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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

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