The Government of India awarded the Padma Bhushan Award to 35 extremely talented and successful Indian people from different fields in 2006. The Padma Bhushan Award is counted among the most prestigious and honourable awards in India and is ranked third amongst all the civilian awards. Only the Bharat Ratna Award and Padma Vibhushan Award are ranked higher than the Padma Bhushan Award in India. The Government of India recognises and appreciates the achievements of the talented people from different fields through this award. The award is presented to both the Indian citizens and the foreigners.
The list of the 2006 Padma Bhushan Awardees is given below:
| Name | Field | State | Country |
| Shanno Khurana | Arts | Delhi | India |
| Late P. Leela | Arts | Tamil Nadu | India |
| Sai Paranjpye | Arts | Maharashtra | India |
| K.G. Subramanyam | Arts | West Bengal | India |
| Konidala Chiranjeevi | Arts | Andhra Pradesh | India |
| Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan | Arts | Maharashtra | India |
| Ghulam Mustafa Khan | Arts | Maharashtra | India |
| Sabri Khan | Arts | Delhi | India |
| P. S. Appu | Civil Service | Karnataka | India |
| Air Commod Jasjit Singh | Defence Services | Haryana | India |
| Dinesh Nandini Dalmia | Literature & Education | Delhi | India |
| Lokesh Chandra | Literature & Education | Delhi | India |
| M.V. Pylee | Literature & Education | Kerala | India |
| Vijay Shankar Vyas | Literature & Education | Rajasthan | India |
| Dusan Zbavitel | Literature & Education | - | Czech Republic |
| Gregory Bongard-Levin | Literature & Education | - | Russia |
| Kamleshwar Prasad Saxena | Literature & Education | Delhi | India |
| Ramakanta Rath | Literature & Education | Orissa | India |
| Jaiveer Agarwal | Medicine | Tamil Nadu | India |
| V. Shanta | Medicine | Tamil Nadu | India |
| Kewal Kishan Talwar | Medicine | Chandigarh | India |
| Hira Lall Sibal | Public Affairs | Chandigarh | India |
| P. P. Rao | Public Affairs | Uttar Pradesh | India |
| Shashi Bhushan | Public Affairs | Delhi | India |
| Madhav Gadgil | Science & Engineering | Maharashtra | India |
| K. P. P. Nambiar | Science & Engineering | Karnataka | India |
| Nandan Nilekani | Science & Engineering | Karnataka | India |
| Devaki Jain | Social Work | Karnataka | India |
| N.S. Ramaswamy | Social Work | Karnataka | India |
| Ganga Prasad Birla | Social Work | West Bengal | India |
| Vijaypat Singhania | Sports | Maharashtra | India |
| Late Gunter Kruger | Trade & Industry | Maharashtra | India |
| Deepak Parekh | Trade & Industry | Maharashtra | India |
| S. Ramadorai | Trade & Industry | Maharashtra | India |
| Tarun Das | Trade & Industry | Haryana | India |
