This is a list of recipients of the Padma Shri award in the field of Literature & Education. The Padma Shri is the fourth-highest civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted in 1954, the award is conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhavan.[1]
As of 2025, a total of 693 individuals have been awarded Padma Shri for their contributions to literature and education.[1]
Recipients
1960 – 1969 | Year | Name | State | Field |
| 1960 | Kazi Nazrul Islam | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 1960 | Balkrishna Sharma Navin | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1960 | Rajeshwardatt Shastri Dravid | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1960 | Haridas Siddhanta Bagish | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 1960 | Shiv Pujan Sahai | Bihar | Literature and Education |
| 1960 | Artaballabha Mohanty | Odisha | Literature and Education |
| 1960 | Bellary Shamanna Kesavan | Karnataka | Literature and Education |
| 1961 | Seth Govind Das | Madhya Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1961 | Ardeshir Ruttonji Wadia | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1961 | Rai Krishnadasa | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1961 | Sumitra Nandan Pant | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1961 | Parsuram Misra | Odisha | Literature and Education |
| 1961 | Evangeline Lazarus | Tamil Nadu | Literature and Education |
| 1961 | Muni Shri Jin Vijayji | Rajasthan | Literature and Education |
| 1961 | Neyyadupakkam Duraiswami Sundaravadivelu | Tamil Nadu | Literature and Education |
| 1961 | Premendra Mitra | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 1961 | Vinayak Krishna Gokak | Karnataka | Literature and Education |
| 1961 | Vishnukant Jha | Bihar | Literature and Education |
| 1962 | Ramchandra Narayan Dandekar | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1962 | Sisir Kumar Mitra | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 1962 | Venkataraman Raghavan | Tamil Nadu | Literature and Education |
| 1962 | Asaf Ali Asghar Fyzee | Jammu and Kashmir | Literature and Education |
| 1962 | Gyanesh Chandra Chatterji | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1962 | Jafar Ali Khan | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1962 | Niaz Mohd. Khan (Niaz Fatehpuri) | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1962 | Narayan Sitaram Phadke | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1962 | Radhika Raman Prasad Sinha | Bihar | Literature and Education |
| 1962 | Channapatna Krishnappa Venkataramayya | Karnataka | Literature and Education |
| 1962 | Dula Bhaya Kag | Gujarat | Literature and Education |
| 1962 | Sochi Raut Roy | Odisha | Literature and Education |
| 1962 | Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 1963 | Suniti Kumar Chatterjee | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 1963 | Badri Nath Prasad | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1963 | Ram Kumar Verma | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1963 | Pandit Makhanlal Chaturvedi | Madhya Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1963 | Rahul Sankritayan | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1963 | Trivenkata Rajendra Seshadri | Tamil Nadu | Literature and Education |
| 1963 | Rashid Ahmed Siddiqi | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1963 | Ahindra Chowdhury | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 1964 | Pt. Gopinath Kaviraj | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1964 | Acharya Kakasaheb (Dattatreya Balkrishna) Kalelkar | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1964 | Sheikh Abdullah | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1964 | Anukul Chandra Mukerji | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1964 | Rasipuram Krishnaswami Narayan | Karnataka | Literature and Education |
| 1964 | Tushar Kanti Ghosh | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 1964 | Krishna Chandra Shukla | Rajasthan | Literature and Education |
| 1965 | Triguna Sen | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 1965 | Mohd Mujeeb | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1965 | Brindaban Lal Verma | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1965 | Narasinh Narayan Godbole | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1965 | Tonse Madhava Anantha Pai | Karnataka | Literature and Education |
| 1965 | Anant Atmaram Kanekar | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1965 | Vishnu Namdeo Adarkar | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1965 | Rev Panavelil Thomas Chandi | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1965 | Gopal Prasad Vyas | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1965 | John Travere Mends Gibson | Rajasthan | Literature and Education |
| 1965 | Kandathil Mammen Cherian | Kerala | Literature and Education |
| 1966 | Bhai Jodh Singh | Punjab | Literature and Education |
| 1966 | Haribhau Upadhyaya | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1966 | Vinayak Sitaram Sarwate | Madhya Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1966 | Nirmal Kumar Bose | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 1966 | B. Sivamurthy Sastry | Karnataka | Literature and Education |
| 1966 | Harishankar Sharma | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1966 | Inderjit Singh Tulsi | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1966 | Poddar Ramavtar Arun | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1966 | Purushottam Laxman Deshpande | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1966 | Rajeshwar Nath Zutshi | Madhya Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1966 | Sayyid Ahmadullah Qadri | Telangana | Literature and Education |
| 1967 | Dadasaheb Chintamani Pavate | Karnataka | Literature and Education |
| 1967 | Khwaja Ghulam Saiyidain | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1967 | Telliavaram Mahadevan Ponnambalam Mahadevan | Tamil Nadu | Literature and Education |
| 1967 | Akshay Kumar Jain | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1967 | Asoke Kumar Sarkar | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 1967 | Benegal Shiva Rao | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1967 | Datto Vaman Potdar | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1967 | Kalyanji Vithalbhai Mehta | Gujarat | Literature and Education |
| 1967 | Krishna Kanta Handique | Assam | Literature and Education |
| 1967 | Mulk Raj Anand | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1967 | Puthenpurayil Mathew Joseph | Kerala | Literature and Education |
| 1967 | Ali Sardar Jafri | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1967 | Balkrishna Bhagwant Borkar | Goa | Literature and Education |
| 1967 | Chandravadan Chimanlal Mehta | Gujarat | Literature and Education |
| 1967 | Mayadhar Mansinha | Odisha | Literature and Education |
| 1967 | Prabhjot Kaur | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1968 | Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1968 | Acharya Vishva Bandhu | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1968 | Kotha Sivaram Karanth | Karnataka | Literature and Education |
| 1968 | Mariadas Ruthnaswamy | Tamil Nadu | Literature and Education |
| 1968 | Sudhir Ranjan Sen Gupta | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 1968 | Gopalan Narasimhan | Tamil Nadu | Literature and Education |
| 1968 | Govinda Kurup Shankara Kurup | Kerala | Literature and Education |
| 1968 | Mamidipudi Venkatarangayya | Andhra Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1968 | Manchakkattuvalasu Palanivelappa Gounder Periaswamy Thooran | Tamil Nadu | Literature and Education |
| 1968 | Manukonda Cholapathi Rao | Andhra Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1968 | Radhanath Rath | Odisha | Literature and Education |
| 1968 | Raghupati Sahai 'Firaq' | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1968 | Shripad Damodar Satwalekar | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1968 | Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1968 | Akhtar Mohiuddin | Jammu and Kashmir | Literature and Education |
| 1968 | Balasaheb Amgonda Patil | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1968 | Dattetreya Ramachandra Bendre | Karnataka | Literature and Education |
| 1968 | Kedar Ghosh | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 1969 | Narayan Bhikaji Parulekar | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1969 | Niharranjan Ray | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 1969 | Tarasankar Bandopadhyaya | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 1969 | Haroon Khan Sherwani | Andhra Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1969 | Gobind Behari Lal | United States of America | Literature and Education |
| 1969 | Krishna Chander | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1969 | Krishna Ramchand Kriplani | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1969 | Raja Rao | United States of America | Literature and Education |
| 1969 | Raman Madhavan Nair | Chandigarh | Literature and Education |
| 1969 | Samad Yar Khan Saghar Nizami | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1969 | Vithalbhai Jhaveri | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1969 | Yeshwant Dinkar Pendharkar | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1969 | Tarapada Basu | United Kingdom | Literature and Education |
| 1969 | Brahm Nath Datta 'Qasir' | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 1969 | Gajanan Digambar Madgulkar | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1969 | Mahendra Nath Kapur | Punjab | Literature and Education |
| 1969 | Pandurang Vasudeo Gadgil | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1969 | Shyam Lal Gupta | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1969 | Srinivasa Natarajan | Tamil Nadu | Literature and Education |
| 1969 | Surendra Nath Ghosh | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1969 | Thiagarajan Muthian | Tamil Nadu | Literature and Education |
| 1969 | Vairamuthu Pillai Subbiah Pillai | Tamil Nadu | Literature and Education |
| 1969 | Amrita Pritam | Delhi | Literature and Education |
1970 – 1979 | Year | Name | State | Field |
| 1970 | Tara Chand | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1970 | Amiya Chakravarty | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 1970 | Birendra Nath Ganguli | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1970 | Purushottam Kashinath Kelkar | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1970 | Syed Abdul Latif | Andhra Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1970 | Viswanatha Satyanarayana | Andhra Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1970 | Buddhadeva Bose | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 1970 | Gurram Joshuva | Andhra Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1970 | Yashpal | Punjab | Literature and Education |
| 1970 | Ratan Lal Joshi | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1970 | Tiuper Subramaniam Avinashillingam Chettiar | Tamil Nadu | Literature and Education |
| 1970 | Vivekananda Mukhopadhyaya | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 1970 | Chandran David S. Devanasan | Tamil Nadu | Literature and Education |
| 1970 | Pidatala Narasimhayya | Karnataka | Literature and Education |
| 1970 | Vadlamudi Venkata Rao | Assam | Literature and Education |
| 1970 | Miss Lilian Godfreda Lutter | Madhya Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1970 | Pandita Sumatiben Nemchand Shah | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1970 | Ananda Chandra Barua | Assam | Literature and Education |
| 1970 | Din Dayal | Punjab | Literature and Education |
| 1970 | Kumud Ranjan Mallick | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 1970 | Kunnenkeril K. Jacob | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1970 | P. Lal | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 1970 | Phaneshwar Nath Renu | Bihar | Literature and Education |
| 1970 | Siddheshwar Shastri Chitrao | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1970 | Sikander Ali Wjad | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1970 | Sohan Lal Dwivedi | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1970 | Weer Rajendra Rishi | Punjab | Literature and Education |
| 1970 | Syed Masud Hasan Rizvi | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1971 | Veni Shankar Jha | Madhya Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1971 | Anant Vithal alias Dhananjay Keer | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1971 | Bhagwati Charan Verma | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1971 | Jainendra Kumar Jain | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1971 | Kalindi Charan Panigrahi | Odisha | Literature and Education |
| 1971 | Kandathil Mammon Cherian | Kerala | Literature and Education |
| 1971 | Namakkal Venkatarama Ramalingam Pillai | Tamil Nadu | Literature and Education |
| 1971 | Suraj Bhan | Chandigarh | Literature and Education |
| 1971 | Miss Grace Mary Linnell (Posthumous) | Uttarakhand | Literature and Education |
| 1971 | Ratan Shankar Mishra | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1971 | Rev. Mother Theodosia | Karnataka | Literature and Education |
| 1971 | Abdul Haye ' Sahir Ludhianvi' | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1971 | Atma Ram Bhatt | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1971 | Atul Chandra Hazarika | Assam | Literature and Education |
| 1971 | Chinganbam Kalachand Shastri | Manipur | Literature and Education |
| 1971 | Ghulam Rabbani Taban | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1971 | Kothamanglam Subbu | Tamil Nadu | Literature and Education |
| 1971 | Labhu Ram 'Josh Malsiani' | Punjab | Literature and Education |
| 1971 | Narayan Gopal Thakar | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1971 | Nirmal Chandra Sinha | Sikkim | Literature and Education |
| 1971 | Pramatha Nath Bishi | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 1971 | Suresh Singh | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1971 | Syed Mohd. Mirza Mohazzab | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1971 | Sheila Bhatia | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1971 | Kum. Sulabha Panandikar | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1972 | Hormusji Maneckji Seervai | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1972 | Pran Nath Chhutani | Chandigarh | Literature and Education |
| 1972 | Krishnaswami Swaminathan | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1972 | Adya Rangacharya | Karnataka | Literature and Education |
| 1972 | Pothen Philip | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1972 | Syam Nandan Prasad Kishore | Bihar | Literature and Education |
| 1972 | Virendra Verma | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1972 | Bhawani Prasad Tiwari | Madhya Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1972 | Dharam Vir Bharati | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1972 | Jagan Nath Krishan Kate | Madhya Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1972 | Mylai Ponnuswamy Sivagnanam | Tamil Nadu | Literature and Education |
| 1972 | Phool Chand Chowdhary | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1972 | Puttaparthi Narayanacharya | Andhra Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1972 | Rajindra Singh Bedi | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1972 | Shalil Ghosh | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1972 | Badal Sarkar | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 1972 | Vedakantara Subramania Krishnan | Madhya Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1972 | Vidya Nath Langer | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1973 | Banarsi Dass Chaturvedi | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1973 | Harindranath Chattopadhyaya | Telangana | Literature and Education |
| 1973 | Kunjuraman Sukumaran | Kerala | Literature and Education |
| 1973 | Pothen Joseph | Kerala | Literature and Education |
| 1973 | Bhoi Bheemanna | Telangana | Literature and Education |
| 1973 | Mohamed Abdul Khader Malik Mohamed | Kerala | Literature and Education |
| 1973 | Balwant Gargi | Chandigarh | Literature and Education |
| 1973 | Ranjit Ramchandrarao Desai | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1973 | Salam Machhlisheri | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1973 | Shyam Lal Gupta 'Parshad' | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1973 | Coover Bai Jehangir Vakil | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1974 | Camille Bulcke | Belgium | Literature and Education |
| 1974 | Devanahalli Venkataramaiah Gundappa | Karnataka | Literature and Education |
| 1974 | Vasant Shankar Huzurbazar | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1974 | Bhupati Mohan Sen | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 1974 | Jayant Pandurang Naik | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1974 | Khushwant Singh | Punjab | Literature and Education |
| 1974 | Sukhlalji Sanghavi | Gujarat | Literature and Education |
| 1974 | Maheswar Neog | Assam | Literature and Education |
| 1974 | Shiv Mangal Singh Summan | Madhya Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1974 | Father Thomas V. Kunnunkal | Kerala | Literature and Education |
| 1974 | Anant Gopal Sheorey | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1974 | Ishrat Ali Siddiqui | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1974 | Kaifi Azmi | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1974 | Qazi Abdus Sattar | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1974 | Satyanarayan Rajguru | Odisha | Literature and Education |
| 1975 | (Smt.) Premlila Vithaldas Thackersey | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1975 | Basanti Dulal Nag Chaudhuri | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 1975 | Pratul Chandra Gupta | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 1975 | Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1975 | Kirpal Singh Narang | Punjab | Literature and Education |
| 1975 | Balai Chand Mukhopadhyaya | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 1975 | Mahadeo Lalji Shahare | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1975 | Bachubhai Ravat | Gujarat | Literature and Education |
| 1975 | Jatindra Mohan Dutta | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 1975 | Mathew M. Kuzhiveli (Posthumous) | Kerala | Literature and Education |
| 1976 | Col. Bashir Hussain Zaidi | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1976 | Kalu Lal Shrimali | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1976 | Giani Gurmukh Singh 'Musafir' (Posthumous) | Punjab | Literature and Education |
| 1976 | Ennacal Chandy George Sudarshan | United States of America | Literature and Education |
| 1976 | Harbans Rai Bachchan | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1976 | Nava Kanta Barua | Assam | Literature and Education |
| 1976 | Devulapalli Venkata Krishna Sastry | Andhra Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1976 | Laxman Shastri Joshi | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1976 | Begum Mumtaz Mirza | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1976 | Krishna Chandra Panigrahi | Odisha | Literature and Education |
| 1976 | Manickam Narayanan | Tamil Nadu | Literature and Education |
| 1976 | Raghubhai Morarji Nayak | United Kingdom | Literature and Education |
| 1976 | Attipat Krishnaswamy Ramanujan | United States of America | Literature and Education |
| 1976 | Keshavaram Kashiram Shastri | Gujarat | Literature and Education |
| 1976 | Syed Bashiruddin | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1976 | Mohd. Shafi Khan 'Bekal' Utsahi | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1976 | Mukutdhar Pande | Chhattisgarh | Literature and Education |
| 1976 | Mulk Raj Saraf | Jammu and Kashmir | Literature and Education |
| 1976 | Asha Purna Devi | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 1976 | Gertrude Emerson Sen | United States of America | Literature and Education |
| 1976 | Ismat Chughtai | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1976 | M. K. Binodini Devi | Manipur | Literature and Education |
| 1977 | Harish Chandra | United States of America | Literature and Education |
| 1977 | Thenpattinam Ponnusamy Meenakshi Sundaran | Tamil Nadu | Literature and Education |
| 1977 | Yusuf Husain Khan | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1977 | Kailas Nath Kaul | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1977 | (Smt.) Madhuri Ratilal Shah | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1977 | Cingireddy Narayana Reddy | Telangana | Literature and Education |
| 1977 | Devendra Satyarthi | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1977 | Pritish Nandy | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 1977 | Sita Ram Lalas | Rajasthan | Literature and Education |
| 1977 | Tambarhalli Subramanya Satyan | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1977 | Evelyn Norah Shullai | Meghalaya | Literature and Education |
| 1977 | Indira Miri | Assam | Literature and Education |
1980 – 1989 | Year | Name | State | Field |
| 1980 | Rai Krishnadasa | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1981 | Amritlal Nagar | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1981 | Gopi Nath Mohanty | Odisha | Literature and Education |
| 1981 | Krishna Datta Bharadwaj | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1981 | Ram Partabrai Panjwani | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1981 | Abid Ali Khan | Andhra Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1981 | Kunwar Singh Negi | Uttarakhand | Literature and Education |
| 1982 | Acharya Pudukkottai Nattar Pattabhirama Sastri | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1982 | Stella Kramrisch | United States of America | Literature and Education |
| 1982 | Jhabar Mall Sharma | Rajasthan | Literature and Education |
| 1982 | Sher Singh 'Sher' | Chandigarh | Literature and Education |
| 1982 | Kalimuddin Ahmed | Bihar | Literature and Education |
| 1982 | Raghunath Vishnu Pandit | Goa | Literature and Education |
| 1982 | Vaikom Muhammad Basheer | Kerala | Literature and Education |
| 1982 | Gaura Pant 'Shivani' | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1983 | Nagendra | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1983 | K. Gopalaiyer Ramanathan | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1983 | Subodh Chandra Sen Gupta | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 1983 | Benudhar Sharma | Assam | Literature and Education |
| 1983 | Raghuvir Sharan 'Mitra' | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1983 | Miss Ahalya Chari | Tamil Nadu | Literature and Education |
| 1983 | Attar Singh | Chandigarh | Literature and Education |
| 1983 | Amitabha Chaudhuri | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 1983 | Hundraj Lilaram Manik 'Dukhayal' | Gujarat | Literature and Education |
| 1983 | Komal Kothari | Rajasthan | Literature and Education |
| 1983 | Saliha Abid Husain | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1984 | Acharya Baladeva Upadhyaya | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1984 | Ganda Singh | Punjab | Literature and Education |
| 1984 | Hanumanthappa Narasimhaiah | Karnataka | Literature and Education |
| 1984 | Ishwari Prasad | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1984 | Miss Marie Seton | United Kingdom | Literature and Education |
| 1984 | Horace Alexander | United States of America | Literature and Education |
| 1984 | Kotta Satchidananda Murty | Andhra Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1984 | Pt. Shri Narayana Chaturvedi | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1984 | Sadhu Singh Hamdard | Punjab | Literature and Education |
| 1984 | Miss Qurratulain Hyder | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1984 | Shanta Kalidas Gandhi | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1984 | Ganapatrao Govindrao Jadhav | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1984 | John Arthur King Martyn | Uttarakhand | Literature and Education |
| 1984 | Kshem Chandra 'Suman' | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1984 | Mayangnokcha Ao | Nagaland | Literature and Education |
| 1984 | Suranad P.N. Kunjan Pillai | Kerala | Literature and Education |
| 1984 | Syed Abdul Malik | Assam | Literature and Education |
| 1984 | Lakshmi Kumari Chundawat | Rajasthan | Literature and Education |
| 1985 | Rais Ahmed | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1985 | Gurbachan Singh Talib | Punjab | Literature and Education |
| 1985 | Shiba Prasad Chatterjee | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 1985 | Tribhuvandas Purushottamdas Luhar 'Sundaram' | Puducherry | Literature and Education |
| 1985 | Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai | Kerala | Literature and Education |
| 1985 | Vuppuluri Ganapathi Sastry | Telangana | Literature and Education |
| 1985 | Bharat Mishra | Bihar | Literature and Education |
| 1985 | Syed Hasan Askari | Bihar | Literature and Education |
| 1985 | Ashangbam Minaketan Singh | Manipur | Literature and Education |
| 1985 | Hari Shankar Parsai | Madhya Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1985 | James Dokhuma | Mizoram | Literature and Education |
| 1985 | Prabhulal Garg (Kaka Hathrasi) | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1986 | (Smt.) Chitra Jayant Naik | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1986 | Abdur Rahman | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1986 | Binode Kanungo | Odisha | Literature and Education |
| 1986 | Raghunath Sharma | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1986 | Nuchhungi Renthlei | Mizoram | Literature and Education |
| 1987 | Annada Sankar Ray | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 1987 | Nalapat Balamani Amma | Kerala | Literature and Education |
| 1987 | Debiprasanna Pattanayak | Karnataka | Literature and Education |
| 1987 | Nazir Ahmad | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1987 | Vanaja Iyengar | Andhra Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1987 | Sant Singh Sekhon | Punjab | Literature and Education |
| 1987 | Abdus Sattar | Assam | Literature and Education |
| 1987 | Khelchandra Singh Ningthoukhongjam | Manipur | Literature and Education |
| 1987 | Khawlkungi | Mizoram | Literature and Education |
| 1988 | Kuppali Venkatappagowda Puttappa | Karnataka | Literature and Education |
| 1988 | Mahadevi Varma (Posthumous) | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1988 | Bal Ram Nanda | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1988 | Kartar Singh Duggal | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1988 | Karimpumannil Mathai George | Kerala | Literature and Education |
| 1988 | Vidya Niwas Misra | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1988 | Nissim Ezekiel | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1988 | Ali Jawad Zaidi | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1988 | Madaram Brahma | Assam | Literature and Education |
| 1988 | Mario De Miranda | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1989 | Mukut Vehari Mathur | Rajasthan | Literature and Education |
| 1989 | Girilal Jain | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1989 | Barsane Lal Chaturvedi | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1989 | Kalim Ahmed Ajiz | Bihar | Literature and Education |
| 1989 | V. Venkatachalam | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1989 | Moti Lal Razdan Saqi | Jammu and Kashmir | Literature and Education |
| 1989 | Rong Bong Terang | Assam | Literature and Education |
| 1989 | Anita Desai | Delhi | Literature and Education |
1990 – 1999 | Year | Name | State | Field |
| 1990 | Bhabatosh Datta | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 1990 | Sattaiyappa Dhandapani Desikar | Tamil Nadu | Literature and Education |
| 1990 | Sukumar Sen | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 1990 | Bimal Krishna Matilal | United Kingdom | Literature and Education |
| 1990 | Hirendra Nath Mukerjee | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 1990 | Trilochan Pradhan | Odisha | Literature and Education |
| 1990 | Arun Shourie | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1990 | Closepet Dasappa Narasimhaiah | Karnataka | Literature and Education |
| 1990 | Kunwar Singh Negi | Uttarakhand | Literature and Education |
| 1990 | Narasimhan Ram | Tamil Nadu | Literature and Education |
| 1990 | Muthukumaraswamy Aram | Tamil Nadu | Literature and Education |
| 1990 | Shyam Singh Shashi | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1990 | Guru Aribam Surchand Sharma | Manipur | Literature and Education |
| 1990 | (Dr.) Gopi Chand Narang | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1990 | Anjan Kumar Banerji | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1990 | Ashin Das Gupta | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 1990 | Ram Nath Shastri | Jammu and Kashmir | Literature and Education |
| 1990 | Barjinder Singh | Punjab | Literature and Education |
| 1990 | Behram Pirojshaw Contractor | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1990 | Dagadu Maruti Pawar alias Daya Pawar | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1990 | Kanhaiya Lal Misra 'Prabhakar' | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1990 | Madhav Yeshwant Gadkari | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1990 | Nilmani Phookan | Assam | Literature and Education |
| 1990 | Radha Mohan Gadanayak | Odisha | Literature and Education |
| 1990 | Sharad Joshi | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1990 | Vijay Kumar Chopra | Punjab | Literature and Education |
| 1990 | Yashpal Jain | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1991 | Indraprasad Gordhanbhai Patel | Gujarat | Literature and Education |
| 1991 | Rajaram Shastri | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1991 | Al-I-Ahmad Suroor | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1991 | Kuthur Ramakrishnan Srinivasan | Tamil Nadu | Literature and Education |
| 1991 | Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar alias Kusumagraj | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1991 | (Ms.) Shareefunnisa Begum Ansari | Telangana | Literature and Education |
| 1991 | Kapil Deva Dvivedi | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1991 | Madan Lal Madhu | Russia | Literature and Education |
| 1991 | Purohita Thirunarayana Iyengar Narasimhachar | Karnataka | Literature and Education |
| 1991 | Sardar Anjum | Punjab | Literature and Education |
| 1991 | Syed Hasan | Bihar | Literature and Education |
| 1991 | Vishnu Bhikaji Kolte | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1991 | Bellur Krishnamachar Sunderraja Iyengar | Karnataka | Literature and Education |
| 1991 | Gopal Das Neeraj | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1991 | Keshav Malik | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1991 | Namdeo Dhondo Mahanor | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1991 | R.K. Lalhluna | Mizoram | Literature and Education |
| 1991 | Ramanarayan Upadhyay | Madhya Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1991 | Rameshwar Singh Kashyap | Bihar | Literature and Education |
| 1991 | Satis Chandra Kakati | Assam | Literature and Education |
| 1991 | Shadi Lal Dhawan | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1991 | Surendra Mohanty | Odisha | Literature and Education |
| 1991 | Shila Jhunjhunwala | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1992 | Govinddas Mannulal Shroff | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1992 | Laxmanshastri Balaji Joshi | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1992 | Cingireddy Narayana Reddy | Telangana | Literature and Education |
| 1992 | Dalsukh Dahyabhai Malvania | Gujarat | Literature and Education |
| 1992 | Setu Madhava Rao Pagadi | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1992 | Syed Abdul Malik | Assam | Literature and Education |
| 1992 | (Kum.) Esther Abrham Solomon | Gujarat | Literature and Education |
| 1992 | (Smt.) Rajammal Packiyanathan Devadas | Tamil Nadu | Literature and Education |
| 1992 | Moirangtham Kirti Singh | Manipur | Literature and Education |
| 1992 | Vishnu Ganesh Bhide | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1992 | Mir Mushtaq Ahmed | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1992 | Laxmi Narayan Dubey | Madhya Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1992 | Saiyid Amir Hasan Abidi | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1992 | Vangalampalayam Chellappagounder Kulandai Swamy | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1992 | Vasant Shankar Kanetkar | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1992 | Bal Krishen Thapar | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1992 | Gulabdas Harjivandas Broken | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1992 | Krishnan Krishnan Nair alias Krishna Chaitanya | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1992 | Nilkanth Yeshwant Khadilkar | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1992 | Nisith Ranjan Ray | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 1992 | Ram Sarup Lugani | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1992 | William Mark Tully | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1992 | Sundari Krishnalal Shridharani | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1998 | Bhisham Sahni | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1998 | Udupi Rajagopalachar Ananthamurthy | Karnataka | Literature and Education |
| 1998 | Debi Prasad Chattopadhyaya | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 1998 | Hari Krishan Sua | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1998 | K.M. Mathew | Kerala | Literature and Education |
| 1998 | Brijinder Nath Goswamy | Chandigarh | Literature and Education |
| 1998 | Gurdial Singh | Punjab | Literature and Education |
| 1998 | Narayan Gangaram Surve | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1998 | Ottaplakkal Neelakanta Velu Kurup | Kerala | Literature and Education |
| 1998 | Lalsangzuali Sailo | Mizoram | Literature and Education |
| 1999 | Amartya Sen | United Kingdom | Literature and Education |
| 1999 | Sarvepalli Gopal | Tamil Nadu | Literature and Education |
| 1999 | Shivmangal Singh Suman | Madhya Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1999 | Vidya Niwas Misra | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1999 | Dominic Chacko Kizhakemuri (Posthumous) | Kerala | Literature and Education |
| 1999 | Bashir Badr | Madhya Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 1999 | Kanhaiya Lal Nandan | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1999 | Satya Vrat Shastri | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1999 | Asis Datta | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1999 | Gian Parkash Chopra | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 1999 | Namdev Dhasal | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 1999 | Rajkumar Jhalajit Singh | Manipur | Literature and Education |
| 1999 | Ruskin Bond | Uttarakhand | Literature and Education |
| 1999 | Shayama Chona | Delhi | Literature and Education |
2000 – 2009 | Year | Name | State | Field |
| 2000 | Jagdish Natwarlal Bhagwati | United States of America | Literature and Education |
| 2000 | Kakkadan Nandanath Raj | Kerala | Literature and Education |
| 2000 | Rasipuram Krishnaswami Narayan | Tamil Nadu | Literature and Education |
| 2000 | Holenarasipur Yoganarasimham Sharada Prasad | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2000 | Mandan Mishra | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2000 | Grigoriy Lvovitch Bondarevsky | Russia | Literature and Education |
| 2000 | Abdur Rahman Rahi | Jammu and Kashmir | Literature and Education |
| 2000 | Late Shri Elangbam Nilakanta Singh (Posthumous) | Manipur | Literature and Education |
| 2000 | Kalika Prasad Saxena | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2000 | Pahlira Sena Chawngthu | Mizoram | Literature and Education |
| 2000 | Nabaneeta Dev Sen | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 2000 | Piloo Nowshir Jungalwalla | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2001 | John Kenneth Galbraith | United States of America | Literature and Education |
| 2001 | Kotta Satchidananda Murty | Andhra Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2001 | Boyi Bhimanna | Telangana | Literature and Education |
| 2001 | Karimpumannil Mathai George | Kerala | Literature and Education |
| 2001 | Shiv Kumar Kumar | Telangana | Literature and Education |
| 2001 | Aroon Purie | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2001 | Bhabendra Nath Saikia | Assam | Literature and Education |
| 2001 | Chandrasekhara Basavanneppa Kambar | Karnataka | Literature and Education |
| 2001 | Devegowda Javaregowda | Karnataka | Literature and Education |
| 2001 | Ravindra Kumar | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2001 | Gnanananda Kavi | Andhra Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2001 | Bala V. Balachandran | United States of America | Literature and Education |
| 2001 | Kalidas Gupta Riza | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 2001 | Keshavkumar Chintaman Ketkar | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 2001 | Khalid Abdul Hamid Ansari | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 2001 | Manoj Das | Puducherry | Literature and Education |
| 2001 | Vachnesh Tripathi | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2001 | Jeelani Bano | Telangana | Literature and Education |
| 2001 | Padma Sachdev | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2002 | Chakravarthi Rangarajan | Telangana | Literature and Education |
| 2002 | Bellur Krishnamachar Sundara Raja Iyengar | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 2002 | Mario De Miranda | Goa | Literature and Education |
| 2002 | Nirmal Verma | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2002 | Yevgeni Petrovich Chelyshev | Russia | Literature and Education |
| 2002 | Ashok Ramchandra Kelkar | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 2002 | Munirathna Anandakrishnan | Tamil Nadu | Literature and Education |
| 2002 | Turlapaty Kutumba Rao | Andhra Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2002 | Dimitris C. Velissaropoulos | Greece | Literature and Education |
| 2002 | Gopal Chhotray | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2002 | Gyan Chand Jain | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2002 | Madhu Mangesh Karnik | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 2002 | Muzaffer Hussain | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 2002 | Veettikat Kunduthodiyil Madhvan Kutty | Haryana | Literature and Education |
| 2003 | Bal Ram Nanda | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2003 | Sitakant Mahapatra | Odisha | Literature and Education |
| 2003 | Ottupulakkal Velukkuty Vijayan | Kerala | Literature and Education |
| 2003 | Prabhu Dayal Chawla | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2003 | Subhas Mukhopadhyay | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 2003 | Thaliyadiparambil Vittappa Ramachandra Shenoy | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2003 | Jagdish Chaturvedi | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2003 | Motilal Jotwani | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2003 | Pritam Singh | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2003 | Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad | Andhra Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2003 | Jahnu Barua | Assam | Literature and Education |
| 2003 | Manzoor Ahtesham | Madhya Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2003 | Nokdenlemba | Nagaland | Literature and Education |
| 2003 | Pratapsinh Ganapatrao Jadhav | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 2003 | Ramasamy Vairamuthu | Tamil Nadu | Literature and Education |
| 2003 | Shailendra Nath Shrivastava | Bihar | Literature and Education |
| 2004 | Amrita Pritam | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2004 | (Prof.) Chennamaneni Hanumantha Rao | Telangana | Literature and Education |
| 2004 | Krishna Srinivas | Tamil Nadu | Literature and Education |
| 2004 | Gopi Chand Narang | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2004 | Madhav Vittal Kamath | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 2004 | Vishnu Prabhakar | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2004 | Kumarpal Desai | Gujarat | Literature and Education |
| 2004 | Ramesh Chandra Shah | Madhya Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2004 | Samuel Paul | Karnataka | Literature and Education |
| 2004 | Shyam Narain Panday | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2004 | Syed Shah Mohammed Hussaini | Karnataka | Literature and Education |
| 2004 | Dr.(Smt.) Dalip Kaur Tiwana | Punjab | Literature and Education |
| 2004 | Dr.(Smt.) Tatyana Yakovlevna Elizarenkova | Russia | Literature and Education |
| 2004 | Premlata Puri | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2004 | (Smt.) Asifa Zamani | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2004 | Anil Kumar Gupta | Gujarat | Literature and Education |
| 2004 | Hamlet Bareh Ngapkynta | Meghalaya | Literature and Education |
| 2004 | Kesava Paniker Ayyappa Paniker | Kerala | Literature and Education |
| 2004 | Prithvi Nath Kaula | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2004 | Prof.(Dr.) Heinrich Freiherr Von Stietencron | Germany | Literature and Education |
| 2004 | Prof.(Smt.) Sunita Jain | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2004 | Aubakir Dastan-uly Nilibayev | Kazakhstan | Literature and Education |
| 2004 | Bal Gangadhar Samant | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 2004 | Kanhaiyalal Sethia | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 2004 | Leeladhar Jagoodi | Uttarakhand | Literature and Education |
| 2004 | P. Parameswaran | Kerala | Literature and Education |
| 2004 | Sudhir Tailang | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2004 | Gowri Ishwaran | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2005 | Andre Beteille | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2005 | Mrinal Datta Chaudhuri | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2005 | Sardar 'Anjum' | Haryana | Literature and Education |
| 2005 | (Ms.) Qurratulain Hyder | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2005 | Irfan Habib | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2005 | Mrinal Miri | Meghalaya | Literature and Education |
| 2005 | Balraj Puri | Jammu and Kashmir | Literature and Education |
| 2005 | Madath Thekepat Vasudevan Nair | Kerala | Literature and Education |
| 2005 | William Mark Tully | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2005 | Shantaram Balwant Mujumdar | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 2005 | Mehrunnisa Parvez | Madhya Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2005 | Amiya Kumar Bagchi | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 2005 | Jagtar Singh Grewal | Chandigarh | Literature and Education |
| 2005 | Darchhawna | Mizoram | Literature and Education |
| 2005 | Amin Kamil | Jammu and Kashmir | Literature and Education |
| 2005 | Bilat Paswan Vihangam | Bihar | Literature and Education |
| 2005 | Gadul Singh Lama (Sanu Lama) | Sikkim | Literature and Education |
| 2005 | Mammen Mathew | Kerala | Literature and Education |
| 2005 | Manas Chaudhuri | Meghalaya | Literature and Education |
| 2005 | Shobhana Bhartia | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2006 | Mahasweta Devi | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 2006 | Dusan Zbavitel | Czech Republic | Literature and Education |
| 2006 | Dr.(Smt.) Dineshnandini Dalmia | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2006 | Gregory Bongard-Levin | Russia | Literature and Education |
| 2006 | Moolamattom Varkey Pylee | Kerala | Literature and Education |
| 2006 | Vijay Shankar Vyas | Rajasthan | Literature and Education |
| 2006 | Prof.(Dr.) Lokesh Chandra | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2006 | Kamleshwar | Haryana | Literature and Education |
| 2006 | Ramakanta Rath | Odisha | Literature and Education |
| 2006 | Miss Mahmuda Ahmad Ali Shah | Jammu and Kashmir | Literature and Education |
| 2006 | Sucheta Dalal | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 2006 | Laltluangliana Khiangte | Mizoram | Literature and Education |
| 2006 | Sitanshu Yashaschandra | Gujarat | Literature and Education |
| 2006 | Prof.(Dr.) Lothar Lutze | Germany | Literature and Education |
| 2006 | Kashmiri Lal Zakir | Chandigarh | Literature and Education |
| 2006 | Ajeet Cour | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2006 | Fatma Rafiq Zakaria | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 2006 | Mrinal Pande | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2006 | Sugatha Kumari | Kerala | Literature and Education |
| 2007 | Raja Rao (Posthumous) | United States of America | Literature and Education |
| 2007 | Khushwant Singh | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2007 | Capt. L.Z. Sailo | Mizoram | Literature and Education |
| 2007 | Gopaldas Neeraj | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2007 | Father Gabriel Chiramel C.M.I. | Kerala | Literature and Education |
| 2007 | Chandra Prasad Saikia (Posthumous) | Assam | Literature and Education |
| 2007 | Bhikhu Parekh | United Kingdom | Literature and Education |
| 2007 | Jeffrey D. Sachs | United States of America | Literature and Education |
| 2007 | Tapan Kumar Raychaudhuri | United Kingdom | Literature and Education |
| 2007 | Thirukodikaval Nilakanta Srinivasan | United States of America | Literature and Education |
| 2007 | Javed Akhtar | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 2007 | (Smt.) Pratibha Ray | Odisha | Literature and Education |
| 2007 | Bakul Harshadrai Dholakia | Gujarat | Literature and Education |
| 2007 | Giriraj Kishore | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2007 | Mahadev Prasad Pandey | Chhattisgarh | Literature and Education |
| 2007 | Yusufkhan Mohamadkhan Pathan | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 2007 | Dr.(Ms.) Meenakshi Gopinath | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2007 | Ravindra Dayal (Posthumous) | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2007 | Mira Salganik alias Mariam L'vovna Salganik | Russia | Literature and Education |
| 2007 | (Dr.) Adya Prasad Mishra | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2007 | (Dr.) Shekhar Pathak | Uttarakhand | Literature and Education |
| 2007 | (Ms.) Temsula Ao | Assam | Literature and Education |
| 2007 | Mushirul Hasan | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2007 | Rybakov Rostislav | Russia | Literature and Education |
| 2007 | Amitav Ghosh | United States of America | Literature and Education |
| 2007 | Mujtaba Hussain | Telangana | Literature and Education |
| 2007 | T.S. Rangarajan alias Kavignar Vaalee | Tamil Nadu | Literature and Education |
| 2007 | Vijai Dan Detha | Rajasthan | Literature and Education |
| 2007 | Vikram Seth | United Kingdom | Literature and Education |
| 2008 | (Smt.) Shayama Chona | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2008 | (Smt.) Padma Desai | United States of America | Literature and Education |
| 2008 | Brijinder Nath Goswamy | Chandigarh | Literature and Education |
| 2008 | Ji Xianlin | China | Literature and Education |
| 2008 | Kaushik Basu | United States of America | Literature and Education |
| 2008 | Srinivasa Varadhan | United States of America | Literature and Education |
| 2008 | Prof.(Dr.) Tharaileth Koshy Oommen | Haryana | Literature and Education |
| 2008 | Ravindra Kelekar | Goa | Literature and Education |
| 2008 | Shrilal Shukla | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2008 | B. Sivanthi Adityan | Tamil Nadu | Literature and Education |
| 2008 | Nirupam Bajpai | United States of America | Literature and Education |
| 2008 | Srinivas Udgata | Odisha | Literature and Education |
| 2008 | Vellayani Arjunan | Kerala | Literature and Education |
| 2008 | Mohammed Yusuf Taing | Jammu and Kashmir | Literature and Education |
| 2008 | Barkha Dutt | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2008 | Amitabh Mattoo | Jammu and Kashmir | Literature and Education |
| 2008 | Bholabhai Patel | Gujarat | Literature and Education |
| 2008 | Bina Agarwal | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2008 | (Smt.) M. Leelavathy | Kerala | Literature and Education |
| 2008 | K.S. Nisar Ahmed | Karnataka | Literature and Education |
| 2008 | Sukhadeo Kisanrao Thorat | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2008 | Rajdeep Sardesai | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2008 | Surjya Kanta Hazarika | Assam | Literature and Education |
| 2008 | Vinod Dua | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2009 | Debi Prasad Chattopadhyaya | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 2009 | Isher Judge Ahluwalia | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2009 | Ramachandra Guha | Karnataka | Literature and Education |
| 2009 | (Dr.) Minoru Hara | Japan | Literature and Education |
| 2009 | A. Sreedhara Menon | Kerala | Literature and Education |
| 2009 | C.K. Prahalad | United States of America | Literature and Education |
| 2009 | D. Jayakanthan | Tamil Nadu | Literature and Education |
| 2009 | Kunwar Narain | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2009 | Shekhar Gupta | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2009 | Aayu. Laxman Mane | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 2009 | A. Sankara Reddy | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2009 | Alok Mehta | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2009 | John Ralston Marr | United Kingdom | Literature and Education |
| 2009 | Mathoor Krishnamurti | Karnataka | Literature and Education |
| 2009 | Panchapakesa Jayaraman | United States of America | Literature and Education |
| 2009 | Ravindra Nath Shrivastava alias Ravindra Rajhans | Bihar | Literature and Education |
| 2009 | Utpal K. Banerjee | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2009 | (Dr.) Ranbir Chander Sobti | Chandigarh | Literature and Education |
| 2009 | Birendranath Datta | Assam | Literature and Education |
| 2009 | Geshe Ngawang Samten | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2009 | Jalees Ahmed Khan Tareen | Puducherry | Literature and Education |
| 2009 | Ram Shankar Tripathi | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2009 | Abhay Chhajlani | Madhya Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2009 | Bannanje Govindacharya | Karnataka | Literature and Education |
| 2009 | Jayanta Mahapatra | Odisha | Literature and Education |
| 2009 | Lalthangfala Sailo | Mizoram | Literature and Education |
| 2009 | Norden Tshering Bhutia | Sikkim | Literature and Education |
| 2009 | Shamsur Rahman Faruqi | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2009 | Sunny Varkey | UAE | Literature and Education |
| 2009 | Suresh Gundu Amonkar | Goa | Literature and Education |
| 2009 | Shashi Deshpande | Karnataka | Literature and Education |
2010 – 2019 | Year | Name | State | Field |
| 2010 | Fareed Rafiq Zakaria | United States of America | Literature and Education |
| 2010 | Bipan Chandra | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2010 | Mohammad Amin | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2010 | Satya Vrat Shastri | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2010 | Tan Chung | United States of America | Literature and Education |
| 2010 | Anil Bordia | Rajasthan | Literature and Education |
| 2010 | Gian Parkash Chopra | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2010 | Jitendra Udhampuri | Jammu and Kashmir | Literature and Education |
| 2010 | Lal Bahadur Singh Chauhan | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2010 | Maria Aurora Couto | Goa | Literature and Education |
| 2010 | Ranganathan Parthasarathy (Indira Parthasarathy) | Tamil Nadu | Literature and Education |
| 2010 | Surendra Dubey | Chhattisgarh | Literature and Education |
| 2010 | Dr.(Smt.) Y.G. Rajalakshmi Parthasarathy | Tamil Nadu | Literature and Education |
| 2010 | Fr. Romuald D’Souza | Goa | Literature and Education |
| 2010 | Bertha Gyndykes Dkhar | Meghalaya | Literature and Education |
| 2010 | Arvind Kumar | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 2010 | Govind Chandra Pande | Madhya Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2010 | Hamidi Kashmiri | Jammu and Kashmir | Literature and Education |
| 2010 | Hermann Kulke | Germany | Literature and Education |
| 2010 | Ramaranjan Mukherji (Posthmous) | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 2010 | Sadiq-ur-Rahman Kidwai | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2010 | Sheldon Pollock | United States of America | Literature and Education |
| 2010 | Arun Sarma | Assam | Literature and Education |
| 2010 | Lalzuia Colney | Mizoram | Literature and Education |
| 2011 | Sitakant Mahapatra | Odisha | Literature and Education |
| 2011 | O.N.V. Kurup | Kerala | Literature and Education |
| 2011 | Ramdas Madhav Pai | Karnataka | Literature and Education |
| 2011 | Sankha Ghosh | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 2011 | T. J. S. George | Karnataka | Literature and Education |
| 2011 | Avvai Natarajan | Tamil Nadu | Literature and Education |
| 2011 | Chandra Prakash Deval | Rajasthan | Literature and Education |
| 2011 | Pravin Darji | Gujarat | Literature and Education |
| 2011 | Mamang Dai | Arunachal Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2011 | Urvashi Butalia and Smt. Ritu Menon (Duo) | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2011 | D. D. Sharma | Uttarakhand | Literature and Education |
| 2011 | Karl Harrington Potter | United States of America | Literature and Education |
| 2011 | Koneru Ramakrishna Rao | Andhra Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2011 | Krishna Kumar | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2011 | Nilamber Dev Sharma | Jammu and Kashmir | Literature and Education |
| 2011 | Pullella Sri Rama Chandrudu | Telangana | Literature and Education |
| 2011 | Riyaz Punjabi | Jammu and Kashmir | Literature and Education |
| 2011 | Prof.(Dr) Bhalchandra Vana Nemade | Himachal Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2011 | Prof.(Dr) Devi Prasad Dwivedi | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2011 | Balraj Komal | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2011 | Barun Mazumder | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 2011 | Devanoora Mahadeva | Karnataka | Literature and Education |
| 2011 | Granville Austin | United Kingdom | Literature and Education |
| 2011 | Mahim Bora | Assam | Literature and Education |
| 2011 | Buangi Sailo | Mizoram | Literature and Education |
| 2011 | Rajni Kumar | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2012 | Jose Pereira | United Kingdom | Literature and Education |
| 2012 | Arvind Panagariya | United States of America | Literature and Education |
| 2012 | Homi K. Bhabha | United States of America | Literature and Education |
| 2012 | Vidya Dehejia | United States of America | Literature and Education |
| 2012 | Prof.(Dr.) Shantaram Balwant Mujumdar | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 2012 | Eberhard Fischer | Switzerland | Literature and Education |
| 2012 | Surjit Singh Patar | Punjab | Literature and Education |
| 2012 | Pepita Seth | Kerala | Literature and Education |
| 2012 | Ralte L. Thanmawia | Mizoram | Literature and Education |
| 2012 | Sachchidanand Sahai | Bihar | Literature and Education |
| 2012 | Irwin Allan Sealy | Uttarakhand | Literature and Education |
| 2012 | Kedar Gurung | Sikkim | Literature and Education |
| 2012 | Vijay Dutt Shridhar | Madhya Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2012 | Geeta Dharmarajan | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2013 | Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak | United States of America | Literature and Education |
| 2013 | Mangesh Padgaonkar | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 2013 | Jagdish Prasad Singh | Bihar | Literature and Education |
| 2013 | Radhika Herzberger | Andhra Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2013 | Rama Kant Shukla | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2013 | (Capt.) Dr. Mohammad Sharfe Alam | Bihar | Literature and Education |
| 2013 | Akhtarul Wasey | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2013 | Anvita Abbi | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2013 | Christopher Pinney | United Kingdom | Literature and Education |
| 2013 | Noboru Karashima | Japan | Literature and Education |
| 2013 | Devendra Patel | Gujarat | Literature and Education |
| 2013 | J. Malsawma | Mizoram | Literature and Education |
| 2013 | Nida Fazli | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 2013 | Salik Lakhnawi (Posthumous) | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 2013 | Surender Sharma | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2014 | Dhirubhai Premshanker Thaker (Posthumous) | Gujarat | Literature and Education |
| 2014 | Mrityunjay B. Athreya | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2014 | Anita Desai | United States of America | Literature and Education |
| 2014 | Lloyd I. Rudolph (Duo) | United States of America | Literature and Education |
| 2014 | Anisuzzaman | Bangladesh | Literature and Education |
| 2014 | Susanne H. Rudolph (Duo) | United States of America | Literature and Education |
| 2014 | Vairamuthu | Tamil Nadu | Literature and Education |
| 2014 | Ruskin Bond | Uttarakhand | Literature and Education |
| 2014 | (Mrs.) P. Kilemsungla | Nagaland | Literature and Education |
| 2014 | Naheed Abidi | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2014 | (Dr.) Sengaku Mayeda | Japan | Literature and Education |
| 2014 | Ashok Chakradhar | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2014 | Dinesh Singh | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2014 | G. N. Devy | Gujarat | Literature and Education |
| 2014 | Kolakaluri Enoch | Telangana | Literature and Education |
| 2014 | Rehana Khatoon | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2014 | Ved Kumari Ghai | Jammu and Kashmir | Literature and Education |
| 2014 | Vishnu Narayanan Namboodiri | Kerala | Literature and Education |
| 2014 | Chhakchhuak Chhuanvawra | Mizoram | Literature and Education |
| 2014 | Keki N. Daruwalla | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2014 | Waikhom Gojen Meetei | Manipur | Literature and Education |
| 2014 | Manorama Jafa | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2015 | Jagadguru Swami Rambhadracharya | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2015 | David Frawley | United States of America | Literature and Education |
| 2015 | Rajat Sharma | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2015 | Swapan Dasgupta | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2015 | Bettina Sharada Baumer | Himachal Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2015 | Gyan Chaturvedi | Madhya Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2015 | Sunil Jogi | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2015 | Dr.(Mrs.) Annette Schmiedchen | Germany | Literature and Education |
| 2015 | Ashok Gulati | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2015 | Bimal Kumar Roy | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 2015 | Gunvant Shah | Gujarat | Literature and Education |
| 2015 | Huang Baosheng | China | Literature and Education |
| 2015 | Jagmohan Singh Rajput | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2015 | Nadarajan Raj Chetty | United States of America | Literature and Education |
| 2015 | Prof.(Dr.) Lakshmi Nandan Bora | Assam | Literature and Education |
| 2015 | Bibek Debroy | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2015 | Brahmdev Sharma 'Bhaiji' | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2015 | George L. Hart | United States of America | Literature and Education |
| 2015 | Jean-Claude Carriere | France | Literature and Education |
| 2015 | Lambert Mascarenhas | Goa | Literature and Education |
| 2015 | Manu Sharma | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2015 | N. Purushothama Mallaya | Kerala | Literature and Education |
| 2015 | Rambahadur Rai | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2015 | Tarak Janubhai Mehta | Gujarat | Literature and Education |
| 2015 | Ushakiran Khan | Bihar | Literature and Education |
| 2016 | Avinash Kamlakar Dixit | United States of America | Literature and Education |
| 2016 | Ramoji Rao | Telangana | Literature and Education |
| 2016 | Barjinder Singh Hamdard | Punjab | Literature and Education |
| 2016 | Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad | Andhra Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2016 | N.S. Ramanuja Tatacharya | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 2016 | Kameswar Brahma | Assam | Literature and Education |
| 2016 | Ravindra Nagar | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2016 | S.L. Bhyrappa | Karnataka | Literature and Education |
| 2016 | Shree Dahyabhai Karunashankar Shastri | Gujarat | Literature and Education |
| 2016 | Pushpesh Pant | Haryana | Literature and Education |
| 2016 | Ashok Malik | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2016 | Dhirendra Nath Bezboruah | Assam | Literature and Education |
| 2016 | Haladhar Nag | Odisha | Literature and Education |
| 2016 | Jawahar Lal Kaul | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2016 | Prahlad Chandra Tasa | Assam | Literature and Education |
| 2016 | Salman Khan | United States of America | Literature and Education |
| 2017 | Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn | Thailand | Literature and Education |
| 2017 | (Dr.) Devi Prasad Dwivedi | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2017 | Cho S. Ramaswamy (Posthumous) | Tamil Nadu | Literature and Education |
| 2017 | Narendra Kohli | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2017 | G. Venkatasubbiah | Karnataka | Literature and Education |
| 2017 | Balbir Dutt | Jharkhand | Literature and Education |
| 2017 | Hasmukh(H.R.)Shah | United States of America | Literature and Education |
| 2017 | Michel Danino | Tamil Nadu | Literature and Education |
| 2017 | Punam Suri | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2017 | Viharidas Gopaldas Patel | Gujarat | Literature and Education |
| 2017 | Akkitham Achyuthan Nambudiri | Kerala | Literature and Education |
| 2017 | Anant Agarwal | United States of America | Literature and Education |
| 2017 | Birkha Bahadur Subba Muringla | Sikkim | Literature and Education |
| 2017 | Chamu Krishna Shastry | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2017 | Harihar Kripalu Tripathi | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2017 | Kashinath Pandit | Jammu and Kashmir | Literature and Education |
| 2017 | Vishnu Pandya | Gujarat | Literature and Education |
| 2017 | Bhawana Somaaya | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 2017 | Eli Ahmed | Assam | Literature and Education |
| 2017 | Dr.(Smt.) Vege Koteswaramma | Andhra Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2018 | P Parameswaran | Kerala | Literature and Education |
| 2018 | Ved Prakash Nanda | United States of America | Literature and Education |
| 2018 | Prafulla Govinda Baruah | Assam | Literature and Education |
| 2018 | Pandit Shyamlal Chaturvedi | Chhattisgarh | Literature and Education |
| 2018 | Arup Kumar Dutta | Assam | Literature and Education |
| 2018 | Arvind Kumar Gupta | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 2018 | Digamber Hansda | Jharkhand | Literature and Education |
| 2018 | M. Piyongtemjen Jamir | Nagaland | Literature and Education |
| 2018 | Malti Joshi | Madhya Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2018 | Dr.(Ms.) Joyshree Goswami Mahanta | Assam | Literature and Education |
| 2018 | Zaverilal Dalpatram Mehta | Gujarat | Literature and Education |
| 2018 | Krishna Bihari Mishra | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 2018 | Keshavrao Sadashivshastri Musalgaonkar | Madhya Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2018 | Chandrasekhar Rath (Posthumous) | Odisha | Literature and Education |
| 2018 | Bhagirath Prasad Tripathi ‘Vagish Shastri’ | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2018 | Maharao Raghuveer Singh, Sirohi | Rajasthan | Literature and Education |
| 2018 | Gangadhar Vithobaji Pantawane | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 2018 | A Zakia | Mizoram | Literature and Education |
| 2018 | Anwar Ahmad alias Anwar Jalalpuri (Posthumous) | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2018 | Tomio Mizokami | Japan | Literature and Education |
| 2018 | Habibullo Rajabov | Tajikistan | Literature and Education |
| 2019 | Kuldip Nayar (Posthumous) | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2019 | Narsingh Dev Jamwal | Jammu and Kashmir | Literature and Education |
| 2019 | Kailash Madbaiya | Madhya Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2019 | Ganpat I. Patel | United States of America | Literature and Education |
| 2019 | Nagindas Sanghavi | Gujarat | Literature and Education |
| 2019 | Mohammad Hanif Khan Shastri | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2019 | Brijesh Kumar Shukla | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2019 | Devendra Swarup (Posthumous) | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
2020 – 2025 | Year | Name | State | Field |
| 2020 | Manoj Das (Posthumous) | Puducherry | Literature and Education |
| 2020 | Jagdish N. Sheth | United States of America | Literature and Education |
| 2020 | Kazi Masum Akhtar | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 2020 | Gloria Arieira | Brazil | Literature and Education |
| 2020 | Damayanti Beshra | Odisha | Literature and Education |
| 2020 | Lil Bahadur Chettri | Assam | Literature and Education |
| 2020 | Indra Dassanayake (Posthumous) | Sri Lanka | Literature and Education |
| 2020 | H. M. Desai | Gujarat | Literature and Education |
| 2020 | Meenakshi Jain | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2020 | Beni Chandra Jamatia (Posthumous) | Tripura | Literature and Education |
| 2020 | Vidushi K.S. Jayalakshmi and Shri K. V. Sampathkumar (Posthumous) (Duo) | Karnataka | Literature and Education |
| 2020 | C. Kamlova | Mizoram | Literature and Education |
| 2020 | Narayan J. Joshi 'Karayal' | Gujarat | Literature and Education |
| 2020 | Sriprakash Kotharii | United States of America | Literature and Education |
| 2020 | Rajendra Mishra | Himachal Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2020 | Binapani Mohanty | Odisha | Literature and Education |
| 2020 | Prithwindra Mukherjee | France | Literature and Education |
| 2020 | N. Chandrasekharan Nair | Kerala | Literature and Education |
| 2020 | Shiv Datt 'Nirmohi' | Jammu and Kashmir | Literature and Education |
| 2020 | Lalbiakthanga Pachuau | Mizoram | Literature and Education |
| 2020 | Prasanta Kumar Pattanaik | United States of America | Literature and Education |
| 2020 | Jogendra Nath Phukan | Assam | Literature and Education |
| 2020 | Yogesh Praveen (Posthumous) | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2020 | Shahbuddin Rathod | Gujarat | Literature and Education |
| 2020 | Sribhashyam Vijayasarathi | Telangana | Literature and Education |
| 2020 | Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi | Arunachal Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2020 | Robert A.F. Thurman | United States of America | Literature and Education |
| 2021 | Chandrashekhar B. Kambar | Karnataka | Literature and Education |
| 2021 | Asavadi Prakasa Rao | Andhra Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2021 | Dharma Narayan Barma | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 2021 | Sujit Chatterjee | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 2021 | Srikant Madav Datar | United States of America | Literature and Education |
| 2021 | Dadudan Gadhavi (Kavi “Daad”) (Posthumous) | Gujarat | Literature and Education |
| 2021 | Jaibhagwan Goyal | Haryana | Literature and Education |
| 2021 | Jagadish Chandra Halder | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 2021 | (Prof.) Mangalsingh Hazowary | Assam | Literature and Education |
| 2021 | Namdeo Chandrabhan Kamble | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 2021 | Rajat Kumar Kar | Odisha | Literature and Education |
| 2021 | R.L. Kashyap | Karnataka | Literature and Education |
| 2021 | Nicholas Kazanas | Greece | Literature and Education |
| 2021 | Chandrakant Mehta | Gujarat | Literature and Education |
| 2021 | Sundaram Solomon Pappiah | Tamil Nadu | Literature and Education |
| 2021 | Nanda Prusty | Odisha | Literature and Education |
| 2021 | Balan Putheri | Kerala | Literature and Education |
| 2021 | Chaman Lal Sapru (Posthumous) | Jammu and Kashmir | Literature and Education |
| 2021 | Roman Sarmah | Assam | Literature and Education |
| 2021 | Imran Shah | Assam | Literature and Education |
| 2021 | Arjun Singh Shekhawat | Rajasthan | Literature and Education |
| 2021 | Ram Yatna Shukla | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2021 | Mridula Sinha (Posthumous) | Bihar | Literature and Education |
| 2021 | Kapil Tiwari | Madhya Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2021 | Father Carlos G. Vallés (Posthumous) | Spain | Literature and Education |
| 2021 | Usha Yadav | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2022 | Radhey Shyam Khemka (Posthumous) | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2022 | Pratibha Ray | Odisha | Literature and Education |
| 2022 | Sachchidanand Swami | Gujarat | Literature and Education |
| 2022 | Achrya Vashishtha Tripathi | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2022 | Najma Akhtar | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2022 | T. Senka Ao | Nagaland | Literature and Education |
| 2022 | Jatinder Kumar Bajaj | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2022 | Sirpi Balasubramaniam | Tamil Nadu | Literature and Education |
| 2022 | Akhone Asgar Ali "Basharat" | Ladakh | Literature and Education |
| 2022 | (Prof.) Harmohinder Singh Bedi | Punjab | Literature and Education |
| 2022 | (Dr.) Maria Krzysztof Byrski | Poland | Literature and Education |
| 2022 | Khalil Dhantejvi (Posthumous) | Gujarat | Literature and Education |
| 2022 | Dhaneswar Engti | Assam | Literature and Education |
| 2022 | Garikapati V.B. Narasimha Rao | Telangana | Literature and Education |
| 2022 | Giridhari Ram Gaunjhu "Giriraj" (Posthumous) | Jharkhand | Literature and Education |
| 2022 | Shaibal Gupta (Posthumous) | Bihar | Literature and Education |
| 2022 | Narasingha Prasad Guru | Odisha | Literature and Education |
| 2022 | Awadh Kishore Jadia | Madhya Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2022 | Tara Jauhar | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2022 | Rutger Kortenhorst | Ireland | Literature and Education |
| 2022 | P. Narayana Kurup | Kerala | Literature and Education |
| 2022 | V. L. Naghaka | Mizoram | Literature and Education |
| 2022 | Chirapat Prapandavidya | Thailand | Literature and Education |
| 2022 | Vidyanand Saraik | Himachal Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2022 | Kali Pada Saren | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 2022 | Dilip T. Shahani | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2022 | Vishwa Murti Shastri | Jammu and Kashmir | Literature and Education |
| 2022 | Tatiana Shaumyan | Russia | Literature and Education |
| 2022 | Siddalingaiah (Posthumous) | Karnataka | Literature and Education |
| 2022 | Vidya Vindu Singh | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2022 | Raghuvendra Tanwar | Haryana | Literature and Education |
| 2022 | (Ms.) Badaplin War | Meghalaya | Literature and Education |
| 2023 | S L Bhyrappa | Karnataka | Literature and Education |
| 2023 | Kapil Kapoor | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2023 | Radhacharan Gupta | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2023 | C I Issac | Kerala | Literature and Education |
| 2023 | Rattan Singh Jaggi | Punjab | Literature and Education |
| 2023 | Anand Kumar | Bihar | Literature and Education |
| 2023 | Prabhakar Bhanudas Mande | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 2023 | Antaryami Mishra | Odisha | Literature and Education |
| 2023 | Ramesh Raghunath Patange | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 2023 | Bandi Ramakrishna Reddy | Telangana | Literature and Education |
| 2023 | Mohan Singh | Jammu and Kashmir | Literature and Education |
| 2023 | Prakash Chandra Sood | Andhra Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2023 | Janum Singh Soy | Jharkhand | Literature and Education |
| 2023 | Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2023 | Dhaniram Toto | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 2024 | Hormusji N. Cama | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 2024 | Kundan Ramanlal Vyas | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 2024 | Raghuveer Chaudhari | Gujarat | Literature and Education |
| 2024 | R. N. Joe D’ Cruz | Tamil Nadu | Literature and Education |
| 2024 | Pierre-Sylvain Filliozat | France | Literature and Education |
| 2024 | (Dr.) Rajaram Jain | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2024 | Yashwant Singh Kathoch | Uttarakhand | Literature and Education |
| 2024 | Zahir Ishaq Kazi | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 2024 | Surendra Kishore | Bihar | Literature and Education |
| 2024 | Sridhar Makam Krishnamurthy | Karnataka | Literature and Education |
| 2024 | Pakaravoor Chithran Namboodiripad (Posthumous) | Kerala | Literature and Education |
| 2024 | Harish Naik (Posthumous) | Gujarat | Literature and Education |
| 2024 | Fred NEGRIT | France | Literature and Education |
| 2024 | Swami Muni Narayana Prasad | Kerala | Literature and Education |
| 2024 | Bhagwatilal Rajpurohit | Madhya Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2024 | Navjivan Rastogi | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2024 | Kethavath Somlal | Telangana | Literature and Education |
| 2024 | Gouri Lakshmi Bayi Thampuratty | Kerala | Literature and Education |
| 2024 | Kurella Vithalacharya | Telangana | Literature and Education |
| 2025 | M. T. Vasudevan Nair (Posthumous) | Kerala | Literature and Education |
| 2025 | A Surya Prakash | Karnataka | Literature and Education |
| 2025 | Bibek Debroy (Posthumous) | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2025 | Rambahadur Rai | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2025 | Anil Kumar Boro | Assam | Literature and Education |
| 2025 | Arunoday Saha | Tripura | Literature and Education |
| 2025 | Arvind Sharma | Canada | Literature and Education |
| 2025 | Chandrakant Sheth (Posthumous) | Gujarat | Literature and Education |
| 2025 | David R Syiemlieh | Meghalaya | Literature and Education |
| 2025 | Ganeshwar Shastri Dravid | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2025 | Gita Upadhyay | Assam | Literature and Education |
| 2025 | Hriday Narayan Dixit | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2025 | Hugh and Colleen Gantzer (Posthumous) (Duo)* | Uttarakhand | Literature and Education |
| 2025 | Jagadish Joshila | Madhya Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2025 | K L Krishna | Andhra Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2025 | Lakshmipathy Ramasubbaiyer | Tamil Nadu | Literature and Education |
| 2025 | Lalit Kumar Mangotra | Jammu and Kashmir | Literature and Education |
| 2025 | Maruti Bhujangrao Chitampalli | Maharashtra | Literature and Education |
| 2025 | Nagendra Nath Roy | West Bengal | Literature and Education |
| 2025 | Nitin Nohria | United States of America | Literature and Education |
| 2025 | Pratibha Satpathy | Odisha | Literature and Education |
| 2025 | Ramdarash Mishra | Delhi | Literature and Education |
| 2025 | Renthlei Lalrawna | Mizoram | Literature and Education |
| 2025 | Sant Ram Deswal | Haryana | Literature and Education |
| 2025 | Seeni Viswanathan | Tamil Nadu | Literature and Education |
| 2025 | Sheen Kaaf Nizam (Shiv Kishan Bissa) | Rajasthan | Literature and Education |
| 2025 | Stephen Knapp | United States of America | Literature and Education |
| 2025 | Syed Ainul Hasan | Uttar Pradesh | Literature and Education |
| 2025 | Tushar Durgeshbhai Shukla | Gujarat | Literature and Education |
| 2025 | Vadiraj Raghawendracharya Panchamukhi | Andhra Pradesh | Literature and Education |
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