Padam Vibhushan Awardees-2025
The first Sikh Chief Justice of India, Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar (retd), late Maruti Suzuki CEO Osamu Suzuki,
gastroenterologist from Karnataka Duvvur Nageshwar Reddy, Kathak dancer Kumudini Rajnikant Lakhia, violinist and composer from Karnataka Lakshminarayana Subramaniam, doyen of Malayalam literature and cinema MT Vasudevan Nair and late folk singer from Bihar Sharda Sinha were conferred with India’s top civilian honour, Padma Vibhushan on 25th January 2025 by the President of India Droupadi Murmu.
Padam Bhushan Awardees-2025
Padma Bhushan awardees are legendary Indian hockey goalkeeper PR Sreejesh, who helped the Indian men’s hockey team win two Olympic bronze medals at Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024; A Surya Prakash, former chairperson, Prasar Bharati; late Bibek Debroy, who served as the chairman of the Economic Advisory Council to the PM; Jose Chacko Periappuram, a cardiac surgeon from Kerala; Kailash Nath Dikshit, an archaeologist specialising in prehistoric civilisation of the Indus Valley; Manohar Joshi, former Maharashtra CM and former Lok Sabha Speaker; late ghazal singer Pankaj Udhas; leading filmmaker Shekhar Kapur; late BJP leader Sushil Modi; and spiritual leader Sadhvi Ritambhara.
Padam Shri Awardees-2025
Padma Shri awardees include singers Arijit Singh and Jaspinder Narula, AIIMS-Delhi head of gynaecology department Neerja Bhatla and music composer and environmentalist and three-time Grammy Award winner Ricky Kej.
From the region the following feature among Padma Shri awardees: Farooq Ahmad Mir (J&K) for art; Hariman Sharma (Himachal Pradesh) for inventing an apple variety that can grow at low altitudes; leading Gurbani singer Harjinder Singh Srinagar Wale (Punjab) for art; star para archer Harvinder Singh (Kaithal); Lalit Kumar Mangotra (J&K) for literature; Lama Lobzang for spiritualism; and Onkar Singh Pahwa (Punjab) for trade and industry.
Harjinder Singh recently performed at the antim ardas of late PM Manmohan Singh at Gurdwara Rakab Ganj in Delhi. Sant Ram Deswal from Haryana has been named for Padma Shri for literature and education.
Number of women Awardees
This year, the Padma list comprises seven Padma Vibhushan, 19 Padma Bhushan and 113 Padma Shri awards. Twenty-three awardees are women. The list includes 10 persons from the category of foreigners, NRI, PIO and OCI and 13 posthumous awardees.
States who bags maximum awards
Among states, the maximum Padma awards went to Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu with 13 each, followed by Uttar Pradesh nine, Karnataka, Gujarat and Delhi eight each, Bihar six and Kerala five.
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