Celebrating Excellence: The Padma Awards 2025

The Padma Awards, one of India’s highest civilian honors, were announced on the eve of Republic Day 2025. Across a wide range of disciplines, including art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medical, literature and education, sports, and civil service, these esteemed prizes honor outstanding and distinguished service.

The President of India authorized 139 Padma Awards for 2025, including 113 Padma Shri, 19 Padma Bhushan, and 7 Padma Vibhushan. There are 23 female recipients on the list, along with 10 foreigners, NRIs, PIOs, OCIs, and 13 posthumous honorees. Below is a partial list of the Padma Awards 2025:

Padma Vibhushan Awardees

The Padma Vibhushan, awarded for exceptional and distinguished service, includes luminaries such as:

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

Padma Bhushan Awardees

The Padma Bhushan, awarded for distinguished service of high order, includes notable personalities such as:

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

Padma Shri Awardees

The Padma Shri, awarded for distinguished service in any field, includes a diverse group of individuals such as:

• Adwaita Charan Gadanayak (Art, Odisha)
• Arijit Singh (Art, West Bengal)
• Arundhati Bhattacharya (Trade and Industry, Maharashtra)
• Harvinder Singh (Sports, First Indian Paralympic Gold Medal Winner)
• Gokul Chandra Das (Dhak Player, West Bengal)
• Ricky Kej (Composer and Environmentalist)
• Mamata Shankar (Actress and Dancer)
• L Hangthing (Fruit Farmer, Nagaland)
• Bhim Singh Bhavesh (Social Worker, Bihar)
• Neerja Bhatla (Gynaecologist, Delhi)
• Hugh and Colleen Gantzer (Travel Bloggers)
• Hariman Sharma (Apple Farmer)
• Shaikha AJ Al Sabah (Yoga Practitioner, Kuwait)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the winners, lauding them for their contributions and dedication. He emphasized that each awardee is synonymous with hard work, passion, and innovation, which has positively impacted countless lives.