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Padma Awards 2025: 139 Distinguished Personalities Honoured Across Diverse Fields, Check List
Padma Awards 2025: 139 Distinguished Personalities Honoured Across Diverse Fields, Check List
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Elets News Network 27-January-2025
The Padma Awards 2025, announced on the eve of Republic Day, celebrate the remarkable achievements of 139 individuals for their contributions across education, literature, medicine, science, and engineering. This year’s recipients include 7 Padma Vibhushan, 19 Padma Bhushan, and 113 Padma Shri awardees, reflecting India’s commitment to recognizing excellence.
Prominent names among the honorees include M. T. Vasudevan Nair (Posthumous), Bibek Debroy (Posthumous), and Vinod Dham, alongside esteemed academics and scientists from leading global institutions. The awards, considered among India’s highest civilian honours, are conferred annually based on recommendations from the Padma Awards Committee, constituted by the prime minister.
Highlights of Padma Awardees:
- Padma Vibhushan: Renowned Malayalam author M. T. Vasudevan Nair, known for his literary and academic contributions, and others recognized for exceptional service.
- Padma Bhushan: Notable recipients include economist Bibek Debroy, a former professor at leading institutions, and journalist Rambahadur Rai, chairman of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA).
- Padma Shri: Celebrated individuals like Arvind Sharma, a professor at McGill University, Ashutosh Sharma from IIT Kanpur, and Nitin Nohria, former Dean of Harvard Business School, reflect the diversity of academic excellence.
Several Padma Shri awardees hold distinguished positions, including historians, economists, and scientists. Vinod Dham, celebrated as the “Father of the Pentium Chip,” is acknowledged for his mentorship in technology. Sethuraman Panchanathan, director of the National Science Foundation in the U.S., and Syed Ainul Hasan, Vice-Chancellor of Maulana Azad National Urdu University, exemplify global academic leadership.
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The awards ceremony, traditionally held at the Rashtrapati Bhawan in March or April, underscores the government’s dedication to honouring contributions in fields involving public service.
Padma Vibhushan(7)
| SN | Name | Field | State/Country |
| 1. | Shri Duvvur Nageshwar Reddy | Medicine | Telangana |
| 2. | Justice (Retd.) Shri Jagdish Singh Khehar | Public Affairs | Chandigarh |
| 3. | Smt. Kumudini Rajnikant Lakhia | Art | Gujarat |
| 4. | Shri LakshminarayanaSubramaniam | Art | Karnataka |
| 5. | Shri M. T. Vasudevan Nair (Posthumous) | Literature and Education | Kerala |
| 6. | Shri Osamu Suzuki (Posthumous) | Trade and Industry | Japan |
| 7. | Smt. Sharda Sinha (Posthumous) | Art | Bihar |
Padma Bhushan(19)
| SN | Name | Field | State/Country |
| 1. | Shri A Surya Prakash | Literature and Education-Journalism | Karnataka |
| 2. | Shri Anant Nag | Art | Karnataka |
| 3. | Shri Bibek Debroy(Posthumous) | Literature and Education | NCT Delhi |
| 4. | Shri Jatin Goswami | Art | Assam |
| 5. | Shri Jose Chacko Periappuram | Medicine | Kerala |
| 6. | Shri Kailash Nath Dikshit | Others-Archaeology | NCT Delhi |
| 7. | Shri Manohar Joshi(Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Maharashtra |
| 8. | Shri Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti | Trade and Industry | Tamil Nadu |
| 9. | Shri Nandamuri Balakrishna | Art | Andhra Pradesh |
| 10. | Shri P R Sreejesh | Sports | Kerala |
| 11. | Shri Pankaj Patel | Trade and Industry | Gujarat |
| 12. | Shri Pankaj Udhas(Posthumous) | Art | Maharashtra |
| 13. | Shri Rambahadur Rai | Literature and Education-Journalism | Uttar Pradesh |
| 14. | Sadhvi Ritambhara | Social Work | Uttar Pradesh |
| 15. | Shri S Ajith Kumar | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| 16. | Shri Shekhar Kapur | Art | Maharashtra |
| 17. | Ms. Shobana Chandrakumar | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| 18. | Shri Sushil Kumar Modi(Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Bihar |
| 19. | Shri Vinod Dham | Science and Engineering | United States of America |
Padma Shri (113)
| SN | Name | Field | State/Country |
| 1. | Shri Adwaita Charan Gadanayak | Art | Odisha |
| 2. | Shri Achyut Ramchandra Palav | Art | Maharashtra |
| 3. | Shri Ajay V Bhatt | Science and Engineering | United States of America |
| 4. | Shri Anil Kumar Boro | Literature and Education | Assam |
| 5. | Shri Arijit Singh | Art | West Bengal |
| 6. | Smt. Arundhati Bhattacharya | Trade and Industry | Maharashtra |
| 7. | Shri Arunoday Saha | Literature and Education | Tripura |
| 8. | Shri Arvind Sharma | Literature and Education | Canada |
| 9. | Shri Ashok Kumar Mahapatra | Medicine | Odisha |
| 10. | Shri Ashok Laxman Saraf | Art | Maharashtra |
| 11. | Shri Ashutosh Sharma | Science and Engineering | Uttar Pradesh |
| 12. | Smt. Ashwini Bhide Deshpande | Art | Maharashtra |
| 13. | Shri Baijnath Maharaj | Others-Spiritualism | Rajasthan |
| 14. | Shri Barry Godfray John | Art | NCT Delhi |
| 15. | Smt. Begam Batool | Art | Rajasthan |
| 16. | Shri Bharat Gupt | Art | NCT Delhi |
| 17. | Shri Bheru Singh Chouhan | Art | Madhya Pradesh |
| 18. | Shri Bhim Singh Bhavesh | Social Work | Bihar |
| 19. | Smt. Bhimavva Doddabalappa Shillekyathara | Art | Karnataka |
| 20. | Shri Budhendra Kumar Jain | Medicine | Madhya Pradesh |
| 21. | Shri C S Vaidyanathan | Public Affairs | NCT Delhi |
| 22. | Shri Chaitram Deochand Pawar | Social Work | Maharashtra |
| 23. | Shri Chandrakant Sheth(Posthumous) | Literature and Education | Gujarat |
| 24. | Shri Chandrakant Sompura | Others-Architecture | Gujarat |
| 25. | Shri Chetan E Chitnis | Science and Engineering | France |
| 26. | Shri David R Syiemlieh | Literature and Education | Meghalaya |
| 27. | Shri Durga Charan Ranbir | Art | Odisha |
| 28. | Shri Farooq Ahmad Mir | Art | Jammu And Kashmir |
| 29. | Shri Ganeshwar Shastri Dravid | Literature and Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| 30. | Smt. Gita Upadhyay | Literature and Education | Assam |
| 31. | Shri Gokul Chandra Das | Art | West Bengal |
| 32. | Shri Guruvayur Dorai | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| 33. | Shri Harchandan Singh Bhatty | Art | Madhya Pradesh |
| 34. | Shri Hariman Sharma | Others-Agriculture | Himachal Pradesh |
| 35. | Shri Harjinder Singh Srinagar Wale | Art | Punjab |
| 36. | Shri Harvinder Singh | Sports | Haryana |
| 37. | Shri Hassan Raghu | Art | Karnataka |
| 38. | Shri Hemant Kumar | Medicine | Bihar |
| 39. | Shri Hriday Narayan Dixit | Literature and Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| 40. | Shri Hugh and Colleen Gantzer(Posthumous)(Duo)* | Literature and Education-Journalism | Uttarakhand |
| 41. | Shri Inivalappil Mani Vijayan | Sports | Kerala |
| 42. | Shri Jagadish Joshila | Literature and Education | Madhya Pradesh |
| 43. | Smt. Jaspinder Narula | Art | Maharashtra |
| 44. | Shri Jonas Masetti | Others-Spiritualism | Brazil |
| 45. | Shri Joynacharan Bathari | Art | Assam |
| 46. | Smt. Jumde Yomgam Gamlin | Social Work | Arunachal Pradesh |
| 47. | Shri K. Damodaran | Others-Culinary | Tamil Nadu |
| 48. | Shri K L Krishna | Literature and Education | Andhra Pradesh |
| 49. | Smt. K Omanakutty Amma | Art | Kerala |
| 50. | Shri Kishore Kunal(Posthumous) | Civil Service | Bihar |
| 51. | Shri L Hangthing | Others-Agriculture | Nagaland |
| 52. | Shri Lakshmipathy Ramasubbaiyer | Literature and Education-Journalism | Tamil Nadu |
| 53. | Shri Lalit Kumar Mangotra | Literature and Education | Jammu And Kashmir |
| 54. | Shri Lama Lobzang(Posthumous) | Others-Spiritualism | Ladakh |
| 55. | Smt. Libia Lobo Sardesai | Social Work | Goa |
| 56. | Shri M D Srinivas | Science and Engineering | Tamil Nadu |
| 57. | Shri Madugula Nagaphani Sarma | Art | Andhra Pradesh |
| 58. | Shri Mahabir Nayak | Art | Jharkhand |
| 59. | Smt. Mamata Shankar | Art | West Bengal |
| 60. | Shri Manda Krishna Madiga | Public Affairs | Telangana |
| 61. | Shri Maruti Bhujangrao Chitampalli | Literature and Education | Maharashtra |
| 62. | Shri Miriyala Apparao(Posthumous) | Art | Andhra Pradesh |
| 63. | Shri Nagendra Nath Roy | Literature and Education | West Bengal |
| 64. | Shri Narayan (Bhulai Bhai)(Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Uttar Pradesh |
| 65. | Shri Naren Gurung | Art | Sikkim |
| 66. | Smt. Neerja Bhatla | Medicine | NCT Delhi |
| 67. | Smt. Nirmala Devi | Art | Bihar |
| 68. | Shri Nitin Nohria | Literature and Education | United States of America |
| 69. | Shri Onkar Singh Pahwa | Trade and Industry | Punjab |
| 70. | Shri P Datchanamoorthy | Art | Puducherry |
| 71. | Shri Pandi Ram Mandavi | Art | Chhattisgarh |
| 72. | Shri Parmar Lavjibhai Nagjibhai | Art | Gujarat |
| 73. | Shri Pawan Goenka | Trade and Industry | West Bengal |
| 74. | Shri Prashanth Prakash | Trade and Industry | Karnataka |
| 75. | Smt. Pratibha Satpathy | Literature and Education | Odisha |
| 76. | Shri Purisai Kannappa Sambandan | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| 77. | Shri R Ashwin | Sports | Tamil Nadu |
| 78. | Shri R G Chandramogan | Trade and Industry | Tamil Nadu |
| 79. | Smt. Radha Bahin Bhatt | Social Work | Uttarakhand |
| 80. | Shri Radhakrishnan Devasenapathy | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| 81. | Shri Ramdarash Mishra | Literature and Education | NCT Delhi |
| 82. | Shri Ranendra Bhanu Majumdar | Art | Maharashtra |
| 83 | Shri Ratan Kumar Parimoo | Art | Gujarat |
| 84. | Shri Reba Kanta Mahanta | Art | Assam |
| 85. | Shri Renthlei Lalrawna | Literature and Education | Mizoram |
| 86. | Shri Ricky Gyan Kej | Art | Karnataka |
| 87. | Shri Sajjan Bhajanka | Trade and Industry | West Bengal |
| 88. | Smt. Sally Holkar | Trade and Industry | Madhya Pradesh |
| 89. | Shri Sant Ram Deswal | Literature and Education | Haryana |
| 90 | Shri Satyapal Singh | Sports | Uttar Pradesh |
| 91. | Shri Seeni Viswanathan | Literature and Education | Tamil Nadu |
| 92. | Shri Sethuraman Panchanathan | Science and Engineering | United States of America |
| 93. | Smt. Sheikha Shaikha Ali Al-Jaber Al-Sabah | Medicine | Kuwait |
| 94. | Shri Sheen Kaaf Nizam (Shiv Kishan Bissa) | Literature and Education | Rajasthan |
| 95. | Shri Shyam Bihari Agrawal | Art | Uttar Pradesh |
| 96. | Smt. Soniya Nityanand | Medicine
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Uttar Pradesh |
| 97. | Shri Stephen Knapp | Literature and Education | United States of America |
| 98. | Shri Subhash Khetulal Sharma | Others-Agriculture | Maharashtra |
| 99. | Shri Suresh Harilal Soni | Social Work | Gujarat |
| 100. | Shri Surinder Kumar Vasal | Science and Engineering | Delhi |
| 101. | Shri Swami Pradiptananda (Kartik Maharaj) | Others-Spiritualism | West Bengal |
| 102. | Shri Syed Ainul Hasan | Literature and Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| 103. | Shri Tejendra Narayan Majumdar | Art | West Bengal |
| 104. | Smt. Thiyam Suryamukhi Devi | Art | Manipur |
| 105. | Shri Tushar Durgeshbhai Shukla | Literature and Education | Gujarat |
| 106. | Shri Vadiraj Raghawendracharya Panchamukhi | Literature and Education | Andhra Pradesh |
| 107. | Shri Vasudeo Kamath | Art | Maharashtra |
| 108. | Shri Velu Aasaan | Art | Tamil Nadu |
| 109. | Shri Venkappa Ambaji Sugatekar | Art | Karnataka |
| 110. | Shri Vijay Nityanand Surishwar Ji Maharaj | Others-Spiritualism | Bihar |
| 111. | Smt. Vijayalakshmi Deshamane | Medicine | Karnataka |
| 112. | Shri Vilas Dangre | Medicine | Maharashtra |
| 113. | Shri Vinayak Lohani | Social Work | West Bengal |
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