New Delhi: The Union Government announced the recipient list of Padma Awards – 2025 on Saturday evening. The Government awarded Padma Shri Awards to 30 persons. Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan awards recipient list is awaited.

List of Padma Shri awardees released so far:

1. L Hangthing (Nagaland)
2. Hariman Sharma (Himachal Pradesh)
3. Jumde Yomgam Gamlin (Arunachal Pradesh)
4. Joynacharan Bathari (Assam)
5. Naren Gurung (Sikkim)
6. Vilas Dangre (Maharashtra)
7. Shaikha A J Al Sabah (Kuwait)
8. Nirmala Devi (Bihar)
9. Bhim Singh Bhavesh (Bihar)
10. Radha Bahin Bhatt (Uttarakhand)
11. Suresh Soni (Gujarat)
12. Pandi Ram Mandavi (Chhattisgarh)
13. Jonas Masett (Brazil)
14. Jagdish Joshila (Madhya Pradesh)
15. Harvinder Singh (Haryana)
16. Bheru Singh Chouhan (Madhya Pradesh)
17. Venkappa Ambaji Sugatekar (Karnataka)
18. P Datchanamoorthy (Puducherry)
19. Libia Lobo Sardesai (Goa)
20. Gokul Chandra Das (West Bengal)
21. Hugh Gantzer (Uttarakhand)
22. Colleen Gantzer (Uttarakhand)
23. Dr Neerja Bhatla (Delhi)
24. Sally Holkar (Madhya Pradesh)
25. Maruti Bhujangrao Chitampalli (Maharashtra)

Among those awarded on Saturday include Libia Lobo Sardesai, a 100-year-old freedom fighter from Goa, who played an important role in Goa’s freedom movement.

She co-founded an underground radio station — ‘Voz da Liberdabe (Voice of Freedom)’ — in a forested area in 1955 to rally people against the Portuguese rule.

Also among the awardees is Gokul Chandra Dey, a 57-year-old Dhak player from West Bengal who broke the gender stereotype by training 150 women in the male-dominated field.

Dey also created a lightweight Dhak type, 1.5 kg less than the conventional instrument, and represented India at various international platforms and performed with Maestros like Pandit Ravi Shankar and Ustad Zakir Hussain.

Dr Neerja Bhatla, a Gynaecologist from Delhi who specializes in cervical cancer detection, prevention, and management, has also been awarded the Padma Shri.