List of PADAM Awaedees in 2016

President Pranab Mukherjee on 28 March 2016 conferred Padma awards 2016 on 56 eminent personalities at the Civil Investment Ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.


The President presented five Padma Vibhushan, eight Padma Bhushan and 43 Padma Shri awards at the function.
President announced the list of Padma awards winner on 26 January 2016.

 The list comprises 10 Padma Vibhushan, 19 Padma Bhushan and 83 Padma Shri awardees. Out of them 56 received the award, rest of the awardees will be given honour at a separate function to be held in April 2016.

The Complete list of Padma Awardees for the year 2016 is given below:

Padma Vibhushan

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

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 NS 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

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 SS 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. 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 TK 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 MV Padma Srivastava — Medicine-Neurology — Delhi
70. Dr Sudhir V Shah — Medicine-Neurology — Gujarat
71. Dr MM 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 HR Nagendra — Others-Yoga — Karnataka
80. Shri MC Mehta — Public Affairs — Delhi
81. Shri MN 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 PP 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 TV 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 — US