28 May 2025
The President of India, Droupadi Murmu, awarded the prestigious Padma Awards to 139 individuals on May 27, 2025, at the Civil Investiture Ceremony-II at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Padma Awards 2025 Winners
- Padma Vibhushan (7 Awardees): This award is conferred for exceptional and distinguished service. The winners include:
- Duvvur Nageshwar Reddy (Medicine) from Telangana
- Justice (Retd.) Shri Jagdish Singh Khehar (Public Affairs) from Chandigarh
- Kumudini Rajnikant Lakhia (Art) from Gujarat
- Lakshminarayana Subramaniam (Art) from Karnataka
- M. T. Vasudevan Nair (Posthumous, Literature and Education) from Kerala
- Osamu Suzuki (Posthumous, Trade and Industry) from Japan
- Sharda Sinha (Posthumous, Art) from Bihar
- Padma Bhushan (19 Awardees): This award is conferred for distinguished service of the highest order. Some notable winners include:
- A Surya Prakash (Literature and Education-Journalism) from Karnataka
- Anant Nag (Art) from Karnataka
- P R Sreejesh (Sports) from Kerala
- Shekhar Kapur (Art) from Maharashtra
- Padma Shri (113 Awardees): This award is conferred for distinguished service in any field. Some notable winners include:
- Arijit Singh (Art) from West Bengal
- Arundhati Bhattacharya (Trade and Industry) from Maharashtra
- R Ashwin (Sports) from Tamil Nadu
- Neerja Bhatla (Medicine) from NCT Delhi
The ceremony was attended by dignitaries such as Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Union Home Minister Amit Shah