The President of India awarded 139 Padma Awards in 2025 including a duo case (where two awards are counted as one). These 139 Awards include 7 Padma Vibhushan, 19 Padma Bhushan, and 113 Padma Shri Awards. This year can be considered as an exception because usually, no more than 120 Padma Awards are conferred in a year.
Following the tradition, the names of awardees were announced on the eve of 76th Republic Day by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs. The awards are conferred to the recipients in March or April month of the same year in a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi by the President of India. Read along to get the complete list of of Padma Awardees.
Padma Vibhushan (7 Awardees) 2025 Winners
| S.No | Awardee Name | Field | State/Country |
| 1 | Duvvur Nageshwar Reddy | Medicine | Telangana |
| 2 | Justice (Retd.) Shri Jagdish Singh Khehar | Public Affairs | Chandigarh |
| 3 | Mrs. Kumudini Rajnikant Lakhia | Art | Gujarat |
| 4 | Lakshminarayana Subramaniam | Art | Karnataka |
| 5 | M. T. Vasudevan Nair (Posthumous) | Literature and Education | Kerala |
| 6 | Osamu Suzuki (Posthumous) | Trade and Industry | Japan |
| 7 | Sharda Sinha (Posthumous) | Art (Bihar Kokila) | Bihar |
Padma Bhushan 2025 Winners (19 Awardees)
| S.No | Awardee Name | Field | State/Country |
| 1 | A Surya Prakash | Literature and Education-Journalism | Karnataka |
| 2 | Anant Nag | Art | Karnataka |
| 3 | Bibek Debroy (Posthumous) | Literature and Education | NCT Delhi |
| 4 | Jatin Goswami | Art | Assam |
| 5 | Jose Chacko Periappuram | Medicine | Kerala |
| 6 | Kailash Nath Dikshit | Others - Archaeology | NCT Delhi |
| 7 | Manohar Joshi (Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Maharashtra |
| 8 | Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti | Trade and Industry | Tamil Nadu |
| 9 | Nandamuri Balakrishna | Art (Telugu Film Actor) | Andhra Pradesh |
| 10 | P R Sreejesh | Sports (Hockey) | Kerala |
| 11 | Pankaj Patel | Trade and Industry | Gujarat |
| 12 | Pankaj Udhas (Posthumous) | Art (Ghazal Singer) | Maharashtra |
| 13 | Rambahadur Rai | Literature and Education-Journalism | Uttar Pradesh |
| 14 | Sadhvi Ritambhara | Social Work | Uttar Pradesh |
| 15 | S Ajith Kumar | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| 16 | Shekhar Kapur | Art (Film Director) | Maharashtra |
| 17 | Shobana Chandrakumar | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| 18 | Sushil Kumar Modi (Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Bihar |
| 19 | Vinod Dham | Science and Engineering | USA |
Padma Shri 2025 Winners (113 Awardees)
| S.No | Awardee Name | Field | State/Country |
| 1 | Adwaita Charan Gadanayak | Art | Odisha |
| 2 | Achyut Ramchandra Palav | Art | Maharashtra |
| 3 | Ajay V Bhatt | Science and Engineering | USA |
| 4 | Anil Kumar Boro | Literature and Education | Assam |
| 5 | Arijit Singh | Art (Hindi Film Singer) | West Bengal |
| 6 | Mrs. Arundhati Bhattacharya | Trade and Industry | Maharashtra |
| 7 | Arunoday Saha | Literature and Education | Tripura |
| 8 | Arvind Sharma | Literature and Education | Canada |
| 9 | Ashok Kumar Mahapatra | Medicine | Odisha |
| 10 | Ashok Laxman Saraf | Art | Maharashtra |
The names for Bharat Ratna awards are recommended by the Prime Minister to the President. Usually, no more than 3 Bharat Ratna Awards are awarded in an year. For Padma Awards, the names of awardees are recommended by the Padma Awards Committee, constituted by the Prime Minister every year. The Padma Award Committee is lead by the Cabinet Secretary, and the recommendations are submitted to the Prime Minister and the President.
Categories of Padma Award
The Padma Awards are broadly divided into 3 categories-
- Padma Vibhushan - Awarded for exceptional service
- Padma Bhushan - Awarded for exceptional service of high order.
- Padma Shri - Awarded for distinguished service.
The awardees are awarded with a Sanad (certificate) signed by the President and a medallion. Along with these, they are also given a small clone of the medallion which they can use for ceremonial purposes. The names of awardees are also published in the Gazette of India.
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