Padma Awards 2016
Padma Awards - one of the highest civilian Awards of the country, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The Awards are given in various disciplines/ fields of activities, viz.- art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. ‘Padma Vibhushan’ is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service; ‘Padma Bhushan’ for distinguished service of high order and ‘Padma Shri’ for distinguished service in any field. The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year.
These awards are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March/ April every year. This year the President of India has approved conferment of Padma Awards to 112 persons as per the list below. The list comprises of 10 Padma Vibhushan, 19 Padma Bhushan and 83 Padma Shri Awardees. 19 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 10 persons from the category of foreigners, NRIs, PIOs (include one posthumous) and 4 Posthumous awardees.
PADMA VIBHUSHAN
Sl. No
|
Name
|
Field
|
State
|
1.
|
Ms.
Yamini Krishnamurthi
|
Art- Classical dance
|
Delhi
|
2.
|
Shri Rajinikanth
|
Art-Cinema
|
Tamil
Nadu
|
3.
|
Smt.
Girija Devi
|
Art-Classical Vocal
|
West
Bengal
|
4.
|
Shri Ramoji Rao
|
Literature &
Education-Journalism
|
Andhra
Pradesh
|
5.
|
Dr. Viswanathan Shanta
|
Medicine- Oncology
|
Tamil Nadu
|
6.
|
Shri
Shri Ravi Shankar
|
Others-Spiritualism
|
Karnataka
|
7.
|
Shri
Jagmohan
|
Public Affairs
|
Delhi
|
8.
|
Dr.Vasudev Kalkunte
Aatre
|
Science &
Engineering
|
Karnataka
|
9.
|
Shri
Avinash Dixit
(Foreigner)
|
Literature &
Education
|
USA
|
10.
|
Late Shri Dhiru Bhai Ambani (Posthumous)
|
Trade & Industry
|
Maharashtra
|
Padma Bhushan
Sl.
No.
|
Name
|
Field
|
State
|
11.
|
Shri Anupam Kher
|
Art-Cinema
|
Maharashtra
|
12.
|
Shri
Udit Narayan Jha
|
Art-Playback Singing
|
Maharashtra
|
13.
|
Shri
Ram V. Sutar
|
Art-Sculpture
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
14.
|
Shri Heisnam Kanhailal
|
Art-Theatre
|
Manipur
|
15.
|
Shri
Vinod Rai
|
Civil Service
|
Kerala
|
16.
|
Dr. Yarlagadda Lakshmi
Prasad
|
Literature &
Education
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
17.
|
Prof. N. S. Ramanuja
Tatacharya
|
Literature &
Education
|
Maharashtra
|
18.
|
Dr. Barjinder Singh
Hamdard
|
Literature &
Education - Journalism
|
Punjab
|
19.
|
Prof. D. Nageshwar
Reddy
|
Medicine-Gastroenterology
|
Telangana
|
20.
|
Swami
Tejomayananda
|
Other-Spiritualism
|
Maharashtra
|
21.
|
Shri
Hafeez Contractor
|
Others-Architecture
|
Maharashtra
|
22.
|
Shri Ravindra Chandra
Bhargava
|
Public Affairs
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
23.
|
Dr.Venkata Rama Rao
Alla
|
Science &
Engineering
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
24.
|
Ms. Saina Nehwal
|
Sports-Badminton
|
Telangana
|
25.
|
Ms. Sania Mirza
|
Sports-Tennis
|
Telangana
|
26.
|
Ms. Indu Jain
|
Trade
& Industry
|
Delhi
|
27.
|
Late
Swami Dayanand Sarawasati (Posthumous)
|
Others-Spiritualism
|
Uttarakhand
|
28.
|
Shri Robert Blackwill
(Foreigner)
|
Public Affairs
|
USA
|
29.
|
Shri Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry (NRI/PIO)
|
Trade & Industry
|
Ireland
|
Padma Shri
Sl. No
|
Name
|
Field
|
State
|
30.
|
Smt.
Prathibha Prahlad
|
Art-
Classical Dance
|
Delhi
|
31.
|
Shri Bhikhudan Gadhvi
|
Art- Folk Music
|
Gujarat
|
32.
|
Shri Sribhas Chandra
Supakar
|
Art- Textile Designing
|
Uttar
Pradesh
|
33.
|
Shri
Ajay Devgn
|
Art-Cinema
|
Maharashtra
|
34.
|
Ms.
Priyanka Chopra
|
Art-Cinema
|
Maharashtra
|
35.
|
Pt. Tulsidas Borkar
|
Art-Classical
Music
|
Goa
|
36.
|
Dr.
Soma Ghosh
|
Art-Classical Vocal
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
37.
|
Shri Nila Madhab
Panda
|
Art-Film Direction and
Production
|
Delhi
|
38.
|
Shri S.S. Rajamouli
|
Art-Film Direction and
Production
|
Karnataka
|
39.
|
Shri
Madhur Bhandarkar
|
Art-Film Direction and
Production
|
Maharashtra
|
40.
|
Prof. M. Venkatesh
Kumar
|
Art-Folk Artist
|
Karnataka
|
41.
M
|
Ms.
Gulabi Sapera
|
Art-Folk Dance
|
Rajasthan
|
42.
|
Smt.
Mamta Chandrakar
|
Art-Folk
Music
|
Chhattisgarh
|
43.
|
Ms.
Malini Awasthi
|
Art-Folk Music
|
Uttar
Pradesh
|
44.
|
Shri Jai Prakash
Lekhiwal
|
Art-Miniature
Painting
|
Delhi
|
45.
|
Shri K. Laxma Goud
|
Art-Painting
|
Telangana
|
46.
|
Shri Bhalchandra Dattatray Mondhe
|
Art-Photography
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
47.
|
Shri
Naresh Chander Lal
|
Art-Theatre
& Cinema
|
Andaman & Nicobar
|
48.
|
Shri
Dhirendra Nath Bezbaruah
|
Literature &
Education
|
Assam
|
49.
|
Shri Prahlad Chandra
Tasa
|
Literature &
Education
|
Assam
|
50.
|
Dr.Ravindra Nagar
|
Literature
& Education
|
Delhi
|
51.
|
Shri
Dahyabhai Shastri
|
Literature &
Education
|
Gujarat
|
52.
|
Dr.Santeshivara
Bhyrappa
|
Literature
& Education
|
Karnataka
|
53.
|
Shri Haldar Nag
|
Literature &
Education
|
Odisha
|
54.
|
Shri
Kameshwaram Brahma
|
Literature &
Education -Journalism
|
Assam
|
55.
|
Prof.
Pushpesh Pant
|
Literature &
Education-Journalism
|
Delhi
|
56.
|
Shri
Jawaharlal Kaul
|
Literature &
Education-Journalism
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
57.
|
Shri
Ashok Malik
|
Literature
&Education
|
Delhi
|
58.
|
Dr.Mannam
Gopi Chand
|
Medicine-Cardio
Thoracic Surgery
|
Telangana
|
59.
|
Prof. Ravi Kant
|
Medicine-Surgery
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
60.
|
Prof. Ram Harsh Singh
|
Medicine- Ayurveda
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
61.
|
Prof. Shiv Narain
Kureel
|
Medicine- Paediatric
Surgery
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
62.
|
Dr.Sabya
Sachi Sarkar
|
Medicine
–Radiology
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
63.
|
Dr.
Alla Gopala Krishna Gokhale
|
Medicine-Cardiac
Surgery
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
64.
|
Prof. T.K. Lahiri
|
Medicine-Cardio
Thoracic Surgery
|
Uttar
Pradesh
|
65.
|
Dr.
Praveen Chandra
|
Medicine-Cardiology
|
Delhi
|
66.
|
Prof.
(Dr) Daljeet Singh Gambhir
|
Medicine-Cardiology
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
67.
|
Dr.Chandrasekar
Shesadri Thoguluva
|
Medicine-Gastroenterology
|
Tamil Nadu
|
68.
|
Dr. (Mrs.) Anil Kumari
Malhotra
|
Medicine-Homeopathy
|
Delhi
|
69.
|
Prof.
M.V. Padma Srivastava
|
Medicine-Neurology
|
Delhi
|
70.
|
Dr. Sudhir V. Shah
|
Medicine-Neurology
|
Gujarat
|
71.
|
Dr. M. M. Joshi
|
Medicine-Ophthalmology
|
Karnataka
|
72.
|
Prof.
(Dr) John Ebnezar
|
Medicine-Orthopaedic
Surgery
|
Karnataka
|
73.
|
Dr.
Nayudamma Yarlagadda
|
Medicine-Paediatric
Surgery
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
74.
|
Shri Simon Oraon
|
Other –Environment
Conservation
|
Jharkhand
|
75.
|
Shri
Imitiaz Qureshi
|
Other-Culinary
|
Delhi
|
76.
|
Shri
Piyush Pandey
|
Others-Advertising
& Communication
|
Maharashtra
|
77.
|
Shri Subhash Palekar
|
Others-Farming
|
Maharashtra
|
78.
|
Shri
Ravinder Kumar Sinha
|
Others-Wildlife
Conservation
|
Bihar
|
79.
|
Dr.
H.R. Nagendra
|
Others-Yoga
|
Karnataka
|
80.
|
Shri M. C. Mehta
|
Public Affairs
|
Delhi
|
81.
|
Shri M. N. Krishna Mani
|
Public
Affairs
|
Delhi
|
82.
|
Shri Ujjwal Nikam
|
Public Affairs
|
Maharashtra
|
83.
|
Shri Tokheho Sema
|
Public Affairs
|
Nagaland
|
84.
|
Dr. Satish Kumar
|
Science &
Engineering
|
Delhi
|
85.
|
Dr.Mylswamy Annadurai
|
Science &
Engineering
|
Karnataka
|
86.
|
Prof. Dipankar
Chatterji
|
Science &
Engineering
|
Karnataka
|
87.
|
Prof.(Dr.) Ganapati
Dadasaheb Yadav
|
Science &
Engineering
|
Maharashtra
|
88.
|
Smt. (Prof.) Veena
Tandon
|
Science &
Engineering
|
Meghalaya
|
89.
|
Shri Onkar Nath
Srivastava
|
Science and
Engineering
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
90.
|
Ms. Sunita Krishnan
|
Social
Work
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
91.
|
Shri
Ajoy Kumar Dutta
|
Social Work
|
Assam
|
92.
|
Shri
M. Pandit Dasa
|
Social Work
|
Karnataka
|
93.
|
Shri
P. P. Gopinathan Nair
|
Social Work
|
Kerala
|
94.
|
Smt.
Madeleine Herman de Blic
|
Social Work
|
Puducherry
|
95.
|
Shri Srinivasan Damal
Kandalai
|
Social work
|
Tamil Nadu
|
96.
|
Shri Sudhakar Olwe
|
Social Work
|
Maharashtra
|
97.
|
Dr. T.V. Narayana
|
Social
Work
|
Telangana
|
98.
|
Shri Arunachalam Murugantham
|
Social
Work
|
Tamil Nadu
|
99.
|
Ms. Deepika Kumari
|
Sports-Archery
|
Jharkhand
|
100.
S
|
Shri Sushil Doshi
|
Sports-commentary
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
101.
|
Shri Mahesh Sharma
|
Trade & Industry
|
Delhi
|
102.
|
Shri Saurabh
Srivastava
|
Trade
& Industry
|
Delhi
|
103.
|
Sh Dilip Sanghvi
|
Trade
& Industry
|
Maharashtra
|
104.
|
Dr. Keki Hormusji Gharda
|
Trade
& Industry
|
Maharashtra
|
105.
|
Late
Shri Prakash Chand Surana (Posthumous)
|
Art -Classical Music
|
Rajasthan
|
106.
|
Late
Shri Saeed Jaffrey
(NRI/PIO/Posthumous)
|
Art-Cinema
|
UK
|
107.
|
Shri Michael Postel
(Foreigner)
|
Art-Archaeology
|
France
|
108.
|
Shri
Salman Amin Sal Khan (NRI/PIO)
|
Literature &
Education
|
USA
|
109.
|
Smt. Hui Lan Zhang
(Foreigner)
|
Others-Yoga
|
China
|
110.
|
Shri
Predrag K. Nikic
(Foreigner)
|
Others-Yoga
|
Serbia
|
111.
|
Dr.Sundar Aditya Menon
(NRI/PIO)
|
Social Work
|
UAE
|
112.
|
Shri Ajaypal Singh Banga (NRI/PIO)
|
Trade
& Industry
|
USA
|