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Padma Awards 2025 Announced: Arijit Singh, R Ashwin, Vinod Dham Among 139 Recipients — Here's The Full List
Padma awards
The Ministry of Home Affairs on Saturday (25 January) announced the recipients of the prestigious Padma Awards 2025, honouring 139 individuals for their exceptional service across various fields.
These awards are among India’s highest civilian honours, presented annually in three categories: Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri.
The Padma Vibhushan, awarded for exceptional and distinguished service, will be conferred on seven individuals this year while 19 Padma Bhushan awards will be given.
The largest category, Padma Shri, will have 113 recipients this year.
Overview of Notable Honorees
This year’s awards honour several prominent personalities across fields. In the Padma Vibhushan category, recipients include Dr Duvvur Nageshwar Reddy (Medicine, Telangana), Justice (Retd.) Jagdish Singh Khehar (Public Affairs, Chandigarh), and the late M T Vasudevan Nair (Literature and Education, Kerala).
In the Padma Bhushan category, notable honorees include P R Sreejesh (Sports, Kerala), filmmaker Shekhar Kapur (Art, Maharashtra), and Vinod Dham (Science and Engineering, USA).
The Padma Shri list features distinguished individuals like Arijit Singh (Art, West Bengal), cricketer R. Ashwin (Sports, Tamil Nadu), and Arundhati Bhattacharya (Trade and Industry, Maharashtra), alongside several grassroots contributors from diverse fields.
Here is the list of recipients of the awards this year:
Padma Vibhushan (7 Recipients)
Duvvur Nageshwar Reddy – Medicine (Telangana)
Justice (Retd.) Jagdish Singh Khehar – Public Affairs (Chandigarh)
Kumudini Rajnikant Lakhia – Art (Gujarat)
Lakshminarayana Subramaniam – Art (Karnataka)
M T Vasudevan Nair (Posthumous) – Literature and Education (Kerala)
Osamu Suzuki (Posthumous) – Trade and Industry (Japan)
Sharda Sinha (Posthumous) – Art (Bihar)
Padma Bhushan (19 Recipients)
A Surya Prakash – Literature and Education (Journalism) (Karnataka)
Anant Nag – Art (Karnataka)
Bibek Debroy (Posthumous) – Literature and Education (NCT Delhi)
Jatin Goswami – Art (Assam)
Jose Chacko Periappuram – Medicine (Kerala)
Kailash Nath Dikshit – Archaeology (NCT Delhi)
Manohar Joshi (Posthumous) – Public Affairs (Maharashtra)
Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti – Trade and Industry (Tamil Nadu)
Nandamuri Balakrishna – Art (Andhra Pradesh)
P R Sreejesh – Sports (Kerala)
Pankaj Patel – Trade and Industry (Gujarat)
Pankaj Udhas (Posthumous) – Art (Maharashtra)
Rambahadur Rai – Literature and Education (Journalism) (Uttar Pradesh)
Sadhvi Ritambhara – Social Work (Uttar Pradesh)
S Ajith Kumar – Art (Tamil Nadu)
Shekhar Kapur – Art (Maharashtra)
Shobana Chandrakumar – Art (Tamil Nadu)
Sushil Kumar Modi (Posthumous) – Public Affairs (Bihar)
Vinod Dham – Science and Engineering (United States of America)
Padma Shri (113 Recipients)
Adwaita Charan Gadanayak – Art (Odisha)
Achyut Ramchandra Palav – Art (Maharashtra)
Ajay V Bhatt – Science and Engineering (United States of America)
Anil Kumar Boro – Literature and Education (Assam)
Arijit Singh – Art (West Bengal)
Arundhati Bhattacharya – Trade and Industry (Maharashtra)
Arunoday Saha – Literature and Education (Tripura)
Arvind Sharma – Literature and Education (Canada)
Ashok Kumar Mahapatra – Medicine (Odisha)
Ashok Laxman Saraf – Art (Maharashtra)
Ashutosh Sharma – Science and Engineering (Uttar Pradesh)
Ashwini Bhide Deshpande – Art (Maharashtra)
Baijnath Maharaj – Spiritualism (Rajasthan)
Barry Godfray John – Art (NCT Delhi)
Begam Batool – Art (Rajasthan)
Bharat Gupt – Art (NCT Delhi)
Bheru Singh Chouhan – Art (Madhya Pradesh)
Bhim Singh Bhavesh – Social Work (Bihar)
Bhimavva Doddabalappa Shillekyathara – Art (Karnataka)
Budhendra Kumar Jain – Medicine (Madhya Pradesh)
C S Vaidyanathan – Public Affairs (NCT Delhi)
Chaitram Deochand Pawar – Social Work (Maharashtra)
Chandrakant Sheth (Posthumous) – Literature and Education (Gujarat)
Chandrakant Sompura – Architecture (Gujarat)
Chetan E Chitnis – Science and Engineering (France)
David R Syiemlieh – Literature and Education (Meghalaya)
Durga Charan Ranbir – Art (Odisha)
Farooq Ahmad Mir – Art (Jammu and Kashmir)
Ganeshwar Shastri Dravid – Literature and Education (Uttar Pradesh)
Gita Upadhyay – Literature and Education (Assam)
Gokul Chandra Das – Art (West Bengal)
Guruvayur Dorai – Art (Tamil Nadu)
Harchandan Singh Bhatty – Art (Madhya Pradesh)
Hariman Sharma – Agriculture (Himachal Pradesh)
Harjinder Singh Srinagar Wale – Art (Punjab)
Harvinder Singh – Sports (Haryana)
Hassan Raghu – Art (Karnataka)
Hemant Kumar – Medicine (Bihar)
Hriday Narayan Dixit – Literature and Education (Uttar Pradesh)
Hugh and Colleen Gantzer (Posthumous, Duo) – Literature and Education (Journalism) (Uttarakhand)
Jagadish Joshila – Literature and Education (Madhya Pradesh)
Jaspinder Narula – Art (Maharashtra)
Jonas Masetti – Spiritualism (Brazil)
Joynacharan Bathari – Art (Assam)
Jumde Yomgam Gamlin – Social Work (Arunachal Pradesh)
K Damodaran – Culinary (Tamil Nadu)
K L Krishna – Literature and Education (Andhra Pradesh)
K Omanakutty Amma – Art (Kerala)
Kishore Kunal (Posthumous) – Civil Service (Bihar)
L Hangthing – Agriculture (Nagaland)
Lakshmipathy Ramasubbaiyer – Literature and Education (Journalism) (Tamil Nadu)
Lalit Kumar Mangotra – Literature and Education (Jammu and Kashmir)
Lama Lobzang (Posthumous) – Spiritualism (Ladakh)
Libia Lobo Sardesai – Social Work (Goa)
M D Srinivas – Science and Engineering (Tamil Nadu)
Madugula Nagaphani Sarma – Art (Andhra Pradesh)
Mahabir Nayak – Art (Jharkhand)
Mamata Shankar – Art (West Bengal)
Manda Krishna Madiga – Public Affairs (Telangana)
Maruti Bhujangrao Chitampalli – Literature and Education (Maharashtra)
Miriyala Apparao (Posthumous) – Art (Andhra Pradesh)
Nagendra Nath Roy – Literature and Education (West Bengal)
Narayan (Bhulai Bhai) (Posthumous) – Public Affairs (Uttar Pradesh)
Naren Gurung – Art (Sikkim)
Neerja Bhatla – Medicine (NCT Delhi)
Nirmala Devi – Art (Bihar)
Nitin Nohria – Literature and Education (United States of America)
Onkar Singh Pahwa – Trade and Industry (Punjab)
P Datchanamoorthy – Art (Puducherry)
Pandi Ram Mandavi – Art (Chhattisgarh)
Parmar Lavjibhai Nagjibhai – Art (Gujarat)
Pawan Goenka – Trade and Industry (West Bengal)
Prashanth Prakash – Trade and Industry (Karnataka)
Pratibha Satpathy – Literature and Education (Odisha)
Purisai Kannappa Sambandan – Art (Tamil Nadu)
R Ashwin – Sports (Tamil Nadu)
R G Chandramogan – Trade and Industry (Tamil Nadu)
Radha Bahin Bhatt – Social Work (Uttarakhand)
Radhakrishnan Devasenapathy – Art (Tamil Nadu)
Ramdarash Mishra – Literature and Education (NCT Delhi)
Ranendra Bhanu Majumdar – Art (Maharashtra)
Ratan Kumar Parimoo – Art (Gujarat)
Reba Kanta Mahanta – Art (Assam)
Renthlei Lalrawna – Literature and Education (Mizoram)
Ricky Gyan Kej – Art (Karnataka)
Sajjan Bhajanka – Trade and Industry (West Bengal)
Sally Holkar – Trade and Industry (Madhya Pradesh)
Sant Ram Deswal – Literature and Education (Haryana)
Satyapal Singh – Sports (Uttar Pradesh)
Seeni Viswanathan – Literature and Education (Tamil Nadu)
Sethuraman Panchanathan – Science and Engineering (United States of America)
Sheikha Shaikha Ali Al-Jaber Al-Sabah – Medicine (Kuwait)
Sheen Kaaf Nizam (Shiv Kishan Bissa) – Literature and Education (Rajasthan)
Shyam Bihari Agrawal – Art (Uttar Pradesh)
Soniya Nityanand – Medicine (Uttar Pradesh)
Stephen Knapp – Literature and Education (United States of America)
Subhash Khetulal Sharma – Agriculture (Maharashtra)
Suresh Harilal Soni – Social Work (Gujarat)
Surinder Kumar Vasal – Science and Engineering (Delhi)
Swami Pradiptananda (Kartik Maharaj) – Spiritualism (West Bengal)
Syed Ainul Hasan – Literature and Education (Uttar Pradesh)
Tejendra Narayan Majumdar – Art (West Bengal)
Thiyam Suryamukhi Devi – Art (Manipur)
Tushar Durgeshbhai Shukla – Literature and Education (Gujarat)
Vadiraj Raghawendracharya Panchamukhi – Literature and Education (Andhra Pradesh)
Vasudeo Kamath – Art (Maharashtra)
Velu Aasaan – Art (Tamil Nadu)
Venkappa Ambaji Sugatekar – Art (Karnataka)
Vijay Nityanand Surishwar Ji Maharaj – Spiritualism (Bihar)
Vijayalakshmi Deshamane – Medicine (Karnataka)
Vilas Dangre – Medicine (Maharashtra)
Vinayak Lohani – Social Work (West Bengal)
