Padma Awards-2016

Padma Awards 2016

Question: In 2016 Padma Awards how many persons were announced to be awarded with Padma Vibhushan?

(a) 11
(b) 10
(c) 12
(d) 13

Ans (b)

Related facts:

  • On the eve of the 67th Republic Day, January 25, 2016 – Padma awards 2016 were announced by the Union Home Ministry.
  • This year President Pranab Mukherjee has approved conferment of 112 Padma Awards.
  • This year’s list comprises 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 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.

List of Padma awardees 2016

Padma Vibhushan:

  • Art-Yamini Krishnamurthi(Classical dance),Rajinikanth (Cinema), Girija Devi (Classical Vocal)
  • Literature & Education-Shri Avinash Dixit (U.S.A), Ramoji Rao (Journalism)
  • Medicine- Viswanathan Shanta (Oncology)
  • Public Affairs- Jagmohan
  • Science & Engineering-Vasudev Kalkunte Aatre
  • Trade & Industry-Late Shri Dhiru Bhai Ambani(Posthumous)
  • Others- Shri Ravi Shankar(Spiritualism)

Padma Bhushan:

  • Art- Anupam Kher (Cinema), Udit Narayan Jha (Playback Singing), Ram V.  Sutar (Sculpture), Heisnam Kanhailal (Theatre).
  • Literature & Education- Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad, N. S. Ramanuja Tatacharya, Barjinder Singh Hamdard (Journalism).
  • Medicine- D. Nageshwar Reddy (Gastroenterology)
  • Public Affairs- Ravindra Chandra Bhargava, Robert Blackwill (U.S.A)
  • Sports- Saina Nehwal (Badminton), Sania Mirza (Tennis)
  • Trade & Industry- Indu Jain, Pallonji Shapoorji  Mistry(NRI/PIO)
  • Science & Engineering- Venkata Rama Rao Alla
  • Others-Swami Tejomayananda (Spiritualism), Hafeez Contractor (Architecture)
  • Civil Service- Vinod Rai

Padma Shri:

  • Art- This time 21 persons in this category have been awarded some of the important name includes-
  • Prathibha Prahlad (Classical Dance), Bhikhudan Gadhvi (Folk Music), Sribhas Chandra Supakar (Textile Designing), Ajay Devgn (Cinema), Priyanka Chopra (Cinema), Tulsidas Borkar (Classical Music), Soma Ghosh (Classical Vocal), Nila Madhab Panda (Film Direction and Production), S.S. Rajamouli (Film Direction and Production), Prakash Chand Surana (Posthumous) (Classical Music), Saeed Jaffrey (NRI/PIO/Posthumous) (Cinema).
  • Literature & Education- 11 persons have been honored in this category some of the important names are- Pushpesh Pant (Journalism), Haldar Nag,  Jawaharlal Kaul (Journalism)
  • Medicine- 16 persons have been honored in this category some of the important names are- Ravi Kant (Surgery), Ram Harsh Singh (Ayurveda), Anil Kumari Malhotra (Homeopathy), M. M. Joshi (Ophthalmology).
  • Public Affairs-4 persons have been honored in this category some prominent names are M. C. Mehta, Ujjwal Nikam.
  • Science & Engineering- 6 persons have been honored in this category some of the important names are- Satish Kumar, Dipankar Chatterji, Onkar Nath Srivastava.
  • Social Work-10 persons have been honored in this category which includes Sunita Krishnan,Sudhakar Olwe, T.V. Narayana etc.
  • Sports-In this category two persons were awarded, Deepika Kumari (Archery) and Sushil Doshi (commentary).
  • Trade & Industry-5 persons have been honored in this category some of the important names are-Dilip Sanghvi, Keki Hormusji Gharda, Ajaypal Singh  Banga (NRI/PIO).
  • Others- 8 persons have been honored in this category some of the important names are-Piyush Pandey (Advertising & Communication), Subhash Palekar (Farming), Ravinder Kumar Sinha (Wildlife Conservation), Hui Lan Zhang (Yoga), Predrag K. Nikic (Yoga).

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