New Delhi, Jan. 25 -- Padma Awards - one of the highest civilian Awards of the country, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The Awards are given in various disciplines / fields of activities, viz.- art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. 'Padma Vibhushan' is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service; 'Padma Bhushan' for distinguished service of high order and 'Padma Shri' for distinguished service in any field. The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year.

These Awards are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March / April every year. For the year 2025, the President has approved conferment of 139 Padma Awards including 1 duo case (in a duo case, the Award is counted as one) as per list below. The list comprises 7 Padma Vibhushan, 19 Padma Bhushan and 113 Padma Shri Awards. 23 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 10 persons from the category of Foreigners / NRI / PIO / OCI and 13 Posthumous awardees.

The award seeks to recognize achievements in all fields of activity or disciplines involving an element of public service. The Padma Awards are conferred on the recommendations made by the Padma Awards Committee, which is constituted by the prime minister every year.

Here's a full list of Padma Award winners:

Padma VibhushanDuvvur Nageshwar ReddyJustice (Retd.) Shri Jagdish Singh KheharKumudini Rajnikant LakhiaLakshminarayana SubramaniamMT Vasudevan Nair (Posthumous)Osamu Suzuki (Posthumous)Sharda Sinha (Posthumous)

Padma BhushanA Surya PrakashAnant NagBibek Debroy (Posthumous)Jatin GoswamiJose Chacko PeriappuramKailash Nath DikshitManohar Joshi (Posthumous)Nalli Kuppuswami ChettiNandamuri BalakrishnaPR SreejeshPankaj PatelPankaj Udhas (Posthumous)Rambahadur RaiSadhvi RitambharaS Ajith KumarShekhar KapurShobana ChandrakumarSushil Kumar Modi (Posthumous)Vinod Dham

Padma ShriAdvaita Charan GadanayakAchyut Ramchandra PalavAjay V BhattAnil Kumar BoroArijit SinghArundhati BhattacharyaArunoday SahaArvind SharmaAshok Kumar MahapatraAshok Laxman SarafAshutosh SharmaAshwini Bhide DeshpandeBaijnath MaharajBarry Godfray JohnBegam BatoolBharat GuptBheru Singh ChouhanBhim Singh BhaveshBhimawa Doddabalappa ShiilekyatharaBudhendra Kumar JainC S VaidyanathanChaitram Deochand PawarChandrakant Sheth (Posthumous)Chandrakant SompuraChetan E ChitnisDavid R SyiemliehDurga Charan RanbirFarooq Ahmad MirGaneshwar Shastri DravidGita UpadhyayGokul Chandra DasGuruvayur DoraiHarchandan Singh BhattyHariman SharmaHarjinder Singh Srinagar WaleHarvinder SinghHassan RaghuHemant KumarHriday Narayan DixitHugh and Colleen Gantzer (Posthumous)Inivalappil Mani VijayanJagadish JoshilaJaspinder NarulaJonas MasettiJoynacharan BathariJumde Yomgam GamlinK. DamodaranK L KrishnaK Omanakutty AmmaKishore Kunal (Posthumous)L HangthingLakshmipathy RamasubbaiyerLalit Kumar MangotraLama Lobzang (Posthumous)Libia Lobo SardesaiM D SrinivasMadugula Nagaphani SarmaMahabir NayakMamata ShankarManda Krishna MadigaMaruti Bhujangrao ChitampalliMiriyala Apparao (Posthumous)Nagendra Nath RoyNarayan (Bhulai Bhai) (Posthumous)Naren GurungNeerja BhatlaNirmala DeviNitin NohriaOnkar Singh PahwaP DatchanamoorthyPandi Ram MandaviParmar Lavjibhai NagjibhaiPawan GoenkaPrashanth PrakashPratibha SatpathyPurisai Kannappa SambandanR AshwinR G ChandramoganRadha Bahin BhattRadhakrishnan DevasenapathyRamdarash MishraRanendra Bhanu MajumdarRatan Kumar ParimooReba Kanta MahantaRenthlei LalrawnaRicky Gyan KejSajjan BhajankaSally HolkarSant Ram DeswalSatyapal SinghSeeni ViswanathanSethuraman PanchanathanSheikha Shaikha Ali Al-Jaber Al-SabahSheen Kaaf Nizam (Shiv Kishan Bissa)Shyam Bihari AgrawalSoniya NityanandStephen KnappSubhash Khetulal SharmaSuresh Harilal SoniSurinder Kumar VasalSwami Pradiptananda (Kartik Maharaj)Syed Ainu HasanTejendra Narayan MajumdarThiyam Suryamukhi DeviTushar Durgeshbhai ShuklaVadiraj Raghavendracharya PanchamukhiVasudeo KamathVelu AssaanVenkappa Ambaji SugatekarVijay Nityanand Surishwar Ji MaharajVijayalakshmi DeshamaneVilas DangreVinayak Lohani

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