Winners of Padma Awards 2016

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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.

In 2016 President of India conferred the award to 112 persons –

  • 10 Padma Vibhusan,
  • 19 Padma Bhushan and
  • 83 Padma Shri Awardees.

19 of the conferred are women and 10 persons from the category of foreigners, NRIs, PIOs (include one posthumous) and 4 Posthumous awardees.

List of winners  of Padma Awards 2016

Padma Vibhushan

Name Field State
Ms. Yamini Krishnamurthi Art – Classical dance Delhi
Shri Rajinikanth Art – Cinema Tamil Nadu
Smt. Girija Devi Art – Classical Vocal West Bengal
Shri Ramoji Rao Literature & Education-Journalism Andhra Pradesh
Dr. Viswanathan Shanta Medicine – Oncology Tamil Nadu
Shri Shri Ravi Shankar Others – Spiritualism Karnataka
Shri Jagmohan Public Affairs Delhi
Dr. Vasudev Kalkunte Aatre Science & Engineering Karnataka
Shri Avinash Dixit
(Foreigner)
Literature & Education USA
Late Shri Dhiru Bhai Ambani
(Posthumous)
Trade & Industry Maharashtra

Padma Bhushan

Name Field State
Shri Anupam Kher Art – Cinema Maharashtra
Shri Udit Narayan Jha Art – Playback Singing Maharashtra
Shri Ram V. Sutar Art – Sculpture Uttar Pradesh
Shri Heisnam Kanhailal Art – Theatre Manipur
Shri Vinod Rai Civil Service Kerala
Dr. Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad Literature & Education Andhra Pradesh
Prof. N. S. Ramanuja Tatachaya Literature & Education Maharashtra
Dr. Barjinder Singh Hamdard Literature & Education – Journalism Punjab
Prof. D. Nageshwar Reddy Medicine – Gastro­enterology Telangana
Swami Tejomayananda Other – Spiritualism Maharashtra
Shri Hafeez Contractor Others – Architecture Maharashtra
Shri Ravindra Chandra Bhargava Public Affairs Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Venkata Rama Rao Alla Science & Engineering Andhra Pradesh
Ms. Saina Nehwal Sports – Badminton Telangana
Ms. Sania Mirza Sports – Tennis Telangana
Ms. Indu Jain Trade & Industry Delhi
Late Swami Dayanand Sarawasati
(Posthumous)
Others – Spiritualism Uttarakhand
Shri Robert Blackwill
(Foreigner)
Public Affairs USA
Shri Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry
(NRI/PIO)
Trade & Industry Ireland

Padma Shri

Name Field State
Smt. Prathibha Prahlad Art – Classical Dance Delhi
Shri Bhikhudan Gadhvi Art – Folk Music Gujarat
Shri Sribhas Chandra Supakar Art – Textile Designing Uttar Pradesh
Shri Ajay Devgn Art – Cinema Maharashtra
Ms. Priyanka Chopra Art – Cinema Maharashtra
Pt. Tulsidas Borkar Art – Classical Music Goa
Dr. Soma Ghosh Art – Classical Vocal Uttar Pradesh
Shri Nila Madhab Panda Art – Film Direction and Production Delhi
Shri S. S. Rajamouli Art – Film Direction and Production Karnataka
Shri Madhur Bhandarkar Art – Film Direction and Production Maharashtra
Prof. M. Venkatesh Kumar Art – Folk Artist Karnataka
Ms. Gulabi Sapera Art – Folk Dance Rajasthan
Smt. Mamta Chandrakar Art – Folk Music Chhattisgarh
Ms. Malini Awasthi Art – Folk Music Uttar Pradesh
Shri Jai Prakash Lekhiwal Art – Miniature Painting Delhi
Shri K. Laxma Goud Art – Painting Telangana
Shri Bhalchandra Dattatray Mondhe Art – Photography Madhya Pradesh
Shri Naresh Chander Lal Art – Theatre & Cinema Andaman & Nicobar
Shri Dhirendra Nath Bezbaruah Literature & Education Assam
Shri Prahlad Chandra Tasa Literature & Education Assam
Dr. Ravindra Nagar Literature & Education Delhi
Shri Dahyabhai Shastri Literature & Education Gujarat
Dr. Santeshivara Bhyrappa Literature & Education Karnataka
Shri Haldar Nag Literature & Education Odisha
Shri Kameshwaram Brahma Literature & Education – Journalism Assam
Prof. Pushpesh Pant Literature & Education – Journalism Delhi
Shri Jawaharlal Kaul Literature & Education – Journalism Jammu & Kashmir
Shri Ashok Malik Literature & Education Delhi
Dr. Mannam Gopi Chand Medicine – Cardio Thoracic Surgery Telangana
Prof. Ravi Kant Medicine – Surgery Uttar Pradesh
Prof. Ram Harsh Singh Medicine – Ayurveda Uttar Pradesh
Prof. Shiv Narain Kureel Medicine – Paediatric Surgery Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Sabya Sachi Sarkar Medicine – Radiology Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Alla Gopala Krishna Gokhale Medicine – Cardiac Surgery Andhra Pradesh
Prof. T. K. Lahiri Medicine – Cardio Thoracic Surgery Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Praveen Chandra Medicine – Cardiology Delhi
Prof. (Dr) Daljeet Singh Gambhir Medicine – Cardiology Uttar Pradesh
Dr. Chandrasekar Shesadri Thoguluva Medicine – Gastro­enterology Tamil Nadu
Dr. (Mrs.) Anil Kumari Malhotra Medicine – Homeopathy Delhi
Prof. M. V. Padma Srivastava Medicine – Neurology Delhi
Dr. Sudhir V. Shah Medicine – Neurology Gujarat
Dr. M. M. Joshi Medicine – Ophthalmology Karnataka
Prof. (Dr) John Ebnezar Medicine – Orthopaedic Surgery Karnataka
Dr. Nayudamma Yarlagadda Medicine – Paediatric Surgery Andhra Pradesh
Shri Simon Oraon Other – Environment Conservation Jharkhand
Shri Imitiaz Qureshi Other – Culinary Delhi
Shri Piyush Pandey Others – Advertising & Communication Maharashtra
Shri Subhash Palekar Others – Farming Maharashtra
Shri Ravinder Kumar Sinha Others – Wildlife Conservation Bihar
Dr. H.R. Nagendra Others – Yoga Karnataka
Shri M. C. Mehta Public Affairs Delhi
Shri M. N. Krishna Mani Public Affairs Delhi
Shri Ujjwal Nikam Public Affairs Maharashtra
Shri Tokheho Sema Public Affairs Nagaland
Dr. Satish Kumar Science & Engineering Delhi
Dr. Mylswamy Annadurai Science & Engineering Karnataka
Prof. Dipankar Chatterji Science & Engineering Karnataka
Prof. (Dr.) Ganapati Dadasaheb Yadav Science & Engineering Maharashtra
Smt. (Prof.) Veena Tandon Science & Engineering Meghalaya
Shri Onkar Nath Srivastava Science and Engineering Uttar Pradesh
Ms. Sunita Krishnan Social Work Andhra Pradesh
Shri Ajoy Kumar Dutta Social Work Assam
Shri M. Pandit Dasa Social Work Karnataka
Shri P. P. Gopinathan Nair Social Work Kerala
Smt. Madeleine Herman de Blic Social Work Puducherry
Shri Srinivasan Damal Kandalai Social work Tamil Nadu
Shri Sudhakar Olwe Social Work Maharashtra
Dr. T. V. Narayana Social Work Telangana
Shri  Arunachalam Murugantham Social Work Tamil Nadu
Ms. Deepika Kumari Sports – Archery Jharkhand
Shri Sushil Doshi Sports – Commentary Madhya Pradesh
Shri Mahesh Sharma Trade & Industry Delhi
Shri Saurabh Srivastava Trade & Industry Delhi
Sh Dilip Sanghvi Trade & Industry Maharashtra
Dr. Keki Hormusji Gharda Trade & Industry Maharashtra
Late Shri Prakash Chand Surana
(Posthumous)
Art – Classical Music Rajasthan
Late Shri Saeed Jaffrey
(NRI/PIO/Posthumous)
Art – Cinema UK
Shri Michael Postel
(Foreigner)
Art – Archaeology France
Shri Salman Amin Sal Khan
(NRI/PIO)
Literature & Education USA
Smt. Hui Lan Zhang
(Foreigner)
Others – Yoga China
Shri Predrag K. Nikic
(Foreigner)
Others – Yoga Serbia
Dr. Sundar Aditya Menon
(NRI/PIO)
Social Work UAE
Shri  Ajaypal Singh Banga
(NRI/PIO)
Trade & Industry USA

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