| Name | Field | State/Country |
| Shri Shinzo Abe | Public Affairs | Japan |
| Shri S P Balasubramaniam(Posthumous) | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| Dr. Belle Monappa Hegde | Medicine | Karnataka |
| Shri Narinder Singh Kapany(Posthumous) | Science and Engineering | United States of America |
| Maulana Wahiduddin Khan | Others- Spiritualism | Delhi |
| Shri B. B. Lal | Others- Archaeology | Delhi |
| Shri Sudarshan Sahoo | Art | Odisha |