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SNA - Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar

Sangeet
Natak Akademi, New Delhi
Sangeet Natak Akademi, National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama, New Delhi
Announcement of Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar for the Years 2019, 2020 & 2021
Sangeet Natak Akademi, the National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama and the apex body of the performing arts in the country, in the meeting of its General Council held from 6-8 November 2022 at The Ashok, New Delhi selected 102 (Including three joint Awards) artists of India who have made a mark as young talents in their respective fields of the performing arts for the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar by clearing the backlog for the years 2019, 2020 & 2021.
The Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar, given to artists below the age of 40 years, was introduced in the year 2006 with the objective of identifying and encouraging outstanding young talents in diverse fields of performing arts and giving them national recognition early in their life, so that they may work with greater commitment and dedication in their chosen fields. The name of the artists who have been selected for the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar
for
the years 2019, 2020 and 2021.
The young Awardees so selected represent the nation as a whole, belonging to different States and Union Territories as they do. Besides, these younger 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, and other major traditions of
music also. The major forms of Indian dance such as Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Kathakali, Kuchipudi, Odissi, Sattriya, Mohiniattam as well as Contemporary Dance are also represented. The Awards for Drama or Theatre cover playwriting, direction, acting, make-up, lighting, stage design as well as other major traditions of Theatre like Prahlad Natak, Odisha; Sumang Leela,
Manipur; and Tamasha, Maharashtra. The folk and tribal arts as well as the arts of puppetry and instrument making are also represented. The North-eastern States of the country have also been adequately represented with 19 artists from the North-east selected for the Award from
Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura.
The Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar carries a purse money of Rs. 25,000/- (Rupees twenty five thousand only). The Yuva Puraskar will be presented at a special ceremony by the Chairman, Sangeet Natak Akademi.
Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi
Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar
2019
Field of Activity: Music -08
Gautam
Kale Hindustani Vocal
Joydeep
Mukherjee Hindustani Instrumental – Sarod/Sursingar
Shakir
Khan Hindustani Instrumental -Sitar
Palakkad
Ramprasad Carnatic Vocal
L
Ramakrishnan Carnatic Instrumental – Violin
Satish
Krishnamurthy Carnatic Instrumental – Mridangam
B
S Arun Kumar Contemporary Music
Sadanand
Jyotish Babu Other Major Traditions of Music- Kathakali Music
Field of Activity: Dance -08
Sudipa
Ghosh Bharatanatyam
Swati
Sinha Kathak
Okram
Jelen Singh Manipuri
Sreelakshmy
Govardhanan Kuchipudi
Swapnakalpa
Dasgupta Odissi
Prabhat
Kakoti Sattriya
Anupama
Menon Mohiniattam
Bishwanath
Kumbhakar Chhau
Overall Contribution/Scholarship
in Performing Arts - 1
Arupa
Lahiry Performing Art – (Bharatanatyam)
Field of Activity: Theatre - 08
Hajarimayum
Roji Devi Playwriting
Rajguru
Playwriting
Rajinder
Singh Direction
Asheesh
Charan Direction
Vasant
Selvam Acting
Gauri
Dewal Acting
Abhimanyu
Imroz Allied Theatre Arts- Costume Design
Santosh
Kumar Rana Other Major Traditions of Theatre - Prahlad Natak,
Odisha
Field of Activity: Other
Traditional/Folk/Tribal Dance/Music/Theatre
and Puppetry - 08
Dare
Khan Manganiar Folk Music, Rajashthan
Birender
Singh Folk Music, Uttrakhand
Anubha
Rai Folk Music, Uttar Pradesh
N.
K. Sumi Folk Music Nagaland
Jesilda
Cheran Momin Folk Music & Dance, Meghalaya
Jitendra
Kumar Folk Music & Dance, Bihar
Vikas
Maruti Kokate Folk Music, Maharashtra
Shaikhom
Surchandra Singh Pung Making, Manipur
Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi
Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar 2020
Field of Activity: Music -08
Diwakar
& Prabhakar Kashyap Hindustani Vocal
Manas
Kumar Chamuah Hindustani Instrumental – Violin
Harsh
Narayan Hindustani Instrumental – Sarangi
Bharat
Sundar Carnatic Vocal
Amith
A Nadig Carnatic Instrumental - Flute
V
Prakash Ilaiyaraja Carnatic Instrumental - Nagaswaram
Rupak
Kumar Parida Other Major Traditions of Music- Odissi Music
Kheta
Khan Manganiyar Other Major Traditions of Music – Mand, Rajasthan
Field of Activity: Dance -08
Mithun
Shyam Bharatanatyam
Trina
Roy Kathak
Khagembam
Khoni Manipuri
Vasanth
Kiran Kuchipudi
Pravat
Kumar Swain Odissi
Jollymoni
Saikia Sattriya
Dharavath
Raj Kumar Other Major Traditions of Dance and Dance
Theatre
(Perininatyam)
Kalamandalam
Vineesh Music for Dance
Overall Contribution/Scholarship
in Performing Arts - 1
Rekha
Raju Performing Art-(Mohiniattam)
Field of Activity: Theatre -08
Sarfaraz
Hasan Direction
Vikas
Bahri Direction
Himangshu
Sharma Direction
Bikram
Lepcha Acting
Kismat
Bano Acting
Priyanka
Sharma Acting
Manoj
Kumar Mishra Allied Theatre Arts – Lighting
Athokom
Santosh Singh Major Traditions of Theatre (Sumang Leela,
Manipur)
Field of Activity: Other
Traditional/Folk/Tribal Dance/Music/Theatre and
Puppetry-08
Dhaniram
Kadmiya Folk Music & Dance, Chhattishgarh
Aditya
Gadhvi Folk Music, Gujarat
Relik
Karlo Digbak Folk Music & Dance, Arunachal Pradesh
Tapasi
Debbarma Folk Music, Tripura
Abhishek
Nigam Folk Music, Madhya Pradesh
Jagdish
Baraik Folk Music & Dance, Jharkhand
S
Raghavendra Puppet Making
Kishor
Haridas Vhatkar Instrument Making, (Tabla Making)
Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi
Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva
Puraskar 2021
Field of Activity: Music -08
Janki
Mithaiwala Hindustani Vocal
Rajesh
Prasanna & Rishabh Prasanna Hindustani Instrumental - Flute
Dyaneshwar
Deshmukh Hindustani Instrumental - Pakhawaj
Vishnu
Dev Namboodiri Carnatic Vocal
G
Chandrashekhar Sharma Carnatic Instrumental - Ghatam
Uppalapu
Nagamani Carnatic Instrumental – Mandolin
Anantha
R Krishnan Contemporary Music
Sangram
Suhas Bhandare Other Major Traditions of Music- Varkari
Kirtan,
Maharashtra
Field of Activity: Dance -08
Pavitra
Krishna Bhat Bharatanatyam
Rudra
Shankar Mishra Kathak
Kalamandalam
Adityan Kathakali
Avijit
Das Kuchipudi
Vinod
Kevin Bachan Odissi
Dipjyoti
Das and Dipankar Arandhara Contemporary (Sattriya)
(Joint)
V.
Durgadevi Other Major Traditions of Dance and Dance
Theatre-
(Karakattam)
Ahsan
Ali Music for Dance
Overall Contribution/Scholarship
in performing Arts -1
Sunil
Sunkara Performing Arts- Kathak
Field of Activity: Theatre -08
Himanshu
Dwivedi Direction
Bhasha
Sumbli Direction
Kailash
Kumar Direction
Ruby
Khatun Acting
Swati
Vishwakarma Acting
Ipshita
Chakraborty Singh Acting
Moon
Moon Singh Acting
Vaishali
Anil Jadhav Major Traditions of Theatre (Tamasha of
Maharashtra)
Field of Activity: Other
Traditional/Folk/Tribal Dance/Music/Theatre and Puppetry-08
Reshma
Shah Folk Music, Uttrakhand
Oli
Jerang Folk Music & Dance, Arunachal Pradesh
Maithali
Thakur Folk Music, Bihar
Asin
Khan Folk Music, Rajashthan
P.
Suresh Folk Music, Puducherry
Puran
Singh Folk Music, Uttarakhand
Binod
Kumar Mahto Folk Dance, Jharkhand
Litan Das Puppet
Making, Tripura