Indian Awards winners, 2016

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I) Padma Awards 2016

The Indian government announced its coveted Padma Awards for 2016 on the eve of the 67th Republic Day i.e. January 25, 2016. The list of personalities with  fields are:

Padma Vibhushan

1. Ms. Yamini Krishnamurthi (Art-Classical Dance)

2. Shri Rajinikanth (Art-Cinema)

3. Smt. Girija Devi (Art-Classical Vocal)

4. Shri Ramoji Rao (Literature and Education Journalism)

5. Dr. Viswana- than Shanta (Medicine-Onco-logy)

6. Shri Shri Ravi Shankar (Others- Spiritualism)

7. Shri Jagmohan (Public Affairs)

8. Dr. Vasudev Kalkunte Aatre (Science and Engineering)

9. Shri Avinash Dixit (Foreigner) (Literature and Education)

10. Late Shri Dhiru Bhai Ambani (Posthumous) (Trade and Industry)

Padma Bhushan

1. Shri Anupam Kher (Art-Cinema)

2.  Shri Udit Narayan Jha (Art-Playback Singing)

3. Shri Ram V. Sutar (Art-Sculpture)

4. Shri Heisnam Kanhailal (Art-Theatre)

5. Shri Vinod Rai (Civil Service)

6. Dr. Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad (Literature and Education)

7. Prof. N. S. Ramanuja Tatacharya (Literature and Education)

8. Dr. Barjinder Singh Hamdard (Literature and Education Journalism)

9. Prof. D. Nageshwar Reddy (Medicine-Gastroenterology)

10. Swami Tejomayananda (Others-Spiritualism)

11. Shri Hafeez Contractor (Others-Architecture)

12. Shri Ravindra Chandra Bhargava (Public Affairs)

13. Dr. Venkata Rama Rao Alla (Science and Engineer- ing)

14. Ms. Saina Nehwal (Sports-Badminton)

15. Ms. Sania Mirza (Sports-Tennis)

16. Ms. Indu Jain (Trade and Industry)

17. Late Swami Dayanand Sarswati (Posthu­mous) (Others- Spiritualism)

18. Shri Robert Blackwill (Foreigner) (Public Affairs)

19.Shri Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry (NRI/PIO) (Trade and Industry)

Padma Shri

1.       Smt. Prathibha Prahlad (Art-Classical Dance)

2.       Shri Bhikhudan Gadhvi (Art-Folk Music)

3.       Shri Sribhas Chandra Supakar (Art-Textile Designing)

4.       Shri Ajay Devgan (Art-Cinema)

5.       Ms. Priyanka Chopra (Art-Cinema)

6.       Pt. Tulsidas Borkar (Art-Classical Music)

7.       Dr. Soma Ghosh (Art-Classical Vocal)

8.       Shri Nila Madhab Panda (Art-Film Direction and Production)

9.       Shri S. S. Rajamouli (Art-Film Direction and Pro­duction)

10.   Shri Madhur Bhandarkar (Art-Film Direction and Production)

11.   Prof. M. Venkatesh Kumar (Art-Folk Artist)

12.   Ms. Gulabi Sapera (Art-Folk Dance)

13.   Smt. Mamta Chandrakar (Art-Folk Music)

14.   Ms. Malini Awasthi (Art-Folk Music)

15.   Shri Jai Prakash Lekhiwal (Art-Miniature Painting)

16.   Shri K. Laxma Goud (Art-Painting)

17.   Shri Bhalchandra Dattatray Mondhe (Art-Photo­graphy)

18.   Shri Naresh Chander Lai (Art-Theatre and Cinema)

19.   Shri Dhirendra Nath Bezbaruah (Literature and Education)

20.   Shri Prahlad Chandra Tasa (Literature and Educa­tion)

21.   Dr. Ravindra Nagar (Literature and Education)

22.   Shri Dahyabhai Shastri (Literature and Education)

23.   Dr. Santeshivara Bhyrappa(Literature and Education)

24.   Shri Haidar Nag (Literature and Education)

25.   Shri Kameshwaram Brahma (Literature and Educa­tion Journalism)

26.   Prof. Pushpesh Pant (Literature and Education Journalism)

27.   Shri Jawaharlal Kaul (Literature and Education Journalism)

28.   Shri Ashok Malik (Literature and Education)

29.   Dr. Mannam Gopi Chand (Medicine-Cardio Thoracic Surgery)

30.   Prof. Ravi Kant (Medicine-Surgery)

31.   Prof. Ram Harsh Singh (Medicine-Ayurveda)

32.   Prof. Shiv Narain Kureel (Medicine Paediatric Surgery)

33.   Dr. Sabva Sachi Sarkar (Medicine-Radiology)

34.   Dr. Alla Gopala Krishna Gokhale (Medicine-Cardiac Surgery)

35.   Prof. T. K. Lahiri (Medicine-Cardio Thoracic Surgery)

36.   Dr. Praveen Chandra (Medicine-Cardiology)

37.   Prof. (Dr.) Daljeet Singh Gambhir (Medicine-Cardiology)

38.   Dr. Chandrasekar Shesadri Thoguluva (Medicine- Gastroenterology)

39.   Dr. (Mrs.) Anil Kumari Malhotra (Medicine-Homeo­pathy)

40.   Prof. M. V. Padma Srivastava (Medicine-Neurology)

41.   Dr. Sudhir V. Shah (Medicine-Neurology)

42.   Dr. M. M. Joshi (Medicine-Ophthalmology)

43.   Prof. (Dr.) John Ebnezar (Medicine-Orthopaedic Surgery)

44.   Dr. Nayudamma Yarlagadda (Medicine-Paediatric Surgery)

45.   Shri Simon Oraon (Other Environment Conservation)

46.   Shri Imitiaz Qureshi (Other-Culinary)

47.   Shri Piyush Pandey (Others-Advertising Communi­cation)

48.   Shri Subhash Palekar (Othors-Farming)

49.   Shri Ravinder Kumar Sinha (Others-Wild life Con­servation)

50.   Dr. H. R. Nagendra (Others-Yoga)

51.   Shri M. C. Mehta (Public Affairs)

52.   Shri M. N. Krishna Mani (Public Affairs)

53.   Shri Ujjwal Nikam (Public Affairs)

54.   Shri Tokheho Sema (Public Affairs)

55.   Dr. Satish Kumar (Science & Engineering)

56.   Dr. M. Annadurai (Science & Engineering)

57.   Prof. Dipankar Chatterji (Science and Engineering)

58.   Prof. (Dr.) Ganapati Dadasaheb Yadav (Science and Engineering)

59.   Smt. (Prof.) Veena Tandon (Science & Engineering)

60.   Shri Onkar Nath Srivastava (Science and Engineering)

61.   Ms. Sunita Krishnan (Social Work)Shri Ajoy Kumar Dutta (Social Work)

62.   Shri M. Pandit Dasa (Social Work)

63.   Shri P. P. Gopinathan Nair (Social Work)

64.   Smt. Madeleine Herman de Blic (Social Work)

65.   Shri Srinivasan Damal Kandalai (Social Work)

66.   Shri Sudhakar Olwe (Social Work)

67.   Dr. T. V. Narayana (Social Work)

68.   Shri Arunachalam Murugantham (Social Work)

69.   Ms. Deepika Kumari (Sports-Archery)

70.   Shri Sushil Doshi (Sports-Commentary)

71.   Shri Mahesh Sharma (Trade and Industry)

72.   Shri Saurabh Srivastava (Trade and Industry)

73.   Shri Dilip Sanghvi (Trade & Industry)

74.   Dr. Keki Hormusji Gharda (Trade and Industry)

75.   Late Shri Prakash Chand Surana (Posthumous) (Art- Classical Music)

76.   Late Shri Saeed Jaffrey (NRI/PIO/Posthumous) (Art- Cinema)

77.   Shri Michael Postel (Foreigner) (Art-Archaeology)

78.   Shri Salman Amin Sal Khan (NRI/PIO) (Literature and Education)

79.   Smt. Hui Lan Zhang (Foreigner) (Others-Yoga)

80.   Shri Predrag K. Nikic (Foreigner) (Others-Yoga)

81.   Dr. Sundar Aditya Menon (NRI/PIO) (Social Work)

82.   Shri Ajaypal Singh Banga (NRI/PIO) (Trade and Industry

II) Sahitya Akademi Awards 2015

The Sahitya Akademi announced Bhash Samman to renowned writer Shrikant Bahulkar in recognition of his great contribution to classical and medieval literature (western region).        

Language	Author	Title
Short Stories
Assamese	Kula Saikia	Akashar Chhabi Aru Anyanya Galpa
Maithili	Man Mohan Jha	Khissa
Nepali	Gupta Pradhan	Samayaka Prativimbaharu
Odia	Bibhuti Pattanaik	Mahishasurara Muhan
Sind hi	Maya Rahi	Mahengi Murk
Telugu	Volga	Vimuktha
Novel
Punjabi	Jaswinder Singh	Maat Lok
Rajasthani	Madhu Acharya 'Ashawadi'	Gawaad
English	Cyrus Mistry	Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer
Malayalam	K. R. Meera	Aarachar
Criticism
Kashmiri	Bashir Bhadarwahi	Jamis Ta Kasheeri Manz Kashir Natia Adabuk Tawareekh
Urdu	Shamim Tariq	Tasawwuf Aur Bhakti (Tanqeedi Aur Taqabuli Mutalea)
Essays
Tamil	A. Madhavan	Ilakkiya Suvadugal
Gujarati	Rasik Shah	Antey Aarambh (Part I and II)
Memoirs
Marathi	Arun Khopkar	Chalat-Chitravyooh
Poetry
Bodo	Brajendra Kumar Brahma	Baidi Dengkhw Baidi Gab
Dogri	Dhian Singh	Parchhamen Di Lo
Hindi	Ramdarash Mishra	Aag Ki Hansi
Kannada	K. V. Tirumalesh	Akshaya Kavya
Manipur i	Kshetri Rajen	Ahingna Yekshilliba Mang
Sanskrit	Ram Shankar Awasthi	Vanadevi
Play
Santhali	Rabilal Tudu	Parsi Khatir
Konkani	Uday Bhembre	Kama Parva

III) The 63rd National Film Awards ceremony is an upcoming event during which the Directorate of Film Festivals of India presents its annual National Film Awards to honour the best films of 2015 in the Indian cinema. The awards were announced on 28 March 2016 and the ceremony will be held on 3 May 2016:

Name of Award	Awardee(s)	Awarded As
Dadasaheb Phalke Award	Manoj Kumar	Actor, Filmmaker

Best Feature Films:

Golden Lotus Awards:
Official Name: Swarna Kamal

All the awardees are awarded with 'Golden Lotus Award (Swarna Kamal)', a certificate and cash prize.

Name of Award	Name of Film	Language	Awardee(s)
Best Feature Film	Baahubali: The Beginning	Telugu	Director: S. S. Rajamouli
Best Debut Film of A Director	Masaan	Hindi	Director:Neeraj Ghaywan
Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment	Bajrangi Bhaijaan	Hindi	Director:Kabir Khan
Best Children's Film	Duronto	Hindi	Director: Soumnedra Padhi
Best Direction	Bajirao Mastani	Hindi	Sanjay Leela Bhansali

IV) Anuradha Roy Honoured with 6th DSC Prize

Indian writer Anuradha Roy was honoured with the 6th DSC Prize for South Asian Literature for 2016 for her novel 'Sleeping on Jupiter' at the Fairway Galle Literary Festival in Sri Lanka on January 16, 2016. Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe presented a prize money worth $ 50,000 and a trophy to Anuradha Roy

V) Lance Naik Mohan Nath Goswami Conferred Ashok Chakra Posthumously

Lance Naik Mohan Nath Goswami from the Army's elite Para Special Forces (9 Para/6th Battalion of the Rashtriya Rifles) was honoured with the Ashok Chakra, the nation's highest peace time gallantry award for his brave, selfless and dedicated effort for his country posthumously on January 26, 2016 on the occasion of the 67th Republic Day. His wife received the Ashok Chakra Medal from the President. Lance Naik Mohan Nath sacrificed his life for his country during an anti-militant operation in Jammu and Kashmir.

VI) Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence-2015               

Economic Times Awards : Winners

Business Leader of the Year : Uday Kotak

Business Reformer of the Year : Piyush Goval     j

Entrepreneur of the Year : Kunal Bahl

Global Indian of the Year : Nikesh Arora

Policy Change Agent of the Year : Amitabh Kant

Lifetime Achievement: S. Ramadorai

Company of the Year : HUL

Corporate Citizen of the Year : Infosys

Emerging Company of the Year: Eicher Motors

VII) 61st Britannia Filmfare Awards 2015

61st Filmfare Awards : Major Winners

Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female)—Deepika Padukone (Piku)

Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male)—Ranveer Singh (Bajirao Mastani)

Best Director—Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Bajirao Mastani)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female)—Priyanka Chopra for (Bajirao Mastani).

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male)—Anil Kapoor (Dil Dhadakne Do).

Best Film—Bajirao Mastani

Best Costume—Anju Modi & Maxima Basu (Bajirao Mastani).

Best Production Design—Sujeet Sawant, Sriram Iyengar and Saloni Dhatrak (Bajirao Mastani)

Best Cinematography—Manu Anand (Dum Laga Ke Haisha)

Best Action—Sham Kaushal (Bajirao Mastani)

Best Background Score—Anupam Roy (Piku)

Best Choreography—Pt Birju Maharaj (Mohe Rang De Laal (Bajirao Mastani)

Best Story—Vijayendra Prasad (Bajrangi Bhaijaan) Best Screenplay—-Juhi Chaturvedi (Piku)

Best Dialogue—Himanshu Sharma (Tanu Weds Manu Returns)

Debut Actor (Female)—Bhoomi Pednekar (Dum Laga Ke Haisha)

Debut Actor (Male)—Sooraj Pancholi (Hero )

Debut Director—Neeraj Ghaywan (Masaan)

Best Playback (Female)—Shreya Ghoshal (Deewani Mastani for Bajirao Mastani)

Best Playback (Male)—Arijit Singh (Sooraj Dooba for Roy)

Best Lyrics—Irshad Kamil (Agar Turn Saath Ho for Tamasha).

RD Burman Award—Armaan Malik

Lifetime Achievement   Award—Moushumi Chatterjee.

Critics’ Award For Best Film—(Piku)

Critics’ Award for Best Actor (Female)—Kangana Renaut (Tanu Weds Manu Returns)

Critics’ Award for Best Actor (Male)—Amitabh Bachchan (Piku)

VIII) Raghuveer Chaudhary Chosen for 51st Jnanpith Award

Renowned Gujarati litterateur Raghuveer Chaudhary has been selected for the prestigious Jnanpith Award for 2015. He is the fourth Gujarati writer to win this coveted award after Umashankar Joshi in 1967, Pannalal Patel in 1985 and Rajendra Shah in 2001.

-President Pranab Mukherjee was on December 17, 2015 honoured with the Garwood Award for ‘outstanding Global Leader in open Innovation, by the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business in California the USA at Rashtra- pati Bhavan, New Delhi. President Mukherjee dedicated

IX) Syed Kirmani Chosen for Col. C. K. Nayudu Award 2015

Former Indian wicket-keeper batsman Syed Kirmani was selected for the prestigious Col. C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award for 2015 by the BCC1 Awards jury in Mumbai on December 24, 2015. 

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