The Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan, but coming before the Padma Shri. It is announced on the occasion of Republic Day of India every year. It is conferred by the President of India at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan sometime around March or April.

Padma Bhushan Awardees 2016
Sl. No.	Name	Field	State
1	Shri Anupam Kher	Art-Cinema	Maharashtra
2	Shri Udit Narayan Jha	Art-Playback Singing	Maharashtra
3	Shri Ram V.  Sutar	Art-Sculpture	Uttar Pradesh
4	Shri Heisnam Kanhailal	Art-Theatre	Manipur
5	Shri Vinod Rai	Civil Service	Kerala
6	Dr. Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad	Literature & Education	Andhra Pradesh
7	Prof. N. S. Ramanuja Tatacharya	Literature & Education	Maharashtra
8	Dr. Barjinder Singh Hamdard	Literature &  Education - Journalism	Punjab
9	Prof. D. Nageshwar Reddy	Medicine-Gastroenterology	Telangana
10	Swami Tejomayananda	Other-Spiritualism	Maharashtra
11	Shri Hafeez Contractor	Others-Architecture	Maharashtra
12	Shri  Ravindra Chandra Bhargava	Public Affairs	Uttar Pradesh
13	Dr.Venkata Rama Rao Alla	Science & Engineering	Andhra Pradesh
14	Ms. Saina Nehwal	Sports-Badminton	Telangana
15	Ms. Sania Mirza	Sports-Tennis	Telangana
16	Ms. Indu Jain	Trade & Industry	Delhi
17	Late Swami Dayanand Sarawasati (Posthumous)	Others-Spiritualism	Uttarakhand
18	Shri Robert Blackwill (Foreigner)	Public Affairs	USA
19	Shri Pallonji Shapoorji  Mistry (NRI/PIO)	Trade & Industry	Ireland