Padma Awards - one of the country's highest civilian Awards are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri. The awards are given in various disciplines/ fields of activity, 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 the conferment of 139 Padma Awards including 1 duo case (in a duo case, the Award is counted as one) as per the 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 Awards 2025
Winners Name
Fields
State/Country
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
Padma Bhushan Awards 2025
Winners Name
Fields
State/Country
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
United States of America
Padma Shri Awards 2025
Winners Name
Fields
State/Country
Shri Adwaita Charan Gadanayak
Art
Odisha
Shri Achyut Ramchandra Palav
Art
Maharashtra
Shri Ajay V Bhatt
Science and Engineering
United States of America
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
United States of America
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
United States of America
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
United States of America
Shri Subhash Khetulal Sharma
Others-Agriculture
Maharashtra
Shri Suresh Harilal Soni
Social Work
Gujarat
Shri Surinder Kumar Vasal
Science and Engineering
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