The Padma Awards are among India's highest civilian honors, recognizing exceptional contributions across various fields. In 2025, a total of 139 awards were conferred, categorized as follows:
Padma Vibhushan: 7 awards
Padma Bhushan: 19 awards
Padma Shri: 118 awards
The list includes 23 women awardees, 10 individuals from the categories of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI, and 13 posthumous recognitions.
Below is the complete list of the Padma Awardees for 2025:
Padma Vibhushan
|
S.No |
Name |
Field |
State/Country |
|
1 |
Dr. D. Nageshwar Reddy |
Medicine |
Telangana |
|
2 |
Justice (Retd.) J.S. Khehar |
Public Affairs |
Chandigarh |
|
3 |
Smt. Kumudini Lakhia |
Art |
Gujarat |
|
4 |
Dr. L. Subramaniam |
Art |
Karnataka |
|
5 |
Shri M.T. Vasudevan Nair* |
Literature & Education |
Kerala |
|
6 |
Shri Osamu Suzuki* |
Trade & Industry |
Japan |
|
7 |
Smt. Sharda Sinha* |
Art |
Bihar |
Padma Bhushan
|
S.No |
Name |
Field |
State/Country |
|
1 |
Shri A. Surya Prakash |
Literature & Education |
Karnataka |
|
2 |
Shri Anant Nag |
Art |
Karnataka |
|
3 |
Shri Bibek Debroy* |
Literature & Education |
Delhi |
|
4 |
Shri Jatin Goswami |
Art |
Assam |
|
5 |
Dr. Jose Chacko Periappuram |
Medicine |
Kerala |
|
6 |
Shri Kailash Nath Dikshit |
Others |
Delhi |
|
7 |
Shri Manohar Joshi* |
Public Affairs |
Maharashtra |
|
8 |
Shri Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti |
Trade & Industry |
Tamil Nadu |
|
9 |
Shri Nandamuri Balakrishna |
Art |
Andhra Pradesh |
|
10 |
Shri P.R. Sreejesh |
Sports |
Kerala |
|
11 |
Shri Pankaj Patel |
Trade & Industry |
Gujarat |
|
12 |
Shri Pankaj Udhas* |
Art |
Maharashtra |
|
13 |
Shri Ram Bahadur Rai |
Literature & Education |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
14 |
Sadhvi Rithambara |
Social Work |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
15 |
Shri Ajith Kumar |
Art |
Tamil Nadu |
|
16 |
Shri Shekhar Kapur |
Art |
Maharashtra |
|
17 |
Smt. Shobana |
Art |
Tamil Nadu |
|
18 |
Shri Sushil Kumar Modi* |
Public Affairs |
Bihar |
|
19 |
Shri Vinod Dham* |
Science & Engineering |
United States |
Padma Shri
|
S.No |
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 |
Name |
Field |
State / Country |
|
21 |
Shri Budhendra Kumar Jain |
Medicine |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
22 |
Shri C S Vaidyanathan |
Public Affairs |
NCT Delhi |
|
23 |
Shri Chaitram Deochand Pawar |
Social Work |
Maharashtra |
|
24 |
Shri Chandrakant Sheth (Posthumous) |
Literature and Education |
Gujarat |
|
25 |
Shri Chandrakant Sompura |
Others - Architecture |
Gujarat |
|
26 |
Shri Chetan E Chitnis |
Science and Engineering |
France |
|
27 |
Shri David R Syiemlieh |
Literature and Education |
Meghalaya |
|
28 |
Shri Durga Charan Ranbir |
Art |
Odisha |
|
29 |
Shri Farooq Ahmad Mir |
Art |
Jammu And Kashmir |
|
30 |
Shri Ganeshwar Shastri Dravid |
Literature and Education |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
31 |
Smt. Gita Upadhyay |
Literature and Education |
Assam |
|
32 |
Shri Gokul Chandra Das |
Art |
West Bengal |
|
33 |
Shri Guruvayur Dorai |
Art |
Tamil Nadu |
|
34 |
Shri Harchandan Singh Bhatty |
Art |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
35 |
Shri Hariman Sharma |
Others - Agriculture |
Himachal Pradesh |
|
36 |
Shri Harjinder Singh Srinagar Wale |
Art |
Punjab |
|
37 |
Shri Harvinder Singh |
Sports |
Haryana |
|
38 |
Shri Hassan Raghu |
Art |
Karnataka |
|
39 |
Shri Hemant Kumar |
Medicine |
Bihar |
|
40 |
Shri Hriday Narayan Dixit |
Literature and Education |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
41 |
Name |
Field |
State / Country |
|
42 |
Shri Hugh and Colleen Gantzer (Posthumous) (Duo)* |
Literature and Education - Journalism |
Uttarakhand |
|
43 |
Shri Inivalappil Mani Vijayan |
Sports |
Kerala |
|
44 |
Shri Jagadish Joshila |
Literature and Education |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
45 |
Smt. Jaspinder Narula |
Art |
Maharashtra |
|
46 |
Shri Jonas Masetti |
Others - Spiritualism |
Brazil |
|
47 |
Shri Joynacharan Bathari |
Art |
Assam |
|
48 |
Smt. Jumde Yomgam Gamlin |
Social Work |
Arunachal Pradesh |
|
49 |
Shri K. Damodaran |
Others - Culinary |
Tamil Nadu |
|
50 |
Shri K L Krishna |
Literature and Education |
Andhra Pradesh |
|
51 |
Smt. K Omanakutty Amma |
Art |
Kerala |
|
52 |
Shri Kishore Kunal (Posthumous) |
Civil Service |
Bihar |
|
53 |
Shri L Hangthing |
Others - Agriculture |
Nagaland |
|
54 |
Shri Lakshmipathy Ramasubbaiyer |
Literature and Education - Journalism |
Tamil Nadu |
|
55 |
Shri Lalit Kumar Mangotra |
Literature and Education |
Jammu And Kashmir |
|
56 |
Shri Lama Lobzang (Posthumous) |
Others - Spiritualism |
Ladakh |
|
57 |
Smt. Libia Lobo Sardesai |
Social Work |
Goa |
|
58 |
Shri M D Srinivas |
Science and Engineering |
Tamil Nadu |
|
59 |
Shri Madugula Nagaphani Sarma |
Art |
Andhra Pradesh |
|
60 |
Shri Mahabir Nayak |
Art |
Jharkhand |
|
61 |
Smt. Mamata Shankar |
Art |
West Bengal |
|
62 |
Name |
Field |
State / Country |
|
63 |
Shri Manda Krishna Madiga |
Public Affairs |
Telangana |
|
64 |
Shri Maruti Bhujangrao Chitampalli |
Literature and Education |
Maharashtra |
|
65 |
Shri Miriyala Apparao (Posthumous) |
Art |
Andhra Pradesh |
|
66 |
Shri Nagendra Nath Roy |
Literature and Education |
West Bengal |
|
67 |
Shri Narayan (Bhulai Bhai) (Posthumous) |
Public Affairs |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
68 |
Shri Naren Gurung |
Art |
Sikkim |
|
69 |
Smt. Neerja Bhatla |
Medicine |
NCT Delhi |
|
70 |
Smt. Nirmala Devi |
Art |
Bihar |
|
71 |
Shri Nitin Nohria |
Literature and Education |
United States of America |
|
72 |
Shri Onkar Singh Pahwa |
Trade and Industry |
Punjab |
|
73 |
Shri P Datchanamoorthy |
Art |
Puducherry |
|
74 |
Shri Pandi Ram Mandavi |
Art |
Chhattisgarh |
|
75 |
Shri Parmar Lavjibhai Nagjibhai |
Art |
Gujarat |
|
76 |
Shri Pawan Goenka |
Trade and Industry |
West Bengal |
|
77 |
Shri Prashanth Prakash |
Trade and Industry |
Karnataka |
|
78 |
Smt. Pratibha Satpathy |
Literature and Education |
Odisha |
|
79 |
Shri Purisai Kannappa Sambandan |
Art |
Tamil Nadu |
|
80 |
Shri R Ashwin |
Sports |
Tamil Nadu |
|
81 |
Shri R G Chandramogan |
Trade and Industry |
Tamil Nadu |
|
82 |
Smt. Radha Bahin Bhatt |
Social Work |
Uttarakhand |
|
83 |
Name |
Field |
State / Country |
|
84 |
Shri Radhakrishnan Devasenapathy |
Art |
Tamil Nadu |
|
85 |
Shri Ramdarash Mishra |
Literature and Education |
NCT Delhi |
|
86 |
Shri Ranendra Bhanu Majumdar |
Art |
Maharashtra |
|
87 |
Shri Ratan Kumar Parimoo |
Art |
Gujarat |
|
88 |
Shri Reba Kanta Mahanta |
Art |
Assam |
|
89 |
Shri Renthlei Lalrawna |
Literature and Education |
Mizoram |
|
90 |
Shri Ricky Gyan Kej |
Art |
Karnataka |
|
91 |
Shri Sajjan Bhajanka |
Trade and Industry |
West Bengal |
|
92 |
Smt. Sally Holkar |
Trade and Industry |
Madhya Pradesh |
|
93 |
Shri Sant Ram Deswal |
Literature and Education |
Haryana |
|
94 |
Shri Satyapal Singh |
Sports |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
95 |
Shri Seeni Viswanathan |
Literature and Education |
Tamil Nadu |
|
96 |
Shri Sethuraman Panchanathan |
Science and Engineering |
United States of America |
|
97 |
Smt. Sheikha Shaikha Ali Al-Jaber Al-Sabah |
Medicine |
Kuwait |
|
98 |
Shri Sheen Kaaf Nizam (Shiv Kishan Bissa) |
Literature and Education |
Rajasthan |
|
99 |
Shri Shyam Bihari Agrawal |
Art |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
100 |
Smt. Soniya Nityanand |
Medicine |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
101 |
Shri Stephen Knapp |
Literature and Education |
United States of America |
|
102 |
Shri Subhash Khetulal Sharma |
Others - Agriculture |
Maharashtra |
|
103 |
Shri Suresh Harilal Soni |
Social Work |
Gujarat |
|
104 |
Name |
Field |
State / Country |
|
105 |
Shri Surinder Kumar Vasal |
Science and Engineering |
Delhi |
|
106 |
Shri Swami Pradiptananda (Kartik Maharaj) |
Others - Spiritualism |
West Bengal |
|
107 |
Shri Syed Ainul Hasan |
Literature and Education |
Uttar Pradesh |
|
108 |
Shri Tejendra Narayan Majumdar |
Art |
West Bengal |
|
109 |
Smt. Thiyam Suryamukhi Devi |
Art |
Manipur |
|
110 |
Shri Tushar Durgeshbhai Shukla |
Literature and Education |
Gujarat |
|
111 |
Shri Vadiraj Raghawendracharya Panchamukhi |
Literature and Education |
Andhra Pradesh |
|
112 |
Shri Vasudeo Kamath |
Art |
Maharashtra |
|
113 |
Shri Velu Aasaan |
Art |
Tamil Nadu |
|
114 |
Shri Venkappa Ambaji Sugatekar |
Art |
Karnataka |
|
115 |
Shri Vijay Nityanand Surishwar Ji Maharaj |
Others - Spiritualism |
Bihar |
|
116 |
Smt. Vijayalakshmi Deshamane |
Medicine |
Karnataka |
|
117 |
Shri Vilas Dangre |
Medicine |
Maharashtra |
|
118 |
Shri Vinayak Lohani |
Social Work |
West Bengal |
