Padma Awards 2025: Complete List of Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri Awardees

The Padma Awards are among India’s most prestigious civilian honors, given in three categories: Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri. These awards recognize exceptional contributions in various fields involving public service and achievements.

This year’s awardees were announced by the Central government on the eve of Republic Day, honoring individuals for their distinguished work and dedication to the nation. The awards ceremony will be held at Rashtrapati Bhawan in March or April, where the President of India will present the honors.

Award Categories

Padma Vibhushan: Awarded for exceptional and distinguished service.

Padma Bhushan: Recognizes distinguished service of a high order.

Padma Shri: Honors distinguished service in various fields.

Padma Awards 2025 Overview

Padma Vibhushan: 7 awardees

Padma Bhushan: 19 awardees

Padma Shri: 113 awardees

Notable Recipients

Prominent personalities from diverse fields were honored this year, including Bollywood singer Arijit Singh, folk artist Sharda Sinha, and cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin.

Full List of Awardees

Padma Vibhushan

Duvvur Nageshwar Reddy

Justice (Retd.) Jagdish Singh Khehar

Kumudini Rajnikant Lakhia

Lakshminarayana Subramaniam

MT Vasudevan Nair (Posthumous)

Osamu Suzuki (Posthumous)

Sharda Sinha (Posthumous)

Padma Bhushan

A Surya Prakash

Anant Nag

Bibek Debroy (Posthumous)

Jatin Goswami

Jose Chacko Periappuram

Kailash Nath Dikshit

Manohar Joshi (Posthumous)

Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti

Nandamuri Balakrishna

PR Sreejesh

Pankaj Patel

Pankaj Udhas (Posthumous)

Rambahadur Rai

Sadhvi Ritambhara

S Ajith Kumar

Shekhar Kapur

Shobana Chandrakumar

Sushil Kumar Modi (Posthumous)

Vinod Dham

Padma Shri

The Padma Shri list comprises 113 awardees from various fields such as arts, medicine, sports, literature, and public affairs. Some notable recipients are:

Arijit Singh (Bollywood singer)

R Ashwin (Cricketer)

Advaita Charan Gadanayak

Jaspinder Narula

Mamata Shankar

Pawan Goenka

Tejendra Narayan Majumdar

For the full list of Padma Shri awardees, please refer to the detailed announcement from the government.