Overview

• The ceremony, held on April 28, 2025, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, honoured 71 of the 139 Padma Awardees announced earlier this year.
• Four Padma Vibhushan awards were presented, including posthumous honours for Osamu Suzuki and M. T. Vasudevan Nair, and awards to D. Nageshwar Reddy and Lakshminarayana Subramaniam.
• Ten recipients were conferred the Padma Bhushan, including filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, actors Ajith Kumar and Nandamuri Balakrishna, and the late singer Pankaj Udhas.
• The Padma Shri was awarded to 57 individuals, including singer Arijit Singh, composer Ricky Kej, cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin, and puppeteer Bhimavva Doddabalappa Shillekyathara.
• The event was attended by dignitaries including Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Home Minister Amit Shah, with a follow-up ceremony planned for the remaining awardees.