Lakshmipathy Ramasubbaiyer
A Dinamalar newspaperman who rose from advertising executive to joint managing editor and founded colleges near Madurai, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Tamil Nadu
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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Lalit Kumar Mangotra
A physicist and leading Dogri writer who has chaired the Dogri Sanstha for 30 years and helped bring Dogri to computers, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Jammu and Kashmir
Lama Lobzang
A Ladakhi Buddhist monk who spent 60 years serving his people, helping thousands reach medical care in Delhi, honoured posthumously with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025 (posthumous)
- Ladakh
Lavjibhai Nagjibhai Parmar
A master weaver who kept Gujarat's 700-year-old Tangaliya weaving alive when hundreds of weavers had quit, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Gujarat
Libia Lobo Sardesai
A Goan freedom fighter whose underground radio announced Goa's liberation in 1961, and Goa's first woman lawyer, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Goa
M.D. Srinivas
A theoretical physicist and historian of Indian mathematics who chairs Chennai's Centre for Policy Studies, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Tamil Nadu
Madugula Nagaphani Sarma
A Sanskrit and Telugu poet who revived avadhanam, verse composed on the spot, with over 2,000 performances, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Andhra Pradesh
Mahabir Nayak
A Nagpuri folk singer and poet from Ranchi who has sung Jharkhand's traditional songs for more than sixty years, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Jharkhand
Mamata Shankar
A dancer, choreographer and actor, daughter of Uday and Amala Shankar, who carries on the Uday Shankar style, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- West Bengal
Manda Krishna Madiga
A Telangana activist who led a 30-year movement for sub-classification of Scheduled Castes, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Telangana
Maruti Chitampalli
A forest officer and Marathi nature writer known as the "sage of the forest", who helped create Maharashtra's sanctuaries, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Maharashtra
Miriyala Apparao
A Burrakatha storyteller from East Godavari who performed for 53 years and trained 200 students, honoured posthumously with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025 (posthumous)
- Andhra Pradesh
Nagendranath Roy
A Rajbanshi-language poet and writer from Jalpaiguri, best known for his Rajbanshi Ramayana, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- West Bengal
Narayan (Bhulai Bhai)
A teacher and grassroots leader from Kushinagar who served as an MLA and worked for the Dhobi community, honoured posthumously with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025 (posthumous)
- Uttar Pradesh
Naren Gurung
A Sikkimese folk singer, composer and researcher who has spent decades reviving Nepali folk songs and dances, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Sikkim
Neerja Bhatla
An AIIMS gynaecologist who has led India's work to prevent cervical cancer with affordable screening and HPV vaccines, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Delhi
Nirmala Devi
A Muzaffarpur artisan who trained women in Sujni embroidery and won the craft a GI tag, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Bihar
Onkar Singh Pahwa
The chairman of Ludhiana-based Avon Cycles, which he helped make a top Indian bicycle brand sold in 80 countries, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Punjab
P. Datchanamoorthy
A Puducherry thavil player, son of a nadaswaram artist, who has played at more than 5,000 temples, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Puducherry
Pandi Ram Mandavi
A Bastar woodcarver who has taken Muria tribal wood art to museums and galleries in India and abroad, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Chhattisgarh
Pawan Goenka
The engineer behind the Mahindra Scorpio who led Mahindra & Mahindra and now chairs space regulator IN-SPACe, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- West Bengal
Prashanth Prakash
A Bengaluru venture capitalist who backed Flipkart and Swiggy early as founding partner of Accel India, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Karnataka
Prativa Satpathy
An Odia poet, critic and translator whose 20 collections explore women's lives, a Sahitya Akademi award winner, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Odisha
Purisai Kannappa Sambandan
A fifth-generation Therukoothu artist from Purisai who took Tamil street theatre to Paris and Bogota, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Tamil Nadu