Padma Awards 2025: The Central government on Saturday announced the list of recipients of Padma awards on the eve of Republic Day. The Padma awards, among the country’s highest civilian honours, are conferred in three categories – Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Vibhushan.
The awards are given in various disciplines, such as art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine and literature among others. This year’s list of winners includes names like former Chief Justice of India J S Khehar, late Suzuki chief Osamu Suzuki and folk singer late Sharda Sinha and former cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin, who recently announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.
The set of civilian awards announced includes seven Padma Vibhushan, 19 Padma Bhushan and 113 Padma Shri decorations. A total of 139 eminent people will be given Padma awards on the eve of the 76th Republic Day on Saturday. Out of the total Padma awards, seven people will receive the Padma Vibhushan, the highest civilian award of India, while 19 people will be given the Padma Bhushan and 113 people will be conferred with the Padma Shri.
“Twenty-three of the awardees are women and the list also includes 10 persons from the category of foreigners, NRI, PIO, OCI and 13 posthumous awardees,” the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said in a statement.
Former CJI Justice (retd) Jagdish Singh Khehar has been given the Padma Vibhushan, while Suzuki chief Osamu Suzuki, folk singer Sharda Sinha and M T Vasudevan Nair earned the honour posthumously.
Dinamalar publisher Lakshmipathy Ramasubbaiyer has been awarded Padma Shri for literature, education and journalism. Former Bihar deputy chief minister Sushil Modi, economist Bibek Debroy, gazal singer Pankaj Udhas have been given Padma Bhushan posthumously.
Former Maharashtra chief minister and ex-Lok Sabha speaker Manohar Joshi (posthumous) and film-maker Shekhar Kapur have been given Padma Bhushan. 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. Telugu superstar Nandamuri Balakrishna has earned Padma Bhushan.
Former SBI chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya, recently-retired cricketer R Ashwin and former hockey goalkeeper P R Sreejesh have been given Padma Shri.
Here’s the complete list of the winners:
Padma Vibhushan
1 Shri Duvvur Nageshwar Reddy – Medicine
2 Justice (Retd.) Shri Jagdish Singh Khehar – Public Affairs
3 Smt. Kumudini Rajnikant Lakhia – Art
4. Shri Lakshminarayana Subramaniam – Art
5 Shri MT Vasudevan Nair (Posthumous) – Literature and Education
6 Shri Osamu Suzuki (Posthumous) – Trade and Industry
7 Smt. Sharda Sinha (Posthumous) – Art
Padma Bhushan
1. Shri A Surya Prakash – Literature and Education – Journalism
2. Shri Anant Nag – Art
3. Shri Bibek Debroy (Posthumous) – Literature and Education
4. Shri Jatin Goswami – Art
5. Shri Jose Chacko Periappuram – Medicine
6. Shri Kailash Nath Dikshit – Others – Archaeology
7. Shri Manohar Joshi (Posthumous) – Public Affairs
8. Shri Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti – Trade and Industry
9. Shri Nandamuri Balakrishna – Art
10. Shri PR Sreejesh – Sports
11. Shri Pankaj Patel – Trade and Industry
12. Shri Pankaj Udhas (Posthumous) – Art
13. Shri Rambahadur Rai – Literature and Education – Journalism
14. Sadhvi Ritambhara – Social Work
15. Shri S Ajith Kumar – Art
16. Shri Shekhar Kapur – Art
17. Ms. Shobana Chandrakumar – Art
18. Shri Sushil Kumar Modi (Posthumous) – Public Affairs
19. Shri Vinod Dham – Science and Engineering
Padma Shri
1. Shri Adwaita Charan Gadanayak – Art
2. Shri Achyut Ramchandra Palav – Art
3. Shri Ajay V Bhatt – Science and Engineering
4. Shri Anil Kumar Boro – Literature and Education
5. Shri Arijit Singh – Art
6. Smt Arundhati Bhattacharya – Trade and Industry
7. Shri Arunoday Saha – Literature and Education
8. Shri Arvind Sharma – Literature and Education
9. Shri Ashok Kumar Mahapatra – Medicine
10. Shri Ashok Laxman Saraf – Art
11. Shri Ashutosh Sharma – Science and Engineering
12. Smt. Ashwini Bhide Deshpande – Art
13. Shri Baijnath Maharaj – Others – Spiritualism
14. Shri Barry Godfray John – Art
15. Smt. Begam Batool – Art
16. Shri Bharat Gupt – Art
17. Shri Bheru Singh Chouhan – Art
18. Shri Bhim Singh Bhavesh – Social Work
19. Smt. Bhimavva Doddabalappa Shillekyathara – Art
20. Shri Budhendra Kumar Jain – Medicine
21. Shri CS Vaidyanathan – Public Affairs
22. Shri Chaitram Deochand Pawar – Social Work
23. Shri Chandrakant Sheth (Posthumous) – Literature and Education
24. Shri Chandrakant Sompura – Others – Architecture
25. Shri Chetan E Chitnis – Science and Engineering
26. Shri David R Syiemlieh – Literature and Education
27. Shri Durga Charan Ranbir – Art
28. Shri Farooq Ahmad Mir – Art
29. Shri Ganeshwar Shastri Dravid – Literature and Education
30. Smt. Gita Upadhyay – Literature and Education
31. Shri Gokul Chandra Das – Art
32. Shri Guruvayur Dorai – Art
33. Shri Harchandan Singh Bhatty – Art
34. Shri Hariman Sharma Others – Agriculture
35. Shri Harjinder Singh Srinagar Wale – Art
36. Shri Harvinder Singh – Sports
37. Shri Hassan Raghu – Art
38. Shri Hemant Kumar – Medicine
39. Shri Hriday Narayan Dixit – Literature and Education
40. Shri Hugh and Colleen Gantzer (Posthumous) (Duo)* – Literature and Education
41. Shri Inivalappil Mani Vijayan – Sports
42. Shri Jagadish Joshila – Literature and Education
43. Smt. Jaspinder Narula Art Maharashtra
44. Shri Jonas Masetti – Others – Spiritualism
45. Shri Joynacharan Bathari – Art
46. Smt. Jumde Yomgam Gamlin – Social Work
47. Shri K. Damodaran Others – Culinary
48. Shri K L Krishna – Literature and Education
49. Smt. K Omanakutty Amma – Art
50. Shri Kishore Kunal (Posthumous) – Civil Service
51. Shri L Hangthing – Others – Agriculture
52. Shri Lakshmipathy Ramasubbaiyer – Literature and Education – Journalism
53. Shri Lalit Kumar Mangotra – Literature and Education J
54. Shri Lama Lobzang (Posthumous) – Others – Spiritualism
55. Smt. Libia Lobo Sardesai – Social Work
56. Shri MD Srinivas – Science and Engineering
57. Shri Madugula Nagaphani Sarma – Art
58. Shri Mahabir Nayak – Art
59. Smt. Mamata Shankar – Art
60. Shri Manda Krishna Madiga – Public Affairs
61. Shri Maruti Bhujangrao Chitampalli – Literature and Education
62. Shri Miriyala Apparao (Posthumous) – Art Andhra Pradesh
63. Shri Nagendra Nath Roy – Literature and Education
64. Shri Narayan (Bhulai Bhai) (Posthumous) – Public Affairs
65. Shri Naren Gurung – Art Sikkim
66. Smt. Neerja Bhatla – Medicine
67. Smt. Nirmala Devi – Art
68. Shri Nitin Nohria – Literature and Education
69. Shri Onkar Singh Pahwa – Trade and Industry
70. Shri P Datchanamoorthy – Art
71. Shri Pandi Ram Mandavi – Art
72. Shri Parmar Lavjibhai Nagjibhai – Art
73. Shri Pawan Goenka – Trade and Industry
74. Shri Prashanth Prakash – Trade and Industry
75. Smt. Pratibha Satpathy – Literature and Education
76. Shri Purisai Kannappa Sambandan – Art
77. Shri R Ashwin – Sports
78. Shri R G Chandramogan – Trade and Industry
79. Smt. Radha Bahin Bhatt – Social Work
80. Shri Radhakrishnan Devasenapathy – Art
81. Shri Ramdarash Mishra – Literature and Education
82. Shri Ranendra Bhanu Majumdar – Art
83. Shri Ratan Kumar Parimoo – Art
84. Shri Reba Kanta Mahanta – Art
85. Shri Renthlei Lalrawna Literature and Education Mizoram
86. Shri Ricky Gyan Kej – Art
87. Shri Sajjan Bhajanka – Trade and Industry
88. Smt. Sally Holkar – Trade and Industry
89. Shri Sant Ram Deswal – Literature and Education
90. Shri Satyapal Singh – Sports
91. Shri Seeni Viswanathan – Literature and Education
92. Shri Sethuraman Panchanathan – Science and Engineering
93. Smt. Sheikha Shaikha Ali Al-Jaber Al-Sabah – Medicine
94. Shri Sheen Kaaf Nizam (Shiv Kishan Bissa) – Literature and Education
95. Shri Shyam Bihari Agrawal – Art
96. Smt. Soniya Nityanand – Medicine
97. Shri Stephen Knapp – Literature and Education
98. Shri Subhash Khetulal Sharma – Others – Agriculture Maharashtra
99. Shri Suresh Harilal Soni – Social Work
100. Shri Surinder Kumar Vasal – Science and Engineering Delhi
101. Shri Swami Pradiptananda (Kartik Maharaj) – Others – Spiritualism
102. Shri Syed Ainul Hasan – Literature and Education
103. Shri Tejendra Narayan Majumdar – Art
104. Smt. Thiyam Suryamukhi Devi – Art
105. Shri Tushar Durgeshbhai Shukla – Literature and Education
106. Shri Vadiraj Raghawendracharya Panchamukhi – Literature and Education
107. Shri Vasudeo Kamath – Art
108. Shri Velu Aasaan – Art
109. Shri Venkappa Ambaji Sugatekar – Art
110. Shri Vijay Nityanand Surishwar Ji Maharaj – Others – Spiritualism
111. Smt. Vijayalakshmi Deshamane – Medicine
112. Shri Vilas Dangre – Medicine
113. Shri Vinayak Lohani – Social Work
