List of Padma Awards 2016
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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.
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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