Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
Sangeet Natak Akademi Puraskar (Akademi Award) (IPA:Saṅgīta Nāṭaka Akādamī Puraskāra) is an award given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama. It is the highest Indian recognition given to practicing artists.[1] The award earlier in 2003, consisted of Rs. 50,000, a citation, an angavastram (a shawl), and a tamrapatra (a brass plaque).[2] Since 2009 cash prize has been increased to ₹1,00,000.[3] The awards are given in the categories of music, dance, theatre, other traditional arts and puppetry, and for contribution/scholarship in performing arts.[2]
| Sangeet Natak Akademi Award | |
|---|---|
| Award for contributions to Performing arts | |
| Awarded for | Award for performing arts in India |
| Sponsored by | Sangeet Natak Akademi |
| First awarded | 1952 |
| Last awarded | 2018 |
| Music of India | |
|---|---|
 A Lady Playing the Tanpura, c. 1735 (Rajasthan) | |
| Genres | |
| Traditional
Modern | |
| Media and performance | |
| Music awards | |
| Music festivals | |
| Music media | |
| Nationalistic and patriotic songs | |
| National anthem | Jana Gana Mana |
| Regional music | |
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Award recipients
Music
Hindustani music
Vocal
- 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
- 1975-76 Gavri 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 Ahmad 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 and Surinder 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 - Rajashekhar Mansur, Ajay Pohankar
- 2013 - Ritwik Sanyal, Veena Sahasrabuddhe
- 2014 - Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande, Iqbal Ahmad Khan, Nath Narelkar
- 2015 - Mashkoor Ali Khan
- 2016 - Prabhakar Karekar
- 2017 - Lalith J. Rao
- 2017 - Umakant and Ramakant Gundecha - Gundecha Brothers
Instrumental
Been/Rudra Veena/Vichitra Veena
- 1969 – Dabir Khan
- 1977 – Asad Ali Khan
- 1981 – Zia Mohiuddin Dagar
- 1994 – Pandit Gopal Krishan
- 2012 - Bahauddin Dagar
- Flute
- 1983 – Pt. Hari Prasad Chaurasiya
- 1986 – Devendra Murdeshwar
- 1994 – Raghunath Seth
- 2010 – Nityanand Haldipur
- 2014 - Ronu Majumdar
- 2017 – Shashank Subramanyam
- 2017 - Pt. Rajendra Prasanna
Guitar
- 2005 – Brij Bhushan Kabra
Harmonium
- 1999–2000 – Appa Jalgaonkar
- 2005 – Tulsidas Vasant Borkar
Pakhavaj
- 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 – Bhawani Shankar
- 2011 – Totaram Sharma
Santoor
- 1986 – Shivkumar Sharma
- 1993 – Bhajan Sopori
Sarangi
- 1966 – Shakoor Khan
- 1975 – Ram Narayan
- 1976 – Gopal Misra
- 1986 – Sabri Khan
- 1988 – Hanuman Prasad Mishra
- 1990 – Abdul Lateef Khan
- 1992 – Sultan Khan
- 1996 – Inderlal Dhandra, Ramchandra Mishra
- 2008 – Ramesh Mishra
- 2013 - Dhruba Ghosh
Sarod
- 1952 – Allauddin Khan
- 1953 – Hafiz Ali Khan
- 1963 – Ali Akbar Khan
- 1971 – Radhika Mohan Maitra
- 1986 – Sharan Rani Backliwal
- 1988 – Zarin Sharma
- 1989 – Amjad Ali Khan
- 1993 – Buddhadev Das Gupta
- 1999–2000 – Rajeev Taranath
- 2004 – Aashish Khan
- 2019 - Tejendra Prasad Narayan
Shehnai
- 1956 – Ustad Bismillah Khan
- 1985 – Ali Hussain Khan
- 1989 – Pt. Anant Lal
- 1996 – Pt.Raghunath Prasanna
- 2008 – Krishna Ram Chaudhary
- 2009 – Ali Ahmad Hussain
- 2017 - Rajendra Prasanna[4]
Sitar
- 1958 – Yusuf Ali
- 1960 – Wahid Khan
- 1962 – Pt. Ravi Shankar
- 1968 – Mushtaq Ali Khan
- 1974 – Nikhil Banerjee
- 1987 – Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan, Imrat Khan (also Surbahar)
- 1989 – Balaram Pathak
- 1992 – Uma Shankar Mishra
- 1994 – Shamim Ahmed Khan
- 1996 – Debu Chaudhuri
- 2001 – Manilal Nag
- 2003 – Arvind Parikh
- 2006 – Shahid Parvez
- 2010 – Budhaditya Mukherjee
- 2015 - Karthick Kumar
Surbahar
- 1991 – Annapurna Devi
- 2011 – Pushparaj Koshti
Tabla
- 1954 – Ustad Ahmed Jan Thirakwa
- 1959 – Ustad Jahangir Khan
- 1961 – Pt. Kanthe Maharaj
- 1970 – Masit Khan
- 1976 – Karamatulla Khan
- 1979 – Pt. Samta Prasad
- 1982 – Ustad Alla Rakha
- 1984 – Pt. Kishan Maharaj
- 1990 – Ustad Zakir Hussain
- 1991 – Shaikh Dawood
- 1997 – Swapan Chaudhuri, Lalji Gokhale
- 1998 – Pandharinath Gangadhar Nageshkar
- 1999–2000 – Shankar Ghosh
- 2001- Ishwar Lal Mishra
- 2002 – Suresh B. Gaitonde, Anindo Chatterjee
- 2004 – Pt. Suresh Talwalkar
- 2006 – Kumar Bose
- 2007 – Nandan Mehta
- 2009 – Lachman Singh Seen
- 2012 - Sabir Khan (Tabla)
- 2013 - Hashmat Ali Khan
- 2014 - Pt. Nayan Ghosh
- 2016 - Arvind Mulgaonkar
- 2017 - Pt. Yogesh Samsi
Violin
- 1972 – Gajananrao Joshi
- 1980 – V. G. Jog
- 1990 – N. Rajam
- 1995 – D. K. Datar
- 1996 – Annavarapu Ramaswamy
- 1997 – Sisir Kana Dhar Chowdhury
- 2007 – Ramoo Prasad Shastri
- 2016 - Kala Ramnath
- 2017 - Jakir khan bhapang vadak
- 2018 - Niranjan rajya guru
Carnatic music
Vocal
- 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 – M.R. Srirengam 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, Smt. Suguna Varadachari, R.N. Thiagarajan
- 2016 - Neela Ramgopal, K Omanakutty
Instrumental
Clarionet
- 1994 – A. K. C. Natarajan
Flute
- 1954 – Palladam Sanjiva Rao
- 1961– T.N. Swaminatha Pillai
- 1965 – T. R. Mahalingam
- 1984 – Natesan Ramani
- 1987 – T. Viswanathan
- 1989 – Sikkil Sisters - Kunjumani & Neela
- 1997 – Kesi Narayanaswamy
- 1999–2000 – T.S Sankaran
- 2004 – Prapancham Sitaram
- 2017 – Shashank Subramanyam
Ghatam
- 1988 – Thetakudi Harihara Vinayakram
- 1995 – Umayalpuram K. Narayanaswamy
- 2011 - E. M. Subramaniam
- 2014 - Sukanya Ramgopal
Gottuvadhyam
- 1958 – Budaloor Krishnamurthi Shastri
- 2006 – N. Ravikiran
Kanjira
- 2001 – G. Harishankar
Mandolin
- 2009 – U. Srinivas
Mridangam
- 1956 – Palghat Mani Iyer
- 1975 – C.S. Murugabhupathy
- 1979 – Kolanka Venkata Raju
- 1983 – Palghat R. Raghu
- 1987 – T. K. Murthy
- 1990 – T. V. Gopalakrishnan
- 1991 – Vellore G. Ramabhadran
- 1992 – Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman
- 1994 – Dandamudi Rammohan Rao
- 1996 – Guruvayur Dorai
- 1998 – Karaikudi Mani
- 1999–2000 V. Kamalakar Rao
- 2002 – Yella Venkateshwara Rao
- 2004 – Madras A. Kannan
- 2006 – Thiruvarur Bakthavathsalam
- 2008 – Mannargudi Easwaran
- 2009 – Dandamudi Sumathi Dandamudi Sumathi Rama Mohan Rao
- 2010 – Srimushnam V. Raja Rao
- 2012 - K. V. Prasad
- 2013 - Trichy Sankaran
- 2016 - J. Vaidhyanathan
- 2017 - Tirvarur Vaidhyanathan
Nagaswaram
- 1955 – T. N. Rajarathinam Pillai
- 1962 – Dr.Thiruvengadu Subramania Pillai
- 1966 – P.S. Veeruswamy Pillai
- 1972 – T. S. Natarajasundaram Pillai
- 1976 – Sheik Chinna Moulana
- 1981 – Namagiripettai Krishnan
- 1995 – Domada Chittiabbayi
- 2005 – Ongale N. Rangaiah
- 2007 – S. R. D. Vaidyanathan
- 2011 - Seshampatti T Sivalingam
- 2013 - Thiruvizha Jayashankar
Saxophone
- 2003 – Kadri Gopalnath
Thavil
- 1985 - Valangaiman A. Shanmugasundaram Pillai
- 1988 – Valayapatti A.R. Subramaniam
- 2001 – Haridwaramangalam A. K. Palanivel
- 2014 - T. A. Kaliyamurthy
Veena
- 1952 – Karaikudi Sambasiva Iyer
- 1960 – L. Subramanya Sastri
- 1968 – K. S. Narayanaswamy
- 1969 – Devakottai A. Narayana Iyengar
- 1970 – Mysore V. Doreswamy Iyengar
- 1973 – Emani Sankara Sastry
- 1977 – Sundaram Balachander
- 1980 – Thanjavur K.P. Sivanandam
- 1986 – Rajeswari Padmanabhan
- 1988 – R. Pichumani Iyer
- 1990 – Chitti Babu
- 1992 – M.K. Kalyanakrishna Bhagavathar
- 1993 – Kalpakam Swaminathan
- 2001 – R.N. Doreswamy
- 2002 – E. Gayathri
- 2007 – Vidya Shankar
- 2011 - Ayyagari Syamasundaram
- 2012 - Mysore M. Nagaraja
- 2014 - Dwaram Durga Prasad Rao
- 2017 - Suma Sudhindra
Violin
- 1953 – Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu
- 1957 – Tirumakudalu Chowdiah
- 1959 – Kumbakonam Rajamanickam Pillai
- 1963 – T.K. Jayarama Iyer
- 1964 – K.N. Chinnaswamy Iyer
- 1967 – K.S. Venkataramiah 'Papa'
- 1971 – Madurai S. Subramanya Iyer
- 1974 – T. N. Krishnan
- 1978 – Lalgudi Jayaraman
- 1982 – M. S. Gopalakrishnan
- 1986 – M. Chandrasekaran
- 1988 – Chalakudy N.S. Narayanaswamy
- 1989 – R.K. Venkatarama Sastry
- 1991 – Kandadevi S. Alagiriswamy
- 1993 – Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan
- 1996 – Annavarapu Ramaswamy
- 1997 – T. Rukmini
- 1998 – M. S. Anantharaman
- 1999–2000 - R. R. Keshavamurthy
- 2003 – A. Kanyakumari
- 2005 – V. V. Subrahmanyam
- 2008 – B. Sasikumar
- 2010 – Nagai Muralidharan
- 2016 – Mysore Manjunath
Creative and experimental music
- 1973 – Vishnudas Shirali
- 1976 – Timir Baran Bhattacharya
- 1978 – Rai Chand Boral
- 1982 – Vijay Raghav Rao
- 1983 – Chidambaram S. Jayaraman
- 1986 – Anil Biswas
- 1986 – M.B. Srinivasan
- 1986 – Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay
- 1988 – Bhaskar Chandavarkar
- 1989 – Vanraj Bhatia
- 1990 – L. Subramaniam
- 1994 – V. Balsara
- 1995 – Atul Desai
- 1997 – Satish Bhatia
- 1998 – Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
- 2001 – S. Rajaram
- 2002 – K. P. Udayabhanu
- 2007 – Khayyam
- 2012 – Ilaiyaraaja
Other major traditions of music
- 2007 — Amar Pal (Folk Song, West Bengal)
- 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)
Dance
Bharatanatyam
- 1955 – T. Balasaraswati
- 1957 – Rukmini Devi Arundale
- 1959 – Mylapore Gouri Amma
- 1962 – R. Muthurathnambal
- 1965 – P. Chockkalingam Pillai
- 1966 – Vazhuvoor B. Ramiah Pillai, Swarnasaraswathi
- 1968 – Kamala
- 1969 – T. K. Swaminatha Pillai
- 1970 – Shanta Rao
- 1971 – T. Chandrakanthamma
- 1972 – Sikkil Ramaswami Pillai
- 1973 – Kumbakonam K. Bhanumathi
- 1974 – K. P. Kittappa Pillai
- 1976 – M. Muthiah Pillai
- 1977 – Yamini Krishnamurthy
- 1979 – Pandanallur Subbaraya Pillai
- 1981 – Indrani Rahman
- 1982 – Vyjayanthimala
- 1983 – Padma Subramanyam
- 1984 – Subramaniam Sarada, Sudharani Raghupathy
- 1985 – T. K. Mahalingam Pillai
- 1986 – Krishnaveni Lakshmanan
- 1987 – U. S. Krishna Rao and Chandrabhaga Devi, Chitra Viswaswaran
- 1989 – V. S. Muthuswamy Pillai
- 1990 – Kalanidhi Narayanan
- 1991 – Adyar K. Lakshman
- 1992 – K. J. Sarasa
- 1993 – Guru Kubernath Tanjorkar(Tanjavurkar), C. V. Chandrasekhar
- 1994 – V. P. Dhananjayan and Shanta Dhananjayan
- 1995 – M. K. Saroja, Indira Rajan
- 1996 – Sarada Hoffman
- 1997 – Kanaka Srinivasan
- 1998 – Lakshmi Viswanathan
- 1999–2000 – K. Kalyanasundaram Pillai, Leela Samson, H. R. Keshava Murthy
- 2001 – Alarmel Valli, Pratibha Prahlad
- 2002 – Malavika Sarukkai
- 2003 – C. K. Balagopalan
- 2004 – Nirmala Ramachandran
- 2005 – R Rhadha
- 2006 – S. Narmada
- 2007 – Sucheta Bhide Chapekar
- 2008 – Saroja Vaidyanathan
- 2009 – Ananda Shankar Jayant
- 2011 - Narthaki Natraj (First Transgender to receive SN Akademi Award)
- 2012 - Priyadarsini Govind
- 2013 - Jamuna Krishnan, B. Herabhanathan
- 2014 - Adayar Janardanan
- 2015 - Ranganayaki Jayaraman
- 2016 - Geeta Chandran
- 2017 - Rama Vaidyanathan
Chhau
- 1963 – Suddhendra 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
Creative dance/Choreography
- 1960 – Uday Shankar
- 1970 – Mrinalini Sarabhai
- 1976 – Narendra Sharma
- 1979 – Prabhat Ganguli
- 1980 – R. K. Priyagopal Sana
- 1981 – Parvati Kumar
- 1984 – Rajkumar Singhajit Singh
- 1989 – Maya Rao
- 1991 – Chandralekha
- 1992 – Sachin Shankar
- 1993 – Manjusri Chaki Sircar
- 1995 – Astad Deboo
- 1999–2000 Mallika Sarabhai
- 2001 – Gul Bardhan
- 2002 – Sambhu Bhattacharya
- 2005 – Th. Chaotombi Singh
- 2006 – Gorima Hazarika
- 2008 – Yogsunder Desai
- 2009 – Daksha Sheth
- 2010 – Uttara Asha Coorlawala
- 2011 - Tanushree Shankar
- 2014 - Navtej Singh Johar
- 2015 - W. Lokendrajit Singh
- 2016 - Anita Ratnam
Kathak
- 1955 – Shambhu Maharaj
- 1957 – Baijnath Prasad "Lacchu Maharaj"
- 1959 – Sunder Prasad
- 1962 – Mohanrao Kallianpurkar
- 1964 – Birju Maharaj
- 1968 – Damayanti Joshi
- 1969 – Sitara Devi
- 1974 – Gauri Shankar Devilal Kathak
- 1975 – Roshan Kumari
- 1979 – Rohini Bhate
- 1982 – Kartik Ram, Kumudini Lakhia
- 1984 – Durga Lal
- 1987 – Uma Sharma
- 1991 – Reba Vidyarthi
- 1995 – Ramlal Bareth
- 1996 – Rani Karnaa
- 1998 – Sunderlal Sathyanarayan Gangani
- 1999–2000 – Shovana Narayan
- 2000 - Surendra Saikia
- 2002 – Rajendra Gangani
- 2003 – Sunayana Hazarilal Agarwal, Urmila Nagar
- 2004 – Saswati Sen
- 2005 – Tirath Ram Azad
- 2006 – Munna Shukla
- 2007 – Geetanjali Lal
- 2008 – Shashi Sankhla
- 2009 – Prerana Shrimali
- 2010 – Malabika Mitra
- 2011 - Manjushree Chatterjee
- 2012 - Vijay Shankar
- 2013 - Rajashree Shirke
- 2014 - Uma Dogra
- 2016 - Jitendra Maharaj
- 2017 - Shobha Koser
Kathakali
- 1956 – Guru Kunchu Kurup
- 1958 – Thotton K. Chandu Panikkar
- 1961 – Thekinkatti Ramunni Nair
- 1963 – Chenganoor Raman Pillai
- 1965 – Guru Gopinath
- 1967 – Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair
- 1968 – Kurichi Kunjan Panickar
- 1969 – Vazhenkada Kunchu Nair
- 1970 – M. Vishnu Namboodiri
- 1971 – Kudamaloor Karunakaran Nair
- 1972 – M. Madhava Panicker
- 1973 – Velinezhi K. Nanu Nayar
- 1973 – Kavungal Chathunni Panicker
- 1974 – Kalamandalam Ramankutty Nair
- 1975 – K. Sankarankutty Panicker
- 1983 – Champakulam Pachu Pillai
- 1985 – Mankompu Sivasankara Pillai
- 1987 – Kalamandalam Gopi
- 1988 – Keezhpadam Kumaran Nair
- 1989 – Oyoor Kochugovinda Pillai
- 1991 – Chennithala Chellapan Pillai
- 1993 – Kalamandalam Padmanabhan Nair
- 1996 – Kottakkal Krishnan Kutty Nair
- 1997 – Madavoor Vasudevan Nair
- 1998 – Kottakkal Sivaraman
- 1999–2000 Nelliyode Vasudevan Namboodiri
- 2003 – Sadanam P. V. Balakrishnan
- 2004 – Kalamandalam Vasu Pisharody
- 2005 – Mathoor Govindam Kutty
- 2006 – Kottakkal Chandrasekharan
- 2007 – Sadanam Krishnankutty
- 2008 – Kalamandalam Kuttan
- 2009 – Kalamandalam Rajan
- 2010 – Kalamandalam K. G. Vasudevan
- 2011 - Thonnakkal Peethambaram
- 2012 -Vazhengada Vijayan
- 2013 - Kalamandalam M.P.S. Namboodiri
- 2015 - K. Kunhiraman Nair
- 2016 - Kalamandalam Ramachandran Unnithan
- 2017 - Madambi Subramanian
Kuchipudi
- 1961 – Vedantam Satyanarayana Sarma ‘Satyam’
- 1968 – Chinta Krishnamurthy
- 1978 – C. Ramacharyalu
- 1981 – Vempati Chinna Satyam
- 1983 – Nataraj Ramakrishna (also Bharatanatyam)
- 1985 – Vedantam Prahlada Sarma
- 1987 – Pasumarthi Venugopala Krishna Sarma
- 1990 – Shobha Naidu
- 1991 – Raja Reddy and Radha Reddy
- 1993 – Josyula Seetharamaiah
- 1994 – Vedantam Parvateesam
- 1998 – Veernala Jayarama Rao and Banashree Rao
- 1999–2000 – Swapnasundari Rao
- 2003 – K. Uma Rama Rao
- 2004 – Pasumarthi Seetha Ramiah
- 2005 – Korada Narasimha Rao
- 2006 – Pasumarthi Rathiah Sarma
- 2007 – Yelesarapu Nageswara Sarma
- 2008 – Vasanta Lakshmi and Narasimhachari
- 2009 – Vyjayanthi Kashi
- 2010 – Ratna Kumar
- 2011 - Alekhya Punjala
- 2012 - Vedantam Ramalinga Sastry
- 2013 - Chinta Seetha Ramanjaneyulu
- 2014 - Vedantam Radhesyam
- 2015 - G Padmaja Reddy
- 2016 - A B Bala Kondala Rao
- 2017 - Deepika Reddy
Manipuri
- 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. Thambalangoubi 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
Mohiniattam
- 1972 – T. Chinnammu Amma
- 1978 – Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma
- 1994 – Kalamandalam Satyabhama
- 1998 – Kalamandalam Kshemavathy
- 1999–2000 – Bharati Shivaji
- 2004 – Kalamandalam Sugandhi
- 2006 – Kalamandalam Vimala Menon
- 2007 – Deepti Omchery Bhalla
- 2008 – Kalamandalam Leelamma
- 2011 - V. K. Hymavathy
- 2015 - Mandakini Trivedi
Odissi
- 1966 – Kelucharan Mohapatra
- 1970 – Pankaj Charan Das
- 1976 – Sanjukta Panigrahi (joint award with Raghunath Panigrahi for Orissi music)
- 1977 – Deba Prasad Das
- 1985 – Mayadhar Raut
- 1986 – Priyambada Mohanty Hejmadi
- 1987 – Sonal Mansingh
- 1992 – D. N. Pattnaik
- 1994 – Kumkum Mohanty
- 1995 – Raghunath Dutta
- 1997 – Gangadhar Pradhan
- 1999–2000 – Minati Mishra, Madhavi Mudgal
- 2002 – Kiran Segal
- 2003 – Hare Krishna Behera
- 2004 – Durllav Chandra Singh
- 2005 – Durga Charan Ranbir
- 2006 – Surendra Nath Jena
- 2007 – Ranjana Gauhar
- 2008 – Ramani Ranjan Jena
- 2009 – Geeta Mahalik
- 2010 – Aruna Mohanty
- 2011 - Ramli Ibrahim
- 2012 - Sharmila Biswas
- 2013 - Sangeeta Dash
- 2014 - Sudhakar Sahoo
- 2015 - Aloka Kanungo
- 2016 - Ratikant Mohapatra
- 2017 - Sujata Mohapatra
Sattriya
- 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 - Sharodi Saikia
- 2016 - Haricharan Bhuyan Borbayan
- 2017 - Ramkrishna Talukdar
Other major traditions of dance and dance theatre
- 2007 – Kalamandalam Sivan Namboodiri (Kutiyattam)
- 2009 – Kala Krishna (Andhranatyam)
- 2010 – Painkulam Rama Chakyar (Kutiyattam)
- 2012 - Painkulam Damodara Chakyar (Kutiyattam)
- 2013 - Srinivasa Rangachariar (Arayer Sevai)
Music for dance
- 2005 – Josyula Krishna Murthy (Kuchipudi Bhagavatha Maddalla)
- 2006 – Kalamandalam Gangadharan (Kathakali Pattu)
- 2008 – Ramhari Das (Orissi)
- 2010 – S. Rajeswari (Bharatanatyam)
- 2011 - Karaikudi Krishnamurthi
- 2012 - Jwala Prasad
- 2013 - Dhaneshwar Swain
- 2014 - Varanasi Vishnu Namboothiri (Kathakali)
- 2015 - Rajkumar Bharathi
- 2017 - Ashit Desai
Theatre
Acting
From 1952–2003 (language-wise)
Assamese
- 1961 – Mitradev Mahanta Adhikari
- 2001 – Girish Chowdhury
Bengali theatre
- 1958 – Ahindra Choudhury
- 1962 – Tripti Mitra
- 1967 – Sabitabrata Dutta
- 1970 – Saraju Bala Devi
- 1973 – Shobha Sen
- 1975 – Molina Devi
- 1977 – Krishna Roy
- 1983 – Kumar Roy
- 1989 – Sekhar Chatterjee
- 1995 – Satya Bandopadhyay
- 1998 – Soumitra Chatterjee
- 1999–2000 – Ketaki Dutta Sabitri Chatterjee
- 2003 – Shaoli Mitra
Gujarati theatre
- 1960 – Ashraf Khan
- 1965 – Muljibhai Khushalbhai Nayak
- 1968 – Jaswant D. Thaker
- 1974 – Pransukh Manilal Nayak
- 1980 – Dina Pathak(Gandhi)
- 1988 – Sarita Joshi
Hindi theatre
- 1979 – Amrish Puri
- 1982 – Manohar Singh
- 1984 – Uttara Baokar
- 1985 – Fida Hussain
- 1989 – Surekha Sikri
- 1990– Naseeruddin Shah (also Urdu)
- 1999–2000 Seema Biswas
Kannada
- 1955 – Gubbi Veeranna
- 1961 – Subbaiah Naidu
- 1985 – B. Jayamma
- 1992 – R. Nagarathnamma
- 1994 – Balappa Yenagi
- 1996 – B. Jayashree
- 2003 – C. R. Simha
Malayalam
- 1960 – C. I. Parameswaran Pillai
- 1965 – V. T. Aravindaksha Menon
- 1969 – N. N. Pillai
Manipuri
- 1991 – Sabitri Heisnam
- 1997 – R. K. Bhogen
Marathi theatre
- 1955 – Narayan Rao Rajhans 'Bal Gandharva'
- 1956 – Ganesh Govind Bodas
- 1957 – Chintaman Ganesh Kolhatkar
- 1960 – Gopal Govind Pathak
- 1964 – Keshav Trimbak Date
- 1971 – Shreeram Lagoo
- 1976 – Jyotsna Bhole
- 1978 – Dattaram N. Walwaikar
- 1981 – Chintamani Govind Pendse
- 1983 – Dattatray Ramachandra Bhat
- 1986 – Prabhakar V. Panshikar
- 1987 – Sulabha Deshpande (also Hindi)
- 1990 – Bhakti Barve Inamdar
- 1991 – Neelu Phule
- 1996 – Mohan Agashe
- 2018 – Suhas Joshi
Oriya
- 1961 – Samuel Sahu
Sanskrit
Tamil
- 1959 – Pammal Sambandha Mudaliar
- 1962 – T. K. Shanmugam
- 1967 – S. V. Sahasranamam
- 1992 – Poornam Vishwanathan
Telugu theatre
- 1961 – Sthanam Narasimha Rao
- 1963 – Banda Kanakalingeswara Rao
- 1973 – Kalyanam Raghuramaiah
- 1986 – Peesapati Narasimha Murty
Urdu
- 1963 – Zohra Sehgal
- 1994 – Uzra Butt
From 2004 onwards
- 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
Mime
- 1993 – Jogesh Dutta
- 2002 – Niranjan Goswami
- 2009 – Moinul Haque
Direction
- 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
- 2018 - Prof. Satyabrata Rout
Playwriting
- Assamese
- 1986 – Satya Prasad Barua
- 2003 – Aruna Sarma
- Bengali
- 1968 – Badal Sircar
- 1969 – Manmatha Ray
- 1975 – Bijon Bhattacharya
- 1985 – Manoj Mitra
- 1991 – Mohit Chattopadhyaya
- Dogri
- 2008 – Narsingh Dev Jamwal
- Gujarati
- 1961 – Prabhulal Dayaram Dwivedi
- 1971 – C. C. Mehta, Pragji Dossa,
- Hindi
- 1965 – Upendra Nath Ashk
- 1968 – Mohan Rakesh
- 1977 – Lakshmi Narain Lal
- 1988 – Dharamvir Bharati
- 1992 – Surendra Verma
- 2001 – Bhisham Sahni, D.P. Sinha
- 2006 – Prabhat Kumar Bhattacharya
- 2004 – Swadesh Deepak
- 2007 – Reoti Sharan Sharna
- 2008 – Mudra Rakshasa
- Kannada
- 1963 – Adya Rangacharya 'Shriranga'
- 1972 – Girish Karnad
- 1983 – Chandrashekhara Kambara
- 1980 – Narasinga Rao Parwathavani
- 1989 – G.B. Joshi
- 1997 – H.S. Shiva Prakash
- Kashmiri
- 1997 – Moti Lal Kemmu
- Malayalam
- 1979 – G. Sankara Pillai
- 1983 - Kavalam Narayana Panikkar
- 1986 – K. T. Muhammed
- 1997 – N. Krishna Pillai
- 2009 – Vayala Vasudevan Pillai
- Manipuri
- 2007 – Yumnam Rajendra Singh
- Marathi
- 1958 – B.V. 'Mama' Warerkar
- 1967 – P. L. Deshpande
- 1970 – Vijay Tendulkar
- 1976 – C. T. Khanolkar
- 1982 – M.G. Rangnekar
- 1984 – Vasant Shankar Kanetkar
- 1987 – V.V. Shirwadkar
- 1989 – Mahesh Elkunchwar
- 1994 – Satish Alekar
- 1996 – G.P. Deshpande
- 2003 – Ratnakar Ramkrishna Matkari
- 2009 – Shankar Narayan Navre
- Mizo
- 2007 – Lathangfala Sailo
- Oriya
- 1981 – Manorajan Das
- 1982-Biswajit Das
- 1987 – Gopal Chhotray
- Punjabi
- 1993 – Gursharan Singh
- 1998 – Balwant Gargi
- 2010 – Atamjeet Singh
- Tamil
- 1974 – S.D. Sundaram
- 1999–2000 – Na. Muthuswamy
- 2004 – Indira Parthasarathy
- Telugu
- 2010 – D. Vizai Bhaskar
2012 onwards
- 2012 - Arjun Deo Charan
- 2013 - Rameshwar Prem, Pundalik Narayan Naik
- 2014 - Asgar Wajahat
Allied Theatre Arts
- Lighting
- 1974 – 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
- Scenic Design
- 1985 – Goverdhan Panchal
- 1986 – Khaled Choudhury
- 1988 – Dattatraya Ganesh Godse
- 1997 – Mansukh Joshi
- 1999–2000 – Robin Das
- 2007 – Mahendra Kumar
- Costumes/Make-up
- 1981 – 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)
- Music for Theatre
- 1999–2000 – Kajal Ghosh, Kamal Tewari
- 2005 - R. Paramashivan
- 2009 – Kuldeep Singh
- 2012 - Murari Roychoudhury
- 2014 - Amod Bhatt, Amardas Manikpuri (Chhattisgarh)
- Stagecraft
- 1993 – M.S. Sathyu
- 1995 – N. Krishnamoorthy
- 2002 – Nissar Allana
- 2005 - H. V. Sharma
Major traditions of theatre
- 2007 – Kolyur Ramachandra Rao (Yakshagana)
- 2008 – Bansi Lal Khiladi, Khayal (Rajasthan)
- 2012 - Ghulam Rasool Bhagat (Bhand Pather)
- 2014 - Manjunath Bhagwat Hostota (Yakshagana)
Other Traditional / Folk/ Tribal/ Dance/ Music/ Theatre and Puppetry
Other Traditional / Folk / Tribal/ Music/ Dance and Theatre
- 1964 – Mani Madhava Chakyar (Kutiyattam), Kerala
- 1969 - Gahan Chandra Goswami (Ankia Nat, Assam)
- 1972 – Kudamaloor Karunakaran Nair (Kathakali), Kerala
- 1981 - Kamini Kumar Narzary (Bodo Tribal Dance, Assam)
- 1983 - Dharmiklal Chunilal Pandya (Akhyana), Gujarat
- 1983 - Lalit Chandra Ojha (Ojapali and Deodhani Dances, Assam)
- 1985 - Mohan Chandra Barman (Bhaona, Assam)
- 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 [5]
- 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)
- 2005 - Khirod Khakhlari (Bodo Dance & Music, Assam)
- 2005 – Mathoor Govindan Kutty (Kathakali), Kerala
- 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 - Trippekulam Achuta Marar(Kerla)
- 2011 - Hemant Chauhan for Folk Music (Gujarat)
- 2011 - Gurmeet Bawa for Folk Music (Punjab)
- 2011 - Kashiram Sahu for Folk Theatre (Chhattisgarh)
- 2011 - Mipham Otsal for Traditional Theatre (Jammu & Kashmir)
- 2011 - Bellagallu Veeranna for Togalu Gombeyatta, Puppetry (Karnataka)
- 2011 - Gopal Chandra Das for Putul Nach (Tripura)
- 2011 - Kasmi Khan Niyazi for 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)[6]
- 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 - Ramchandra Singh (Folk Theater - Bihar)
- 2017 - Mukund Nayak (Folk Music - Jharkhand)
- 2018 - Narendra Singh Negi (Folk Music - Uttarakhand)
Puppetry /Mime/ Allied arts of traditional forms
- 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, West Bengal
- 2003 – Puran Bhatt, Rajasthan
- 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)
Overall Contribution/Scholarship
| Year | Recipient | Field |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Kanak Rele | Dance |
| 1994 | K. V. Subbanna | Theatre |
| 1995 | Sunil Kothari | Dance |
| 1996 | Ram Gopal Bajaj | Theatre |
| 2000 | B. V. K. Sastry | Performing Arts |
| 2000 | Nemi Chandra Jain | Performing Arts |
| 2000 | Shanta Serbjeet Singh | Performing Arts |
| 2001 | Suresh Awasthi | Performing Arts |
| 2002 | Romesh Chander | Theatre |
| 2002 | J. N. Kaushal | Theatre |
| 2003 | P. V. Subramanium 'Subbudu' | Performing Arts |
| 2004 | Sushil Kumar Saxena | Performing Arts |
| 2005 | Pratibha Agrawal | Theatre |
| 2006 | Rekha Jain | Performing Arts |
| 2007 | Mukund Lath | Performing Arts |
| 2008 | R. Sathyanarayana | Performing Arts |
| 2009 | Leela Venkataraman | Performing Arts |
| 2010 | Ashok Ranade | Performing Arts - Music |
| 2010 | Jaidev Taneja | Performing Arts - Theatre |
| 2011 | Shrivatsa Goswami | |
| 2011 | Sundari K. Shridharani | |
| 2012 | Arun Kakade | |
| 2012 | Nandini Ramani | |
| 2013 | N. Ramanathan | |
| 2013 | Mysore V. Subramanya | |
| 2014 | Indudhar Nirody | |
| 2014 | Akshara K. V. | |
| 2015 | Chaman Lal Ahuja | Performing Arts |
| 2015 | Shanta Gokhale | Performing Arts |
| 2015 | Rani Balbir Kaur | Theatre |
| 2017 | Sandhya Purecha | Dance |
| 2018 | Puru Dadheech | Dance |
Films
# Indicates an award for the performing arts in the media |
|---|
| Year | Recipient | Field |
|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Debaki Bose | Direction |
| 1957 | Gajanan Digambar Madgulkar | Screenplay |
| 1958 | Sachin Dev Burman | Music Direction |
| 1958 | Durga Khote | Acting |
| 1959 | Ashok Kumar | Acting |
| 1959 | Satyajit Ray | Direction |
| 1960 | Chhabi Biswas | Acting |
| 1961 | Lalita Pawar | Acting |
| 1961 | Kavi Pradeep | Lyricist |
| 1961 | Mukhram Sharma | Screenplay |
| 1988 | Salil Chowdhury# | Music |
| 1991 | Sudhir Phadke# | Music |
| 1992 | Naushad# | Music |
| 1992 | K. J. Yesudas# | Music |
| 2001 | Prem Matiyani# | Theatre |
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References
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- "Guidelines for Sangeet Natak Akademi Ratna and Akademi Puraskar". Sangeet Natak Akademi. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2009.
- "Sangeet Natak Akademi honour for Jasraj, Shreeram Lagoo". The Hindu. PTI. 17 February 2010. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 26 April 2018.CS1 maint: others (link)
- http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/uploads/2018-19/PressReleaseSNAAwards2017-English.pdf
- https://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/citation_popup.php?id=1364&at=2
- "List of Sangeet Natak Akademi Puraskar awardees 2013" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
- "Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards". New Delhi: Sangeet Natak Akademi. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
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