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Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (IAST : Saṅgīta Nāṭaka Akādamī Puraskāra), also known as theAkademi Puraskar ,[ 1] Sangeet Natak Akademi , India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama. It is the highest Indian recognition[ 2] [ 3]
In 2003, the award consisted ofRs. 50,000, a citation, anangavastram shawl ), and atamrapatra (a brass plaque).[ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 4]
The recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi award in various categories of performing arts arelisted below:[ 7] [ 8] [ 9]
1952 –Mushtaq Hussain Khan 1953 –Kesarbai Kerkar 1954 –Rajab Ali Khan 1955 –Anant Manohar Joshi 1956 –Rajabhaiyya Poonchhwale 1957 –Rasoolan Bai 1958 – Ganesh Ramachandra Behere 1959 –Krishnarao Shankar Pandit 1960 – Altaf Hussain Khan 1961 –Y. S. Mirashi Buwa 1962 –Bade Ghulam Ali Khan 1963 –Omkarnath Thakur 1964 –Rahimuddin Khan Dagar 1965 –Hirabai Barodekar 1966 –Siddheswari Devi 1967 –Amir Khan 1968 –Mogubai Kurdikar 1969 –Ramchatur Mallick 1970 –Nisar Hussain Khan 1971 –Mallikarjun Mansur 1972 –Begum Akhtar 1973 –Gangubai Hangal 1974 –Kumar Gandharva 1975 –Bhimsen Joshi 1975-76Gavri Devi (Vocal) (Jodhpur, Rajasthan) 1976 –Narayanrao Vyas 1977 –Girija Devi 1978 –Khadim Hussain Khan 1979 – Sarachchandra Arolkar 1980 – Nivruttibua Sarnaik 1981 –Basavaraj Rajguru 1982 –Vasantrao Deshpande 1983 –Mahadev Prasad Mishra 1984 –Sharafat Hussain Khan 1985 –Kishori Amonkar ,Aminuddin Dagar 1986 –Gavri Devi (Vocal) (Jodhpur, Rajasthan) 1986 –Asgari Bai ,Firoz Dastur ,Manik Varma 1987 –C. R. Vyas ,Shobha Gurtu ,Pandit Jasraj , 1988 –Padmavati Gokhale Shaligram 1989 –Jitendra Abhisheki 1990 –K. G. Ginde ,Dhondutai Kulkarni 1991 – N. Zahiruddin Dagar,Prabha Atre 1992 –Ramarao V. Naik ,Shiv Kumar Shukla 1993 –Bala Saheb Poochwale ,Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar 1994 –Sulochana Brahaspati ,Zia Fariddudin Dagar 1995 –A. Kanan 1996 – Dinkar Kaikini,Hafeez Ahmed Khan 1997 – L. K. Pandit 1998 –Puttaraj Gawaigalu ,Parveen Sultana ,Rajan and Sajan Mishra 1999–2000 –Ajoy Chakraborty ,Rita Ganguly ,Malabika Kanan 2001 – Abhay Narayan Mallick,Sangameshwar Gurav ,Malini Rajurkar 2002 –Sushila Rani Patel , Sharayu Kalekar 2003 –Ghulam Mustafa Khan ,Yeshwant Balkrishna Joshi 2004 –Balwant Rai Bhatt ,Tejpal Singh andSurinder Singh 2005 –S. C. R. Bhat ,Ramashreya Jha 2006 – Vijay Kumar Kichlu,Rashid Khan 2007 –Vidyadhar Vyas , Govardhan Mishra 2008 –Ulhas Kashalkar ,M.R. Gautam 2009 –Abdul Rashid Khan ,Vasundhara Komkali 2010 –Chhannulal Mishra ,Yashpaul 2011 –Shruti Sadolikar ,Pandit Venkatesh Kumar 2012 – Shankar Lal Mishra,Rajashekhar Mansur ,Ajay Pohankar 2013 –Ritwik Sanyal ,Veena Sahasrabuddhe 2014 –Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande ,Iqbal Ahmad Khan ,Nathrao Neralkar 2015 –Mashkoor Ali Khan 2016 –Prabhakar Karekar 2017 –Lalith J. Rao , Umakant and Ramakant Gundecha -Gundecha Brothers 2018 –Mani Prasad ,Madhup Mudgal 2019 –Vinayak Torvi , Prem Kumar Mallick 2020 –Sumitra Guha ,Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar 2021 –Uday Bhawalkar ,Subhra Guha 2022 –Devaki Pandit , Harvinder Singh 2023 –Kalapini Komkali , Vinod Kumar Dwivedi 1955 – Govind Rao Burhanpurkar 1965 – Sakharam Tavde 1967 – Ayodhya Prasad 1978 –Purushottam Das 1988 – Ramshankardas Pagaldas 1991 –Chatrapati Singh 1993 – Gopaldas Panse 1995 – Ram Ashish Pathak 2003 –Bhavani Shankar 2011 – Totaram Sharma 2020 – Dal Chand Sharma 1952 –Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar 1953 –Semmangudi R. Srinivasa Iyer 1954 –Mysore K. Vasudevacharya 1955 –Maharajapuram Vishwanatha Iyer 1956 –M. S. Subbulakshmi 1957 –Musiri Subramania Iyer 1958 –Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar 1959 –G. N. Balasubramaniam 1960 –Madurai Mani Iyer 1961 –Mudikondan C. Venkatarama Iyer 1962 –D. K. Pattammal 1963 –B. Devendrappa 1964 –Chittoor S. Subramanyam 1965 –T. Brinda 1966 – Madurai Srirangam Iyengar 1967 – C. Venkata Rao 1968 –Alathur Srinivasa Iyer 1969 –Dandapani Desikar 1970 –M. L. Vasanthakumari 1971 – N. Channakeshaviah 1972 –T. Muktha 1973 –B.S. Raja Iyengar 1974 –M. D. Ramanathan 1975 –M. Balamurali Krishna 1976 –K.V.Narayanaswamy 1977 –Sripada Pinakapani 1978 –Madurai S. Somasundaram 1979 –R K Srikanthan 1980 –Seerkhazhi S. Govindarajan 1981 –Radha and Jayalakshmi 1982 –T. M. Thiagarajan 1983 –D. K. Jayaraman 1984 –Maharajapuram V. Santhanam 1985 – Voleti Venkatesvarulu 1986 –B. Rajam Iyer 1986 –Nedunuri Krishnamoorthy 1987 –Madurai N. Krishnan 1987 –Mani Krishnaswami 1988 –Nookala Chinna Satyanarayana 1989 – Titte Krishna Iyengar 1990 –T. V. Sankaranarayanan 1991 –S. Rajam 1992 – K. R. Kumaraswamy Iyer 1993 –Trichy Swaminathan Iyer 1994 – C. S. Krishna Iyer 1995 –R. Vedavalli 1996 –T. K. Govinda Rao 1997 – M. S. Balasubramanya Sarma 2000 –S. R. Janakiraman 2001 – B. V. Raman 2002 –T. R. Subramaniam 2003 –Trichur V. Ramachandran , M. A. Narasimhachar 2004 – Thiruvengadu A. Jayaraman,C. Saroja &C. Lalitha 2005 – S. V. Parthasarrathy,P. S. Narayanaswamy 2006 – D. Pasupathi,Chingleput Ranganathan 2007 – B. Krishnamoorti 2008 –Puranam Purushottama Sastri 2009 –Parassala B Ponnammal 2010 –Suguna Purushothaman ,Mysore Nagamani Srinath 2011 – J. Venkataraman 2012 –O. S. Thyagarajan 2013 –Aruna Sairam , D. Seshchari & D. Raghavachari (Hyderabad Brothers ) 2014 –Neyveli Santhanagopalan 2015 –R.N. Tharanathan ,Suguna Varadachari ,R.N. Thiagarajan 2016 –Neela Ramgopal ,K. Omanakutty 2017 –M. S. Sheela 2018 –Alamelu Mani ,Malladi Suribabu 2019 –Charumathi Ramachandran ,Palai C.K. Ramachandran 2020 –R. K. Padmanabha ,G. Balakrishna Prasad 2021 –Sudha Ragunathan ,Radha Namboodiri 2022 –Maharajapuram S. Ramachandran ,Manda Sudharani 2023 –Bombay Jayashri , Shankar Sastry Creative and experimental music [ edit ] Other major traditions of music [ edit ] 1996 –Hemanta Kumar Jamatia (Folk and tribal music ofTripura ) 2008 – Ningombam Ibobi Singh (Nata Sankirtana , Manipur) 2009 – L. Ibohalmacha Singh (Nata Sankirtana, Manipur) 2010 – M.V. Simhachala Sastry (Harikatha , Tirupathi) 2011 –Gopal Chandra Panda (Odissi Music) 2012 – Bhai Balbir Singh Ragi (Gurbani ) 2013 – Bankim Sethi (Odissi Music) 2015 –Hridaynath Mangeshkar (Sugam Sangeet),Prafulla Kar (Sugam Sangeet),Bhupinder Singh (Sugam Sangeet) 2018 –Suresh Wadkar (Sugam Sangeet),Shanti Hiranand (Sugam Sangeet), H. Ashangbi Devi (Nata Sankirtana, Manipur) 2019 – O. S. Arun (Sugam Sangeet),Sharma Bandhu (Sugam Sangeet), D. Uma Maheshwari (Harikatha) 2020 –Anup Jalota (Sugam Sangeet), N. Irabot Singh (Nata Sankirtana) 2021 – Susmita Das (Sugam Sangeet), H. R. Leelavathi (Sugam Sangeet), Kumud Diwan (Thumri) 2022 – Sapam Kullabi Singh (Nata Pung), Sitaram Singh (Sugam Sangeet) 2023 –L. V. Gangadhara Sastry , Sangita Gosain (Oddissi Music) 2023-[Bharat Sharma Vyas(Folk Music-Bihar) 1963 – Sudhendra Narayan Singh Deo (Seraikella) 1971 –Ananta Charan Sai (Mayurbhanj) 1975 – Krishna Chandra Naik (Mayurbhanj) 1981 –Kedar Nath Sahoo (Seraikella) 1982 –Gambhir Singh Mura (Purulia) 1987 – Madan Mohan Lenka (Mayurbhanj) 1988 – Srihari Nayak (Mayurbhanj) 1990 – Bikram Kumbhakar (Seraikella) 1991 – Chandra Sekhar Bhanj (Mayurbhanj) 2004 –Shashadhar Acharya 2012 – Jai Narayan Samal 2014 – Jagru Mahato 2015 – Sadashiva Pradhan 2016 –Gopal Prasad Dubey 2017 – Janmajay Saibabu 2018 – Tapan Kumar Pattanayak (Seraikella) 2019 – Brajendra Kumar Pattnaik 2020 – Trilochan Mohanta 2021 – Bhuvan Kumar 2022 – Sadhucharan Mahato 2023 – Parikshit Mahato [ edit ] 1956 –Maisnam Amubi Singh 1958 – Haobam Atomba Singh 1961 – T. Amudon Sharma 1963 –Atombapu Sharma 1965 –Guru Bipin Singh 1969 – Ojha Thangjam Chaoba Singh 1972 – Kshetri Tombi Devi 1973 – L. Koireng Singh 1974 – L. Ibemhal Devi 1975 – Rajani Maibi 1976 – Ojha Maibam Ibungohal Singh 1977 – Nayana Susheel Jhaveri 1980 –L. Thouranishabi Devi 1982 – L. Tombi Devi 1985 – Khaidem Lokeshwar Singh 1987 – Tarun Kumar Singh 1988 – Ibopishak Sharma 1990 –Th. Babu Singh 1993 –H. Ngangbi Devi 1994 – T. Nadia Singh 1995 – L. Thambalngoubi Devi 1996 –Darshana Jhaveri 1997 – Samanduram Tondon Devi 1998 – N. Madhabi Devi 1999–2000 – Sorokhaibam Naran Singh 2001 – Charu Sija Mathur 2002 – K. Ongbi Leipaklotpi Devi 2003 – Thiyam Suryamukhi Devi, Kalavati Devi 2005 – K. Radhamohon Sharma 2009 – L. Bino Devi 2010 – Phanjoubam Iboton Singh 2011 – Priti Patel 2014 – N. Amusana Devi 2016 – Maisnam Kaminikumar Singh 2017 – L.N. Oinam Ongdi Doni Devi 2018 – Akham Lakshmi Devi 2020 – Sruti Bandopadhay 2021 – Thokchom Ibemubi Devi 2022 – S. Noyonshakhi Devi 2023 –Latasana Devi 1963 – Maniram Datta Moktar 1978 – Bapuram Bayan Attai 1980 – Roseshwar Saikia Bayan Moktar 1996 –Indira P. P. Bora 1998 – Pradip Chaliha 1999–2000 – Parmanand Borbayan 2001 –Ghanakanta Bora 2004 –Jatin Goswami 2007 – Ganakanta Dutta Borbayan 2010 – Manik Borbayan 2013 – Jogen Dutta Bayan 2014 –Anita Sharma 2015 –Sarodi Saikia 2016 – Haricharan Bhuyan Borbayan 2017 – Ramkrishna Talukdar 2018 – Tankeswar Hazarika Borbayan 2019 – Ranjumoni Saikia 2022 – Gobinda Saikia 2023 – Bhaben Borbayan Other major traditions of dance and dance theatre [ edit ] 2007 –Kalamandalam Sivan Namboodiri (Kutiyattam) 2009 – Kala Krishna (Andhranatyam) 2010 – Painkulam Rama Chakyar (Kutiyattam) 2012 – Painkulam Damodara Chakyar (Kutiyattam) 2013 – Srinivasa Rangachariar (Arayer Sevai) 2021 –Kalamandalam Girija (Kutiyattam) 2022 – Karuna Borah (Ankiya Bhaona ) 2023 – Perini Prakash (Periniattam) Folk and Tribal dance [ edit ] [ edit ] 2004 –Rohini Hattangady , Ramcharan Nirmalkar 2005 –Chindodi Leela 2006 – Dharani Barman,Gita Dey , K. Kaladharan Nair 2007 –Ramesh Mehta 2008 –Markand Bhatt ,Arundhati Nag 2009 –Sudha Shivpuri , Neeta Mohindra 2010 –Dilip Prabhavalkar , Banwari Taneja,Maya Krishna Rao ,Swatilekha Sengupta 2012 – Parvesh Seth,Nirmal Rishi , Purisai Kannappa Sambandan 2013 – Vasant Josalkar, Kusum Haidar 2014 –Debshankar Haldar ,Ramdas Kamat 2017 –Anil Tickoo 2018 –Suhas Joshi , Teekam Joshi 2019 –Alok Chatterjee , Pranjal Saikia 2020 –Prashant Damle , Bhupesh Joshi, Amit Banerjee 2021 – Neeleshwar Mishra,Y. G. Mahendran 2022 –Ashok Saraf , Prem Lata Mishra 2023 –Anil Kumar Rastogi ,Rajeev Verma 1957 –Jaishankar Bhojak 'Sundari' 1959 –Sombhu Mitra 1961 – Kasambhai Nathubhai Mir 1962 –Ebrahim Alkazi 1964 – T. S. Rajamanikkam 1969 –Habib Tanvir 1970 –Adi Ferozeshah Marzban 1971 –Satyadev Dubey 1972 –Shyamanand Jalan 1973 –Ajitesh Bandopadhyay 1974 –Damodar Kashinath Kenkre 1975 –Vijaya Mehta 1976 –B. V. Karanth 1977 – Rajinder Nath 1978 –Jabbar Patel 1979 –B. M. Shah 1980 –Rudraprasad Sengupta 1981 –R. S. Manohar 1982 –Sheila Bhatia 1983 –Kavalam Narayana Panikkar 1985 –Heisnam Kanhailal 1986 –Alyque Padamsee 1987 – Tarun Roy 1987 –Ratan Thiyam 1989 –Bibhash Chakraborty 1990 –Geoffrey Kendal & Laura Kendal (Joint Award) 1991 –Fritz Bennewitz 1992 –Mohan Maharishi 1993 –Kailash Pandya 1993 –Barry John 1995 –M. K. Raina 1995 –Bansi Kaul 1996 –Purushottam Darwhekar 1997 –Bhanu Bharti 1998 –Amal Allana 1998 –Dulal Roy 1998 –Usha Ganguly 1999–2000 –Balwant Thakur 1999–2000 –Nadira Zaheer Babbar 1999–2000 –Prasanna 2001 –Shanta Gandhi 2002 – Arun Mukherjee, Satish Anand 2003 – Devendra Raj Ankur,Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry 2004 –Anuradha Kapur , Arambam Lokendra Singh,Raj Besaria 2005 – Ranjit Kapoor,V K Sharma 2006 – E. Joychandra Singh, R. Nagesh, Amitava Dasgupta 2007 – Hari Madhab Mukherjee, N.C. Thakur 2008 – S. Ramanujam, Probir Guha 2009 –Joy Michael ,Dinesh Thakur 2010 –Veenapani Chawla , Urmil Kumar Thapliyal 2011 – Alakhnandan,Kirti Jain 2012 – Tripurari Sharma,Waman Kendre 2013 – Kamalkar Muralidhar Sontakke,Kewal Dhaliwal , Prasanna Ramaswamy 2014 – Surya Mohan Kulshreshtha, Chidambar Rao Jambe 2015 – Parvez Akhtar,Mushtaq Kak 2016 –Satyabrata Rout , Rajkamal Nayak 2018 – Sanjay Upadhyay, S. Raghunandana 2019 –Bharti Sharma , Kumar Sohoni, Abinash Sarma 2020 – Lokendra Trivedi, Mithilesh Rai 2021 – R. Venugopal Rao (Surabhi), Lalit Singh Pokharia, Sudesh Sharma, Ajay Malkani, Manoj Pattnaik 2022 – Gunakar Dev Goswami, Suresh Sharma, Susairaj A 2023 – Surinder Sharma, Zahoor Alam Assamese Bengali Dogri Gujarati1961 – Prabhulal Dayaram Dwivedi 1971 –C. C. Mehta , Pragji Dossa Hindi Kannada Kashmiri Malayalam Manipuri2007 – Yumnam Rajendra Singh Marathi Mizo Oriya Punjabi Tamil Telugu Allied Theatre Arts [ edit ] Lighting1974 –Tapas Sen 1977 – V, Ramamurthy 1989 – G.N. Dasgupta 1994 – Kanishka Sen 1997 – Mansukh Joshi (for scenic design also) 1999–2000 – R.K. Dhingra 2002 – Ashok Sagar Bhagat 2003 –Sreenivas G. Kappanna 2005 –Suresh Bhardwaj 2006 - Gautam Bhattacharya 2011 – Kamal Jain 2019 – Souti Chakraborty 2020 – Raghav Prakash 2022 – Daulat Ram Vaid 2023 – Anoop Joshi, Sandeep Dutta Scenic Design Costumes/Make-up1981 – Ashok Srivastava (Make-up) 1990 – Roshan Alkazi (Costume Design) 1999–2000 – Shakti Sen (Make-up) 2001 –Dolly Ahluwalia (Costume Design) 2003 – Anant Gopal Shinde (Make-up) 2004 –Prema Karanth (Costume Design) 2008 –Amba Sanyal (Costume Designing) 2009 – Kamal Arora (Make-up) 2013 – Krishna Borkar (Make-up) 2019 – N.K. Ramakrishna (Make-up) 2020 – M. Purushottam (Costume Design) Music for Theatre1999–2000 – Kajal Ghosh, Kamal Tewari 2005 -R. Paramashivan 2009 –Kuldeep Singh 2012 - Murari Roychoudhury 2014 - Amod Bhatt, Amardas Manikpuri (Chhattisgarh) Stagecraft1993 –M.S. Sathyu 1995 – N. Krishnamoorthy 2002 – Nissar Allana 2005 – H. V. Sharma 2020 – N. Jadumani Singh Major traditions of theatre [ edit ] [ edit ] 1964 –Mani Madhava Chakyar (Kutiyattam), Kerala 1969 – Gahan Chandra Goswami (Ankia Nat, Assam) 1972 –Kudamaloor Karunakaran Nair (Kathakali), Kerala 1976 –Raghunath Panigrahi (Joint Award withSanjukta Panigrahi for Odissi Music, Orissa) 1981 – Kamini Kumar Narzary (Bodo Tribal Dance, Assam) 1983 – Dharmiklal Chunilal Pandya (Akhyana), Gujarat 1983 –Lalit Chandra Ojha (Ojapali and Deodhani Dances, Assam) 1984 –Balakrushna Dash (Odissi Music, Orissa) 1985 – Mohan Chandra Barman (Bhaona, Assam) 1984 –Bhubaneswar Mishra (Odissi Music, Orissa) 1987 –Bhupen Hazarika (Folk Music, Assam) 1988 –Pratima Barua Pandey (Folk Music, Assam) 1989 – Rajen Pam (Tribal Music, Assam) 1990 –Rameshwar Pathak (Folk Music, Assam) 1991 –Puranchand Wadali & Pyarelal Wadali (Folk Music), Punjab 1992 –Khagen Mahanta (Folk Music, Assam) 1994 –M. Boyer (Tiatr ), Goa 1995 –Teejan Bai (Pandavani ), Madhya Pradesh 1997 – Arghya sen [(Rabindra Sangeet), West Bengal 1997 –P. R. Thilagam , Kuravanji performer, Tamil Nadu 1998 –Ghulam Mohammad Saznawaz , Jammu and Kashmir 2002 – Dilip Sarma &Sudakshina Sarma (Jyoti Sangeet, Assam - Joint Award) 2003 –Prabhat Sarma (traditional & Folk Music, Assam) 2003 – Kosha Kanta Deva Goswami (Mask Making Bhaona, Assam) 2003 –Banamali Maharana (Odissi Music, Orissa) 2005 – Khirod Khakhlari (Bodo Dance & Music, Assam) 2005 – Kashinath Pujapanda (Odissi Music, Orissa) 2005 –Mathoor Govindan Kutty (Kathakali), Kerala 2007 – Subodh Debbarma (Folk dance), Tripura 2007 –Amar Pal (Folk Song), West Bengal 2008 – Kartar Singh (Gurbani), Punjab 2008 – Mangi Bai Arya (Mand ), Rajasthan 2008 –Lakha Khan Mangniyar , (Folk Music), Rajasthan 2008 – Bansi Lal Khilari (Khayal ), Rajasthan 2009 –Bhikhudan Gadhvi (Folk music), Gujarat 2010 – Harbhajan Singh Namdhari (Gurbani Kirtan), Punjab 2010 –Nazeer Ahmed Khan Warsi and Naseer Ahmed Khan Warsi (Qawwali ), Andhra Pradesh 2010 –Dwijen Mukherjee (Rabindra Sangeet ), West Bengal 2010 – Chandabai Tiwadi (Bharud), Maharashtra 2010 – T. Somasundaram (Folk dance), Tamil Nadu 2010 – Krishna Kumari (Folk music: Bhakha), Jammu and Kashmir 2010 – Chand Jagdish Tiwadi (Folk theatre:Bharud ), Maharashtra 2011 –Thrippekulam Achuta Marar , Kerala 2011 –Hemant Chauhan (Folk Music), Gujarat 2011 –Gurmeet Bawa (Folk Music), Punjab 2011 – Kashiram Sahu (Folk Theatre), Chhattisgarh 2011 – Mipham Otsal (Traditional Theatre), Jammu & Kashmir 2011 – Bellagallu Veeranna (Togalu Gombeyatta, Puppetry), Karnataka 2011 – Gopal Chandra Das (Putul Nach), Tripura 2011 – Kasmi Khan Niyazi (Making of musical Instrument), DeIhi 2012 – Go Ru Channabasappa (Folk Music - Karnataka) 2012 – Kinaram Nath Oja (Suknani Ojapali - Assam) 2012 – Prem Singh Dehati (Folk Music - Haryana) 2012 –Sulochana Chavan (Lavani - Maharashtra) 2012 –Mattannur Sankaran Kutty Marar (Thayambaka - Kerala) 2012 –Govind Ram Nirmalkar (Nacha - Chhattisgarh) 2012 – Heera Das Negi (Mask Making - Himachal Pradesh) 2013 – Meeenakshi K. (Instrument Making - Ghatam - Tamil Nadu) 2013 –Raj Begum , Traditional, Folk Music/Dance & Theatre (Jammu & Kashmir) 2013 – T.A.R. Nadi Rao & N Jeeva Rao (Joint Award), Folk Music (Tamil Nadu) 2013 – Gurdial Singh, Instrument Making (Punjab) 2013 – Mohan Singh Khangura, Rabindra Sangeet (West Bengal) 2013 –Umakanta Gogoi (Bairagi) , Tokari Geet and Dehbichar Geet, (Assam) 2013 – Sheikh Riyajuddin alias Rajubaba, Folk Theatre (Maharashtra) 2014 – Puran Shah Koti (Traditional Music - Punjab) 2014 – Kalamandalam Ram Mohan (Makeup/Costume for Kathakali) 2014 – Reba Kanta Mohanta (Mask Making - Assam) 2014 – Abdul Rashid Hafiz (Folk Music - Jammu & Kashmir ) 2014 – K.Shanathoiba Sharma (Thang-Ta - Manipur) 2014 –Ramdayal Sharma (Nautanki - U.P.) 2014 –Thanga Darlong (Folk Music - Tripura) 2015 -K. K. Ramachandra Pulavar (Tholpavakoothu )[ 13] 2015 – Ramchandra Singh (Folk Theater - Bihar) 2017 –Mukund Nayak (Folk Music - Jharkhand) 2017 –Prakash Khandge (Folk Arts - Maharashtra) 2018 –Malini Awasthi (Folk Music - Uttar Pradesh) 2018 – Gazi Khan Barna (Folk Music - Khartal, Rajasthan) 2018 –Narendra Singh Negi (Folk Songs - Uttarakhand) 2018 – Niranjan Rajyaguru (Folk Music - Gujarat) 2018 – Mohd. Sadiq Bhagat (Folk Theatre - Bhand Pather, J&K) 2018 – Kota Sachidanand Shastry (Harikatha - Andhra Pradesh) 2018 –Arjun Singh Dhurve (Folk Dance - Madhya Pradesh) 2018 – Somnath Battu (Folk Music - Himachal Pradesh) 2018 – Hem Chandra Goswami (Mask Making - Assam) 2019 –Mamta Chandrakar (Folk Music Chhattisgarh) 2019 – Ram Lal (Folk Music, Uttarakhand) 2019 – Shankarbhai Hakabhai Dharjiya (Folk Music & Dance - Gujarat) 2019 – Nathulal Solanki (Folk Music - Rajasthan) 2019 – Pandurang Ghotkar (Folk Music - Maharashtra) 2019 –Peruvanam Kuttan Marar (Thayambaka - Kerala) 2019 – Urmila Pandey (Folk Music - Madhya Pradesh) 2019 – Sayed Mohmmed P.P. (Folk Music & Dance - Lakshadweep) 2019 – Majid Gulabsaheb Sitarmaker (Instrument Making - Maharashtra) 2019 – Dulal Kanji (Instrument Making - West Bengal) 2020 – Balkar Sidhu (Folk Dance - Punjab) 2020 – Nandlal Garg (Folk Music - Himachal Pradesh) 2020 – B. Lalthlengliana (Folk Theatre - Mizoram) 2020 – Ranjana Kumri Jha (Folk Music - Bihar) 2020 – S. G. Lakshmidevamma (Folk Music - Karnataka) 2020 – Tarubala Debbarma (Folk Music and Dance - Tripura) 2020 – Sang Jangmu (Folk Dance - Arunachal Pradesh) 2020 – Gafoor Khan Manganiar (Folk Music - Rajasthan) 2020 – Zachunu Keyho (Folk Music - Nagaland) 2021 – Silbi Passah (Folk Music - Meghalaya) 2021 – Durga Prasad Murmu (Folk Music and Dance - Jharkhand) 2021 – Prashanna Gogoi (Folk Music & Dance - Assam) 2021 – Gartigere Raghanna (H. N Raghavenda) (Folk Music - Karnataka) 2021 – S Samundaram (Folk Music - Tamil Nadu) 2021 – Data Ram Purohit (Folk Music & Theatre - Uttarakhand) 2021 – Mahavir Singh Guddu (Folk Music & Dance - Haryana) 2021 – N Tiken Singh (Folk Music - Manipur) 2021 – N. Sekar (Folk Music - Puducherry) 2021 – R. Murugan (Instrument Making - Tamil Nadu) 2022 – Shailesh Shrivastava (Folk Music - Uttar Pradesh) 2022 – Vijay Shamrao Chavan (Folk Music - Dholak, Maharashtra) 2022 – Tsering Jorgais (Folk Music - Ladakh) 2022 – Olen Megu Damin (Folk &Traditional Music & Dance - Arunachal Pradesh) 2022 –Nitu Kumari Nootan (Folk Music - Bihar) 2022 – Gaffruddin Mewati Jogi (Folk/Traditional Music – Bhapang, Rajasthan) 2022 –Tarawati Bori (Folk /Traditional Music - Assam) 2022 – K. Viswanatha Pulavar (Puppetry - Tholpavakoothu) 2022 – Mahendrakumar Karsandas Andani (Folk Dance - Gujarat) 2022 – Chingtham Ranjeet Khuman (Thang Ta - Manipur) 2022 – Poonam Tivari (Folk Music - Chhattisgarh) 2023 – Kanta Kashinath Gaude (Folk Music, Goa) 2023 – Swapan Mukhopadhyay (Folk Music, West Bengal) 2023 – Rakesh Bhatt (Folk Theatre/Music, Uttarakhand) 2023 – Krishna Lal Sehgal (Folk Song- Himachal Pradesh) 2023 – Bharat Sharma Vyas (Folk Music, Bihar) 2023 –Helen Giri Syiem (Folk & traditional Music, Meghalaya) 2023 – P. K. Kunhiraman (Traditional Music - Chenda, Kerala) 2023 – Abdul Gaffar Das Kanihami (Folk Music, Jammu & Kashmir) 2023 – Jayantibhai Maganbhai Sharma (Instrument Making, Gujarat) 2023 – K. Pajanivel (Martial Arts, Puducherry) 2023 – Gurpreet Singh Khalsa (Martial Arts, Punjab) [ edit ] 1978 – Kathinanada Das (Ravanchhaya puppetry), Orissa 1979 –U. Kogga Devanna Kamath (Gombeatta puppetry), Karnataka 1980 – K.L. Krishnan Kutty Pulavar (Tholpava Koothu), Kerala 1981 – M.R. Ranganatha Rao, Karnataka 1983 – Meher Rustom Contractor, Gujarat 1987 –Suresh Dutta , West Bengal 1992 –Dadi Dorab Pudumjee , Delhi 1995 – T. Hombiah, Karnataka 1998 – Kolhacharan Sahu (Ravanchhaya puppetry), Orissa 1999 – B.H. Puttashamachar, Karanataka 2001 – Hiren Bhattacharya, Assam 2003 –Puran Bhatt , Rajasthan 2004 –Maguni Charan Kuanr , Odisha[ 14] 2005 – Ganpat Sakharam Masge, Maharashtra 2010 – K. Chinna Anjannamma (Shadow puppetry: Tolu Bommalata), Andhra Pradesh 2010 – K.V. Ramakrishnan and K.C. Ramakrishnan (Glove puppetry: Pava Kathakali), Kerala 2012 – Prafulla Karmakar (Traditional Puppetry - West Bengal) 2013 – Lilavati M Kavi (Bajaj), Puppetry 2014 – K. Kesavasamy (Puppetry - Puducherry) 2016 – Prabhitangsu Das (Contemporary Puppetry - Tripura) 2018 –Anupama Hoskere (Classical String Puppetry of Karnataka, Bengaluru) 2020 – Meena Nayak (Puppetry - Maharashtra) Key # Indicates an award for the performing arts in the media
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