List of Padma Shri 2016

The Padma Bhushan is the third highest civilian award in the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan, but comes before the Padma Shri. It is announced on the occasion of Republic Day of India every year. It is conferred by the President of India at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan sometime around March/ April.

1. Smt Prathibha Prahlad — Art- Classical Dance — Delhi
2. Shri Bhikhudan Gadhvi — Art- Folk Music — Gujarat
3. Shri Sribhas Chandra Supakar — Art- Textile Designing — Uttar Pradesh
4. Shri Ajay Devgn — Art-Cinema — Maharashtra
5. Ms Priyanka Chopra — Art-Cinema — Maharashtra
6. Pt Tulsidas Borkar — Art-Classical Music — Goa
7 Dr Soma Ghosh — Art-Classical Vocal — Uttar Pradesh
8. Shri Nila Madhab Panda — Art-Film Direction and Production — Delhi
9. Shri SS Rajamouli — Art-Film Direction and Production — Karnataka
10 Shri Madhur Bhandarkar — Art-Film Direction and Production — Maharashtra
11. Prof M Venkatesh Kumar — Art-Folk Artist — Karnataka
12. Ms Gulabi Sapera — Art-Folk Dance — Rajasthan
13. Smt Mamta Chandrakar — Art-Folk Music — Chhattisgarh
14 Ms Malini Awasthi — Art-Folk Music — Uttar Pradesh
15. Shri Jai Prakash Lekhiwal — Art-Miniature Painting — Delhi
16. Shri K Laxma Goud — Art-Painting — Telangana
17. Shri Bhalchandra Dattatray Mondhe — Art-Photography — Madhya Pradesh
18. Shri Naresh Chander Lal — Art-Theatre & Cinema — Andaman & Nicobar
19. Shri Dhirendra Nath Bezbaruah — Literature & Education — Assam
20. Shri Prahlad Chandra Tasa — Literature & Education — Assam
21. Dr Ravindra Nagar — Literature & Education — Delhi
22. Shri Dahyabhai Shastri — Literature & Education — Gujarat
23. Dr Santeshivara Bhyrappa — Literature & Education — Karnataka
24. Shri Haldar Nag — Literature & Education — Odisha
25. Shri Kameshwaram Brahma — Literature & Education -Journalism — Assam
26. Prof Pushpesh Pant — Literature & Education-Journalism — Delhi
27. Shri Ashok Malik — Literature & Education — Delhi
28. Dr Mannam Gopi Chand — Medicine-Cardio Thoracic Surgery — Telangana
29. Prof Ravi Kant — Medicine-Surgery — Uttar Pradesh
30. Prof Ram Harsh Singh — Medicine- Ayurveda — Uttar Pradesh
31. Prof Shiv Narain Kureel — Medicine- Paediatric Surgery — Uttar Pradesh
32. Dr Sabya Sachi Sarkar — Medicine -Radiology — Uttar Pradesh
33. Dr Alla Gopala Krishna Gokhale — Medicine-Cardiac Surgery — Andhra Pradesh
34. Prof TK Lahiri — Medicine-Cardio Thoracic Surgery — Uttar Pradesh
35. Dr Praveen Chandra — Medicine-Cardiology — Delhi
36. Prof (Dr) Daljeet Singh Gambhir — Medicine-Cardiology — Uttar Pradesh
37. Dr Chandrasekar Shesadri Thoguluva — Medicine-Gastroenterology — Tamil Nadu

38. Dr (Mrs) Anil Kumari Malhotra — Medicine-Homeopathy — Delhi
39. Prof MV Padma Srivastava — Medicine-Neurology — Delhi
40. Dr Sudhir V Shah — Medicine-Neurology — Gujarat
41. Dr MM Joshi — Medicine-Ophthalmology — Karnataka
42. Prof (Dr) John Ebnezar — Medicine-Orthopaedic Surgery — Karnataka
43. Dr Nayudamma Yarlagadda — Medicine-Paediatric Surgery — Andhra Pradesh
44. Shri Simon Oraon — Other -Environment Conservation — Jharkhand
45. Shri Imitiaz Qureshi — Other-Culinary — Delhi
46. Shri Piyush Pandey — Others-Advertising & Communication — Maharashtra
47 Shri Subhash Palekar — Others-Farming — Maharashtra
48. Shri Ravinder Kumar Sinha — Others-Wildlife Conservation — Bihar
49. Dr HR Nagendra — Others-Yoga — Karnataka
50. Shri MC Mehta — Public Affairs — Delhi
51. Shri MN Krishna Mani — Public Affairs — Delhi
52. Shri Ujjwal Nikam — Public Affairs — Maharashtra
53. Shri Tokheho Sema — Public Affairs — Nagaland
54. Dr Satish Kumar — Science & Engineering — Delhi
55. Dr Mylswamy Annadurai — Science & Engineering — Karnataka
56. Prof Dipankar Chatterji — Science & Engineering — Karnataka
57. Prof(Dr) Ganapati Dadasaheb Yadav — Science & Engineering — Maharashtra
58. Smt (Prof) Veena Tandon — Science & Engineering — Meghalaya
59. Shri Onkar Nath Srivastava — Science and Engineering — Uttar Pradesh 
60. Ms Sunita Krishnan — Social Work — Andhra Pradesh
61. Shri Ajoy Kumar Dutta — Social Work — Assam
62. Shri M Pandit Dasa — Social Work — Karnataka
63. Shri PP Gopinathan Nair — Social Work — Kerala
64. Smt Madeleine Herman de Blic — Social Work — Puducherry
65. Shri Srinivasan Damal Kandalai — Social work — Tamil Nadu
66. Shri Sudhakar Olwe — Social Work — Maharashtra
67. Dr TV Narayana — Social Work — Telangana
68. Shri Arunachalam Murugantham — Social Work — Tamil Nadu
69. Ms Deepika Kumari — Sports-Archery — Jharkhand
70. S Shri Sushil Doshi — Sports-commentary — Madhya Pradesh
71. Shri Mahesh Sharma — Trade & Industry — Delhi
72. Shri Saurabh Srivastava — Trade & Industry — Delhi
73. Sh Dilip Sanghvi — Trade & Industry — Maharashtra
74. Dr Keki Hormusji Gharda — Trade & Industry — Maharashtra
75. Late Shri Prakash Chand Surana (Posthumous) — Art -Classical Music — Rajasthan
76. Late Shri Saeed Jaffrey (NRI/PIO/Posthumous) — Art-Cinema — UK
77. Shri Michael Postel (Foreigner) — Art-Archaeology — France
78. Shri Salman Amin Sal Khan (NRI/PIO) — Literature & Education — USA
79. Smt Hui Lan Zhang (Foreigner) — Others-Yoga — China
80. Shri Predrag K Nikic (Foreigner) — Others-Yoga — Serbia
81. Dr Sundar Aditya Menon (NRI/PIO) — Social Work — UAE
82 Shri Ajaypal Singh Banga (NRI/PIO) — Trade & Industry — US