Padma Vibhushan Award 2012
| S. No. | Name | Discipline | State/ Domicile |
| 1. | Shri K G Subramanyan | Art-Painting & Sculpture | West Bengal |
| 2. | Late Shri Mario De Miranda | Art-Cartoonist | Goa* |
| 3. | Late (Dr.)Bhupen Hazarika | Art- Vocal Music | Assam* |
| 4. | Dr. Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti | Medicine – Orthopaedics | Maharashtra |
| 5. | Shri T V Rajeswar | Civil Service | Delhi |
Padma Bhushan Award 2012
| Sl No. | Name Discipline | State/ Domicile | |
| 1. | Smt. Shabana Azmi | Art – Cinema | Maharashtra |
| 2. | Shri Khaled Choudhury | Art – Theatre | West Bengal |
| 3. | Shri Jatin Das | Art – Painting | Delhi |
| 4. | Pandit Buddhadev Das Gupta | Art – Instrumental Music – Sarod | West Bengal |
| 5. | Shri Dharmendra Singh Deol alias Dharmendra | Art – Cinema | Maharashtra |
| 6. | Dr. Trippunithwra Viswanathan Gopalkrishnan | Art – Classical vocal and instrumental music | Tamil Nadu |
| 7. | Ms. Mira Nair | Art – Cinema | Delhi |
| 8. | Shri M.S. Gopalakrishnan | Art – Instrumental Music-Violin | Tamil Nadu |
| 9. | Shri Anish Kapoor | Art – Sculpture | UK* |
| 10. | Shri Satya Narayan Goenka | Social Work | Maharashtra |
| 11. | Dr. (Judge) Patibandla Chandrasekhar Rao | Public Affairs | Germany* |
| 12. | Shri George Yong-Boon Yeo | Public Affairs | Singapore* |
| 13. | Prof. Shashikumar Chitre | Science and Engineering | Maharashtra |
| 14. | Dr. M S Raghunathan | Science and Engineering | Maharashtra |
| 15. | Shri Subbiah Murugappa Vellayan | Trade and Industry | Tamil Nadu |
| 16. | Shri Balasubramanian Muthuraman | Trade and Industry | Maharashtra |
| 17. | Dr. Suresh H. Advani | Medicine – Oncology | Maharashtra |
| 18. | Dr. Noshir H Wadia | Medicine-Neurology | Maharashtra |
| 19. | Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty | Medicine-Cardiology | Karnataka |
| 20. | Prof. (Dr.) Shantaram Balwant Mujumdar | Literature and Education | Maharashtra |
| 21. | Prof. Vidya Dehejia | Literature and Education | USA* |
| 22. | Prof. Arvind Panagariya | Literature and Education | USA* |
| 23. | Dr. Jose Pereira | Literature and Education | USA* |
| 24. | Dr. Homi K. Bhabha | Literature and Education | UK * |
| 25. | Shri N Vittal | Civil Service | Kerala |
| 26. | Shri Mata Prasad | Civil Service | Uttar Pradesh |
| 27. | Shri Ronen Sen | Civil Service | West Bengal |
Note: * indicates awardees in the category of Foreigners / NRIs/ PIOs/ Posthumous.
