India, Aug. 11 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
The Hon'ble President of India will confer the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowships and Awards for the years 2024 and 2025 to 115 artists in a special investiture ceremony scheduled for Thursday, 13 August 2026 at 11:30 a.m. at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.
Arun Nagesh Kashalkar
Hindustani Vocal
Nirmalya Dey
Hindustani Vocal - Dhrupad
Bharat Bhushan Goswami
Hindustani Instrumental - Sarangi
Sanjay Mukherjee
Hindustani Instrumental - Tabla
Krishna Vageesh
Carnatic Vocal
N. Vijay Siva
Carnatic Vocal
A S Krishnan
Carnatic Instrumental - Morching
Komanduri Seshadri
Carnatic Instrumental - Violin
Rakesh Chaurasia
Creative and Experimental - Flute
Prabhati Mukherjee
Other Major traditions of Music - Sugam Sangeet
Anand Bhate
Other Major traditions of Music - Abhang
Samandar Khan Manganiar
Other Major traditions of Music - Mand
Rajeswari Sainath
Bharatanatyam
Bipul Chandra Das
Kathak
Rajkumari Thambalsana Devi
Manipuri
Veena Murthy Vijay
Kuchipudi
Bichitrananda Swain
Odissi
Prema Ozah Borbayan
Sattriya
Sreedevi Rajan
Mohiniattam
Nripen Sahis
Chhau
Shashidharan Nair
Creative and Experimental
Kalamandalam Unnikrishnan
Music for Dance - Kathakali
Kumara Surya Narayana
Music for Dance
Satish Dave
Direction
T S Nagabharana
Direction
Ravi Chaturvedi
Direction
Om Katare
Direction
Gummadi Gopala Krishna Rao
Acting
Vagai Chanderasekar
Acting
Arun Nalavde
Acting
Dhiren D Merchant
Allied Theatre Arts - Lighting
Dinesh Kumar Poddar
Allied Theatre Arts - Lighting
Mukund Ram Marathe
Traditional Theatre - Sangeet Natak
Dursheti Ramaiah
Folk Music, Telangana
K Murugan
Folk Dance, Puducherry
S C Sharma
Folk & Tribal Music, Karnataka
Atamjeet Singh
Nautanki, Uttar Pradesh
Mahendra Ram
Folk Music, Bihar
Butan Devi and Somari Devi (Joint)
Folk Dance, Jharkhand
Ranajit Kumar Nag
Folk Dance - Sambalpuri, Odisha
Hawa Singh
Folk Music, Haryana
Veswuzo Phesao
Folk Music & Dance, Nagaland
Gulabi Sapera
Folk Dance, Rajasthan - Kalbeliya
Lourembam Bedabati
Folk Music, Manipur
Subhash Narayan Nakashe
Folk Dance, Maharashtra
Kishorbhai Somabhai Mistry
Instrument making - Rudra Veena
T S Sathyavathi
Overall Contribution in Music
Voleti Rangamani
Overall Contribution in Dance
Shubhada Manohar Varadkar
Scholarship in Performing Arts - Dance
Tapati Chowdhurie
Art Critique - Performing Arts
Sunanda Nair
Overseas - Dance (Mohiniattam)
Krishna Mohan Pathak
Hindustani Vocal - Dhrupad
Suresh Gandharv
Hindustani Vocal
Shailesh Bhagwat
Hindustani Instrumental - Shehnai
Jyoti Ganpati Hegde
Hindustani Instrumental - Rudra Veena
Pantula Rama
Carnatic Vocal
Papanasam Ashok Ramani
Carnatic Vocal
Tripoonithura N Radhakrishnan
Carnatic Instrumental - Ghatam
Anoor R. Anantha Krishna Sharma
Carnatic Instrumental - Mridangam
D. Srinivas
Carnatic Instrumental - Veena
Yugantar Sindoor
Other Major traditions of Music - Sugam Sangeet
Satchidananda Das
Other Major traditions of Music - Mardala
Seema Anil Sehgal
Other Major traditions of Music - Sugam Sangeet
Roja Kannan
Bharatanatyam
Krishna Mohan Mishra Maharaj, Vaswati Misra and Ram Mohan Maharaj (Trio)
Kathak
Kalamandalam Krishnakumar
Kathakali
Irengbam Nalini Devi
Manipuri Seetha Nagajothy and P. Nagajothy (Joint)
Mallika Kandali
Sattriya
Girija Chandran
Mohiniattam
Pagulu Jena
Chhau - Mayurbhanj
Kaniyal Hariprasad
Music for Dance - Bharatanatyam
Bhaskar Jyoti Ojah
Music for Dance - Sattriya
S. Kumar
Other Major Traditions of Dance & Dance Theatre - Bhagavatamela
Kapildev Chandrakant Shukla
Direction
Kallol Bhattacharyya
Direction
Navdeep Kaur
Direction
Pramod Dnyandeo Pawar
Direction
Subodh Patnaik
Direction
Chetana Das
Acting
Suresh Kumar Hazzu
Acting
Makhan Lal Saraf
Acting
Ashok Patki
Allied Theatre Arts - Music for Theatre
Usha Nangiar
Other Major Traditions of Theatre - Nangiarkooth
Anup Ranjan Pandey
Folk Music, Chhattisgarh
Bheru Singh Chouhan
Folk Music, Madhya Pradesh - Nirguni
Surjya Kumar Debbarma
Folk Dance, Tripura
Joginder Singh Habbi
Folk Dance, Himachal Pradesh
Romalo Ram
Folk Music & Dance, Jammu and Kashmir
Harmanpreet Singh
Folk Dance, Punjab
Ali Mohammad
Folk Music, Ladakh
Domin Karbak
Folk Dance, Arunachal Pradesh
K. Rosiama
Folk Dance, Mizoram
Rani Maring
Instrument Making
Sushanta Kumar
Mask Making - Chhau
Mangla Prasad Sharma
Instrument Making
Kunal
Overall Contribution in Theatre
Maneesha Sathe
Overall Contribution in Dance - Kathak
Rakesh Sinha
Overall Contribution - Art Photography
Manjari Sinha
Art Critique - Performing Arts
T S Nandakumar
Overseas - Music (Mridangam)
Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Hon'ble Minister for Culture and Tourism, Govt. of India, Shri Rao Inderjit Singh, Hon'ble Minister of State for Planning, Statistics, and Programme Implementation (Independent Charge) and Hon'ble Minister of State for Culture, Govt. of India, Shri Vivek Aggarwal, Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India and Dr Sandhya Purecha, Chairman, Sangeet Natak Akademi will grace the award ceremony.
The Fellows and Awardees so selected represent the nation as a whole, and belong to different States and Union Territories of India. Besides, these eminent artists cover the entire gamut of the performing art forms expressed in the form of music, dance, drama, folk & tribal art, puppetry and allied theatre art forms, etc.
The Akademi Awards have been conferred since 1952. These honours not only symbolize the highest standard of excellence and achievement, but also recognize sustained individual work and contribution. The honour of Akademi Fellow carries a purse money of Rs. 3,00,000/- (Rupees three lakh only) while the Akademi Award carries a purse money of Rs. 1,00,000/- (Rupees one lakh only), besides a Tamrapatra and Angavastram.
The list of 115 artists selected for the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship, Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards is attached in Annexure-1.
ANNEXURE-1
List of Fellows
Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards (Akademi Puraskar) for the year 2024
Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards (Akademi Puraskar) for the year 2025
Field of Activity: Music (12)
Field of Activity: Music (12)
Field of Activity: Dance (12)
Field of Activity: Dance (12)
Field of Activity: Theatre (10)
Field of Activity: Theatre (10)
Field of Activity: Folk and Tribal/Puppet/Mask Making/Instruments Making (13)
Field of Activity: Folk and Tribal/Puppet/Mask Making/Instruments Making (13)
Field of Activity: Overall and Others (5)
Field of Activity: Overall and others (5)
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