PADMA AWARDS 2016
Padma Awards, one of the highest civilian award of India, which are announced on occasion of Republic day every year are conferred in three categories:
Eminent personalities from different fields like public service, sports, Medicine and entertainment will be awarded these highest civilian awards by Government of India.
PADMA VIBHUSHAN AWARDEES:
| S.No. | Awardee Name | Field | State |
| 1 | Dr. Vishwanathan Shanta | Medicine – Oncology | Tamil Nadu |
| 2 | Dr.Vasudev Kalkunte Aatre | Science & Engineering | Karnataka |
| 3 | Late Shri Dhiru Bhai Ambani (Posthumous) | Trade & Industry | Maharashtra |
| 4 | Shri Jagmohan | Public Affairs | Delhi |
| 5 | Shri Shri Ravi Shankar | Others-Spiritualism | Karnataka |
| 6 | Ms. Yamini Krishnamurthi | Art- Classical dance | Delhi |
| 7 | Shri Rajinikanth | Art-Cinema | Tamil Nadu |
| 8 | Smt. Girija Devi | Art-Classical Vocal | West Bengal |
| 9 | Shri Ramoji Rao | Literature & Education-Journalism | Andhra Pradesh |
| 10 | Shri Avinash Dixit (Foreigner) | Literature & Education | USA |
PADMA BHUSHAN AWARDEES:
| S.No. | Awardee Name | Field | State |
| 1 | Shri Anupam Kher | Art-Cinema | Maharashtra |
| 2 | Shri Ram V. Sutar | Art-Sculpture | Uttar Pradesh |
| 3 | Shri Heisnam Kanhailal | Art-Theatre | Manipur |
| 4 | Shri Udit Narayan Jha | Art-Playback Singing | Maharashtra |
| 5 | Ms. Saina Nehwal | Sports-Badminton | Telangana |
| 6 | Ms. Sania Mirza | Sports-Tennis | Telangana |
| 7 | Shri Vinod Rai | Civil Service | Kerala |
| 8 | Shri Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry (NRI/PIO) | Trade & Industry | Ireland |
| 9 | Ms. Indu Jain | Trade & Industry | Delhi |
| 10 | Dr. Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad | Literature & Education | Andhra Pradesh |
| 11 | Prof. N. S. Ramanuja Tatacharya | Literature & Education | Maharashtra |
| 12 | Dr. Barjinder Singh Hamdard | Literature & Education – Journalism | Punjab |
| 13 | Shri Ravindra Chandra Bhargava | Public Affairs | Uttar Pradesh |
| 14 | Shri Robert Blackwill (Foreigner) | Public Affairs | USA |
| 15 | Dr.Venkata Rama Rao Alla | Science & Engineering | Andhra Pradesh |
| 16 | Prof. D. Nageshwar Reddy | Medicine-Gastroenterology | Telangana |
| 17 | Swami Tejomayananda | Other-Spiritualism | Maharashtra |
| 18 | Late Swami Dayanand Sarawasati (Posthumous) | Others-Spiritualism | Uttarakhand |
| 19 | Shri Hafeez Contractor | Others-Architecture | Maharashtra |
PADMA SHRI AWARDEES:
| S.No. | Awardee Name | Field | State |
| 1 | Smt. Prathibha Prahlad | Art- Classical Dance | Delhi |
| 2 | Shri Bhikhudan Gadhvi | Art- Folk Music | Gujarat |
| 3 | Shri Sribhas Chandra Supakar | Art- Textile Designing | Uttar Pradesh |
| 4 | Shri Ajay Devgn | Art-Cinema | Maharashtra |
| 5 | Ms. Priyanka Chopra | Art-Cinema | Maharashtra |
| 6 | Pt. Tulsidas Borkar | Art-Classical Music | Goa |
| 7 | Dr. Soma Ghosh | Art-Classical Vocal | Uttar Pradesh |
| 8 | Shri Nila Madhab Panda | Art-Film Direction and Production | Delhi |
| 9 | Shri S.S.Rajamouli | Art-Film Direction and Production | Karnataka |
| 10 | Shri Madhur Bhandarkar | Art-Film Direction and Production | Maharashtra |
| 11 | Prof. M. Venkatesh Kumar | Art-Folk Artist | Karnataka |
| 12 | Ms. Gulabi Sapera | Art-Folk Dance | Rajasthan |
| 13 | Smt. Mamta Chandrakar | Art-Folk Music | Chhattisgarh |
| 14 | Ms. Malini Awasthi | Art-Folk Music | Uttar Pradesh |
| 15 | Shri Jai Prakash Lekhiwal | Art-Miniature Painting | Delhi |
| 16 | Shri K. Laxma Goud | Art-Painting | Telangana |
| 17 | Shri Bhalchandra Dattatray Mondhe | Art-Photography | Madhya Pradesh |
| 18 | Shri Naresh Chander Lal | Art-Theatre & Cinema | Andaman & Nicobar |
| 19 | Shri Dhirendra Nath Bezbaruah | Literature & Education | Assam |
| 20 | Dr.Ravindra Nagar | Literature & Education | Assam |
| 21 | Shri Dahyabhai Shastri | Literature & Education | Gujarat |
| 22 | Dr.Santeshivara Bhyrappa | Literature & Education | Karnataka |
| 23 | Shri Haldar Nag | Literature & Education | Odisha |
| 24 | Shri Kameshwaram Brahma | Literature & Education -Journalism | Assam |
| 25 | Prof. Pushpesh Pant | Literature & Education-Journalism | Delhi |
| 26 | Shri Ashok Malik | Literature &Education | Delhi |
| 27 | Dr.Mannam Gopi Chand | Medicine-Cardio Thoracic Surgery | Telangana |
| 28 | Prof. Ravi Kant | Medicine-Surgery | Uttar Pradesh |
| 29 | Prof. Ram Harsh Singh | Medicine- Ayurveda | Uttar Pradesh |
| 30 | Prof. Shiv Narain Kureel | Medicine- Paediatric Surgery | Uttar Pradesh |
| 31 | Dr.Sabya Sachi Sarkar | Medicine – Radiology | Uttar Pradesh |
| 32 | Dr. Alla Gopala Krishna Gokhale | Medicine-Cardiac Surgery | Andhra Pradesh |
| 33 | Prof. T.K. Lahiri | Medicine-Cardio Thoracic Surgery | Uttar Pradesh |
| 34 | Dr. Praveen Chandra | Medicine-Cardiology | Delhi |
| 35 | Prof. (Dr) Daljeet Singh Gambhir | Medicine-Cardiology | Uttar Pradesh |
| 36 | Dr.Chandrasekar Shesadri Thoguluva | Medicine-Gastroenterology | Tamil Nadu |
| 37 | Dr. (Mrs.) Anil Kumari Malhotra | Medicine-Homeopathy | Delhi |
| 38 | Prof. M.V. Padma Srivastava | Medicine-Neurology | Delhi |
| 39 | Dr. Sudhir V. Shah | Medicine-Neurology | Gujarat |
| 40 | Dr. M. M. Joshi | Medicine-Ophthalmology | Karnataka |
| 41 | Prof. (Dr) John Ebnezar | Medicine-Orthopaedic Surgery | Karnataka |
| 42 | Dr. Nayudamma Yarlagadda | Medicine-Paediatric Surgery | Andhra Pradesh |
| 43 | Shri Simon Oraon | Others – Environment Conservation | Jharkhand |
| 44 | Shri Imitiaz Qureshi | Other-Culinary | Delhi |
| 45 | Shri Piyush Pandey | Others-Advertising & Communication | Maharashtra |
| 46 | Shri Subhash Palekar | Others-Farming | Maharashtra |
| 47 | Shri Ravinder Kumar Sinha | Others-Wildlife Conservation | Bihar |
| 48 | Dr. H.R. Nagendra | Others-Yoga | Karnataka |
| 49 | Shri M. C. Mehta | Public Affairs | Delhi |
| 50 | Shri M. N. Krishna Mani | Public Affairs | Delhi |
| 51 | Shri Ujjwal Nikam | Public Affairs | Maharashtra |
| 52 | Shri Tokheho Sema | Public Affairs | Nagaland |
| 53 | Dr. Satish Kumar | Science & Engineering | Delhi |
| 54 | Dr.Mylswamy Annadurai | Science & Engineering | Karnataka |
| 55 | Prof. Dipankar Chatterji | Science & Engineering | Karnataka |
| 56 | Prof.(Dr.) Ganapati Dadasaheb Yadav | Science & Engineering | Maharashtra |
| 57 | Smt. (Prof.) Veena Tandon | Science & Engineering | Meghalaya |
| 58 | Shri Onkar Nath Srivastava | Science and Engineering | Uttar Pradesh |
| 59 | Ms. Sunita Krishnan | Social Work | Andhra Pradesh |
| 60 | Shri Ajoy Kumar Dutta | Social Work | Assam |
| 61 | Shri M. Pandit Dasa | Social Work | Karnataka |
| 62 | Shri P. P. Gopinathan Nair | Social Work | Kerala |
| 63 | Smt. Madeleine Herman de Blic | Social Work | Puducherry |
| 64 | Shri Srinivasan Damal Kandalai | Social work | Tamil Nadu |
| 65 | Shri Sudhakar Olwe | Social Work | Maharashtra |
| 66 | Dr. T.V. Narayana | Social Work | Telangana |
| 67 | Shri Arunachalam Murugantham | Social Work | Tamil Nadu |
| 68 | Ms. Deepika Kumari | Sports-Archery | Jharkhand |
| 69 | Shri Sushil Doshi | Sports-commentary | Madhya Pradesh |
| 70 | Shri Mahesh Sharma | Trade & Industry | Delhi |
| 71 | Shri Saurabh Srivastava | Trade & Industry | Delhi |
| 72 | Sh Dilip Sanghvi | Trade & Industry | Maharashtra |
| 73 | Dr. Keki Hormusji Gharda | Trade & Industry | Maharashtra |
| 74 | Late Shri Prakash Chand Surana (Posthumous) | Art -Classical Music | Rajasthan |
| 75 | Late Shri Saeed Jaffrey (NRI/PIO/Posthumous) | Art-Cinema | UK |
| 76 | Shri Michael Postel (Foreigner) | Art-Archaeology | France |
| 77 | Shri Salman Amin Sal Khan(NRI/PIO) | Literature & Education | USA |
| 78 | Smt. Hui Lan Zhang (Foreigner) | Others-Yoga | China |
| 79 | Shri Predrag K. Nikic (Foreigner) | Others-Yoga | Serbia |
| 80 | Dr.Sundar Aditya Menon (NRI/PIO) | Social Work | UAE |
| 81 | Shri Ajaypal Singh Banga (NRI/PIO) | Trade & Industry | USA |
