Full list of Padma Awards 2025

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Full list of Padma Awards 2025

Padma Awards

One of the highest civilian Awards of the country, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The Awards are given in various disciplines / fields of activities, viz.- art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. ‘Padma Vibhushan’ is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service; ‘Padma Bhushan’ for distinguished service of high order and ‘Padma Shri’ for distinguished service in any field. The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year.

These Awards are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March / April every year. For the year 2025, the President has approved conferment of 139 Padma Awards including 1 duo case (in a duo case, the Award is counted as one) as per list below. The list comprises 7 Padma Vibhushan, 19 Padma Bhushan and 113 Padma Shri Awards. 23 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 10 persons from the category of Foreigners / NRI / PIO / OCI and 13 Posthumous awardees.

 

Padma Vibhushan (7)

SNNameFieldState / Country
1Shri Duvvur Nageshwar ReddyMedicineTelangana
2Justice (Retd.) Shri Jagdish Singh KheharPublic AffairsChandigarh
3Smt. Kumudini Rajnikant LakhiaArtGujarat
4Shri Lakshminarayana SubramaniamArtKarnataka
5

Shri M. T. Vasudevan Nair

(Posthumous)

Literature and EducationKerala
6

Shri Osamu Suzuki

(Posthumous)

Trade and IndustryJapan
7

Smt. Sharda Sinha

(Posthumous)

ArtBihar

 

Padma Bhushan (19) 

SNNameFieldState / Country
8Shri A Surya PrakashLiterature and Education – JournalismKarnataka
9Shri Anant NagArtKarnataka
10Shri Bibek Debroy (Posthumous)Literature and EducationNCT Delhi
11Shri Jatin GoswamiArtAssam
12Shri Jose Chacko PeriappuramMedicineKerala
13Shri Kailash Nath DikshitOthers – ArchaeologyNCT Delhi
14Shri Manohar Joshi (Posthumous)Public AffairsMaharashtra
15Shri Nalli Kuppuswami ChettiTrade and IndustryTamil Nadu
16Shri Nandamuri BalakrishnaArtAndhra Pradesh
17Shri P R SreejeshSportsKerala
18Shri Pankaj PatelTrade and IndustryGujarat
19Shri Pankaj Udhas (Posthumous)ArtMaharashtra
20Shri Rambahadur RaiLiterature and Education – JournalismUttar Pradesh
21Sadhvi RitambharaSocial WorkUttar Pradesh
22Shri S Ajith KumarArtTamil Nadu
23Shri Shekhar KapurArtMaharashtra
24Ms. Shobana ChandrakumarArtTamil Nadu
25

Shri Sushil Kumar Modi

(Posthumous)

Public AffairsBihar
26Shri Vinod DhamScience and EngineeringUnited States of America

Padma Shri (113) 

SNNameFieldState / Country
27Shri Adwaita Charan GadanayakArtOdisha
28Shri Achyut Ramchandra PalavArtMaharashtra
29Shri Ajay V BhattScience and EngineeringUnited States of America
30Shri Anil Kumar BoroLiterature and EducationAssam
31Shri Arijit SinghArtWest Bengal
32Smt. Arundhati BhattacharyaTrade and IndustryMaharashtra
33Shri Arunoday SahaLiterature and EducationTripura
34Shri Arvind SharmaLiterature and EducationCanada
35Shri Ashok Kumar MahapatraMedicineOdisha
36Shri Ashok Laxman SarafArtMaharashtra
37Shri Ashutosh SharmaScience and EngineeringUttar Pradesh
38Smt. Ashwini Bhide DeshpandeArtMaharashtra
39Shri Baijnath MaharajOthers – SpiritualismRajasthan
40Shri Barry Godfray JohnArtNCT Delhi
41Smt. Begam BatoolArtRajasthan
42Shri Bharat GuptArtNCT Delhi
43Shri Bheru Singh ChouhanArtMadhya Pradesh
44Shri Bhim Singh BhaveshSocial WorkBihar
45Smt. Bhimavva Doddabalappa ShillekyatharaArtKarnataka
46Shri Budhendra Kumar JainMedicineMadhya Pradesh
47Shri C S VaidyanathanPublic AffairsNCT Delhi
48Shri Chaitram Deochand PawarSocial WorkMaharashtra
49

Shri Chandrakant Sheth

(Posthumous)

Literature and EducationGujarat
50Shri Chandrakant SompuraOthers – ArchitectureGujarat
51Shri Chetan E ChitnisScience and EngineeringFrance
52Shri David R SyiemliehLiterature and EducationMeghalaya
53Shri Durga Charan RanbirArtOdisha
54Shri Farooq Ahmad MirArtJammu And Kashmir
55Shri Ganeshwar Shastri DravidLiterature and EducationUttar Pradesh
56Smt. Gita UpadhyayLiterature and EducationAssam
57Shri Gokul Chandra DasArtWest Bengal
58Shri Guruvayur DoraiArtTamil Nadu
59Shri Harchandan Singh BhattyArtMadhya Pradesh
60Shri Hariman SharmaOthers – AgricultureHimachal Pradesh
61Shri Harjinder Singh Srinagar WaleArtPunjab
62Shri Harvinder SinghSportsHaryana
63Shri Hassan RaghuArtKarnataka
64Shri Hemant KumarMedicineBihar
65Shri Hriday Narayan DixitLiterature and EducationUttar Pradesh
66

Shri Hugh and Colleen Gantzer

(Posthumous) (Duo)*

Literature and Education – JournalismUttarakhand
67Shri Inivalappil Mani VijayanSportsKerala
68Shri Jagadish JoshilaLiterature and EducationMadhya Pradesh
69Smt. Jaspinder NarulaArtMaharashtra
70Shri Jonas MasettiOthers – SpiritualismBrazil
71Shri Joynacharan BathariArtAssam
72Smt. Jumde Yomgam GamlinSocial WorkArunachal Pradesh
73Shri K. DamodaranOthers – CulinaryTamil Nadu
74Shri K L KrishnaLiterature and EducationAndhra Pradesh
75Smt. K Omanakutty AmmaArtKerala
76Shri Kishore Kunal (Posthumous)Civil ServiceBihar
77Shri L HangthingOthers – AgricultureNagaland
78Shri Lakshmipathy RamasubbaiyerLiterature and Education – JournalismTamil Nadu
79Shri Lalit Kumar MangotraLiterature and EducationJammu And Kashmir
80Shri Lama Lobzang (Posthumous)Others – SpiritualismLadakh
81Smt. Libia Lobo SardesaiSocial WorkGoa
82Shri M D SrinivasScience and EngineeringTamil Nadu
83Shri Madugula Nagaphani SarmaArtAndhra Pradesh
84Shri Mahabir NayakArtJharkhand
85Smt. Mamata ShankarArtWest Bengal
86Shri Manda Krishna MadigaPublic AffairsTelangana
87Shri Maruti Bhujangrao ChitampalliLiterature and EducationMaharashtra
88

Shri Miriyala Apparao

(Posthumous)

ArtAndhra Pradesh
89Shri Nagendra Nath RoyLiterature and EducationWest Bengal
90

Shri Narayan (Bhulai Bhai)

(Posthumous)

Public AffairsUttar Pradesh
91Shri Naren GurungArtSikkim
92Smt. Neerja BhatlaMedicineNCT Delhi
93Smt. Nirmala DeviArtBihar
94Shri Nitin NohriaLiterature and EducationUnited States of America
95Shri Onkar Singh PahwaTrade and IndustryPunjab
96Shri P DatchanamoorthyArtPuducherry
97Shri Pandi Ram MandaviArtChhattisgarh
98Shri Parmar Lavjibhai NagjibhaiArtGujarat
99Shri Pawan GoenkaTrade and IndustryWest Bengal
100Shri Prashanth PrakashTrade and IndustryKarnataka
101Smt. Pratibha SatpathyLiterature and EducationOdisha
102Shri Purisai Kannappa SambandanArtTamil Nadu
103Shri R AshwinSportsTamil Nadu
104Shri R G ChandramoganTrade and IndustryTamil Nadu
105Smt. Radha Bahin BhattSocial WorkUttarakhand
106Shri Radhakrishnan DevasenapathyArtTamil Nadu
107Shri Ramdarash MishraLiterature and EducationNCT Delhi
108Shri Ranendra Bhanu MajumdarArtMaharashtra
109Shri Ratan Kumar ParimooArtGujarat
110Shri Reba Kanta MahantaArtAssam
111Shri Renthlei LalrawnaLiterature and EducationMizoram
112Shri Ricky Gyan KejArtKarnataka
113Shri Sajjan BhajankaTrade and IndustryWest Bengal
114Smt. Sally HolkarTrade and IndustryMadhya Pradesh
115Shri Sant Ram DeswalLiterature and EducationHaryana
116Shri Satyapal SinghSportsUttar Pradesh
117Shri Seeni ViswanathanLiterature and EducationTamil Nadu
118Shri Sethuraman PanchanathanScience and EngineeringUnited States of America
119Smt. Sheikha Shaikha Ali Al-Jaber Al-SabahMedicineKuwait
120Shri Sheen Kaaf Nizam (Shiv Kishan Bissa)Literature and EducationRajasthan
121Shri Shyam Bihari AgrawalArtUttar Pradesh
122Smt. Soniya NityanandMedicineUttar Pradesh
123Shri Stephen KnappLiterature and EducationUnited States of America
124Shri Subhash Khetulal SharmaOthers – AgricultureMaharashtra
125Shri Suresh Harilal SoniSocial WorkGujarat
126Shri Surinder Kumar VasalScience and EngineeringDelhi
127Shri Swami Pradiptananda (Kartik Maharaj)Others – SpiritualismWest Bengal
128Shri Syed Ainul HasanLiterature and EducationUttar Pradesh
129Shri Tejendra Narayan MajumdarArtWest Bengal
130Smt. Thiyam Suryamukhi DeviArtManipur
131Shri Tushar Durgeshbhai ShuklaLiterature and EducationGujarat
132Shri Vadiraj Raghawendracharya PanchamukhiLiterature and EducationAndhra Pradesh
133Shri Vasudeo KamathArtMaharashtra
134Shri Velu AasaanArtTamil Nadu
135Shri Venkappa Ambaji SugatekarArtKarnataka
136Shri Vijay Nityanand Surishwar Ji MaharajOthers – SpiritualismBihar
137Smt. Vijayalakshmi DeshamaneMedicineKarnataka
138Shri Vilas DangreMedicineMaharashtra
139Shri Vinayak LohaniSocial WorkWest Bengal

 Note: * In Duo case, the Award is counted as one.

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