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Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi

 

National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama, New Delhi

 

Announcement of Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowships (Akademi Ratna)

&  Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards (Akademi Puraskar) for the Years 2019, 2020 and 2021

 

The General Council of Sangeet Natak Akademi, the National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama, New Delhi, at its meeting held from 6-8 November 2022 at The Ashok, New Delhi unanimously elected Ten (10) eminent personalities in the field of performing arts as Akademi Fellows. The Fellowship of the Akademi is a most prestigious and rare honour, which is restricted to 40 at any given time. With the election of ten (10) Fellows, there are presently (39) Fellows of Sangeet Natak Akademi.

 

The General Council also selected one hundred and twenty-eight (128) artists from the field of Music, Dance, Theatre, Traditional/Folk/Tribal Music/Dance/Theatre, Puppetry and Overall contribution/scholarship in the Performing Arts for the Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards (Akademi Puraskar) thus clearing the backlog for the years 2019, 2020 & 2021. These one hundred and twenty eight (128) artists include three joint awards. The name of the artists who have been selected for the Akademi Awards for the years 2019, 2020 and 2021.

 

The Fellows and Awardees so selected represent the nation as a whole, and belong to different States and Union Territories. Besides, these eminent artists cover the entire gamut of the performing arts such as vocal music, both Hindustani and Carnatic; instrumental music, both Hindustani and Carnatic including Flute, Sitar and Mridangam; Sugam Sangeet as well as

Harikatha; the major forms of Indian dance such as Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Kathakali, Kuchipudi, Odissi, Sattriya, Mohiniattam as well as Contemporary Dance; the different specializations of theatre such as playwriting, direction, acting, make-up, lighting, stage design; the other major traditions of theatre like Isai Natakam; the folk and tribal arts as well as the arts of puppetry and instrument making.

 

The North-eastern States of the country have also been adequately represented with 14 artists from the North-east selected for the Award from Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Tripura, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland.

 

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) while the Akademi Award carries a purse money of Rs 1,00,000/- (Rupees one lakh), besides a Tamrapatra and Angavastram.

 

The Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards will be conferred by the Hon’ble President of India in a special investiture ceremony.

  

Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi

 

The following have been selected for the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship by the General Council of Sangeet Natak Akademi in its meeting held on 8 November 2022 at The Ashok, New Delhi:

 

1. Saroja Vaidyanathan

2. Sadanam Krishnan Kutty

3. Darshana Jhaveri

4. Chhannu Lal Mishra

5. A K C Natarajan

6. Swapan Chaudhuri

7. Malini Rajurkar

8. T. V. Gopalakrishnan

9. Teejan Bai

10. Bharat Gupt

 

Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi

Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards (Akademi Puraskar) for the Year 2019

Field of Activity:

Music - 11

Vinayak Torvi Hindustani Vocal

Prem Kumar Mallick Hindustani Vocal

Chetan Kumar Joshi Hindustani Instrumental - Flute

Manju Nandan Mehta Hindustani Instrumental – Sitar

Charumathi Ramachandran Carnatic Vocal

Pala C.K. Ramachandran Carnatic Vocal

Mala Chandrasekhar Carnatic Instrumental – Flute

Trivandrum V Surendran Carnatic Instrumental – Mridangam

O. S. Arun Other Major Traditions of Music – Sugam Sangeet

Sharma Bandhu Other Major Traditions of Music - Sugam Sangeet

(Gopal Sharma, Shukdev Sharma,

Kaushlendra Sharma and Reghvendra Sharma),

D. Uma Maheshwari Other Major Traditions of Music – Harikatha

 

Field Of Activity: Dance -09

Vasundhara Doraswamy Bharatanatyam

Raghav Raj Bhatt & Mangla Bhatt Kathak

Kottakkal Nandakumaran Nair Kathakali

Manju Barggavee Kuchipudi

Sutapa Talukdar Odissi

Ranjumoni Saikia Sattriya

Nirmala Paniker Mohiniattam

Mamta Shankar Contemporary Dance/Overall

Brajendra Kumar Pattnaik Chhau

 

Field of Activity: Theatre - 09

Hrishikesh Sulabh Playwriting

Bharti Sharma Direction

Kumar Sohoni Direction

Abinash Sarma Direction

Alok Chatterjee Acting

Pranjal Saikia Acting

N.K. Ramakrishna Allied Theatre Arts - Make-up

Souti Chakraborty Allied Theatre Arts - Lighting

K.S. Krishanappa Other Major Traditions of Theatre - Isai Natakam

Field of Activity - Traditional / Folk / Tribal Dance / Music / Theatre and Puppetry - 10

Mamta Chandrakar Folk Music Chhattisgarh

Ram Lal Folk Music, Uttarakhand

Shankarbhai Hakabhai Dharjiya Folk Music & Dance, Gujarat

Nathulal Solanki Folk Music, Rajasthan

Panduram Ghotkar Folk Music, Maharashtra

Peruvanam Kuttan Marar Thayambaka, Kerala

Urmila Pandey Folk Music, Madhya Pradesh

Sayed Mohmmed P.P. Folk Music & Dance, Lakshadweep

Majid Gulabsaheb Satarmaker Instrument Making, Maharashtra

Dulal Kanji Instrument Making, West Bengal

Field of Overall Contribution / Scholarship in Performing Arts- 02

Utpal K. Banerjee

Reetha Rajan

 

Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi

 

Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards (Akademi Puraskar) for the Year 2020

 

Field Of Activity: Music - 11

Sumitra Guha Hindustani Vocal

Arati Ankalikar Tikekar Hindustani Vocal

Dal Chand Sharma Hindustani Instrumental - Pakhawaj

Kushal Das Hindustani Instrumental – Sitar

R.K. Padmanabha Carnatic Vocal

G. Balakrishna Prasad Carnatic Vocal

Patri Satish Kumar Carnatic Instumental –Mridangam

M.A. Sundaraswaram Carnatic Instrumental – Violin

Bickram Ghosh Contemporary Music

Anup Jalota Other Major Traditions of Music –Sugam Sangeet

N. Irabot Singh Other Major Traditions of Music – Nata Sankirtana

 

Field Of Activity: Dance - 09

Meenakshi Chitharanjan Bharatanatyam

Kumkum Dhar Kathak

Sruti Bandopadhay Manipuri

Pasumarthy Vithal & Bharathi Vithal Kuchipudi

(Joint Award)

Rabindra Atibudhi Odissi

Trilochan Mohanta Chhau

Bhushan Lakhandri Contemporary Dance

Prema Ramamurthy Music for Dance

Arambam Tombinou Devi Music for Dance

 

Field of Activity: Theatre - 09

Lokendra Trivedi Direction

Mithilesh Rai Direction

Prashant Damle Acting

Bhupesh Joshi Acting

Amit Banerjee Acting

M. Purushottam Allied Theatre Arts –Costume Design

Raghav Prakash Allied Theatre Arts – Lighting

N. Jadumani Singh Allied Theatre Arts – Stage Design

P P Kandaswami (Therukoothu) Other Major Traditions of Dance and Dance Theatre

Field of Activity - Traditional / Folk / Tribal Dance / Music / Theatre and Puppetry - 10

Balkar Sidhu Folk Dance, Punjab

Nandlal Garg Folk Music, Himachal Pradesh

B. Lalthlengliana Folk Theatre, Mizoram

Ranjana Kumri Jha Folk Music, Bihar

S. G. Lakshmidevamma Folk Music, Karnataka

Tarubala Debbarma Folk Music and Dance, Tripura

Sang Jangmu, Folk Dance, Arunachal Pradesh

Gafoor Khan Manganiar Folk Music, Rajasthan

Zachunu Keyho Folk Music, Nagaland

Meena Nayak Puppetry, Maharashtra

 

Field of Overall Contribution / Scholarship in Performing Arts - 02

Mahesh Champaklal

Nandkishore Kapote

 

Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi

 

Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards (Akademi Puraskar) for the Year 2021

Field Of Activity: Music - 11

Uday Bhawalkar Hindustani Vocal

Subhra Guha Hindustani Vocal

Sangeeta Shankar Hindustani Instrumental - Violin

Ravindra Yavagal Hindustani Instrumental - Tabla

Sudha Ragunathan Carnatic Vocal

Radha Namboodiri Carnatic Vocal

D. Balakrishnan Carnatic Instrumental - Veena

Thanjavur R. Govindarajan Carnatic instrumental - Thavil

Susmita Das Other Major Traditions of Music - Sugam Sangeet

H. R. Leelavathi Other Major Traditions of Music - Sugam Sangeet

Kumud Diwan Other Major Traditions of Music – Thumri

 

Field Of Activity: Dance - 09

Jayalakshmi Eshwar Bharata natyam

Shama Bhate Kathak

Inchakkattu Ramachandran Pillai Kathakali

Thokchom Ibemubi Devi Manipuri

N. Sailaja Kuchipudi

Neena Prasad Mohiniattam

Bhuvan Kumar Chhau

Kalamandalam Girija Other Major Traditions of Dance and Dance Theatre-

(Kuttiyattam)

Bijay Kumar Jena Music for Dance

Field of Activity: Theatre - 09

R. Venugopal Rao (Surabhi) Direction

Lalit Singh Pokharia Direction

Sudesh Sharma Direction

Ajay Malkani Di

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