President Pranab Mukherjee presents Padma Awards 2016

The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presented Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri awards today (March 28, 2016) at a Civil Investiture Ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Among the dignitaries present on the occasion were the Vice President of India, Prime Minister, Union Ministers of Home Affairs, Urban Development, Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation and Human Resource Development.

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.

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. 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:

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. 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).