Padma Awards 2018 announced: Full list of recipients
January 26th, 2018
The President has approved the awards for 85 individuals, which includes 3 Padma Vibhushan, 9 Padma Bhushan and 73 Padma Shri. Fourteen of the awardees are women and 3 persons have been awarded posthumously. In sports personalities, former India cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and multiple world champion cueist Pankaj Advani have been conferred with the third-highest civilian award, Padma Bhushan. The 2017 World Weightlifting Champion Saikhom Mirabai Chanu and former Asian Games gold medallist tennis player Somdev Devvarman have been conferred with the Padma Shri. The awards are announced on the eve of the Republic Day every year.
Padma Vibhushan (2nd highest civilian award):
| S. No. | Winner | Category |
| 1. | Ilayaraja | Art (Music) |
| 2. | Ghulam Mustafa Khan | Art (Music) |
| 3. | Parameswaran Parameswaran | Literature & Education |
Padma Bhushan (3rd highest civilian award):
| S. No. | Winner | Category |
| 1. | Pankaj Advani | (Billiards/Snooker) |
| 2. | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | Sports (Cricket) |
| 3. | Alexander Kadakin (Foreigner/Posthumous) | Public Affairs |
| 4. | Ved Prakash Nanda | Literature and Education |
| 5. | Laxman Pai Art | Art (Painting) |
| 6. | Arvind Parikh Art | Art (Painting) |
| 7. | Sharda Sinha Art | Art (Painting) |
| 8. | Philipose Mar Chrysostom | Others (Spiritualism) |
| 9. | Ramachandran Nagaswamy | Others (Archaeology) |