Padma Awards 2025 Announced with 139 Recipients

Honoring Excellence: Padma Vibhushan, Bhushan, and Shri Recipients Named

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139 Padma Awards announced, including 7 Padma Vibhushan and 19 Padma Bhushan.
Dr. Vijayalakshmi Deshamane, oncologist, honored with Padma Shri for her service.
Actors Nandamuri Balakrishna, Ajith Kumar, and Anant Nag awarded Padma Bhushan.

NEWS DESK – The Padma Awards 2025 list was announced today, recognizing 139 individuals across various fields. The honors were revealed on the eve of Republic Day and celebrate contributions spanning arts, medicine, sports, and public service.

The list includes 7 Padma Vibhushan, 19 Padma Bhushan, and 113 Padma Shri awards. Among the distinguished recipients are Dr. D. Nageswara Reddy, recognized for his work in medicine, and Dr. Vijayalakshmi Deshamane, celebrated for her tireless efforts in cancer care.

Veteran Oncologist and Cancer Warrior Recognized

Dr. Vijayalakshmi Deshamane, a 70-year-old oncologist from Kalaburagi, Karnataka, has been conferred the Padma Shri. With over four decades dedicated to cancer treatment, she is lauded as a pioneer in her field. Speaking about her honor, she remarked, “This award is a reflection of the collective effort to combat cancer.”

Celebrating Indian Cinema’s Contribution

Padma Bhushan honorees include iconic actors Nandamuri Balakrishna, Ajith Kumar, and Anant Nag, recognized for their stellar contributions to Indian cinema. Balakrishna, fondly called “Natasimham,” expressed gratitude, saying, “This award is for every Telugu cinema lover.”

Unsung Heroes Highlighted

This year’s awards continue the tradition of recognizing unsung heroes. For example, Adwaita Charan Gadanayak, an artist from Odisha, and Bhim Singh Bhavesh, who worked tirelessly for the Musahar community, are among the recipients. Additionally, former SBI Chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya received the Padma Shri for her contributions to banking.

Special Mentions and Posthumous Honors

The Padma Vibhushan was awarded posthumously to Osamu Suzuki, former chairman of Suzuki Motor Corporation. His contributions significantly bolstered Indo-Japanese relations.

Padma Vibhushan Recipients

SN	Name	Field	State/Country
1	Dr. Duvvur Nageshwar Reddy	Medicine	Telangana
2	Justice (Retd.) Jagdish Singh Khehar	Public Affairs	Chandigarh
3	Kumudini Rajnikant Lakhia	Art	Gujarat
4	Lakshminarayana Subramaniam	Art	Karnataka
5	M. T. Vasudevan Nair (Posthumous)	Literature & Education	Kerala
6	Osamu Suzuki (Posthumous)	Trade & Industry	Japan
7	Sharda Sinha (Posthumous)	Art	Bihar

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Padma Bhushan Recipients

SN	Name	Field	State/Country
8	A. Surya Prakash	Literature & Journalism	Karnataka
9	Anant Nag	Art	Karnataka
10	Bibek Debroy (Posthumous)	Literature & Education	NCT Delhi
11	Jatin Goswami	Art	Assam
12	Jose Chacko Periappuram	Medicine	Kerala
13	Kailash Nath Dikshit	Archaeology	NCT Delhi
14	Manohar Joshi (Posthumous)	Public Affairs	Maharashtra
15	Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti	Trade & Industry	Tamil Nadu
16	Nandamuri Balakrishna	Art	Andhra Pradesh
17	P. R. Sreejesh	Sports	Kerala
18	Pankaj Patel	Trade & Industry	Gujarat
19	Pankaj Udhas (Posthumous)	Art	Maharashtra
20	Rambahadur Rai	Literature & Journalism	Uttar Pradesh
21	Sadhvi Ritambhara	Social Work	Uttar Pradesh
22	S. Ajith Kumar	Art	Tamil Nadu
23	Shekhar Kapur	Art	Maharashtra
24	Shobana Chandrakumar	Art	Tamil Nadu
25	Sushil Kumar Modi (Posthumous)	Public Affairs	Bihar
26	Vinod Dham	Science & Engineering	USA

Padma Shri Recipients

SN	Name	Field	State/Country
27	Adwaita Charan Gadanayak	Art	Odisha
28	Achyut Ramchandra Palav	Art	Maharashtra
29	Ajay V. Bhatt	Science & Engineering	USA
30	Anil Kumar Boro	Literature & Education	Assam
31	Arijit Singh	Art	West Bengal
32	Arundhati Bhattacharya	Trade & Industry	Maharashtra
33	Arunoday Saha	Literature & Education	Tripura
34	Arvind Sharma	Literature & Education	Canada
35	Ashok Kumar Mahapatra	Medicine	Odisha
36	Ashok Laxman Saraf	Art	Maharashtra
37	Ashutosh Sharma	Science & Engineering	Uttar Pradesh
38	Ashwini Bhide Deshpande	Art	Maharashtra
39	Baijnath Maharaj	Spiritualism	Rajasthan
40	Barry Godfray John	Art	NCT Delhi
41	Begam Batool	Art	Rajasthan
42	Bharat Gupt	Art	NCT Delhi
43	Bheru Singh Chouhan	Art	Madhya Pradesh
44	Bhim Singh Bhavesh	Social Work	Bihar
45	Bhimavva Doddabalappa Shillekyathara	Art	Karnataka
46	Budhendra Kumar Jain	Medicine	Madhya Pradesh
47	C. S. Vaidyanathan	Public Affairs	NCT Delhi
48	Chaitram Deochand Pawar	Social Work	Maharashtra
49	Chandrakant Sheth (Posthumous)	Literature & Education	Gujarat
50	Chandrakant Sompura	Architecture	Gujarat
51	Chetan E. Chitnis	Science & Engineering	France
52	David R. Syiemlieh	Literature & Education	Meghalaya
53	Durga Charan Ranbir	Art	Odisha
54	Farooq Ahmad Mir	Art	Jammu & Kashmir
55	Ganeshwar Shastri Dravid	Literature & Education	Uttar Pradesh
56	Gita Upadhyay	Literature & Education	Assam
57	Gokul Chandra Das	Art	West Bengal
58	Guruvayur Dorai	Art	Tamil Nadu
59	Harchandan Singh Bhatty	Art	Madhya Pradesh
60	Hariman Sharma	Agriculture	Himachal Pradesh
61	Harjinder Singh Srinagar Wale	Art	Punjab
62	Harvinder Singh	Sports	Haryana
63	Hassan Raghu	Art	Karnataka
64	Hemant Kumar	Medicine	Bihar
65	Hriday Narayan Dixit	Literature & Education	Uttar Pradesh
66	Hugh and Colleen Gantzer (Posthumous) (Duo)	Literature & Journalism	Uttarakhand
67	Inivalappil Mani Vijayan	Sports	Kerala
68	Jagadish Joshila	Literature & Education	Madhya Pradesh
69	Jaspinder Narula	Art	Maharashtra
70	Jonas Masetti	Spiritualism	Brazil
71	Joynacharan Bathari	Art	Assam
72	Jumde Yomgam Gamlin	Social Work	Arunachal Pradesh
73	K. Damodaran	Culinary	Tamil Nadu
74	K. L. Krishna	Literature & Education	Andhra Pradesh
75	K. Omanakutty Amma	Art	Kerala
76	Kishore Kunal (Posthumous)	Civil Service	Bihar
77	L. Hangthing	Agriculture	Nagaland
78	Lakshmipathy Ramasubbaiyer	Literature & Journalism	Tamil Nadu
79	Lalit Kumar Mangotra	Literature & Education	Jammu & Kashmir
80	Lama Lobzang (Posthumous)	Spiritualism	Ladakh
81	Libia Lobo Sardesai	Social Work	Goa
82	M. D. Srinivas	Science & Engineering	Tamil Nadu
83	Madugula Nagaphani Sarma	Art	Andhra Pradesh
84	Mahabir Nayak	Art	Jharkhand
85	Mamata Shankar	Art	West Bengal
86	Manda Krishna Madiga	Public Affairs	Telangana
87	Maruti Bhujangrao Chitampalli	Literature & Education	Maharashtra
88	Miriyala Apparao (Posthumous)	Art	Andhra Pradesh
89	Nagendra Nath Roy	Literature & Education	West Bengal
90	Narayan (Bhulai Bhai) (Posthumous)	Public Affairs	Uttar Pradesh
91	Naren Gurung	Art	Sikkim
92	Neerja Bhatla	Medicine	NCT Delhi
93	Nirmala Devi	Art	Bihar
94	Nitin Nohria	Literature & Education	USA
95	Onkar Singh Pahwa	Trade & Industry	Punjab
96	P. Datchanamoorthy	Art	Puducherry
97	Pandi Ram Mandavi	Art	Chhattisgarh
98	Parmar Lavjibhai Nagjibhai	Art	Gujarat
99	Pawan Goenka	Trade & Industry	West Bengal
100	Prashanth Prakash	Trade & Industry	Karnataka
101	Pratibha Satpathy	Literature & Education	Odisha
102	Purisai Kannappa Sambandan	Art	Tamil Nadu
103	R. Ashwin	Sports	Tamil Nadu
104	R. G. Chandramogan	Trade & Industry	Tamil Nadu
105	Radha Bahin Bhatt	Social Work	Uttarakhand
106	Radhakrishnan Devasenapathy	Art	Tamil Nadu
107	Ramdarash Mishra	Literature & Education	NCT Delhi
108	Ranendra Bhanu Majumdar	Art	Maharashtra
109	Ratan Kumar Parimoo	Art	Gujarat
110	Reba Kanta Mahanta	Art	Assam
111	Renthlei Lalrawna	Literature & Education	Mizoram
112	Ricky Gyan Kej	Art	Karnataka
113	Sajjan Bhajanka	Trade & Industry	West Bengal
114	Sally Holkar	Trade & Industry	Madhya Pradesh
115	Sant Ram Deswal	Literature & Education	Haryana
116	Satyapal Singh	Sports	Uttar Pradesh
117	Seeni Viswanathan	Literature & Education	Tamil Nadu
118	Sethuraman Panchanathan	Science & Engineering	USA
119	Sheikha Shaikha Ali Al-Jaber Al-Sabah	Medicine	Kuwait
120	Sheen Kaaf Nizam (Shiv Kishan Bissa)	Literature & Education	Rajasthan
121	Shyam Bihari Agrawal	Art	Uttar Pradesh
122	Soniya Nityanand	Medicine	Uttar Pradesh
123	Stephen Knapp	Literature & Education	USA
124	Subhash Khetulal Sharma	Agriculture	Maharashtra
125	Suresh Harilal Soni	Social Work	Gujarat
126	Surinder Kumar Vasal	Science & Engineering	Delhi
127	Swami Pradiptananda (Kartik Maharaj)	Spiritualism	West Bengal
128	Syed Ainul Hasan	Literature & Education	Uttar Pradesh
129	Tejendra Narayan Majumdar	Art	West Bengal
130	Thiyam Suryamukhi Devi	Art	Manipur
131	Tushar Durgeshbhai Shukla	Literature & Education	Gujarat
132	Vadiraj Raghawendracharya Panchamukhi	Literature & Education	Andhra Pradesh
133	Vasudeo Kamath	Art	Maharashtra
134	Velu Aasaan	Art	Tamil Nadu
135	Venkappa Ambaji Sugatekar	Art	Karnataka
136	Vijay Nityanand Surishwar Ji Maharaj	Spiritualism	Bihar
137	Vijayalakshmi Deshamane	Medicine	Karnataka
138	Vilas Dangre	Medicine	Maharashtra
139	Vinayak Lohani	Social Work	West Bengal

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