The Padma Awards, one of India’s highest civilian honors, are presented in three categories: Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri. These Padma awards recognize exceptional contributions across various fields such as art, social work, public affairs, science, engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, and civil services.
The Padma Vibhushan is given for exceptional and distinguished service, the Padma Bhushan for distinguished service of high order, and the Padma Shri for distinguished service in any field.
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Full list of Padma Awards Winners 2025
Announced annually on Republic Day, the awards are conferred by the President of India at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhawan, typically in March or April. In 2025, the President has approved the conferment of 139 Padma Awards, including a duo case (counted as one).
The full list of Padma Awards 2025 winners consists of 7 Padma Vibhushan, 19 Padma Bhushan, and 113 Padma Shri awards. Among these recipients, 23 are women, 10 are Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI, and 13 awards are posthumous.
Padma Vibhushan - 7 Awards
| 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 |
Padma Bhushan - 19 Awards
| SN | Name | Field | State/Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Shri A Surya Prakash | Literature and Education-Journalism | Karnataka |
| 9 | Shri Anant Nag | Art | Karnataka |
| 10 | Shri Bibek Debroy (Posthumous) | Literature and Education | NCT Delhi |
| 11 | Shri Jatin Goswami | Art | Assam |
| 12 | Shri Jose Chacko Periappuram | Medicine | Kerala |
| 13 | Shri Kailash Nath Dikshit | Others-Archaeology | NCT Delhi |
| 14 | Shri Manohar Joshi (Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Maharashtra |
| 15 | Shri Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti | Trade and Industry | Tamil Nadu |
| 16 | Shri Nandamuri Balakrishna | Art | Andhra Pradesh |
| 17 | Shri P R Sreejesh | Sports | Kerala |
| 18 | Shri Pankaj Patel | Trade and Industry | Gujarat |
| 19 | Shri Pankaj Udhas (Posthumous) | Art | Maharashtra |
| 20 | Shri Rambahadur Rai | Literature and Education-Journalism | Uttar Pradesh |
| 21 | Sadhvi Ritambhara | Social Work | Uttar Pradesh |
| 22 | Shri S Ajith Kumar | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| 23 | Shri Shekhar Kapur | Art | Maharashtra |
| 24 | Ms. Shobana Chandrakumar | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| 25 | Shri Sushil Kumar Modi (Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Bihar |
| 26 | Shri Vinod Dham | Science and Engineering | United States of America |
Padma Shri - 113 Awards
| SN | Name | Field | State/Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | Shri Adwaita Charan Gadanayak | Art | Odisha |
| 28 | Shri Achyut Ramchandra Palav | Art | Maharashtra |
| 29 | Shri Ajay V Bhatt | Science and Engineering | United States of America |
| 30 | Shri Anil Kumar Boro | Literature and Education | Assam |
| 31 | Shri Arijit Singh | Art | West Bengal |
| 32 | Smt. Arundhati Bhattacharya | Trade and Industry | Maharashtra |
| 33 | Shri Arunoday Saha | Literature and Education | Tripura |
| 34 | Shri Arvind Sharma | Literature and Education | Canada |
| 35 | Shri Ashok Kumar Mahapatra | Medicine | Odisha |
| 36 | Shri Ashok Laxman Saraf | Art | Maharashtra |
| 37 | Shri Ashutosh Sharma | Science and Engineering | Uttar Pradesh |
| 38 | Smt. Ashwini Bhide Deshpande | Art | Maharashtra |
| 39 | Shri Baijnath Maharaj | Others-Spiritualism | Rajasthan |
| 40 | Shri Barry Godfray John | Art | NCT Delhi |
| 41 | Smt. Begam Batool | Art | Rajasthan |
| 42 | Shri Bharat Gupt | Art | NCT Delhi |
| 43 | Shri Bheru Singh Chouhan | Art | Madhya Pradesh |
| 44 | Shri Bhim Singh Bhavesh | Social Work | Bihar |
| 45 | Smt. Bhimavva Doddabalappa Shillekyathara | Art | Karnataka |
| 46 | Shri Budhendra Kumar Jain | Medicine | Madhya Pradesh |
| 47 | Shri C S Vaidyanathan | Public Affairs | NCT Delhi |
| 48 | Shri Chaitram Deochand Pawar | Social Work | Maharashtra |
| 49 | Shri Chandrakant Sheth (Posthumous) | Literature and Education | Gujarat |
| 50 | Shri Chandrakant Sompura | Others-Architecture | Gujarat |
| 51 | Shri Chetan E Chitnis | Science and Engineering | France |
| 52 | Shri David R Syiemlieh | Literature and Education | Meghalaya |
| 53 | Shri Durga Charan Ranbir | Art | Odisha |
| 54 | Shri Farooq Ahmad Mir | Art | Jammu And Kashmir |
| 55 | Shri Ganeshwar Shastri Dravid | Literature and Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| 56 | Smt. Gita Upadhyay | Literature and Education | Assam |
| 57 | Shri Gokul Chandra Das | Art | West Bengal |
| 58 | Shri Guruvayur Dorai | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| 59 | Shri Harchandan Singh Bhatty | Art | Madhya Pradesh |
| 60 | Shri Hariman Sharma | Others-Agriculture | Himachal Pradesh |
| 61 | Shri Harjinder Singh Srinagar Wale | Art | Punjab |
| 62 | Shri Harvinder Singh | Sports | Haryana |
| 63 | Shri Hassan Raghu | Art | Karnataka |
| 64 | Shri Hemant Kumar | Medicine | Bihar |
| 65 | Shri Hriday Narayan Dixit | Literature and Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| 66 | Shri Hugh and Colleen Gantzer (Posthumous) (Duo)* | Literature and Education-Journalism | Uttarakhand |
| 67 | Shri Inivalappil Mani Vijayan | Sports | Kerala |
| 68 | Shri Jagadish Joshila | Literature and Education | Madhya Pradesh |
| 69 | Smt. Jaspinder Narula | Art | Maharashtra |
| 70 | Shri Jonas Masetti | Others-Spiritualism | Brazil |
| 71 | Shri Joynacharan Bathari | Art | Assam |
| 72 | Smt. Jumde Yomgam Gamlin | Social Work | Arunachal Pradesh |
| 73 | Shri K. Damodaran | Others-Culinary | Tamil Nadu |
| 74 | Shri K L Krishna | Literature and Education | Andhra Pradesh |
| 75 | Smt. K Omanakutty Amma | Art | Kerala |
| 76 | Shri Kishore Kunal (Posthumous) | Civil Service | Bihar |
| 77 | Shri L Hangthing | Others-Agriculture | Nagaland |
| 78 | Shri Lakshmipathy Ramasubbaiyer | Literature and Education-Journalism | Tamil Nadu |
| 79 | Shri Lalit Kumar Mangotra | Literature and Education | Jammu And Kashmir |
| 80 | Shri Lama Lobzang (Posthumous) | Others-Spiritualism | Ladakh |
| 81 | Smt. Libia Lobo Sardesai | Social Work | Goa |
| 82 | Shri M D Srinivas | Science and Engineering | Tamil Nadu |
| 83 | Shri Madugula Nagaphani Sarma | Art | Andhra Pradesh |
| 84 | Shri Mahabir Nayak | Art | Jharkhand |
| 85 | Smt. Mamata Shankar | Art | West Bengal |
| 86 | Shri Manda Krishna Madiga | Public Affairs | Telangana |
| 87 | Shri Maruti Bhujangrao Chitampalli | Literature and Education | Maharashtra |
| 88 | Shri Miriyala Apparao (Posthumous) | Art | Andhra Pradesh |
| 89 | Shri Nagendra Nath Roy | Literature and Education | West Bengal |
| 90 | Shri Narayan (Bhulai Bhai) (Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Uttar Pradesh |
| 91 | Shri Naren Gurung | Art | Sikkim |
| 92 | Smt. Neerja Bhatla | Medicine | NCT Delhi |
| 93 | Smt. Nirmala Devi | Art | Bihar |
| 94 | Shri Nitin Nohria | Literature and Education | United States of America |
| 95 | Shri Onkar Singh Pahwa | Trade and Industry | Punjab |
| 96 | Shri P Datchanamoorthy | Art | Puducherry |
| 97 | Shri Pandi Ram Mandavi | Art | Chhattisgarh |
| 98 | Shri Parmar Lavjibhai Nagjibhai | Art | Gujarat |
| 99 | Shri Pawan Goenka | Trade and Industry | West Bengal |
| 100 | Shri Prashanth Prakash | Trade and Industry | Karnataka |
| 101 | Smt. Pratibha Satpathy | Literature and Education | Odisha |
| 102 | Shri Purisai Kannappa Sambandan | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| 103 | Shri R Ashwin | Sports | Tamil Nadu |
| 104 | Shri R G Chandramogan | Trade and Industry | Tamil Nadu |
| 105 | Smt. Radha Bahin Bhatt | Social Work | Uttarakhand |
| 106 | Shri Radhakrishnan Devasenapathy | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| 107 | Shri Ramdarash Mishra | Literature and Education | NCT Delhi |
| 108 | Shri Ranendra Bhanu Majumdar | Art | Maharashtra |
| 109 | Shri Ratan Kumar Parimoo | Art | Gujarat |
| 110 | Shri Reba Kanta Mahanta | Art | Assam |
| 111 | Shri Renthlei Lalrawna | Literature and Education | Mizoram |
| 112 | Shri Ricky Gyan Kej | Art | Karnataka |
| 113 | Shri Sajjan Bhajanka | Trade and Industry | West Bengal |
| 114 | Smt. Sally Holkar | Trade and Industry | Madhya Pradesh |
| 115 | Shri Sant Ram Deswal | Literature and Education | Haryana |
| 116 | Shri Satyapal Singh | Sports | Uttar Pradesh |
| 117 | Shri Seeni Viswanathan | Literature and Education | Tamil Nadu |
| 118 | Shri Sethuraman Panchanathan | Science and Engineering | United States of America |
| 119 | Smt. Sheikha Shaikha Ali Al-Jaber Al-Sabah | Medicine | Kuwait |
| 120 | Shri Sheen Kaaf Nizam (Shiv Kishan Bissa) | Literature and Education | Rajasthan |
| 121 | Shri Shyam Bihari Agrawal | Art | Uttar Pradesh |
| 122 | Smt. Soniya Nityanand | Medicine | Uttar Pradesh |
| 123 | Shri Stephen Knapp | Literature and Education | United States of America |
| 124 | Shri Subhash Khetulal Sharma | Others-Agriculture | Maharashtra |
| 125 | Shri Suresh Harilal Soni | Social Work | Gujarat |
| 126 | Shri Surinder Kumar Vasal | Science and Engineering | Delhi |
| 127 | Shri Swami Pradiptananda (Kartik Maharaj) | Others-Spiritualism | West Bengal |
| 128 | Shri Syed Ainul Hasan | Literature and Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| 129 | Shri Tejendra Narayan Majumdar | Art | West Bengal |
| 130 | Smt. Thiyam Suryamukhi Devi | Art | Manipur |
| 131 | Shri Tushar Durgeshbhai Shukla | Literature and Education | Gujarat |
| 132 | Shri Vadiraj Raghawendracharya Panchamukhi | Literature and Education | Andhra Pradesh |
| 133 | Shri Vasudeo Kamath | Art | Maharashtra |
| 134 | Shri Velu Aasaan | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| 135 | Shri Venkappa Ambaji Sugatekar | Art | Karnataka |
| 136 | Shri Vijay Nityanand Surishwar Ji Maharaj | Others-Spiritualism | Bihar |
| 137 | Smt. Vijayalakshmi Deshamane | Medicine | Karnataka |
| 138 | Shri Vilas Dangre | Medicine | Maharashtra |
| 139 | Shri Vinayak Lohani | Social Work | West Bengal |
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