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President of India presents Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards for 2016

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On January 17, 2018, President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, presented the Sangeet Natak Akademi’s Fellowships (Akademi Ratna) and Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards (Akademi Puraskar) for the year 2016 at a function held in New Delhi.

About Sangeet Natak Akademi Puraskar:

Sangeet Natak Akademi Puraskar and Fellowships are awarded by the Sangeet Natak Akademi.

  • Sangeet Natak Akademi is a national level academy for performing arts set up by the Government of India. Headquartersof Sangeet Natak Akademi is located in New Delhi.
  • Sangeet Natak Akademi’s Fellowships and Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards are highest Indian recognition given to performing artists as well as teachers and scholars of performing arts.
  • Sangeet Natak Akademi Puraskar was first awarded in1952.
  • Since 2003, the award consist50000 cash prize, a citation, a shawl and a brass plaque.

Winners of Sangeet Natak Akademi’s Fellowships and Akademi Awards – 2016

President of India presents Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards for 2016Akademi Fellows:

Arvind Parikh
R Vedavalli Ram
Ram Gopal Bajaj
Sunil Kothari

Music:

CategoryWinner
Hindustani Vocal MusicPadma Talwalkar
Hindustani Vocal MusicPrabhakar Karekar
Hindustani Instrumental Music- TablaArvind Mulgaonkar
Hindustani Instrumental Music- ViolinKala Ramnath
Carnatic Vocal MusicNeela Ramgopal
Carnatic Vocal MusicK Omanakutty
Carnatic Instrumental Music – MridangamJ Vaidhyanathan
Carnatic Instrumental Music – ViolinMysore M Manjunath
Other Major Traditions of Music – Nata Sankirtana, ManipurNingthoujam Shyamchand Singh
Other Major Traditions of Music- Sugam SangeetRatnamala Prakash
Other Major Traditions of Music – Sugam SangeetAhmed Hussain and Mohd Hussain

Theatre:

CategoryWinner
PlaywritingKusum Kumar
DirectionSatyabrata Rout
DirectionBipin Kumar
DirectionRajkamal Nayak
ActingGireesan V
ActingOinam Biramangol Singh
ActingMohan Joshi
Theatre Arts – Music for TheatreAnjana Puri
Other Major Traditions of Theatre- YakshganaK Govind Bhat

Dance:

CategoryWinner
BharatanatyamGeeta Chandran
Kathak DanceJitendra Maharaj
KathakaliKalamandalam Ramachandran Unnithan
ManipuriMaisnam Kaminikumar Singh
KuchipudiA B Bala Kondala Rao
OdissiRatikant Mohapatra
SattriyaHaricharan Bhuyan Borbayan
ChhauGopal Prasad Dubey
ContemporaryAnita R Ratnam

Traditional/ Folk/Tribal Music/Dance/Theatre and Puppetry:

CategoryWinner
Traditional Theatre (Kalavantulu), Andhra PradeshAnnabattula Lakshmi, Mangatayaru and Annabattula Leela
Folk Music, GujaratYogesh Gadhavi
Folk Music, Himachal PradeshVidyanand Saraik
Traditional Music, GoaSomnath D Chari
Pala, OdishaLaxmidhar Rout
Mand, RajasthanChiranji Lal Tanwar
Folk Music (chakri), Jammu & KashmirGulzar Ahmad Ganie
Folk Music, BiharBraj Kishor Dubey
PuppetryPrabhitangsu Das
PuppetryDattatreya Aralikatte

Overall Contribution/ Scholarship in the Performing Arts

Avinash Pasricha
Pappu Venugopal Rao