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Padma I 2025

Issue Date: 28 April 2025 Published: 28 April 2025

Gazette ID: CG-DL-E-28042025-262721 Download PDF

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Core Purpose

The President of India confers Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri awards upon distinguished individuals for the year 2025.

Detailed Summary

This notification from the President's Secretariat, dated April 28, 2025, officially publishes the list of individuals selected to receive the Padma Awards for the year 2025. The awards conferred are the Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri. The notification presents a list of recipients categorized by the award type. For each awardee, it specifies their name, the field or discipline for which they are being recognized, and their associated state or country. The list includes individuals from various fields such as Art, Literature & Education, Medicine, Trade & Industry, Science & Engineering, Public Affairs, Sports, Yoga, Culinary, Social Work, Journalism, Spiritualism, and Agriculture, representing different states across India and a few foreign countries.

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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-28042025-262721 EXTRAORDINARY PART I-Section 1 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 127] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, APRIL 28, 2025/ VAISAKHA 8, 1947 PRESIDENT'S SECRETARIAT NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 28th April, 2025 No. 51– Pres/2025.–The President of India is pleased to confer the following Awards for the year 2025: Padma Vibhushan +-----+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+----------------+ | No. | Name | Category | State/Country | +=====+===================================+===================================+================+ | 1. | Shri M. T. Vasudevan Nair | Literature and Education | Kerala | | | (Posthumous) | | | +-----+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+----------------+ | 2. | Dr. Duvvur Nageshwar Reddy | Medicine | Telangana | +-----+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+----------------+ | 3. | Dr. Lakshminarayana Subramaniam | Art | Karnataka | +-----+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+----------------+ | 4. | Shri Osamu Suzuki (Posthumous) | Trade & Industry | Japan | +-----+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+----------------+ Padma Bhushan +-----+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | No. | Name | Category | State/Country | +=====+=====================================+===================================+==========================+ | 1. | Shri Nandamuri Balakrishna | Art | Andhra Pradesh | +-----+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 2. | Shri Vinod Kumar Dham | Science and Engineering | United States of America | +-----+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 3. | Shri Sushil Kumar Modi (Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Bihar | +-----+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 4. | Shri Shekhar Kapur | Art | Maharashtra | +-----+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 5. | Shri S. Ajith Kumar | Art | Tamil Nadu | +-----+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 6. | Shri Pankaj R. Patel | Trade and Industry | Gujarat | +-----+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 7. | Dr. Jose Chacko Periappuram | Medicine | Kerala | +-----+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 8. | Dr. Arkalgud Anantaramaiah | Literature and Education | Karnataka | | | Surya Prakash | (Journalism) | | +-----+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 9. | Shri Sreejesh P. R. | Sports | Kerala | +-----+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 10. | Shri Pankaj Keshubhai Udhas | Art | Maharashtra | | | (Posthumous) | | | +-----+-------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ Padma Shri +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | No. | Name | Category | State/Country | +=====+=======================================+===================================+================----------+ | 1. | Dr. Shyam Bihari Agrawal | Art | Uttar Pradesh | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 2. | H.E. Shka. Shaikha Ali Jaber Al-Sabah | Yoga | Kuwait | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 3. | Dr. K. Omanakutty Amma | Art | Kerala | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 4. | Shri Miriyala Apparao (Posthumous) | Art | Andhra Pradesh | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 5. | Shri Ravichandran Ashwin | Sports | Tamil Nadu | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 6. | Shri Joynacharan Bathari | Art | Assam | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 7. | Smt. Begam Batool | Art | Rajasthan | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 8. | Smt. Arundhati Bhattacharya | Trade and Industry | Maharashtra | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 9. | Prof. Anil Kumar Boro | Literature and Education | Assam | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 10. | Shri R. G. Chandramogan | Trade and Industry | Tamil Nadu | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 11. | Shri Maruti Bhujangrao Chitampalli | Literature and Education | Maharashtra | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 12. | Shri Bheru Singh Chouhan | Art | Madhya Pradesh | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 13. | Dr. K. Damodaran | Culinary | Tamil Nadu | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 14. | Shri Gokul Chandra Das | Art | West Bengal | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 15. | Smt. Nirmala Devi | Art | Bihar | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 16. | Shri Hriday Narayan Dikshit | Literature and Education | Uttar Pradesh | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 17. | Shri Ganeshwar Shastri Dravid | Literature and Education | Uttar Pradesh | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 18. | Shri Adwaita Charan Gadanayak | Art | Odisha | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 19. | Dr. Pawan Kumar Goenka | Trade and Industry | Maharashtra | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 20. | Prof. Bharat Gupt | Art | Delhi | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 21. | Shri Naren Gurung | Art | Sikkim | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 22. | Smt. Shalini Devi Holkar | Trade and Industry | Madhya Pradesh | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 23. | Shri VasudeoTaranath Kamath | Art | Maharashtra | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 24. | Dr. Jaspinder Narula Kaul | Art | Maharashtra | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 25. | Shri Stephen Knapp | Literature and Education | United States of America | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 26. | Shri Lama Lobzang (Posthumous) | Spiritualism | Ladakh | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 27. | Shri Vinayak Lohani | Social Work | West Bengal | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 28. | Prof. (Dr.) Ashok Kumar Mahapatra | Medicine | Odisha | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 29. | Shri Baijnath Maharaj | Spiritualism | Rajasthan | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 30. | Jainacharya Shri Vijay Nityanand | Spiritualism | Rajasthan | | | Surishwar Ji Maharaj | | | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 31. | Pt. Ronu Majumdar | Art | Maharashtra | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 32. | Pt. Tejendra Narayan Majumdar | Art | West Bengal | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 33. | Shri Sheen Kaaf Nizam | Literature and Education | Rajasthan | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 34. | Prof. Nitin Nohria | Literature and Education | United States of America | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 35. | Shri Onkar Singh Pahwa | Trade and Industry | Punjab | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 36. | Prof. Ratan Kumar Parimoo | Art | Gujarat | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 37. | Shri Chaitram Deochand Pawar | Social Work | Maharashtra | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 38. | Dr. Hassan Raghu | Art | Karnataka | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 39. | Dr. Lakshmipathy Ramasubbaiyer | Literature and Education | Tamil Nadu | | | | (Journalism) | | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 40. | Shri Durga Charan Ranbir | Art | Odisha | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 41. | Prof. Arunoday Saha | Literature and Education | Tripura | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 42. | Smt. Libia Lobo Prataprao Sardesai | Social Work | Goa | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 43. | Dr. Madugula Nagaphani Sarma | Art | Andhra Pradesh | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 44. | Dr. Prativa Satpathy | Literature and Education | Odisha | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 45. | Shri Hariman Sharma | Agriculture | Himachal Pradesh | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 46. | Prof. (Dr.) Chandrakant Trikamlal | Literature and Education | Gujarat | | | Sheth (Posthumous) | | | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 47. | Smt. Bhimavva Doddabalappa | Art | Karnataka | | | Shilliekyatara | | | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 48. | Shri Tushar Durgeshbhai Shukla | Literature and Education | Gujarat | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 49. | Shri Arijit Aditi Surinder Singh | Art | West Bengal | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 50. | Dr. Satyapal Singh | Sports | Uttar Pradesh | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 51. | Bhai Harjinder Singh Ji | Art | Punjab | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 52. | Shri Suresh Harilal Soni | Social Work | Gujarat | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 53. | Shri Radhakrishnan Devasenapathy | Art | Tamil Nadu | | | Sthapathy | | | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 54. | Prof. David R. Syiemlieh | Literature and Education | Meghalaya | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 55. | Shri C. S. Vaidyanathan | Public Affairs | Delhi | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 56. | Dr. Surinder Kumar Vasal | Science and Engineering | Delhi | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ | 57. | Dr. Deshmane Vijayalaxmi | Medicine | Karnataka | +-----+---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+--------------------------+ DEEPTI UMASHANKAR, Secy. to the President Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.

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