| 1 | 1958 | Vinoba Bhave | Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions; Reduced Inequalities |
| 2 | 1959 | Chintaman Deshmukh | Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions; Quality Education; Decent Work and Economic Growth |
| 3 | 1961 | Amitabha Chowdhury | Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions |
| 4 | 1962 | Mother Teresa | Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions |
| 5 | 1963 | Dara Khurody | Zero Hunger; Decent Work and Economic Growth |
| 6 | 1963 | Tribhuvandas Patel | Zero Hunger; Decent Work and Economic Growth |
| 7 | 1963 | Verghese Kurien | Zero Hunger; Decent Work and Economic Growth |
| 8 | 1964 | Welthy Honsinger Fisher | Quality Education |
| 9 | 1965 | Jayaprakash Narayan | Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions; Reduced Inequalities |
| 10 | 1966 | Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay | Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions; Decent Work and Economic Growth; Gender Equality |
| 11 | 1967 | Satyajit Ray | Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions |
| 12 | 1971 | M. S. Swaminathan | Zero Hunger; Partnership for the Goals |
| 13 | 1974 | M. S. Subbulakshmi | Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions |
| 14 | 1975 | Boobli George Verghese | Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions |
| 15 | 1976 | Sombhu Mitra | Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions |
| 16 | 1976 | Henning Holck Larsen | Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure; Decent Work and Economic Growth |
| 17 | 1977 | Ela Ramesh Bhatt | Gender Equality; Sustainable Cities and Communities; Decent Work and Economic Growth |
| 18 | 1979 | Mabelle Rajanikant Arole | Good Health and Well Being; Gender Equality; Sustainable Cities and Communities |
| 19 | 1979 | Shankarrao Rajanikant Arole | Good Health and Well Being; Gender Equality; Sustainable Cities and Communities |
| 20 | 1981 | Gour Kishore Ghosh | Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions |
| 21 | 1981 | Pramod Karan Sethi | Good Health and Well Being |
| 22 | 1982 | Chandi Prasad Bhatt | Life on Land |
| 23 | 1982 | Arun Shourie | Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions |
| 24 | 1982 | Manibhai Bhimbhai Desai | No Poverty; Decent Work and Economic Growth; Quality Education |
| 25 | 1984 | Rasipuram Krishnaswamy Laxman | Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions |
| 26 | 1985 | Murlidhar Devidas Amte | Good Health and Well Being; Quality Education; Zero Hunger |
| 27 | 1989 | Lakshmi Chand Jain | No Poverty; Decent Work and Economic Growth |
| 28 | 1991 | Subbanna K. V. | Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions |
| 29 | 1992 | Ravi Shankar | Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions |
| 30 | 1993 | Banoo Jehangir Coyaji | Good Health and Well Being; Partnerships for the Goals |
| 31 | 1994 | Kiran Bedi | Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions |
| 32 | 1996 | Pandurang Shastri Athavale | Reduced Inequalities; Responsible Consumption and Production |
| 33 | 1996 | T. N. Seshan | Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions |
| 34 | 1997 | Mahesh Chander Mehta | Climate Action; Clean Water and Sanitation; Life on Land |
| 35 | 1997 | Mahasweta Devi | Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions |
| 36 | 2000 | Aruna Roy | Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions; Reduced Inequalities |
| 37 | 2000 | Jockin Arputham | No Poverty; Decent Work and Economic Growth |
| 38 | 2001 | Rajendra Singh | Clean Water and Sanitation; Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure; Sustainable Cities and Communities |
| 39 | 2002 | Sandeep Pandey | Quality Education; Sustainable Cities and Communities |
| 40 | 2003 | Shantha Sinha | Gender Equality; Decent Work and Economic Growth |
| 41 | 2003 | James Michael Lyngdoh | Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions |
| 42 | 2004 | Laxminarayan Ramdas | Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions |
| 43 | 2005 | Shanta V. | Good Health and Strong Institutions |
| 44 | 2006 | Arvind Kejriwal | Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions |
| 45 | 2007 | Palagummi Sainath | Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions; Reduced Inequalities |
| 46 | 2008 | Prakash Amte | Good Health and Strong Institutions; Sustainable Cities and Communities |
| 47 | 2008 | Mandakini Amte | Good Health and Strong Institutions; Sustainable Cities and Communities |
| 48 | 2009 | Deep Joshi | Partnerships for the Goals; Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure |
| 49 | 2011 | Harish Hande | Affordable and Clean Energy; Sustainable Cities and Communities; Decent Work and Economic Growth |
| 50 | 2011 | Nileema Mishra | Sustainable Cities and Communities; Gender Equality |
| 51 | 2012 | Kulandai Francis | No Poverty; Decent Work and Economic Growth |
| 52 | 2015 | Anshu Gupta | Reduced Inequalities; Sustainable Cities and Communities |
| 53 | 2015 | Sanjiv Chaturvedi | Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions; Life on Land |
| 54 | 2016 | Bezwada Wilson | Reduced Inequalities; Sustainable Cities and Communities; Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions |
| 55 | 2016 | T. M. Krishna | Reduced Inequalities |
| 56 | 2018 | Bharat Vatwani | Good Health and Well Being; Reduced Inequalities |
| 57 | 2018 | Sonam Wangchuk | Quality Education; Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure |
| 58 | 2019 | Ravish Kumar | Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions |
| 59 | 2023 | R. Ravi Kannan | Reduced Inequalities; Good Health and Well Being; No Poverty |
| 60 | 2025 | Foundation to Educate Girls Globally | Gender Equality |