David R. Syiemlieh
A historian of north-east India and former chairman of the Union Public Service Commission, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Meghalaya
Padma Awards 2025
Recipients announced for 2025 that we have profiled so far (6 Padma Vibhushan, 18 Padma Bhushan, 104 Padma Shri). The official list is published by the Ministry of Home Affairs.
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Durga Charan Ranbir
A senior Odissi guru whose school in Bhubaneswar has trained generations of dancers in India and abroad, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Odisha
Farooq Ahmad Mir
A Srinagar pashmina and kani shawl weaver who introduced calligraphy into kani weaving, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Jammu and Kashmir
Ganeshwar Shastri Dravid
A Varanasi Vedic scholar and astrologer who fixed the muhurat for the Ram temple ceremonies in Ayodhya, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Uttar Pradesh
Gita Upadhyay
An Assamese and Nepali writer and translator whose work brought Assam's two communities closer, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Assam
Gokul Chandra Das
A dhak player from Maslandapur who took Bengal's festival drum to world stages and taught women to play it, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- West Bengal
Guruvayur Dorai
A mridangam maestro who created his own style and accompanied Carnatic legends for eight decades, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Tamil Nadu
Harchandan Singh Bhatti
A painter and designer who created Bhopal's celebrated Madhya Pradesh Tribal Museum, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Madhya Pradesh
Hariman Sharma
A Himachal farmer who developed HRMN-99, an apple variety that fruits in hot plains, now grown across India, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Himachal Pradesh
Harvinder Singh
A para-archer from Haryana who won India's first Paralympic gold in archery at Paris 2024, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Haryana
Hassan Raghu
A former soldier and stunt director who has trained thousands of stunt artists and championed India's folk martial arts, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Karnataka
Hemant Kumar
A Patna nephrologist who brought home peritoneal dialysis to Bihar and champions kidney care for the poor, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Bihar
Hriday Narayan Dikshit
A writer on Indian philosophy and former Speaker of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly with more than 6,000 articles to his name, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Uttar Pradesh
Hugh and Colleen Gantzer
A husband-and-wife team who pioneered travel writing in India with more than 3,000 articles and 30 books, honoured posthumously with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025 (posthumous)
- Uttarakhand
I.M. Vijayan
A former India football captain and prolific striker from Kerala who scored 40 international goals, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Kerala
Jagdish Joshila
The first novelist in the Nimadi language, author of 56 books and a historian of Nimar's freedom fighters, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Madhya Pradesh
Jaspinder Narula
A playback singer known for "Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha", trained in classical music and with a PhD in Hindustani music, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Maharashtra
Joynacharan Bathari
A Dima Hasao folk singer who has spent his life bringing Dimasa songs and instruments to wider audiences, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Assam
Jumde Yomgam Gamlin
An Arunachal social worker who founded Mother's Vision to fight drug addiction and built a rehab centre, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Arunachal Pradesh
K. Damodaran
Chennai's Chef Damu, a cookery teacher with three Guinness records who trained 1.4 lakh school noon-meal cooks, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Tamil Nadu
K. Omanakutty Amma
A Carnatic vocalist and teacher of 70 years who founded Kerala University's music department and taught K.S. Chithra, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Kerala
K.L. Krishna
An econometrician who taught at the Delhi School of Economics for half a century and led India's productivity research, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Andhra Pradesh
Kishore Kunal
A former IPS officer who revived Patna's Mahavir Mandir and founded a cancer hospital for the poor, honoured posthumously with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025 (posthumous)
- Bihar
L. Hangthing
A Noklak farmer who set up the district's first plant nursery and the "Taste of Noklak" brand of local produce, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Nagaland