Padma Awards 2025: Complete Winners List, Categories & Official Breakdown

The Government of India has officially announced the Padma Awards 2025 on the eve of the 76th Republic Day. Recognized as some of the highest civilian honors in the nation, these awards celebrate exceptional service across diverse fields, including art, medicine, public affairs, science, literature, sports, and social work.

For 2025, the President of India approved 139 Padma Awards (including 1 duo case, which counts as one award):

• Padma Vibhushan: 7
• Padma Bhushan: 19
• Padma Shri: 113

Key demographics of this year’s honors list include 23 women, 10 individuals from the Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI category, and 13 posthumous awardees.

Understanding the Padma Award Hierarchy

1. Padma Vibhushan: Awarded for “exceptional and distinguished service”. It is the second-highest civilian honor in India.
2. Padma Bhushan: Conferred for “distinguished service of high order”, serving as the third-highest civilian honor.
3. Padma Shri: Awarded for “distinguished service in any field”, representing the fourth-highest civilian award.

1. Padma Vibhushan 2025 Winners List (7)

SN	Name	Field	State / Country
1	Shri Duvvur Nageshwar Reddy	Medicine	Telangana
2	Justice (Retd.) Shri Jagdish Singh Khehar	Public Affairs	Chandigarh
3	Smt. Kumudini Rajnikant Lakhia	Art	Gujarat
4	Shri Lakshminarayana Subramaniam	Art	Karnataka
5	Shri M. T. Vasudevan Nair (Posthumous)	Literature and Education	Kerala
6	Shri Osamu Suzuki (Posthumous)	Trade and Industry	Japan
7	Smt. Sharda Sinha (Posthumous)	Art	Bihar

2. Padma Bhushan 2025 Winners List (19)

SN	Name	Field	State / Country
1	Shri A Surya Prakash	Literature and Education-Journalism	Karnataka
2	Shri Anant Nag	Art	Karnataka
3	Shri Bibek Debroy (Posthumous)	Literature and Education	NCT Delhi
4	Shri Jatin Goswami	Art	Assam
5	Shri Jose Chacko Periappuram	Medicine	Kerala
6	Shri Kailash Nath Dikshit	Others-Archaeology	NCT Delhi
7	Shri Manohar Joshi (Posthumous)	Public Affairs	Maharashtra
8	Shri Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti	Trade and Industry	Tamil Nadu
9	Shri Nandamuri Balakrishna	Art	Andhra Pradesh
10	Shri P R Sreejesh	Sports	Kerala
11	Shri Pankaj Patel	Trade and Industry	Gujarat
12	Shri Pankaj Udhas (Posthumous)	Art	Maharashtra
13	Shri Rambahadur Rai	Literature and Education-Journalism	Uttar Pradesh
14	Sadhvi Ritambhara	Social Work	Uttar Pradesh
15	Shri S Ajith Kumar	Art	Tamil Nadu
16	Shri Shekhar Kapur	Art	Maharashtra
17	Ms. Shobana Chandrakumar	Art	Tamil Nadu
18	Shri Sushil Kumar Modi (Posthumous)	Public Affairs	Bihar
19	Shri Vinod Dham	Science and Engineering	United States of America

3. Padma Shri 2025 Winners List (113)

SN	Name	Field	State / Country
1	Shri Adwaita Charan Gadanayak	Art	Odisha
2	Shri Achyut Ramchandra Palav	Art	Maharashtra
3	Shri Ajay V Bhatt	Science and Engineering	United States of America
4	Shri Anil Kumar Boro	Literature and Education	Assam
5	Shri Arijit Singh	Art	West Bengal
6	Smt. Arundhati Bhattacharya	Trade and Industry	Maharashtra
7	Shri Arunoday Saha	Literature and Education	Tripura
8	Shri Arvind Sharma	Literature and Education	Canada
9	Shri Ashok Kumar Mahapatra	Medicine	Odisha
10	Shri Ashok Laxman Saraf	Art	Maharashtra
11	Shri Ashutosh Sharma	Science and Engineering	Uttar Pradesh
12	Smt. Ashwini Bhide Deshpande	Art	Maharashtra
13	Shri Baijnath Maharaj	Others-Spiritualism	Rajasthan
14	Shri Barry Godfray John	Art	NCT Delhi
15	Smt. Begam Batool	Art	Rajasthan
16	Shri Bharat Gupt	Art	NCT Delhi
17	Shri Bheru Singh Chouhan	Art	Madhya Pradesh
18	Shri Bhim Singh Bhavesh	Social Work	Bihar
19	Smt. Bhimavva Doddabalappa Shillekyathara	Art	Karnataka
20	Shri Budhendra Kumar Jain	Medicine	Madhya Pradesh
21	Shri C S Vaidyanathan	Public Affairs	NCT Delhi
22	Shri Chaitram Deochand Pawar	Social Work	Maharashtra
23	Shri Chandrakant Sheth (Posthumous)	Literature and Education	Gujarat
24	Shri Chandrakant Sompura	Others-Architecture	Gujarat
25	Shri Chetan E Chitnis	Science and Engineering	France
26	Shri David R Syiemlieh	Literature and Education	Meghalaya
27	Shri Durga Charan Ranbir	Art	Odisha
28	Shri Farooq Ahmad Mir	Art	Jammu And Kashmir
29	Shri Ganeshwar Shastri Dravid	Literature and Education	Uttar Pradesh
30	Smt. Gita Upadhyay	Literature and Education	Assam
31	Shri Gokul Chandra Das	Art	West Bengal
32	Shri Guruvayur Dorai	Art	Tamil Nadu
33	Shri Harchandan Singh Bhatty	Art	Madhya Pradesh
34	Shri Hariman Sharma	Others-Agriculture	Himachal Pradesh
35	Shri Harjinder Singh Srinagar Wale	Art	Punjab
36	Shri Harvinder Singh	Sports	Haryana
37	Shri Hassan Raghu	Art	Karnataka
38	Shri Hemant Kumar	Medicine	Bihar
39	Shri Hriday Narayan Dixit	Literature and Education	Uttar Pradesh
40	Shri Hugh and Colleen Gantzer (Posthumous)(Duo)	Literature and Education-Journalism	Uttarakhand
41	Shri Inivalappil Mani Vijayan	Sports	Kerala
42	Shri Jagadish Joshila	Literature and Education	Madhya Pradesh
43	Smt. Jaspinder Narula	Art	Maharashtra
44	Shri Jonas Masetti	Others-Spiritualism	Brazil
45	Shri Joynacharan Bathari	Art	Assam
46	Smt. Jumde Yomgam Gamlin	Social Work	Arunachal Pradesh
47	Shri K. Damodaran	Others-Culinary	Tamil Nadu
48	Shri K L Krishna	Literature and Education	Andhra Pradesh
49	Smt. K Omanakutty Amma	Art	Kerala
50	Shri Kishore Kunal (Posthumous)	Civil Service	Bihar
51	Shri L Hangthing	Others-Agriculture	Nagaland
52	Shri Lakshmipathy Ramasubbaiyer	Literature and Education-Journalism	Tamil Nadu
53	Shri Lalit Kumar Mangotra	Literature and Education	Jammu And Kashmir
54	Shri Lama Lobzang (Posthumous)	Others-Spiritualism	Ladakh
55	Smt. Libia Lobo Sardesai	Social Work	Goa
56	Shri M D Srinivas	Science and Engineering	Tamil Nadu
57	Shri Madugula Nagaphani Sarma	Art	Andhra Pradesh
58	Shri Mahabir Nayak	Art	Jharkhand
59	Smt. Mamata Shankar	Art	West Bengal
60	Shri Manda Krishna Madiga	Public Affairs	Telangana
61	Shri Maruti Bhujangrao Chitampalli	Literature and Education	Maharashtra
62	Shri Miriyala Apparao (Posthumous)	Art	Andhra Pradesh
63	Shri Nagendra Nath Roy	Literature and Education	West Bengal
64	Shri Narayan (Bhulai Bhai) (Posthumous)	Public Affairs	Uttar Pradesh
65	Shri Naren Gurung	Art	Sikkim
66	Smt. Neerja Bhatla	Medicine	NCT Delhi
67	Smt. Nirmala Devi	Art	Bihar
68	Shri Nitin Nohria	Literature and Education	United States of America
69	Shri Onkar Singh Pahwa	Trade and Industry	Punjab
70	Shri P Datchanamoorthy	Art	Puducherry
71	Shri Pandi Ram Mandavi	Art	Chhattisgarh
72	Shri Parmar Lavjibhai Nagjibhai	Art	Gujarat
73	Shri Pawan Goenka	Trade and Industry	West Bengal
74	Shri Prashanth Prakash	Trade and Industry	Karnataka
75	Smt. Pratibha Satpathy	Literature and Education	Odisha
76	Shri Purisai Kannappa Sambandan	Art	Tamil Nadu
77	Shri R Ashwin	Sports	Tamil Nadu
78	Shri R G Chandramogan	Trade and Industry	Tamil Nadu
79	Smt. Radha Bahin Bhatt	Social Work	Uttarakhand
80	Shri Radhakrishnan Devasenapathy	Art	Tamil Nadu
81	Shri Ramdarash Mishra	Literature and Education	NCT Delhi
82	Shri Ranendra Bhanu Majumdar	Art	Maharashtra
83	Shri Ratan Kumar Parimoo	Art	Gujarat
84	Shri Reba Kanta Mahanta	Art	Assam
85	Shri Renthlei Lalrawna	Literature and Education	Mizoram
86	Shri Ricky Gyan Kej	Art	Karnataka
87	Shri Sajjan Bhajanka	Trade and Industry	West Bengal
88	Smt. Sally Holkar	Trade and Industry	Madhya Pradesh
89	Shri Sant Ram Deswal	Literature and Education	Haryana
90	Shri Satyapal Singh	Sports	Uttar Pradesh
91	Shri Seeni Viswanathan	Literature and Education	Tamil Nadu
92	Shri Sethuraman Panchanathan	Science and Engineering	United States of America
93	Smt. Sheikha Shaikha Ali Al-Jaber Al-Sabah	Medicine	Kuwait
94	Shri Sheen Kaaf Nizam (Shiv Kishan Bissa)	Literature and Education	Rajasthan
95	Shri Shyam Bihari Agrawal	Art	Uttar Pradesh
96	Smt. Soniya Nityanand	Medicine	Uttar Pradesh
97	Shri Stephen Knapp	Literature and Education	United States of America
98	Shri Subhash Khetulal Sharma	Others-Agriculture	Maharashtra
99	Shri Suresh Harilal Soni	Social Work	Gujarat
100	Shri Surinder Kumar Vasal	Science and Engineering	Delhi
101	Shri Swami Pradiptananda (Kartik Maharaj)	Others-Spiritualism	West Bengal
102	Shri Syed Ainul Hasan	Literature and Education	Uttar Pradesh
103	Shri Tejendra Narayan Majumdar	Art	West Bengal
104	Smt. Thiyam Suryamukhi Devi	Art	Manipur
105	Shri Tushar Durgeshbhai Shukla	Literature and Education	Gujarat
106	Shri Vadiraj Raghawendracharya Panchamukhi	Literature and Education	Andhra Pradesh
107	Shri Vasudeo Kamath	Art	Maharashtra
108	Shri Velu Aasaan	Art	Tamil Nadu
109	Shri Venkappa Ambaji Sugatekar	Art	Karnataka
110	Shri Vijay Nityanand Surishwar Ji Maharaj	Others-Spiritualism	Bihar
111	Smt. Vijayalakshmi Deshamane	Medicine	Karnataka
112	Shri Vilas Dangre	Medicine	Maharashtra
113	Shri Vinayak Lohani	Social Work	West Bengal

Note: In duo cases (such as Shri Hugh and Colleen Gantzer), the award is counted as one.
List reference: PIB

Understanding the Padma Nomination Process

1. Self-Nomination Access: Through the “People’s Padma” initiative, Indian citizens can submit nominations for deserving candidates or self-nominate on the Rashtriya Puraskar Portal.
2. Committee Review: Submissions undergo evaluation by the Padma Awards Committee, chaired by the Cabinet Secretary.
3. Word Citation Limit: Profiles require a concise narrative write-up of up to limited words detailing field impact, verified work, and contributions.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q1. How many Padma Awards were announced in 2025?

A total of 132 Padma Awards were conferred in 2025: 5 Padma Vibhushan, 17 Padma Bhushan, and 110 Padma Shri.

Q2. Can anyone apply for a Padma Award online?

Yes. Indian citizens can file self-nominations or third-party recommendations directly on the Rashtriya Puraskar Portal while the application window is open.

Q3. Who decides the final Padma Award recipients?

Nominations are screened by the independent Padma Awards Committee, with final approvals granted by the Prime Minister and the President of India.