Padma Awards 2025: Meet the winners of highest civilian awards in Literature & Education category

Thirty awardees will be given Padma Awards under the Literature and Education category in ceremonial functions which will be held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March or April.

Padma Awards 2025: Padma Vibhushan

This year, 7 people will get the highest award which is given for exceptional and distinguished service to the country. Under the Education category, MT Vasudevan Nair from Kerala will be awarded the Padma Vibhushan Posthumously. He was affectionately called by his admirers, as MT, and died on December 25, 2024.

Other people who will receive the award are, Duvvur Nageshwar Reddy, Justice (Retd.) Shri Jagdish Singh Khehar, Kumudini Rajnikant Lakhia, LakshminarayanaSubramaniam, Osamu Suzuki and Sharda Sinha.

Padma Awards 2025: Padma Bhushan

The Padma Bhushan is given to people for distinguished service of high order. This year under the Literature and Education category, Bibek Debroy, A Surya Prakash, and Rambahadur Rai will receive the awards.

Other awardees are Vinod Dham, Shekhar Kapur, Shobana Chandrakumar, Pankaj Patel, Pankaj Udhas, P R Sreejesh, and Nandamuri Balakrishna among others.

Padma Awards 2025: Padma Shri

This year Padma Shri will be given to those people who have worked in a distinguished any field. Under the Literature and Education category, Anil Kumar Boro, Arunoday Saha, Arvind Sharma, Chandrakant Sheth, David R Syiemlieh, Ganeshwar Shastri Dravid, Gita Upadhyay, Hriday Narayan Dixit, Hugh and Colleen Gantzer, Jagadish Joshila, K L Krishna, Lakshmipathy Ramasubbaiyer, Lalit Kumar Mangotra, Maruti Bhujangrao Chitampalli, Nagendra Nath Roy, Nitin Nohria, Pratibha Satpathy, Ramdarash Mishra, Renthlei Lalrawna, Sant Ram Deswal, Seeni Viswanathan, Sheen Kaaf Nizam, Stephen Knapp, Syed Ainul Hasan, Tushar Durgeshbhai Shukla, and  Vadiraj Raghawendracharya Panchamukhi.