The Central government has unveiled the Padma Awards 2025, recognizing outstanding contributions across various fields. Announced annually on the eve of Republic Day, the Padma Awards are among India’s highest civilian honors, categorized into three tiers:
- Padma Vibhushan: For exceptional and distinguished service.
- Padma Bhushan: For distinguished service of higher order.
- Padma Shri: For distinguished service in any field involving public service.
Recognizing Excellence Across Fields
Instituted to honor achievements in diverse areas, the awards acknowledge individuals whose work embodies public service. The process is thorough, with recipients selected by the Padma Awards Committee, constituted annually by the Prime Minister.
This year’s list comprises:
- 7 Padma Vibhushan awardees.
- 19 Padma Bhushan awardees.
- 113 Padma Shri awardees.
Award Ceremony Details
The recipients will be conferred the awards by the President of India at a ceremonial function held at the Rashtrapati Bhawan, typically in March or April.
With this announcement, the Padma Awards continue their legacy of celebrating exceptional contributions to society, highlighting achievements that inspire the nation.
Full list of Padma Award winners is as follows:
Padma Vibhushan
- Duvvur Nageshwar Reddy
- Justice (Retd.) Jagdish Singh Khehar
- Kumudini Rajnikant Lakhia
- Lakshminarayana Subramaniam
- MT Vasudevan Nair (Posthumous)
- Osamu Suzuki (Posthumous)
- Sharda Sinha (Posthumous)
Padma Bhushan
- A Surya Prakash
- Anant Nag
- Bibek Debroy (Posthumous)
- Jatin Goswami
- Jose Chacko Periappuram
- Kailash Nath Dikshit
- Manohar Joshi (Posthumous)
- Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti
- Nandamuri Balakrishna
- PR Sreejesh
- Pankaj Patel
- Pankaj Udhas (Posthumous)
- Rambahadur Rai
- Sadhvi Ritambhara
- S Ajith Kumar
- Shekhar Kapur
- Shobana Chandrakumar
- Sushil Kumar Modi (Posthumous)
- Vinod Dham
Padma Shri
- Advaita Charan Gadanayak
- Achyut Ramchandra Palav
- Ajay V Bhatt
- Anil Kumar Boro
- Arijit Singh
- Arundhati Bhattacharya
- Arunoday Saha
- Arvind Sharma
- Ashok Kumar Mahapatra
- Ashok Laxman Saraf
- Ashutosh Sharma
- Ashwini Bhide Deshpande
- Baijnath Maharaj
- Barry Godfray John
- Begam Batool
- Bharat Gupt
- Bheru Singh Chouhan
- Bhim Singh Bhavesh
- Bhimawa Doddabalappa Shiilekyathara
- Budhendra Kumar Jain
- C S Vaidyanathan
- Chaitram Deochand Pawar
- Chandrakant Sheth (Posthumous)
- Chandrakant Sompura
- Chetan E Chitnis
- David R Syiemlieh
- Durga Charan Ranbir
- Farooq Ahmad Mir
- Ganeshwar Shastri Dravid
- Gita Upadhyay
- Gokul Chandra Das
- Guruvayur Dorai
- Harchandan Singh Bhatty
- Hariman Sharma
- Harjinder Singh Srinagar Wale
- Harvinder Singh
- Hassan Raghu
- Hemant Kumar
- Hriday Narayan Dixit
- Hugh and Colleen Gantzer (Posthumous)
- Inivalappil Mani Vijayan
- Jagadish Joshila
- Jaspinder Narula
- Jonas Masetti
- Joynacharan Bathari
- Jumde Yomgam Gamlin
- K. Damodaran
- K L Krishna
- K Omanakutty Amma
- Kishore Kunal (Posthumous)
- L Hangthing
- Lakshmipathy Ramasubbaiyer
- Lalit Kumar Mangotra
- Lama Lobzang (Posthumous)
- Libia Lobo Sardesai
- M D Srinivas
- Madugula Nagaphani Sarma
- Mahabir Nayak
- Mamata Shankar
- Manda Krishna Madiga
- Maruti Bhujangrao Chitampalli
- Miriyala Apparao (Posthumous)
- Nagendra Nath Roy
- Narayan (Bhulai Bhai) (Posthumous)
- Naren Gurung
- Neerja Bhatla
- Nirmala Devi
- Nitin Nohria
- Onkar Singh Pahwa
- P Datchanamoorthy
- Pandi Ram Mandavi
- Parmar Lavjibhai Nagjibhai
- Pawan Goenka
- Prashanth Prakash
- Pratibha Satpathy
- Purisai Kannappa Sambandan
- R Ashwin
- R G Chandramogan
- Radha Bahin Bhatt
- Radhakrishnan Devasenapathy
- Ramdarash Mishra
- Ranendra Bhanu Majumdar
- Ratan Kumar Parimoo
- Reba Kanta Mahanta
- Renthlei Lalrawna
- Ricky Gyan Kej
- Sajjan Bhajanka
- Sally Holkar
- Sant Ram Deswal
- Satyapal Singh
- Seeni Viswanathan
- Sethuraman Panchanathan
- Sheikha Shaikha Ali Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
- Sheen Kaaf Nizam (Shiv Kishan Bissa)
- Shyam Bihari Agrawal
- Soniya Nityanand
- Stephen Knapp
- Subhash Khetulal Sharma
- Suresh Harilal Soni
- Surinder Kumar Vasal
- Swami Pradiptananda (Kartik Maharaj)
- Syed Ainu Hasan
- Tejendra Narayan Majumdar
- Thiyam Suryamukhi Devi
- Tushar Durgeshbhai Shukla
- Vadiraj Raghavendracharya Panchamukhi
- Vasudeo Kamath
- Velu Assaan
- Venkappa Ambaji Sugatekar
- Vijay Nityanand Surishwar Ji Maharaj
- Vijayalakshmi Deshamane
- Vilas Dangre
- Vinayak Lohani
