R. Ashwin
The Chennai off-spinner who took 537 wickets in 106 Tests, India's second-highest wicket-taker, 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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R.G. Chandramogan
The founder of Hatsun Agro, India's largest private dairy company, which buys milk directly from farmers, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Tamil Nadu
Radha Bhatt
A Gandhian social worker from Kausani's Lakshmi Ashram who fought liquor, quarrying and dams with Uttarakhand's women, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Uttarakhand
Radhakrishnan Devasenapathy Sthapathy
A Swamimalai bronze sculptor who cast the 27-foot Nataraja at Delhi's Bharat Mandapam, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Tamil Nadu
Ramdarash Mishra
A Hindi poet, novelist and critic with more than 80 books over seven decades, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Delhi
Ratan Parimoo
A Baroda painter and art historian who pioneered the study of modern Indian art, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Gujarat
Reba Kanta Mahanta
The head of Khatpar Sattra in Sivasagar and a master of Sattriya mask-making, whose masks are in museums worldwide, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Assam
Renthlei Lalrawna
A Mizo novelist, translator and education officer who helped drive Mizoram's literacy campaign, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Mizoram
Ricky Kej
A Bengaluru composer and three-time Grammy winner who uses music to campaign for the environment with UN agencies, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Karnataka
Ronu Majumdar
A bansuri maestro of the Maihar gharana, Grammy-nominated, who led a Guinness-record concert of 5,378 flautists, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Maharashtra
Sajjan Bhajanka
The chairman of Century Plyboards and Star Cement, who helped expand one-teacher schools for tribal children, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- West Bengal
Sally Holkar
A champion of Maheshwar's handloom weavers who co-founded REHWA and Women Weave to revive Maheshwari textiles, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Madhya Pradesh
Sant Ram Deswal
A Hindi and Haryanvi writer and folklorist from a Jhajjar farming family, who also led a village to full literacy, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Haryana
Satyapal Singh
The chief coach who built India's para-athletics team over 15 years, producing Paralympic medallists, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Uttar Pradesh
Seeni Viswanathan
A Tamil scholar who spent 63 years compiling Subramania Bharati's complete writings in 23 volumes, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Tamil Nadu
Sheen Kaaf Nizam
A Jodhpur-born Urdu poet and critic whose verse blends Persian and Sanskrit traditions, a Sahitya Akademi winner, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Rajasthan
Shyam Bihari Agrawal
A Prayagraj painter and art historian who has worked in Indian miniature and mural traditions for six decades, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Uttar Pradesh
Soniya Nityanand
A haematologist who set up Uttar Pradesh's first bone-marrow transplant programme and now heads KGMU, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Uttar Pradesh
Subhash Sharma
A Yavatmal farmer who has practised and taught chemical-free natural farming for 30 years, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Maharashtra
Surinder Kumar Vasal
A maize scientist who co-won the 2000 World Food Prize for developing protein-rich maize, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Delhi
Swami Pradiptananda (Kartik Maharaj)
A monk of the Bharat Sevashram Sangha in Murshidabad who runs 21 schools and a hospital for tribal and rural communities, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- West Bengal
Syed Ainul Hasan
A Persian scholar and poet who heads Maulana Azad National Urdu University, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Uttar Pradesh
Tejendra Narayan Majumdar
A sarod maestro of the Maihar gharana trained by Ustad Bahadur Khan and Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- West Bengal
Thiyam Suryamukhi Devi
A Manipuri classical dancer who toured the world from 1954 and trained generations of dancers, honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025.
- Padma Shri 2025
- Manipur