The Padma Awards 2019 were announced on 25th January 2020.
Padma Awards – one of the highest civilian Awards of the country, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The Awards are given in various disciplines/ fields of activities, viz.- art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. ‘Padma Vibhushan’ is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service; ‘Padma Bhushan’ for distinguished service of high order and ‘Padma Shri’ for distinguished service in any field. The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year.
The award seeks to recognize achievements in all fields of activities or disciplines where an element of public service is involved.
The Padma Awards are conferred on the recommendations made by the Padma Awards Committee, which is constituted by the Prime Minister every year. The nomination process is open to the public. Even self-nomination can be made.
Padma Vibhushan (7)
| # | Name | Field | State/Country |
| 1. | George Fernandes(Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Bihar |
| 2. | Arun Jaitley(Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Delhi |
| 3. | Sir Anerood Jugnauth | Public Affairs | Mauritius |
| 4. | M. C. Mary Kom | Sports | Manipur |
| 5. | Chhannulal Mishra | Art | Uttar Pradesh |
| 6. | Sushma Swaraj(Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Delhi |
| 7. | Sri Vishveshateertha Swamiji SriPejavara Adhokhaja Matha Udupi (Posthumous) | Others-Spiritualism | Karnataka |
Padma Bhushan (16)
| SN | Name | Field | State/Country |
| 1 | M. Mumtaz Ali (Sri M) | Others-Spiritualism | Kerala |
| 2. | Syed Muazzem Ali(Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Bangladesh |
| 3 | Muzaffar Hussain Baig | Public Affairs | Jammu andKashmir |
| 11. | Ajoy Chakravorty | Art | West Bengal |
| 12. | Manoj Das | Literature andEducation | Puducherry |
| 13. | Balkrishna Doshi | Others-Architecture | Gujarat |
| 14. | Krishnammal Jagannathan | Social Work | Tamil Nadu |
| 15. | S. C. Jamir | Public Affairs | Nagaland |
| 16. | Anil Prakash Joshi | Social Work | Uttarakhand |
| 17. | Dr. Tsering Landol | Medicine | Ladakh |
| 18. | Anand Mahindra | Trade and Industry | Maharashtra |
| 19. | Neelakanta RamakrishnaMadhava Menon (Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Kerala |
| 20. | Manohar GopalkrishnaPrabhu Parrikar (Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Goa |
| 21. | Prof. Jagdish Sheth | Literature andEducation | USA |
| 22. | P. V. Sindhu | Sports | Telangana |
| 23. | Venu Srinivasan | Trade and Industry | Tamil Nadu |
Padma Shri (118)
| SN | Name | Field | State/Country |
| 24. | Guru Shashadhar Acharya | Art | Jharkhand |
| 25. | Dr. Yogi Aeron | Medicine | Uttarakhand |
| 26. | Jai Prakash Agarwal | Trade and Industry | Delhi |
| 27. | Jagdish Lal Ahuja | Social Work | Punjab |
| 28. | Kazi Masum Akhtar | Literature and Education | West Bengal |
| 29. | Ms. Gloria Arieira | Literature and Education | Brazil |
| 30. | Khan Zaheerkhan Bakhtiyarkhan | Sports | Maharashtra |
| 31. | Dr. Padmavathy Bandopadhyay | Medicine | Uttar Pradesh |
| 32. | Dr. Sushovan Banerjee | Medicine | West Bengal |
| 33. | Dr. Digambar Behera | Medicine | Chandigarh |
| 34. | Dr. Damayanti Beshra | Literature and Education | Odisha |
| 35. | Pawar Popatrao Bhaguji | Social Work | Maharashtra |
| 36. | Himmata Ram Bhambhu | Social Work | Rajasthan |
| 37. | Sanjeev Bikhchandani | Trade and Industry | Uttar Pradesh |
| 38. | Gafurbhai M. Bilakhia | Trade and Industry | Gujarat |
| 39. | Bob Blackman | Public Affairs | United Kingdom |
| 40. | Indira P. P. Bora | Art | Assam |
| 41. | Madan Singh Chauhan | Art | Chhattisgarh |
| 42. | Usha Chaumar | Social Work | Rajasthan |
| 43. | Lil Bahadur Chettri | Literature and Education | Assam |
| 44. | Lalitha & Ms. SarojaChidambaram (Duo)* | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| 45. | Dr. Vajira Chitrasena | Art | Sri Lanka |
| 46. | Dr. Purushottam Dadheech | Art | Madhya Pradesh |
| 47. | Utsav Charan Das | Art | Odisha |
| 48. | Prof. Indra Dassanayake(Posthumous) | Literature and Education | Sri Lanka |
| 49. | H. M. Desai | Literature and Education | Gujarat |
| 50. | Manohar Devadoss | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| 51. | Oinam Bembem Devi | Sports | Manipur |
| 52. | Lia Diskin | Social Work | Brazil |
| 53. | M. P. Ganesh | Sports | Karnataka |
| 54. | Dr. Bangalore Gangadhar | Medicine | Karnataka |
| 55. | Dr. Raman Gangakhedkar | Science and Engineering | Maharashtra |
| 56. | Barry Gardiner | Public Affairs | United Kingdom |
| 57. | Chewang Motup Goba | Trade and Industry | Ladakh |
| 58. | Bharat Goenka | Trade and Industry | Karnataka |
| 59. | Yadla Gopalarao | Art | Andhra Pradesh |
| 60. | Mitrabhanu Gountia | Art | Odisha |
| 61. | Tulasi Gowda | Social Work | Karnataka |
| 62. | Sujoy K. Guha | Science and Engineering | Bihar |
| 63. | Harekala Hajabba | Social Work | Karnataka |
| 64. | Enamul Haque | Others-Archaeology | Bangladesh |
| 65. | Madhu Mansuri Hasmukh | Art | Jharkhand |
| 66. | Abdul Jabbar(Posthumous) | Social Work | Madhya Pradesh |
| 67. | Bimal Kumar Jain | Social Work | Bihar |
| 68. | Meenakshi Jain | Literature and Education | Delhi |
| 69. | Nemnath Jain | Trade and Industry | Madhya Pradesh |
| 70. | Shanti Jain | Art | Bihar |
| 71. | Sudhir Jain | Science and Engineering | Gujarat |
| 72. | Benichandra Jamatia | Literature and Education | Tripura |
| 73. | K. V. Sampath Kumar & Ms. Vidushi Jayalakshmi K.S.(Duo)* | Literature and Education-Journalism | Karnataka |
| 74. | Karan Johar | Art | Maharashtra |
| 75. | Dr. Leela Joshi | Medicine | Madhya Pradesh |
| 76. | Sarita Joshi | Art | Maharashtra |
| 77. | C. Kamlova | Literature and Education | Mizoram |
| 78. | Dr. Ravi Kannan R. | Medicine | Assam |
| 79. | Ekta Kapoor | Art | Maharashtra |
| 80. | Yazdi Naoshirwan Karanjia | Art | Gujarat |
| 81. | Narayan J. Joshi Karayal | Literature and Education | Gujarat |
| 82. | Dr. Narindar Nath Khanna | Medicine | Uttar Pradesh |
| 83. | Naveen Khanna | Science and Engineering | Delhi |
| 84. | S. P. Kothari | Literature and Education | USA |
| 85. | V. K. MunusamyKrishnapakthar | Art | Puducherry |
| 86. | M. K. Kunjol | Social Work | Kerala |
| 87. | Manmohan Mahapatra(Posthumous) | Art | Odisha |
| 88. | Ustad Anwar Khan Mangniyar | Art | Rajasthan |
| 89. | Kattungal SubramaniamManilal | Science and Engineering | Kerala |
| 90. | Munna Master | Art | Rajasthan |
| 91. | Prof. Abhiraj Rajendra Mishra | Literature and Education | Himachal Pradesh |
| 92. | Binapani Mohanty | Literature and Education | Odisha |
| 93. | Dr. Arunoday Mondal | Medicine | West Bengal |
| 94. | Dr. Prithwindra Mukherjee | Literature and Education | France |
| 95. | Sathyanarayan Mundayoor | Social Work | Arunachal Pradesh |
| 96. | Manilal Nag | Art | West Bengal |
| 97. | N. Chandrasekharan Nair | Literature and Education | Kerala |
| 98. | Dr. Tetsu Nakamura(Posthumous) | Social Work | Afghanistan |
| 99. | Shiv Datt Nirmohi | Literature and Education | Jammu andKashmir |
| 100. | Pu Lalbiakthanga Pachuau | Literature andEducation-Journalism | Mizoram |
| 101. | Moozhikkal Pankajakshi | Art | Kerala |
| 102. | Dr. Prasanta Kumar Pattanaik | Literature and Education | USA |
| 103. | Jogendra Nath Phukan | Literature and Education | Assam |
| 104. | Rahibai Soma Popere | Others-Agriculture | Maharashtra |
| 105. | Yogesh Praveen | Literature and Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| 106. | Jitu Rai | Sports | Uttar Pradesh |
| 107. | Tarundeep Rai | Sports | Sikkim |
| 108. | S. Ramakrishnan | Social Work | Tamil Nadu |
| 109. | Rani Rampal | Sports | Haryana |
| 110. | Kangana Ranaut | Art | Maharashtra |
| 111. | Dalavai Chalapathi Rao | Art | Andhra Pradesh |
| 112. | Shahbuddin Rathod | Literature and Education | Gujarat |
| 113. | Kalyan Singh Rawat | Social Work | Uttarakhand |
| 114. | Chintala Venkat Reddy | Others-Agriculture | Telangana |
| 115. | Dr. Shanti Roy | Medicine | Bihar |
| 116. | Radhammohan & Ms.Sabarmatee (Duo)* | Others-Agriculture | Odisha |
| 117. | Batakrushna Sahoo | Others-AnimalHusbandry | Odisha |
| 118. | Trinity Saioo | Others-Agriculture | Meghalaya |
| 119. | Adnan Sami | Art | Maharashtra |
| 120. | Vijay Sankeshwar | Trade and Industry | Karnataka |
| 121. | Dr. Kushal Konwar Sarma | Medicine | Assam |
| 122. | Sayed Mehboob Shah Qadrialias Sayedbhai | Social Work | Maharashtra |
| 123. | Mohammed Sharif | Social Work | Uttar Pradesh |
| 124. | Shyam Sunder Sharma | Art | Bihar |
| 125. | Dr. Gurdip Singh | Medicine | Gujarat |
| 126. | Ramjee Singh | Social Work | Bihar |
| 127. | Vashishtha Narayan Singh(Posthumous) | Science and Engineering | Bihar |
| 128. | Daya Prakash Sinha | Art | Uttar Pradesh |
| 129. | Dr. Sandra Desa Souza | Medicine | Maharashtra |
| 130. | Vijayasarathi Sribhashyam | Literature and Education | Telangana |
| 131. | Kalee Shabi Mahaboob & Sheik Mahaboob Subani(Duo)* | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| 132. | Javed Ahmad Tak | Social Work | Jammu andKashmir |
| 133. | Pradeep Thalappil | Science and Engineering | Tamil Nadu |
| 134. | Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi | Literature and Education | Arunachal Pradesh |
| 135. | Robert Thurman | Literature and Education | USA |
| 136. | Agus Indra Udayana | Social Work | Indonesia |
| 137. | Harish Chandra Verma | Science and Engineering | Uttar Pradesh |
| 138. | Sundaram Verma | Social Work | Rajasthan |
| 139. | Dr. Romesh TekchandWadhwani | Trade and Industry | USA |
| 140. | Suresh Wadkar | Art | Maharashtra |
| 141. | Prem Watsa | Trade and Industry | Canada |
These awards are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March/ April every year. This year the President has approved conferment of 141 Padma Awards including 4 duo cases (in a duo case, the award is counted as one) as per list below. The list comprises of 7 Padma Vibhushan, 16 Padma Bhushan and 118 Padma Shri Awards. 33 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 18 persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI and 12 Posthumous awardees.