President confers Padma Awards 2025: Full list of winners

On April 28, 2025, President Droupadi Murmu conferred the prestigious Padma Awards at a grand ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. These awards recognize exceptional contributions across various fields such as arts, cinema, music, public service, and more.

The ceremony honored distinguished personalities, including renowned figures such as actor Nandamuri Balakrishna, Tamil superstar Ajith Kumar, filmmaker Sekhar Kapur, singer Arijit Singh, and Grammy-winning composer Ricky Kej. The Padma Awards celebrated their outstanding achievements and service to the nation and beyond.

This year, the President approved a total of 139 Padma Awards, including 7 Padma Vibhushan, 19 Padma Bhushan, and 113 Padma Shri honors. The list also includes one duo case (counted as a single award), 23 women recipients, 10 individuals from overseas or foreign categories, and 13 posthumous awardees.

Here’s the complete list of winners for the Padma Awards 2025:

Padma Vibhushan (7)

Shri Duvvur Nageshwar Reddy – Medicine

Justice (Retd.) Shri Jagdish Singh Khehar – Public Affairs

Smt. Kumudini Rajnikant Lakhia – Art

Shri Lakshminarayana Subramaniam – Art

Shri M. T. Vasudevan Nair (Posthumous) – Literature and Education

Shri Osamu Suzuki (Posthumous) – Trade and Industry

Smt. Sharda Sinha (Posthumous) – Art

Padma Bhushan (19)

Shri A Surya Prakash – Literature and Education-Journalism

Shri Anant Nag – Art

Shri Bibek Debroy (Posthumous) – Literature and Education

Shri Jatin Goswami – Art

Shri Jose Chacko Periappuram – Medicine

Shri Kailash Nath Dikshit – Others-Archaeology

Shri Manohar Joshi (Posthumous) – Public Affairs

Shri Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti – Trade and Industry

Shri Nandamuri Balakrishna – Art

Shri P R Sreejesh – Sports

(and others)

The Padma Awards recognize individuals whose contributions have had a significant and lasting impact on their fields and the nation.