List of Padma Award 2016

Padma Vibhushan will be given to:

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1) Superstar Rajinikanth,
2) Founder of the Reliance empire late Dhirubhai Ambani,
3) Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
4) Media baron Ramoji Rao
5) Former Jammu and Kashmir Governor Jagmohan,
6) Former DRDO chief V K Aatre, cancer specialist
7) Chairperson of Adyar Cancer Institute Dr V Shanta
8) Eminent Bharatnatyam and Kuchipudi dancer Yamini Krishnamurthi
9) Classical vocalist Girija Devi and
10) Indian-American economist Avinash Dixit

Padma Bhushan will be given to:
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1) Actor Anupam Kher,
2) Singer Udit Narayan,
3) Former CAG Vinod Rai,
4) Chairperson of media groups Bennett,
Coleman & Co. Indu Jain,
5) Sports star Sania Mirza and
Saina Nehwal,
6) Spiritual leaders late Swami Dayanand Saraswati,
7) Swami Tejomayananda
8) Former US Ambassador to India Robert Blackwill
9) Industrialist Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry,
10) Maruti Suzuki chairman R C Bhargava
11) Eminent architect Hafeez Contractor.

Padma Shri
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1) Senior lawyer Ujjwal Nikam, who was the prosecution counsel in the Mumbai terror attack case,

2) Actors Ajay Devgn and Priyanka Chopra.