‘Padma Awards’
to Sri Sri Ravi Shankara Guruji, S.L. Bhyrappa, Rajani Kanth
Total 112 (Karnataka 11) got
Padma Awards for the year 2016
New Delhi:
Padma Awards, one of the highest Civilian awards of India are conferred on 25th
January 2016 on the Occasion of Republic Day of India tomorrow. Total 112 Padma
awards were announced today including 11 awards to the personalities of
Karnataka including Sri Sri Ravi Shankara Guruji for spiritualism and S.L.
Bhyrappa for literature and education. Rajani Kanth is one of the Padma winner
in the field of Cinema, whereas Saina Nehwal and Sania Mirza got awards for
their contribution it the field of Sports.
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. M
|
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)
|
Trade &
Industry
|
USA
|
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