
From – MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS – PRESS NOTE
Padma Awards – one of the highest civilian Awards of the country, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The Awards are given in various disciplines / fields of activities, viz.- art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. ‘Padma Vibhushan’ is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service; ‘Padma Bhushan’ for distinguished service of high order and ‘Padma Shri’ for distinguished service in any field. The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year.
These Awards are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March / April every year. For the year 2025, the President has approved conferment of 139 Padma Awards including 1 duo case (in a duo case, the Award is counted as one) as per list below. The list comprises 7 Padma Vibhushan, 19 Padma Bhushan and 113 Padma Shri Awards. 23 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 10 persons from the category of Foreigners / NRI / PIO / OCI and 13 Posthumous awardees.
Padma Vibhushan (7)
SN Name Field State
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)
SN Name Field State
8 Shri A Surya Prakash Literature and Education Karnataka
9 Shri Anant Nag Art Karnataka
10 Shri Bibek Debroy Literature and Education NCT Delhi
11 Shri Jatin Goswami Art Assam
12 Shri Jose Chacko Periappuram Medicine Kerala
13 Shri Kailash Nath Dikshit Others NCT Delhi
14 Shri Manohar Joshi Public Affairs Maharashtra
15 Shri Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti Trade and Industry Tamil Nadu
16 Shri Nandamuri Art Andhra Pradesh
17 Shri P R Sreejesh Sports Kerala
18 Shri Pankaj Patel Trade and Industry Gujarat
19 Shri Pankaj Udhas Art Maharashtra
20 Shri Ram Literature and Education Uttar Pradesh
21 Sadhvi Social Work Uttar Pradesh
22 Shri Art Tamil Nadu
23 Shri Shekhar Kapur Art Maharashtra
24 Ms. Shobana Chandrakumar Art Tamil Nadu
25 Shri Sushil Kumar Modi Public Affairs Bihar
26 Shri Vinod Dham Science and United States
Padma Shri (113)
SN Name Field State
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