New Delhi: On Monday, President Pranab Mukherjee presented the Padma Awards at the Civil Investiture Ceremony in Rashtrapati Bhavan. The President honoured 56 eminent personalities including Saina Nehwal, Anupam Kher, Ajay Devgn, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and others. He presented five Padma Vibhushan, eight Padma Bhushan and 43 Padma Shri awards at the event. On the eve of Republic Day, government announced the 112 winners of Padma Awards and the rest of the awardees will be honoured at another event, which will be held next month. Check out the complete list of winners here:
Padma Bhushan
Actor Anupam Pushkarnath Kher
Badminton star Saina Nehwal
Former CAG Vinod Rai
Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry
Hafeez Sorab Contractor
Dr Barjinder Singh Hamdard
Alla Venkata Rama Rao
Duvvur Nageshwar Reddy
Padma Vibhushan
Founder of Reliance Industries late Dhirubhai Hirachand Ambani (posthumous)
Former Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Jagmohan
Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Indian-American economist Avinash Kamalakar Dixit
Renowned dancer Yamini Krishnamurti
Padma Shri
Actor Ajay Devgn
Filmmaker Madhur R Bhandarkar
Scientist Dr Mylswamy Annadurai
Athlete Deepika Kumari
Celebrated chef Mohammed Imtiaz Qureshi
Classical musician Pandit Tulsidas Borkar
Social worker Ajoy Kumar Dutta
Folk tale artist Bhikhudan Govindbhai Gadhvi
Dr Alla Gopala Krishna Gokhale
Film director Naresh Chander Lal
Ashok Malik
Mahesh Chand Mehta
Social worker Dr Sundar Aditya Menon
Haldar Nag
Social worker PP Gopinathan Nair
Dr TV Narayana
Professor Predrag K Nikic
Subhash Palekar
Filmmaker Nila Madhab Panda
Advertising professional Piyush Pandey
Journalist Pushpesh Pant
Businessman Dilip Sanghvi
Folk dancer Gulabi Sapera
Dahyabhai Shastri
Onkar Nath Srivastava
Late Shri Prakash Chand Surana (Posthumous)
Prahlad Chandra Tasa
Chandrasekar Shesadri Thoguluva
Professro (Dr) Ganapati Dadasaheb Yadav
Dr Nayudamma Yarlagadda
