President confers Padma Awards 2025: Check complete list of winners here

The Padma Awards 2025 were conferred at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi on April 28. Here's the complete list of winners who received awards from the President

The prestigious Padma Awards 2025 were conferred at a formal ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on April 28. President Droupadi Murmu honoured some of the country’s most distinguished personalities across various fields—including arts, cinema, music, public service, and more.

 

Among the recipients were prominent names such as actor Nandamuri Balakrishna, Tamil superstar Ajith Kumar, filmmaker Sekhar Kapur, singer Arijit Singh, and Grammy-winning composer Ricky Kej. The event celebrated excellence and dedicated service, paying tribute to individuals whose contributions have made a significant impact on the nation and beyond.

 

For 2025, a total of 139 Padma awards were approved by the President, including 7 Padma Vibhushan, 19 Padma Bhushan, and 113 Padma Shri honours. The tally includes one duo case (counted as a single award), 23 women awardees, 10 recipients from foreign or overseas Indian categories, and 13 posthumous honours.

 

Here's the complete list of Padma Awards 2025 winners:

Padma Vibhushan(7)

Name

Field

State/Country

Shri Duvvur Nageshwar Reddy

Medicine

Telangana

Justice (Retd.) Shri Jagdish Singh Khehar

Public Affairs

Chandigarh

Smt. Kumudini Rajnikant Lakhia

Art

Gujarat

Shri Lakshminarayana Subramaniam

Art

Karnataka

Shri M. T. Vasudevan Nair (Posthumous)

Literature and Education

Kerala

Shri Osamu Suzuki (Posthumous)

Trade and Industry

Japan

Smt. Sharda Sinha (Posthumous)

Art

Bihar

Padma Bhushan(19)

Name	Field	State/Country
Shri A Surya Prakash	Literature and Education-Journalism	Karnataka
Shri Anant Nag	Art	Karnataka
Shri Bibek Debroy(Posthumous)	Literature and Education	NCT Delhi
Shri Jatin Goswami	Art	Assam
Shri Jose Chacko Periappuram	Medicine	Kerala
Shri Kailash Nath Dikshit	Others-Archaeology	NCT Delhi
Shri Manohar Joshi(Posthumous)	Public Affairs

Maharashtra

Shri Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti

Trade and Industry

Tamil Nadu

Shri Nandamuri Balakrishna

Art

Andhra Pradesh

Shri P R Sreejesh

Sports

Kerala

Shri Pankaj Patel

Trade and Industry

Gujarat

Shri Pankaj Udhas(Posthumous)

Art

Maharashtra

Shri Rambahadur Rai

Literature and Education-Journalism

Uttar Pradesh

Sadhvi Ritambhara

Social Work

Uttar Pradesh

Shri S Ajith Kumar

Art

Tamil Nadu

Shri Shekhar Kapur

Art

Maharashtra

Ms. Shobana Chandrakumar

Art

Tamil Nadu