Padma Awards 2016 Winners: President Pranab Mukherjee honored eminent celebrities like Priyanka Chopra, Rajinikanth, Ramoji Rao, Ravi Shakar, etc. in a ceremony held today. The Padma winners list was released by the Indian Government in January this year. (check: Veenu Paliwal died.)
The list included people from various work areas like public service, sports, entertainment, etc. They were awarded the Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri awards as per the list. The awards were distributed in two separated ceremonies. One took place on March 28.
Padma Awards 2016 Winners
Civil Investiture-II for presentation of Padma Awards @ Rashtrapati Bhavan
Posted by President of India on Monday, April 11, 2016
Here is the full list of Padma awardees:
Padma Vibhushan
| Sl. No | Name | Field | |
| 1. | Ms. Yamini Krishnamurthi | Art- Classical dance | |
| 2. | Shri Rajinikanth | Art-Cinema | |
| 3. | Smt. Girija Devi | Art-Classical Vocal | |
| 4. | Shri Ramoji Rao | Literature & Education-Journalism | |
| 5. | Dr. Viswanathan Shanta | Medicine- Oncology | |
| 6. | Shri Shri Ravi Shankar | Others-Spiritualism | |
| 7. | Shri Jagmohan | Public Affairs | |
| 8. | Dr.Vasudev Kalkunte Aatre | Science & Engineering | |
| 9. | Shri Avinash Dixit
(Foreigner) |
Literature & Education | |
| 10. | Late Shri Dhiru Bhai Ambani(Posthumous) | Trade & Industry |
Padma Awards 2016 Winners
Padma Bhushan
| Sl. No. | Name | Field | |
| 11. | Shri Anupam Kher | Art-Cinema | |
| 12. | Shri Udit Narayan Jha | Art-Playback Singing | |
| 13. | Shri Ram V. Sutar | Art-Sculpture | |
| 14. | Shri Heisnam Kanhailal | Art-Theatre | |
| 15. | Shri Vinod Rai | Civil Service | |
| 16. | Dr. Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad | Literature & Education | |
| 17. | Prof. N. S. Ramanuja Tatacharya | Literature & Education | |
| 18. | Dr. Barjinder Singh Hamdard | Literature & Education – Journalism | |
| 19. | Prof. D. Nageshwar Reddy | Medicine-Gastroenterology | |
| 20. | Swami Tejomayananda | Other-Spiritualism | |
| 21. | Shri Hafeez Contractor | Others-Architecture | |
| 22. | Shri Ravindra Chandra Bhargava | Public Affairs | |
| 23. | Dr.Venkata Rama Rao Alla | Science & Engineering | |
| 24. | Ms. Saina Nehwal | Sports-Badminton | |
| 25. | Ms. Sania Mirza | Sports-Tennis | |
| 26. | Ms. Indu Jain | Trade & Industry | |
| 27. | Late Swami Dayanand Sarawasati(Posthumous) | Others-Spiritualism | |
| 28. | Shri Robert Blackwill
(Foreigner) |
Public Affairs | |
| 29. | Shri Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry (NRI/PIO) | Trade & Industry |
Padma Awards 2016 Winners
Padma Shri
| Sl. No | Name | Field | |
| 30. | Smt. Prathibha Prahlad | Art- Classical Dance | |
| 31. | Shri Bhikhudan Gadhvi | Art- Folk Music | |
| 32. | Shri Sribhas Chandra Supakar | Art- Textile Designing | |
| 33. | Shri Ajay Devgn | Art-Cinema | |
| 34. | Ms. Priyanka Chopra | Art-Cinema | |
| 35. | Pt. Tulsidas Borkar | Art-Classical Music | |
| 36. | Dr. Soma Ghosh | Art-Classical Vocal | |
| 37. | Shri Nila Madhab Panda | Art-Film Direction and Production | |
| 38. | Shri S.S. Rajamouli | Art-Film Direction and Production | |
| 39. | Shri Madhur Bhandarkar | Art-Film Direction and Production | |
| 40. | Prof. M. Venkatesh Kumar | Art-Folk Artist | |
| 41. | Ms. Gulabi Sapera | Art-Folk Dance | |
| 42. | Smt. Mamta Chandrakar | Art-Folk Music | |
| 43. | Ms. Malini Awasthi | Art-Folk Music | |
| 44. | Shri Jai Prakash Lekhiwal | Art-Miniature Painting | |
| 45. | Shri K. Laxma Goud | Art-Painting | |
| 46. | Shri Bhalchandra Dattatray Mondhe | Art-Photography | |
| 47. | Shri Naresh Chander Lal | Art-Theatre & Cinema | |
| 48. | Shri Dhirendra Nath Bezbaruah | Literature & Education | |
| 49. | Shri Prahlad Chandra Tasa | Literature & Education | |
| 50. | Dr.Ravindra Nagar | Literature & Education | |
| 51. | Shri Dahyabhai Shastri | Literature & Education | |
| 52. | Dr.Santeshivara Bhyrappa | Literature & Education | |
| 53. | Shri Haldar Nag | Literature & Education | |
| 54. | Shri Kameshwaram Brahma | Literature & Education -Journalism | |
| 55. | Prof. Pushpesh Pant | Literature & Education-Journalism | |
| 56. | Shri Jawaharlal Kaul | Literature & Education-Journalism | |
| 57. | Shri Ashok Malik | Literature &Education | |
| 58. | Dr.Mannam Gopi Chand | Medicine-Cardio Thoracic Surgery | |
| 59. | Prof. Ravi Kant | Medicine-Surgery | |
| 60. | Prof. Ram Harsh Singh | Medicine- Ayurveda | |
| 61. | Prof. Shiv Narain Kureel | Medicine- Paediatric Surgery | |
| 62. | Dr.Sabya Sachi Sarkar | Medicine –Radiology | |
| 63. | Dr. Alla Gopala Krishna Gokhale | Medicine-Cardiac Surgery | |
| 64. | Prof. T.K. Lahiri | Medicine-Cardio Thoracic Surgery | |
| 65. | Dr. Praveen Chandra | Medicine-Cardiology | |
| 66. | Prof. (Dr) Daljeet Singh Gambhir | Medicine-Cardiology | |
| 67. | Dr.Chandrasekar Shesadri Thoguluva | Medicine-Gastroenterology | |
| 68. | Dr. (Mrs.) Anil Kumari Malhotra | Medicine-Homeopathy | |
| 69. | Prof. M.V. Padma Srivastava | Medicine-Neurology | |
| 70. | Dr. Sudhir V. Shah | Medicine-Neurology | |
| 71. | Dr. M. M. Joshi | Medicine-Ophthalmology | |
| 72. | Prof. (Dr) John Ebnezar | Medicine-Orthopaedic Surgery | |
| 73. | Dr. Nayudamma Yarlagadda | Medicine-Paediatric Surgery | |
| 74. | Shri Simon Oraon | Other –Environment Conservation | |
| 75. | Shri Imitiaz Qureshi | Other-Culinary | |
| 76. | Shri Piyush Pandey | Others-Advertising & Communication | |
| 77. | Shri Subhash Palekar | Others-Farming | |
| 78. | Shri Ravinder Kumar Sinha | Others-Wildlife Conservation | |
| 79. | Dr. H.R. Nagendra | Others-Yoga | |
| 80. | Shri M. C. Mehta | Public Affairs | |
| 81. | Shri M. N. Krishna Mani | Public Affairs | |
| 82. | Shri Ujjwal Nikam | Public Affairs | |
| 83. | Shri Tokheho Sema | Public Affairs | |
| 84. | Dr. Satish Kumar | Science & Engineering | |
| 85. | Dr.Mylswamy Annadurai | Science & Engineering | |
| 86. | Prof. Dipankar Chatterji | Science & Engineering | |
| 87. | Prof.(Dr.) Ganapati Dadasaheb Yadav | Science & Engineering | |
| 88. | Smt. (Prof.) Veena Tandon | Science & Engineering | |
| 89. | Shri Onkar Nath Srivastava | Science and Engineering | |
| 90. | Ms. Sunita Krishnan | Social Work | |
| 91. | Shri Ajoy Kumar Dutta | Social Work | |
| 92. | Shri M. Pandit Dasa | Social Work | |
| 93. | Shri P. P. Gopinathan Nair | Social Work | |
| 94. | Smt. Madeleine Herman de Blic | Social Work | |
| 95. | Shri Srinivasan Damal Kandalai | Social work | |
| 96. | Shri Sudhakar Olwe | Social Work | |
| 97. | Dr. T.V. Narayana | Social Work | |
| 98. | Shri Arunachalam Murugantham | Social Work | |
| 99. | Ms. Deepika Kumari | Sports-Archery | |
| 100. S | Shri Sushil Doshi | Sports-commentary | |
| 101. | Shri Mahesh Sharma | Trade & Industry | |
| 102. | Shri Saurabh Srivastava | Trade & Industry | |
| 103. | Sh Dilip Sanghvi | Trade & Industry | |
| 104. | Dr. Keki Hormusji Gharda | Trade & Industry | |
| 105. | Late Shri Prakash Chand Surana (Posthumous) | Art -Classical Music | |
| 106. | Late Shri Saeed Jaffrey
(NRI/PIO/Posthumous) |
Art-Cinema | |
| 107. | Shri Michael Postel
(Foreigner) |
Art-Archaeology | |
| 108. | Shri Salman Amin Sal Khan(NRI/PIO) | Literature & Education |
|
| 109. | Smt. Hui Lan Zhang
(Foreigner) |
Others-Yoga | |
| 110. | Shri Predrag K. Nikic
(Foreigner) |
Others-Yoga | |
| 111. | Dr.Sundar Aditya Menon
(NRI/PIO) |
Social Work | |
| 112. | Shri Ajaypal Singh Banga(NRI/PIO) | Trade & Industry |
Hope you get the complete list of Padma Awards 2016 Winners. Stay tuned for latest news.