The Padma Bhushan Award is counted amongst the most prestigious and honourable civilian awards presented by the Government of India. The award was first incepted in the year 1954 and a total of 23 people received the year in the first year. The Government of India presented the award to them, in order to recognise their distinguished and exceptional service of the highest order to the nation.
The list of the 1954 Padma Bhushan Awardees is given below:
| Name | Field | State | Country |
| Ajudhia Nath Khosla | Science & Engineering | Delhi | India |
| A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar | Literature & Education | Tamil Nadu | India |
| Homi Jehangir Bhabha | Science & Engineering | Maharashtra | India |
| J.C. Ghosh | Science & Engineering | West Bengal | India |
| Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar | Science & Engineering | Uttar Pradesh | India |
| M. S. Subbalakshmi | Arts | Tamil Nadu | India |
| Maharaj Kr. Palden T Namgyal | Public Affairs | Punjab | India |
| K. S. Thimayya | Civil Service | Karnataka | India |
| Amar Nath Jha | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh | India |
| Jamini Roy | Arts | West Bengal | India |
| K. S. Krishnan | Science & Engineering | Tamil Nadu | India |
| Mahadeva Iyer Ganapati | Civil Service | Orissa | India |
| Maithili Sharan Gupt | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh | India |
| Malihabadi Josh | Literature & Education | Delhi | India |
| Moulana Hussain Ahmed Madni | Literature & Education | Punjab | India |
| Pandyala Satyanarayan Rao | Civil Service | Andhra Pradesh | India |
| R.R. Handa | Civil Service | Punjab | India |
| Radha Krishan Gupta | Civil Service | Delhi | India |
| Satya Narayana Shastri | Medicine | Uttar Pradesh | India |
| Sukumar Sen | Civil Service | West Bengal | India |
| V. Narahari Raooo | Civil Service | Karnataka | India |
| V.L. Mehta | Public Affairs | Gujarat | India |
| Vallathol Narayana Menon | Literature & Education | Kerala | India |
