Padma Awards 2025: legacy, categories, complete list of Padma Vibhushan, Bhushan, and Shri Awardees

Padma Awards 2025: The Padma Awards 2025 were announced on January 25, 2025, celebrating excellence and outstanding contributions in various fields. These prestigious civilian honours, established in 1954, include three categories: Padma Vibhushan (for exceptional service), Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.?

For 2025, the President of India has approved a total of 139 Padma Awards, including one duo case, where the award is counted as one. This year’s list includes 7 Padma Vibhushan, 19 Padma Bhushan, and 113 Padma Shri awards. Among the awardees, 23 are women, while 10 belong to the category of Foreigners, NRIs, PIOs, and OCIs. Additionally, 13 awards have been given posthumously to honor individuals for their exceptional contributions.

What is Padma Awards 2025?

The Padma Awards, among India’s highest civilian honours, are presented annually by the Government of India. Established in 1954, these awards recognise exceptional contributions in various disciplines, including art, literature, science, public service, sports, and trade and industry. The Padma Awards are categorised into three distinctions: Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri. The President of India confers these awards on Republic Day each year.

Categories of the Padma Awards

The Padma Awards consist of three distinct categories:

• Padma Vibhushan—This is the highest of the three awards and is given for exceptional and distinguished service in any field.
• Padma Bhushan—This award is given for distinguished service of high order in any field.
• Padma Shri – The Padma Shri is awarded for distinguished service in any field, recognising achievements that may not be as high-order but are significant in their own right.

Padma Awards 2025: Complete List of Awardees

The Padma Awards 2025 saw several prominent figures being honored for their remarkable contributions. Below is the list of recipients under each category:

Padma Vibhushan Awardees 2025

• Shri Duvvur Nageshwar Reddy – Medicine, Telangana
• Justice (Retd.) Shri Jagdish Singh Khehar – Public Affairs, Chandigarh
• Smt. Kumudini Rajnikant Lakhia – Art, Gujarat
• Shri Lakshminarayana Subramaniam – Art, Karnataka
• Shri M. T. Vasudevan Nair (Posthumous) – Literature and Education, Kerala
• Shri Osamu Suzuki (Posthumous) – Trade and Industry, Japan
• Smt. Sharda Sinha (Posthumous) – Art, Bihar

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Padma Bhushan Awardees 2025

• Shri A Surya Prakash – Literature and Education (Journalism), Karnataka
• Shri Anant Nag – Art, Karnataka
• Shri Bibek Debroy (Posthumous) – Literature and Education, NCT Delhi
• Shri Jatin Goswami – Art, Assam
• Shri Jose Chacko Periappuram – Medicine, Kerala
• Shri Kailash Nath Dikshit – Others (Archaeology), NCT Delhi
• Shri Manohar Joshi (Posthumous) – Public Affairs, Maharashtra
• Shri Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti – Trade and Industry, Tamil Nadu
• Shri Nandamuri Balakrishna – Art, Andhra Pradesh
• Shri P R Sreejesh – Sports, Kerala
• Shri Pankaj Patel – Trade and Industry, Gujarat
• Shri Pankaj Udhas (Posthumous) – Art, Maharashtra
• Shri Rambahadur Rai – Literature and Education (Journalism), Uttar Pradesh
• Sadhvi Ritambhara – Social Work, Uttar Pradesh
• Shri S Ajith Kumar – Art, Tamil Nadu
• Shri Shekhar Kapur – Art, Maharashtra
• Ms. Shobana Chandrakumar – Art, Tamil Nadu
• Shri Sushil Kumar Modi (Posthumous) – Public Affairs, Bihar
• Shri Vinod Dham – Science and Engineering, USA

Padma Shri Awardees 2025

• Shri Adwaita Charan Gadanayak – Art, Odisha
• Shri Achyut Ramchandra Palav – Art, Maharashtra
• Shri Ajay V Bhatt – Science and Engineering, USA
• Shri Anil Kumar Boro – Literature and Education, Assam
• Shri Arijit Singh – Art, West Bengal
• Smt. Arundhati Bhattacharya – Trade and Industry, Maharashtra
• Shri Arunoday Saha – Literature and Education, Tripura
• Shri Arvind Sharma – Literature and Education, Canada
• Shri Ashok Kumar Mahapatra – Medicine, Odisha
• Shri Ashok Laxman Saraf – Art, Maharashtra
• Shri Ashutosh Sharma – Science and Engineering, Uttar Pradesh
• Smt. Ashwini Bhide Deshpande – Art, Maharashtra
• Shri Baijnath Maharaj – Others (Spiritualism), Rajasthan
• Shri Barry Godfray John – Art, NCT Delhi
• Smt. Begam Batool – Art, Rajasthan
• Shri Bharat Gupt – Art, NCT Delhi
• Shri Bheru Singh Chouhan – Art, Madhya Pradesh
• Shri Bhim Singh Bhavesh – Social Work, Bihar
• Smt. Bhimavva Doddabalappa Shillekyathara – Art, Karnataka
• Shri Budhendra Kumar Jain – Medicine, Madhya Pradesh
• Shri C S Vaidyanathan – Public Affairs, NCT Delhi
• Shri Chaitram Deochand Pawar – Social Work, Maharashtra
• Shri Chandrakant Sheth (Posthumous) – Literature and Education, Gujarat
• Shri Chandrakant Sompura – Others (Architecture), Gujarat
• Shri Chetan E Chitnis – Science and Engineering, France
• Shri David R Syiemlieh – Literature and Education, Meghalaya
• Shri Durga Charan Ranbir – Art, Odisha
• Shri Farooq Ahmad Mir – Art, Jammu and Kashmir
• Shri Ganeshwar Shastri Dravid – Literature and Education, Uttar Pradesh
• Smt. Gita Upadhyay – Literature and Education, Assam
• Shri Gokul Chandra Das – Art, West Bengal
• Shri Guruvayur Dorai – Art, Tamil Nadu
• Shri Harchandan Singh Bhatty – Art, Madhya Pradesh
• Shri Hariman Sharma – Others (Agriculture), Himachal Pradesh
• Shri Harjinder Singh Srinagar Wale – Art, Punjab
• Shri Harvinder Singh – Sports, Haryana
• Shri Hassan Raghu – Art, Karnataka
• Shri Hemant Kumar – Medicine, Bihar
• Shri Hriday Narayan Dixit – Literature and Education, Uttar Pradesh
• Shri Hugh and Colleen Gantzer (Posthumous) (Duo) – Literature and Education (Journalism), Uttarakhand
• Shri Inivalappil Mani Vijayan – Sports, Kerala
• Shri Jagadish Joshila – Literature and Education, Madhya Pradesh
• Smt. Jaspinder Narula – Art, Maharashtra
• Shri Jonas Masetti – Others (Spiritualism), Brazil
• Shri Joynacharan Bathari – Art, Assam
• Smt. Jumde Yomgam Gamlin – Social Work, Arunachal Pradesh
• Shri K. Damodaran – Others (Culinary), Tamil Nadu
• Shri K L Krishna – Literature and Education, Andhra Pradesh
• Smt. K Omanakutty Amma – Art, Kerala
• Shri Kishore Kunal (Posthumous) – Civil Service, Bihar
• Shri L Hangthing – Others (Agriculture), Nagaland
• Shri Lakshmipathy Ramasubbaiyer – Literature and Education (Journalism), Tamil Nadu
• Shri Lalit Kumar Mangotra – Literature and Education, Jammu and Kashmir
• Shri Lama Lobzang (Posthumous) – Others (Spiritualism), Ladakh
• Smt. Libia Lobo Sardesai – Social Work, Goa
• Shri M D Srinivas – Science and Engineering, Tamil Nadu
• Shri Madugula Nagaphani Sarma – Art, Andhra Pradesh
• Shri Mahabir Nayak – Art, Jharkhand
• Smt. Mamata Shankar – Art, West Bengal
• Shri Manda Krishna Madiga – Public Affairs, Telangana
• Shri Maruti Bhujangrao Chitampalli – Literature and Education, Maharashtra
• Shri Miriyala Apparao (Posthumous) – Art, Andhra Pradesh
• Shri Nagendra Nath Roy – Literature and Education, West Bengal
• Shri Narayan (Bhulai Bhai) (Posthumous) – Public Affairs, Uttar Pradesh
• Shri Naren Gurung – Art, Sikkim
• Smt. Neerja Bhatla – Medicine, NCT Delhi
• Smt. Nirmala Devi – Art, Bihar
• Shri Nitin Nohria – Literature and Education, USA
• Shri Onkar Singh Pahwa – Trade and Industry, Punjab
• Shri P Datchanamoorthy – Art, Puducherry
• Shri Pandi Ram Mandavi – Art, Chhattisgarh
• Shri Parmar Lavjibhai Nagjibhai – Art, Gujarat
• Shri Pawan Goenka – Trade and Industry, West Bengal
• Shri Prashanth Prakash – Trade and Industry, Karnataka
• Smt. Pratibha Satpathy – Literature and Education, Odisha
• Shri Purisai Kannappa Sambandan – Art, Tamil Nadu
• Shri R Ashwin – Sports, Tamil Nadu
• Shri R G Chandramogan – Trade and Industry, Tamil Nadu
• Smt. Radha Bahin Bhatt – Social Work, Uttarakhand
• Shri Radhakrishnan Devasenapathy – Art, Tamil Nadu
• Shri Ramdarash Mishra – Literature and Education, NCT Delhi
• Shri Ranendra Bhanu Majumdar – Art, Maharashtra
• Shri Ratan Kumar Parimoo – Art, Gujarat
• Shri Reba Kanta Mahanta – Art, Assam
• Shri Renthlei Lalrawna – Literature and Education, Mizoram
• Shri Ricky Gyan Kej – Art, Karnataka
• Shri Sajjan Bhajanka – Trade and Industry, West Bengal
• Smt. Sally Holkar – Trade and Industry, Madhya Pradesh
• Shri Sant Ram Deswal – Literature and Education, Haryana
• Shri Satyapal Singh – Sports, Uttar Pradesh
• Shri Seeni Viswanathan – Literature and Education, Tamil Nadu
• Shri Sethuraman Panchanathan – Science and Engineering, USA
• Smt. Sheikha Shaikha Ali Al-Jaber Al-Sabah – Medicine, Kuwait
• Shri Sheen Kaaf Nizam (Shiv Kishan Bissa) – Literature and Education, Rajasthan
• Shri Shyam Bihari Agrawal – Art, Uttar Pradesh
• Smt. Soniya Nityanand – Medicine, Uttar Pradesh
• Shri Stephen Knapp – Literature and Education, USA
• Shri Subhash Khetulal Sharma – Others (Agriculture), Maharashtra
• Shri Suresh Harilal Soni – Social Work, Gujarat
• Shri Surinder Kumar Vasal – Science and Engineering, NCT Delhi
• Shri Swami Pradiptananda (Kartik Maharaj) – Others (Spiritualism), West Bengal
• Shri Syed Ainul Hasan – Literature and Education, Uttar Pradesh
• Shri Tejendra Narayan Majumdar – Art, West Bengal
• Smt. Thiyam Suryamukhi Devi – Art, Manipur
• Shri Tushar Durgeshbhai Shukla – Literature and Education, Gujarat
• Shri Vadiraj Raghawendracharya Panchamukhi – Literature and Education, Andhra Pradesh
• Shri Vasudeo Kamath – Art, Maharashtra
• Shri Velu Aasaan – Art, Tamil Nadu
• Shri Venkappa Ambaji Sugatekar – Art, Karnataka
• Shri Vijay Nityanand Surishwar Ji Maharaj – Others (Spiritualism), Bihar
• Smt. Vijayalakshmi Deshamane – Medicine, Karnataka
• Shri Vilas Dangre – Medicine, Maharashtra
• Shri Vinayak Lohani – Social Work, West Bengal

Importance of the Padma Awards 2025

The Padma Awards 2025 not only honor individuals for their exceptional skills and contributions but also highlight the diverse talents that contribute to India’s development. These awards showcase excellence across a range of sectors and bring attention to unsung heroes who might not otherwise receive recognition for their hard work. The recognition serves as an encouragement for others to come forward for greatness in their fields.

FAQs

1. What are the Padma Awards 2025?

Answer: The Padma Awards 2025 are prestigious civilian honours given by the Government of India to recognise exceptional contributions in various fields. They include three categories: Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri. The awards were announced on January 25, 2025, and aim to honour individuals for their outstanding achievements.

2. What is the difference between Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri?

Answer: The Padma Vibhushan is the highest award, given for exceptional service. The Padma Bhushan recognises distinguished service of high order, while the Padma Shri honours individuals for notable achievements in any field, though not as high-order as the other two.

3. How are Padma Awardees selected?

Answer: Padma Awardees are selected by a committee appointed by the Government of India. The committee reviews nominations from various sectors like art, science, sports, social work, and public service and chooses individuals who have made outstanding contributions in their fields.

4. What is the significance of the Padma Awards?

Answer: The Padma Awards recognise the hard work, dedication, and excellence of individuals across various fields. They highlight the diverse talents that contribute to India’s growth and serve as an inspiration for others to strive for greatness in their respective domains.

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