikipedia's year-wise “List of Padma Shri / Padma Bhushan award recipients” pages, available under CC BY-SA. City/state are indicative. If you are an awardee and wish to correct or remove an entry, please contact us. This list recognises civilian honours and is not a clinical endorsement.