Padma awards: 2016
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The awardees of 2016
In 2016 the President of India has approved conferment of Padma Awards to 112 persons as per the list below. The list comprises of 10 Padma Vibhushan, 19 Padma Bhushan and 83 Padma Shri Awardees. 19 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 10 persons from the category of foreigners, NRIs, PIOs (include one posthumous) and 4 Posthumous awardees.
Padma Vibhushan
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Sl. No |
Name |
Field |
State |
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1. |
Yamini Krishnamurthi |
Art- Classical dance |
Delhi |
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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. |
Shri Dhiru Bhai Ambani (Posthumous) |
Trade & Industry |
Maharashtra |
Padma Bhushan
|
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. |
Kum. Saina Nehwal |
Sports-Badminton |
Telangana |
|
25. |
Smt. Sania Mirza |
Sports-Tennis |
Telangana |
|
26. |
Smt. Indu Jain |
Trade & Industry |
Delhi |
|
27. |
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
|
Sl. No |
Name |
Field |
State |
|
30. |
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. |
Kum. 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. |
Kum. Gulabi Sapera |
Art-Folk Dance |
Rajasthan |
|
42. |
Smt. Mamta Chandrakar |
Art-Folk Music |
Chhattisgarh |
|
43. |
Kum. 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. 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 Shesadri Thoguluva |
Medicine-Gastroenterology |
Tamil Nadu |
|
68. |
Dr. (Mrs.) Anil Kumari 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 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. H.R. Nagendra |
Others-Yoga |
Karnataka |
|
80. |
Shri M. C. Mehta |
Public Affairs |
Delhi |
|
81. |
Shri M. N. 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. |
Kum. 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 Murugantham |
Social Work |
Tamil Nadu |
|
99. |
Kum. Deepika Kumari |
Sports-Archery |
Jharkhand |
|
100. |
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. |
Shri Prakash Chand Surana (Posthumous) |
Art -Classical Music |
Rajasthan |
|
106. |
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 |
USA |
Names recommended but not in the final list
The Times of India, May 21 2016
Kangana too was named for Padma
Two-time national award winner for best actress Kangana Ranaut, cricketers Gautam Gambhir and Zaheer Khan, playback singer Suman Kalyanpur and gha zal maestros Talat Aziz and Chandan Dass were recommended for Padma Awards, 2016 by the search committee but failed to make it to the final list.
Ranaut won the national award for best actress in a row in 2015 and 2016 for `Queen' and `Tanu Weds Manu Returns' respectively .She had in 2010 also won the national award for best supporting actress for her performance in `Fashion'.
Not all names recommended by the Padma Awards search committee show up in the final list, released each year on Republic Day eve. The recommendations, as finalised by the search committee, are forwarded to the Prime Minister's Office, which may make further changes as it deems appropriate.
Among the other names that were recommended by the search committee were al so that of wrestler Sushil Ku mar, Defence Research and Development Organisation scientist K D Nayak, scientist and former secretary for earth sciences Shailesh Nayak, exICAR boss S Ayyapan, nuclear scientist Ratan Kumar Sinha, film director K Raghvendra Rao (a big name in Telugu cinema) and Jamia Milia Islamia vice-chancellor Prof Talat Ahmad.
As many as 112 eminent persons were conferred the Padma awards. The se included 10 Padma Vibhus han, 19 Padma Bhushan and 83 Padma Shri awardees.
See also
Padma awards <> Bharat Ratna <> Padma awards: 2010<> Padma awards: 2011<> Padma awards: 2012<> Padma awards: 2014<> Padma awards: 2015<> Padma awards: 2016<> Padma awards: 2017<> Padma awards: 2018<> Padma awards: 2019<> Padma awards: 2020<> Padma awards: 2021<> Padma awards: 2022<> Padma awards: 2023<>
