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
| Arvind Parikh |
| R Vedavalli Ram |
| Ram Gopal Bajaj |
| Sunil Kothari |
Music:
| Category | Winner |
| Hindustani Vocal Music | Padma Talwalkar |
| Hindustani Vocal Music | Prabhakar Karekar |
| Hindustani Instrumental Music- Tabla | Arvind Mulgaonkar |
| Hindustani Instrumental Music- Violin | Kala Ramnath |
| Carnatic Vocal Music | Neela Ramgopal |
| Carnatic Vocal Music | K Omanakutty |
| Carnatic Instrumental Music – Mridangam | J Vaidhyanathan |
| Carnatic Instrumental Music – Violin | Mysore M Manjunath |
| Other Major Traditions of Music – Nata Sankirtana, Manipur | Ningthoujam Shyamchand Singh |
| Other Major Traditions of Music- Sugam Sangeet | Ratnamala Prakash |
| Other Major Traditions of Music – Sugam Sangeet | Ahmed Hussain and Mohd Hussain |
Theatre:
| Category | Winner |
| Playwriting | Kusum Kumar |
| Direction | Satyabrata Rout |
| Direction | Bipin Kumar |
| Direction | Rajkamal Nayak |
| Acting | Gireesan V |
| Acting | Oinam Biramangol Singh |
| Acting | Mohan Joshi |
| Theatre Arts – Music for Theatre | Anjana Puri |
| Other Major Traditions of Theatre- Yakshgana | K Govind Bhat |
Dance:
| Category | Winner |
| Bharatanatyam | Geeta Chandran |
| Kathak Dance | Jitendra Maharaj |
| Kathakali | Kalamandalam Ramachandran Unnithan |
| Manipuri | Maisnam Kaminikumar Singh |
| Kuchipudi | A B Bala Kondala Rao |
| Odissi | Ratikant Mohapatra |
| Sattriya | Haricharan Bhuyan Borbayan |
| Chhau | Gopal Prasad Dubey |
| Contemporary | Anita R Ratnam |
Traditional/ Folk/Tribal Music/Dance/Theatre and Puppetry:
| Category | Winner |
| Traditional Theatre (Kalavantulu), Andhra Pradesh | Annabattula Lakshmi, Mangatayaru and Annabattula Leela |
| Folk Music, Gujarat | Yogesh Gadhavi |
| Folk Music, Himachal Pradesh | Vidyanand Saraik |
| Traditional Music, Goa | Somnath D Chari |
| Pala, Odisha | Laxmidhar Rout |
| Mand, Rajasthan | Chiranji Lal Tanwar |
| Folk Music (chakri), Jammu & Kashmir | Gulzar Ahmad Ganie |
| Folk Music, Bihar | Braj Kishor Dubey |
| Puppetry | Prabhitangsu Das |
| Puppetry | Dattatreya Aralikatte |
Overall Contribution/ Scholarship in the Performing Arts
| Avinash Pasricha |
| Pappu Venugopal Rao |
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