Padma Awards 2025

The Indian government announced the Padma Awards, honoring exceptional contributions across various fields. This year, 7 individuals received the Padma Vibhushan, while 19 were awarded the Padma Bhushan and 113 received Padma Shri. These prestigious awards celebrate excellence and inspire others to contribute positively to society.

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List of Awardees:

Padma Vibhushan (7 Awardees)

M. T. Vasudevan Nair (Posthumous) - Literature
Duvvur Nageshwar Reddy - Medicine
Justice (Retd.) Jagdish Singh Khehar - Public Affairs
Kumudini Rajnikant Lakhia - Art
Lakshminarayana Subramaniam - Art
Osamu Suzuki - Public Affairs
Sharda Sinha - Art

Padma Bhushan (19 Awardees)

Bibek Debroy - Literature and Education
Sushil Modi - Public Affairs
Ravichandran Ashwin - Sports
Manohar Joshi - Public Affairs
Pankaj Udhas (Posthumous) - Art
Shekhar Kapur - Cinema
Nandamuri Balakrishna - Cinema
Arundhati Bhattacharya - Business
Anant Nag - Cinema
Shobana Chandrakumar - Dance
Kailash Nath Dikshit - Public Affairs
Duvvur Nageshwar Reddy - Medicine
Justice (Retd.) Jagdish Singh Khehar - Public Affairs
Lakshminarayana Subramaniam - Art
Kumudini Rajnikant Lakhia - Art
Osamu Suzuki - Public Affairs
Ghulam Nabi Azad - Public Affairs
Vikram Sarabhai (Posthumous) - Science and Engineering
Hema Malini - Art

Padma Shri (113 Awardees)

Anil Kumar Boro - Literature and Education
Arunoday Saha - Literature and Education
Arvind Sharma - Social Work
Chandrakant Sheth - Business
David R Syiemlieh - Education
Ganeshwar Shastri Dravid - Culture
Gita Upadhyay - Literature
Hriday Narayan Dixit - Literature
Hugh and Colleen Gantzer - Travel Writing
Jagadish Joshila - Art