The year 2005 saw 29 people receiving the prestigious Padma Bhushan Award from the Government of India. The award is ranked third amongst all the civilian awards presented in India. It was introduced in the year 1954 by the Government of India. The award is presented to those extraordinarily talented people, who have done exceptionally well in their respective fields. The Government of India actually recognises their talents and appreciates their achievements through this award. Both the Indian citizens and foreign citizens are eligible to win this award for their achievements.
The list of the 2005 Padma Bhushan Awardees is given below:
| Name | Field | State | Country |
| A. Ramachandran | Arts | Delhi | India |
| Probodh Chandra Manna Dey | Arts | Karnataka | India |
| Yash Raj Chopra | Arts | Maharashtra | India |
| Girish Chandra Saxena | Civil Service | Delhi | India |
| Gopichettipalayam Venkataramana Iyer Ramakrishna | Civil Service | Tamil Nadu | India |
| Tumkur Ramaiya Satish Chandran | Civil Service | Karnataka | India |
| S.R. Sankaran | Civil Service | Hyderabad | India |
| Name | Field | State | Country |
| Andre Beteille | Literature & Education | Delhi | India |
| Mrinal Datta Chaudhuri | Literature & Education | Delhi | India |
| Sardar Anjum | Literature & Education | Haryana | India |
| Irfan Habib | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh | India |
| Mrinal Miri | Literature & Education | Meghalaya | India |
| Qurratulain Hyder | Literature & Education | Uttar Pradesh | India |
| Balraj Puri | Literature & Education | Jammu and Kashmir | India |
| Madath Thekepat Vasudevan Nair | Literature & Education | Kerala | India |
| William Mark Tully | Literature & Education | Delhi | India |
| Anil Kohli | Medicine | Delhi | India |
| Hari Mohan | Medicine | Delhi | India |
| Tarlochan Singh Kler | Medicine | Delhi | India |
| Yusuf Khwaja Hamied | Medicine | Maharashtra | India |
| Kolli Srinath Reddy | Medicine | Delhi | India |
| Chandi Prasad Bhatt | Others | Uttarakhand | India |
| Syed Mir Qasim | Public Affairs | Delhi | India |
| Kiran Mazumdar Shaw | Science & Engineering | Karnataka | India |
| Narasimhiah Seshagiri | Science & Engineering | Karnataka | India |
| Valangiman Subramanian Ramamurthy | Science & Engineering | Delhi | India |
| Koduru Iswara Varaprasad Reddy | Science & Engineering | Andhra Pradesh | India |
| Brijmohan Lall Munjal | Trade & Industry | Delhi | India |
| Azim Premji | Trade & Industry | Karnataka | India |
