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Dated the 25th January, 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.
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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.

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PADMA VIBHUSHAN
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Name
Ms. Yamini Krishnamurthi
Shri Rajinikanth
Smt. Girija Devi
Shri Ramoji Rao

Art- Classical dance

Art-Cinema
Art-Classical Vocal
Literature & EducationJournalism
Medicine- Oncology
Others-Spiritualism
Public Affairs
Science & Engineering
Literature & Education

Dr. Viswanathan Shanta

Shri Shri Ravi Shankar
Shri Jagmohan
Dr.Vasudev Kalkunte Aatre
Shri Avinash Dixit
(Foreigner)
Late Shri Dhiru Bhai Ambani
(Posthumous)

Name

Trade & Industry

Padma Bhushan
Field

Shri Anupam Kher

Shri Udit Narayan Jha
Shri Ram V. Sutar
Shri Heisnam Kanhailal
Shri Vinod Rai
Dr. Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad
Prof. N. S. Ramanuja
Tatacharya

Art-Cinema
Art-Playback Singing
Art-Sculpture
Art-Theatre
Civil Service
Literature & Education
Literature & Education

State
Delhi
Tamil Nadu
West Bengal
Andhra Pradesh
Tamil Nadu
Karnataka
Delhi
Karnataka
USA
Maharashtra

State
Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Uttar Pradesh
Manipur
Kerala
Andhra Pradesh
Maharashtra

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Dr. Barjinder Singh Hamdard

Literature & Education Journalism

Prof. D. Nageshwar Reddy
Medicine-Gastroenterology
Swami Tejomayananda
Other-Spiritualism
Shri Hafeez Contractor
Others-Architecture
Shri Ravindra Chandra Bhargava Public Affairs
Dr.Venkata Rama Rao Alla
Science & Engineering
Ms. Saina Nehwal
Sports-Badminton
Ms. Sania Mirza
Sports-Tennis
Ms. Indu Jain
Trade & Industry
Late Swami Dayanand
Others-Spiritualism
Sarawasati (Posthumous)
Shri Robert Blackwill
Public Affairs
(Foreigner)
Shri Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry
Trade & Industry
(NRI/PIO)

Punjab
Telangana
Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Uttar Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Telangana
Telangana
Delhi
Uttarakhand
USA
Ireland

Padma Shri
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Smt. Prathibha Prahlad
Shri Bhikhudan Gadhvi
Shri Sribhas Chandra Supakar
Shri Ajay Devgn
Ms. Priyanka Chopra
Pt. Tulsidas Borkar
Dr. Soma Ghosh
Shri Nila Madhab Panda
Shri S.S. Rajamouli

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Shri Madhur Bhandarkar

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Prof. M. Venkatesh Kumar

Ms. Gulabi Sapera
Smt. Mamta Chandrakar
Ms. Malini Awasthi
Shri Jai Prakash Lekhiwal
Shri K. Laxma Goud
Shri Bhalchandra Dattatray Mondhe
Shri Naresh Chander Lal

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Shri Dhirendra Nath Bezbaruah

Shri Prahlad Chandra Tasa
Dr.Ravindra Nagar
Shri Dahyabhai Shastri
Dr.Santeshivara Bhyrappa
Shri Haldar Nag
Shri Kameshwaram Brahma
Prof. Pushpesh Pant

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Art- Classical Dance
Art- Folk Music
Art- Textile Designing
Art-Cinema
Art-Cinema
Art-Classical Music
Art-Classical Vocal
Art-Film Direction and
Production
Art-Film Direction and
Production
Art-Film Direction and
Production
Art-Folk Artist
Art-Folk Dance
Art-Folk Music
Art-Folk Music
Art-Miniature Painting
Art-Painting
Art-Photography
Art-Theatre & Cinema
Literature & Education
Literature & Education
Literature & Education
Literature & Education
Literature & Education
Literature & Education
Literature & Education Journalism
Literature & EducationJournalism

State
Delhi
Gujarat
Uttar Pradesh
Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Goa
Uttar Pradesh
Delhi
Karnataka
Maharashtra
Karnataka
Rajasthan
Chhattisgarh
Uttar Pradesh
Delhi
Telangana
Madhya Pradesh
Andaman &
Nicobar
Assam
Assam
Delhi
Gujarat
Karnataka
Odisha
Assam
Delhi

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Shri Jawaharlal Kaul

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Shri Ashok Malik

Dr.Mannam Gopi Chand

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Prof. Ravi Kant

Prof. Ram Harsh Singh
Prof. Shiv Narain Kureel

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Dr.Sabya Sachi Sarkar

Dr. Alla Gopala Krishna Gokhale
Prof. T.K. Lahiri

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Dr. Praveen Chandra

Prof. (Dr) Daljeet Singh Gambhir
Dr.Chandrasekar Shesadri
Thoguluva
Dr. (Mrs.) Anil Kumari Malhotra
Prof. M.V. Padma Srivastava

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Dr. Sudhir V. Shah

Dr. M. M. Joshi
Prof. (Dr) John Ebnezar

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Dr. Nayudamma Yarlagadda

Shri Simon Oraon

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Shri Imitiaz Qureshi

Shri Piyush Pandey

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Shri Subhash Palekar

Shri Ravinder Kumar Sinha

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Dr. H.R. Nagendra

Shri M. C. Mehta
Shri M. N. Krishna Mani

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Shri Ujjwal Nikam

Shri Tokheho Sema
Dr. Satish Kumar
Dr.Mylswamy Annadurai
Prof. Dipankar Chatterji
Prof.(Dr.) Ganapati Dadasaheb
Yadav
Smt. (Prof.) Veena Tandon
Shri Onkar Nath Srivastava
Ms. Sunita Krishnan
Shri Ajoy Kumar Dutta
Shri M. Pandit Dasa
Shri P. P. Gopinathan Nair
Smt. Madeleine Herman de Blic
Shri Srinivasan Damal Kandalai

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Literature & EducationJournalism

Literature &Education
Medicine-Cardio Thoracic
Surgery
Medicine-Surgery
Medicine- Ayurveda
Medicine- Paediatric
Surgery
Medicine Radiology
Medicine-Cardiac Surgery
Medicine-Cardio Thoracic
Surgery
Medicine-Cardiology
Medicine-Cardiology
MedicineGastroenterology
Medicine-Homeopathy
Medicine-Neurology
Medicine-Neurology
Medicine-Ophthalmology
Medicine-Orthopaedic
Surgery
Medicine-Paediatric
Surgery
Other Environment
Conservation
Other-Culinary
Others-Advertising &
Communication
Others-Farming
Others-Wildlife
Conservation
Others-Yoga
Public Affairs
Public Affairs

Jammu &
Kashmir
Delhi
Telangana
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Delhi
Uttar Pradesh
Tamil Nadu
Delhi
Delhi
Gujarat
Karnataka
Karnataka
Andhra Pradesh
Jharkhand
Delhi
Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Bihar
Karnataka
Delhi
Delhi

Public Affairs
Public Affairs
Science & Engineering
Science & Engineering
Science & Engineering
Science & Engineering

Maharashtra
Nagaland
Delhi
Karnataka
Karnataka
Maharashtra

Science & Engineering

Science and Engineering
Social Work
Social Work
Social Work
Social Work
Social Work
Social work

Meghalaya
Uttar Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Assam
Karnataka
Kerala
Puducherry
Tamil Nadu

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Shri Sudhakar Olwe

Dr. T.V. Narayana
Shri Arunachalam Murugantham
Ms. Deepika Kumari
Shri Sushil Doshi
Shri Mahesh Sharma
Shri Saurabh Srivastava
Sh Dilip Sanghvi
Dr. Keki Hormusji Gharda
Late Shri Prakash Chand Surana
(Posthumous)
Late Shri Saeed Jaffrey
(NRI/PIO/Posthumous)
Shri Michael Postel
(Foreigner)
Shri Salman Amin Sal Khan
(NRI/PIO)

Social Work
Social Work
Social Work
Sports-Archery
Sports-commentary
Trade & Industry
Trade & Industry
Trade & Industry
Trade & Industry
Art -Classical Music

Maharashtra
Telangana
Tamil Nadu
Jharkhand
Madhya Pradesh
Delhi
Delhi
Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Rajasthan

Art-Cinema

UK

Art-Archaeology

France

Literature & Education

USA

Smt. Hui Lan Zhang

(Foreigner)
Shri Predrag K. Nikic
(Foreigner)
Dr.Sundar Aditya Menon
(NRI/PIO)
Shri Ajaypal Singh Banga
(NRI/PIO)

Others-Yoga

China

Others-Yoga

Serbia

Social Work

UAE

Trade & Industry

USA

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