Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards Winners List for 2022 and 2023

Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards have celebrated the pinnacle of achievement in performing arts since 1952. Check here Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards Winners List for 2022 and 2023.

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The prestigious Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards for the years 2022 and 2023 have been officially announced and conferred by the President of India. These awards honor 94 eminent artists and scholars for their exceptional contributions to Indian performing arts. These awards are among the highest national recognitions conferred on practicing artists, gurus, and scholars in the fields of music, dance, theatre, and traditional, and folk arts.

This recognition not only celebrates the rich and diverse cultural heritage of India but also reaffirms the country’s commitment to the preservation, promotion, and propagation of traditional and contemporary art forms.

What Are the Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards?

The Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards are national-level honors presented annually to artists and scholars who have made outstanding contributions to the field of performing arts in India. These awards are considered the highest official national recognition in these disciplines.

Main Category	Sub-Categories / Specializations
Music	Hindustani Vocal & Instrumental, Carnatic Vocal & Instrumental, Creative Music, Folk Music, Experimental Music
Dance	Classical Dance Forms (Kathak, Bharatanatyam, Manipuri, Kuchipudi, Kathakali, Odissi, etc.), Traditional Dances
Theatre	Direction, Acting, Playwriting, Stage Design, Lighting Design, Traditional Theatre (e.g., Koodiyattam, Bhavai)
Folk & Tribal Arts	Folk Dance, Folk Music, Puppetry, Storytelling, Oral Traditions, Ritual Theatre
Overall Contribution / Scholarship	Lifetime contributions in Documentation, Theory, Research, Teaching, Revival, and Preservation of Art Forms
Akademi Fellowship (Ratna)	Conferred for Lifetime Achievement; highest honor; limited to 40 living fellows at a time (7 awarded in 2022–23)

Sangeet Natak Akademi

About Sangeet Natak Akademi
Function	India’s national academy for music, dance, and drama.
Established	1953
Purpose	To preserve and promote India’s diverse cultural heritage in music, dance, and drama.
Governance	An autonomous body under the Ministry of Culture.
Leadership	Chairman appointed by the President of India for a five-year term.
Funding	Fully funded by the Government of India.

Sangeet Natak Akademi Amrit Awards

The President of India has recently conferred the prestigious Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards. A total of 94 artists, including 7 fellows, were honored for their exceptional contribution to Indian performing arts such as music, dance, theatre, puppetry, and folk traditions.

About Sangeet Natak Akademi Amrit Awards
Recipient	Performing artists, teachers, and scholars in the field of performing arts.
Selection	By the Akademi’s General Council, composed of distinguished figures in various performance arts disciplines and government nominees (Government of India, state governments, and Union Territories.)
Established	1952
Award Tiers	Akademi Fellow: Highest honour, with a cash prize of Rs. 3,00,000/- (Rupees three lakh). Akademi Award: Prestigious honour, with a cash prize of Rs. 1,00,000/- (Rupees one lakh). Additional Recognition: Both awards include a commemorative plaque (Tamrapatra) and a ceremonial scarf (Angavastram).
Eligibility	Indian artists above 75 years old with no prior national honours in their career.

Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards 2022

Category	Awardees
Music
Hindustani Vocal	Devaki Pandit Nambeear
Hindustani Vocal	Harvinder Singh
Hindustani Instrumental – Sarangi	Bharatram Vishram
Hindustani Instrumental – Sarod	Rajesh Chandra
Carnatic Vocal	Manda Sudha Rani
Carnatic Vocal	Yamini Kumaraswamy
Carnatic Instrumental – Veena	Jayanthi Kumaresh
Carnatic Instrumental – Thavi	Pravin Subramanyam
Creative & Experimental Music	Ramesh Vinayakam
Other Major Traditions of Music – Sugam Sangeet	Damayanti Joshi
DANCE
Category	Awardees
Manipuri	Bhanulata Ramaswamy
Kathak	Manjula Ramaswamy
Kathak	Kalanidhi and Kamalini Asthana
National	Kalanidhi
Kathakali	Sabareeshan
Manipuri	S. Natakamani Devi
THEATRE
Category	Awardees
Direction	Chunky Dev Goswami
Acting	Dinesh Shailendra
Design	Susie Roshan
Acting	Premlata Mishra
Acting	Aradhana Singh
Allied Theatre Arts – Lighting	Dileep Raman Yadav
Other Major Traditions of Theatre – Kudiyattam	Mathan Kothakal
TRADITIONAL/FOLK/TRIBAL DANCE/MUSIC/THEATRE AND PUPPETRY
Category	Awardees
Folk Music, Uttar Pradesh	Shailendri Shrivastava
Folk Music, Orissa	Vijay Sharma – Chakav
Folk Music, Ladakh	Tushar Majumdar
Folk & Traditional Music & Dance, Arunachal Pradesh	Nico Mig, Motir Mosh
OVERALL CONTRIBUTION/ SCHOLARSHIP
Category	Awardees
Overall contribution in Performing arts	Lakshmirah Das
	Premalatha Gurumurthy

Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards 2023

Category	Awardees
Music
Hindustani Vocal	Kalapini Komkali
Hindustani Vocal	Vinod Kumar Dwivedi
Hindustani Instrumental – Shahnai	Suman Yadav
Hindustani Instrumental – Sarangi	Sanjeev Jyotshi Ramnath
Hindustani Instrumental – Sitar	Barun Pal
Carnatic Vocal	S. Sowmya
Carnatic Vocal	Sanjay Subrahmanyan
Carnatic Vocal	Sriram Parasuram
Carnatic Instrumental – Violin	H.K. Venkatram
Carnatic Instrumental – Mridangam	S. Sekhar
Creative & Experimental Music	L.V. Revanth
Other Major Traditions of Music – Sugam Sangeet	Odissi Music
DANCE
Category	Awardees
Bharatanatyam	Urmila Satyanarayanan
Kathakali	Jagdish Sundarani Ganani
Manipuri	Manju Dewi

THEATRE
Category	Awardees
Playwriting	Asif Ali Haider Khan
Stage Design	Bapi Barinder Singh
Direction	Zuleikha Chaudhari
Acting	Anoop Joshi
Allied Theatre Arts – Lighting	Sayed Peerzada
Other Major Traditions of Theatre – Kudiyattam	Sivan Namboothiri

TRADITIONAL/FOLK/TRIBAL DANCE/MUSIC/THEATRE AND PUPPETRY
Category	Awardees
Folk Music, Goa	Kantha Kashinath Gaude
Folk Music, West Bengal	Ajoy Chakraborty
Folk Music, Uttar Pradesh	Kailash Kher
Folk Theatre, West Bengal	Dukhushyam Chitrakar
Folk Music, Jharkhand	Mukund Nayak
Folk & Traditional Music, Meghalaya	Helen Giri
Folk Theatre – Cham	Khekh Ram Chenda
Folk Music, Rajasthan	Anwar Khan Manganiyar
Kudiattam, Kerala	Madipur Gopal
Folk Music, Bihar	Jagdish Prasad
OVERALL CONTRIBUTION/ SCHOLARSHIP
Category	Awardees
Overall contribution in Performing Arts	Gopalnarain Nenu (Ven. G)
Scholarship in performing arts	Gopalan Nair Venun