Padma Awards 2016
Padma Awards are one of the highest civilian Awards in India.Padma awards are given in three categories, such as Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.
The Awards are distributed in various fields such as- art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc.
But these awards are given in particular filed:
- The Padma Vibhushan – exceptional and distinguished service;
- The Padma Bhushan – distinguished service of high order
- The Padma Shri – distinguished service in any field.
These awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year. the award is given to 10 Padma Vibhushan, 19 Padma Bhushan and 83 Padma Shri total 112 persons in Rashtrapati Bhawan by President of India. In total 112 Persons list only 19 of the awardees are to women. also this list includes 10 persons form fareigners, NRIs and PIOs also 4 Posthumous awardees.
PADMA VIBHUSHAN
Here is the list of Padma Vibhushan winners for 2016:
| 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 Dhirubhai Ambani (Posthumous) | Trade & Industry | Maharashtra |
Padma Bhushan
Here is the list of Padma Bhushan winners for 2016:
| 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 Saraswati (Posthumous) | Others-Spiritualism | Uttarakhand |
| 28. | Shri Robert Blackwill
(Foreigner) |
Public Affairs | USA |
| 29. | Shri Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry (NRI/PIO) | Trade & Industry | Ireland |
Padma Shri
Here is the list of Padma Shri winners for 2016:
| Sl. No | Name | Field | State |
| 30. | Smt. Prathibha Prahlad | Art- Classical Dance | Delhi |
| 31. | Shri Bhikhudan Gadhvi | Art- Folk Music | Gujarat |
| 32. | Shri Subhas 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 Lakhiwal | Art-Miniature Painting | Delhi |
| 45. | Shri K. Laxma Goud | Art-Painting | Telangana |
| 46. | Shri Bhalchandra Dattatraya 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 Haldhar Nag | Literature & Education | Odisha |
| 54. | Shri Kameswar 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.Sabyasachi 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 Seshadri Thoguluva | Medicine-Gastroenterology | Tamil Nadu |
| 68. | Dr. (Mrs.) Anil Kumar 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 Imtiaz 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. Krishnamani | 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 Muruganantham | 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 Shanghvi | 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. Nikolic
(Foreigner) |
Others-Yoga | Serbia |
| 111. | Dr.Sundar Aditya Menon
(NRI/PIO) |
Social Work | UAE |
| 112. | Shri Ajaypal Singh Banga(NRI/PIO) | Trade & Industry | USA |
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