On Monday, Government has announced the list of Padma Awards 2016. The
awards will be given across three categories: the Padma Vibhushan, Padma
Bhushan and Padma Shri.The Padma nominations are sent to the Padma
Awards Committee, represented by the Prime Minister every year.
Nominations sent to the Union Home Minister or Union Home Secretary
offices in North Block in New Delhi for deciding the award winner.The
Padma awards seek to recognize work of distinction and are given for
distinguished and special achievements, service in all fields of
discipline, activities such as art, education and literature, sports,
social work, medicine, science and engineering, civil service, public
affairs, trade and industry.
Padma Bhushan Awards 2016
The Padma Bhushan award will be also given to Bollywood actor Anupam
Kher, sportspersons Saina Nehwal and Sania Mirza, singer Udit Narayan,
Ram Sutar, Former CAG Vinod Rai, Heisnam Kanhailal, Barjinder Singh
Hamdard, Swami Tejomayananda, Prof N S Ramanuja Tatacharya, Prof D
Nageshwar Reddy, Former US Ambassador to India Robert D Blackwill and
Bennett, Coleman & Company's Indu Jain.
Padma Vibhushan Awards 2016
Filmstar Rajinikanth, Yamini Krishnamurthi, Girija Devi, Ramoji Rao,
Shri Shri Ravi Shankar, Dr Viswanathan Shanta. Reliance Industries
founder late Dhirubhai Ambani have also been awarded by the Padma
Vibhushan.
Padma Sri Awards 2016
Prominent personalities to get Padma Shri awards are: Lawyer Ujjwal Nikam, actors Ajay Devgn and Priyanka Chopra.
List of Padma Vibhushan 2016 awardees:
- Rajinikanth (Actor)
- Ramoji Rao (Media baron)
- Jagmohan (Former J-K Governor)
- Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (Spiritual guru)
- V Shanta (Adyar Cancer Institute chairwoman)
- Yamini Krishnamurthy (Dancer)
- Girija Devi (Classical singer)
- Vasudev Kalkunte (Indian scientist)
- Dhirubhai Ambani (posthumously, founder Reliance Industries)
List of Padma Bhushan 2016 awardees:
- Anupam Kher (Actor)
- Udit Narayan (Singer)
- Vinod Rai (Former CAG)
- Sania Mirza (Tennis player)
- Saina Nehwal (Badminton player)
- Indu Jain (Chairperson of Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd)
- Heisnam Kanhailal (Theatre personality)
- Robert D Blackwill (Former US Ambassador to India)
- Ram Sutar (Indian sculptor)
- Barjinder Singh Hamdard (ex-parliamentarian, editor of Punjabi Newspaper)
- Swami Tejomayananda (Spiritual leader)
- Prof N S Ramanuja Tatacharya (Sanskrit Scholar)
- Prof D Nageshwar Reddy (Asian Institute of Gastroenterology)
Full list of Padma Shri 2016 awardees:
- Pathibha Prahlad: Classical Dance (Delhi)
- Bhikunanda Gadhvi: Folk Music (Gujarat)
- Sribhas Chandra Supakar: Textile Designing (UP)
- Ajay Devgn: Cinema (Maharashtra)
- Priyanka Chopra: Cinema (Maharashtra)
- Pandit: Tulsidas Borkar: Classical Music (Goa)
- Soma Ghosh: Classical Vocal (UP)
- Nila Madhab Panda: Film Direction & Production (Delhi)
- SS Rajamouli: Film Direction & Production (Karnataka)
- Madhur Bhandarkar: Film Direction & Production (Maharashtra)
- M Venkatesh Kumar: Folk Artist (Karnataka)
- Gulabi Sapera: Folk Dance (Rajasthan)
- Mamta Chandrakar: Folk Music (Chhattisgarh)
- Malini Awasthi: Folk Music (UP)
- Jai Prakash Lekhiwal: Miniature Painting (Delhi)
- K Laxma Goud: Painting (Telangana)
- Bhalchandra Dattatray: Photography (MP)
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