President Pranab Mukherjee conferred Padma Awards 2016

President Pranab Mukherjee presented remaining of the Padma Awards on 12 April 2016 at a Civil Investiture Ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan. He conferred 5 Padma Vibhushan, 11 Padma Bhushan and 40 Padma Shri awards.

The Union Government announced Padma awards 2016 for 112 eminent persons on 26 January 2016 among them 56 members received the awards on 28 March 2016 while remaining 56 members who received the awards are:
Padma Vibhushan
• Dr Vasudeva Kalkunte Aatre
• Dr Girija Devi
• Rajanikanth
• Ramoji Rao
• Dr V Shanta
Padma Bhusan
• Ravindra Chandra Bhargava
• Robert Dean Blackwill
• Indu Jain
• Udit Narayan Jha
• Heinam Kanhailal
• Sania Mirza
• Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad
• Dayanada Saraswati (Posthumus)
• Ram Vanji Sutar
• NS Ramanuja Tatacharya
• Swami Tejomayananda
Padma Shri
Some of the prominent personalities among the other 40 who received Padma Shri Awards include:
• Priyanka Chopra
• Salman Khan
• SS Rajamouli (Director of Bahubali)
• Veena Tandon