Monday, January 25, 2016

Padma Awards 2016

Padma Awards - one of the highest civilian Awards of the country, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The Awards are given in various disciplines/ fields of activities, viz.- art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. ‘Padma Vibhushan’ is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service; ‘Padma Bhushan’ for distinguished service of high order and ‘Padma Shri’ for distinguished service in any field. The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year.

These awards are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions which are held at Rashtrapati Bhawan usually around March/ April every year. This year 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

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 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.              
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 

Sl. No
Name
Field
State
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 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.             
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. 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.              
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 Murugantham
Social Work
Tamil Nadu
99.              
Ms. 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.          
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
USA



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