Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (IAST: Saṅgīta Nāṭaka Akādamī Puraskāra), also known as the Akademi Puraskar,[1] is an award given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama. It is the highest Indian recognition[2] given to people in the field of performing arts.[3]
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In 2003, the award consisted of Rs. 50,000, a citation, an angavastram (a shawl), and a tamrapatra (a brass plaque).[4][5] Since 2009, the cash prize has been increased to ₹1,00,000.[6] The awards are given in the categories of music, dance, theatre, other traditional arts and puppetry, and for contribution/scholarship in performing arts.[4]
The recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi award in various categories of performing arts have been listed below:[7][8][9]
Hindustani music
Vocal
- 1952 – Mushtaq Hussain Khan
- 1953 – Kesarbai Kerkar
- 1954 – Rajab Ali Khan
- 1955 – Anant Manohar Joshi
- 1956 – Rajabhaiyya Poonchhwale
- 1957 – Rasoolan Bai
- 1958 – Ganesh Ramachandra Behere
- 1959 – Krishnarao Shankar Pandit
- 1960 – Altaf Hussain Khan
- 1961 – Y. S. Mirashi Buwa
- 1962 – Bade Ghulam Ali Khan
- 1963 – Omkarnath Thakur
- 1964 – Rahimuddin Khan Dagar
- 1965 – Hirabai Barodekar
- 1966 – Siddheswari Devi
- 1967 – Amir Khan
- 1968 – Mogubai Kurdikar
- 1969 – Ramchatur Mallick
- 1970 – Nisar Hussain Khan
- 1971 – Mallikarjun Mansur
- 1972 – Begum Akhtar
- 1973 – Gangubai Hangal
- 1974 – Kumar Gandharva
- 1975 – Bhimsen Joshi
- 1975-76 Gavri Devi (Vocal) (Jodhpur, Rajasthan)
- 1976 – Narayanrao Vyas
- 1977 – Girija Devi
- 1978 – Khadim Hussain Khan
- 1979 – Sarachchandra Arolkar
- 1980 – Nivruttibua Sarnaik
- 1981 – Basavaraj Rajguru
- 1982 – Vasantrao Deshpande
- 1983 – Mahadev Prasad Mishra
- 1984 – Sharafat Hussain Khan
- 1985 – Kishori Amonkar, Aminuddin Dagar
- 1986 – Gavri Devi (Vocal) (Jodhpur, Rajasthan)
- 1986 – Asgari Bai, Firoz Dastur, Manik Varma
- 1987 – C. R. Vyas, Shobha Gurtu, Pandit Jasraj
- 1988 – Padmavati Gokhale Shaligram
- 1989 – Jitendra Abhisheki
- 1990 – K. G. Ginde, Dhondutai Kulkarni
- 1991 – N. Zahiruddin Dagar, Prabha Atre
- 1992 – Ramarao V. Naik, Shiv Kumar Shukla
- 1993 – Bala Saheb Poochwale, Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar
- 1994 – Sulochana Brahaspati, Zia Fariddudin Dagar
- 1995 – A. Kanan
- 1996 – Dinkar Kaikini, Hafeez Ahmed Khan
- 1997 – L. K. Pandit
- 1998 – Puttaraj Gawaigalu, Parveen Sultana, Rajan and Sajan Mishra
- 1999–2000 – Ajoy Chakraborty, Rita Ganguly, Malabika Kanan
- 2001 – Abhay Narayan Mallick, Sangameshwar Gurav, Malini Rajurkar
- 2002 – Sushila Rani Patel, Sharayu Kalekar
- 2003 – Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Yeshwant Balkrishna Joshi
- 2004 – Balwant Rai Bhatt, Tejpal Singh and Surinder Singh
- 2005 – S. C. R. Bhat, Ramashreya Jha
- 2006 – Vijay Kumar Kichlu, Rashid Khan
- 2007 – Vidyadhar Vyas, Govardhan Mishra
- 2008 – Ulhas Kashalkar, M.R. Gautam
- 2009 – Abdul Rashid Khan, Vasundhara Komkali
- 2010 – Chhannulal Mishra, Yashpaul
- 2011 – Shruti Sadolikar, Pandit Venkatesh Kumar
- 2012 – Shankar Lal Mishra, Rajashekhar Mansur, Ajay Pohankar
- 2013 – Ritwik Sanyal, Veena Sahasrabuddhe
- 2014 – Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande, Iqbal Ahmad Khan, Nathrao Neralkar
- 2015 – Mashkoor Ali Khan
- 2016 – Prabhakar Karekar
- 2017 – Lalith J. Rao, Umakant and Ramakant Gundecha - Gundecha Brothers
- 2018 – Mani Prasad, Madhup Mudgal
- 2019 – Vinayak Torvi, Prem Kumar Mallick
- 2020 – Sumitra Guha, Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar
- 2021 – Uday Bhawalkar, Subhra Guha
- 2022 – Devaki Pandit, Harvinder Singh
- 2023 – Kalapini Komkali, Vinod Kumar Dwivedi
Instrumental
- 1955 – Govind Rao Burhanpurkar
- 1965 – Sakharam Tavde
- 1967 – Ayodhya Prasad
- 1978 – Purushottam Das
- 1988 – Ramshankardas Pagaldas
- 1991 – Chatrapati Singh
- 1993 – Gopaldas Panse
- 1995 – Ram Ashish Pathak
- 2003 – Bhavani Shankar
- 2011 – Totaram Sharma
- 2020 – Dal Chand Sharma
Carnatic music
Vocal
- 1952 – Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar
- 1953 – Semmangudi R. Srinivasa Iyer
- 1954 – Mysore K. Vasudevacharya
- 1955 – Maharajapuram Vishwanatha Iyer
- 1956 – M. S. Subbulakshmi
- 1957 – Musiri Subramania Iyer
- 1958 – Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar
- 1959 – G. N. Balasubramaniam
- 1960 – Madurai Mani Iyer
- 1961 – Mudikondan C. Venkatarama Iyer
- 1962 – D. K. Pattammal
- 1963 – B. Devendrappa
- 1964 – Chittoor S. Subramanyam
- 1965 – T. Brinda
- 1966 – Madurai Srirangam Iyengar
- 1967 – C. Venkata Rao
- 1968 – Alathur Srinivasa Iyer
- 1969 – Dandapani Desikar
- 1970 – M. L. Vasanthakumari
- 1971 – N. Channakeshaviah
- 1972 – T. Muktha
- 1973 – B.S. Raja Iyengar
- 1974 – M. D. Ramanathan
- 1975 – M. Balamurali Krishna
- 1976 – K.V.Narayanaswamy
- 1977 – Sripada Pinakapani
- 1978 – Madurai S. Somasundaram
- 1979 – R K Srikanthan
- 1980 – Seerkhazhi S. Govindarajan
- 1981 – Radha and Jayalakshmi
- 1982 – T. M. Thiagarajan
- 1983 – D. K. Jayaraman
- 1984 – Maharajapuram V. Santhanam
- 1985 – Voleti Venkatesvarulu
- 1986 – B. Rajam Iyer
- 1986 – Nedunuri Krishnamoorthy
- 1987 – Madurai N. Krishnan
- 1987 – Mani Krishnaswami
- 1988 – Nookala Chinna Satyanarayana
- 1989 – Titte Krishna Iyengar
- 1990 – T. V. Sankaranarayanan
- 1991 – S. Rajam
- 1992 – K. R. Kumaraswamy Iyer
- 1993 – Trichy Swaminathan Iyer
- 1994 – C. S. Krishna Iyer
- 1995 – R. Vedavalli
- 1996 – T. K. Govinda Rao
- 1997 – M. S. Balasubramanya Sarma
- 2000 – S. R. Janakiraman
- 2001 – B. V. Raman
- 2002 – T. R. Subramaniam
- 2003 – Trichur V. Ramachandran, M. A. Narasimhachar
- 2004 – Thiruvengadu A. Jayaraman, C. Saroja & C. Lalitha
- 2005 – S. V. Parthasarrathy, P. S. Narayanaswamy
- 2006 – D. Pasupathi, Chingleput Ranganathan
- 2007 – B. Krishnamoorti
- 2008 – Puranam Purushottama Sastri
- 2009 – Parassala B Ponnammal
- 2010 – Suguna Purushothaman, Mysore Nagamani Srinath
- 2011 – J. Venkataraman
- 2012 – O. S. Thyagarajan
- 2013 – Aruna Sairam, D. Seshchari & D. Raghavachari (Hyderabad Brothers)
- 2014 – Neyveli Santhanagopalan
- 2015 – R.N. Tharanathan, Suguna Varadachari, R.N. Thiagarajan
- 2016 – Neela Ramgopal, K. Omanakutty
- 2017 – M. S. Sheela
- 2018 – Alamelu Mani, Malladi Suribabu
- 2019 – Charumathi Ramachandran, Pala C. K. Ramachandran
- 2020 – R. K. Padmanabha, G. Balakrishna Prasad
- 2021 – Sudha Ragunathan, Radha Namboodiri
- 2022 – Maharajapuram Ramachandran, Manda Sudharani
- 2023 – Bombay Jayashri, Shankar Sastry
Creative and experimental music
Other major traditions of music
- 1996 – Hemanta Kumar Jamatia (Folk and tribal music of Tripura)
- 2008 – Ningombam Ibobi Singh (Nata Sankirtana, Manipur)
- 2009 – L. Ibohalmacha Singh (Nata Sankirtana, Manipur)
- 2010 – M.V. Simhachala Sastry (Harikatha, Tirupathi)
- 2011 – Gopal Chandra Panda (Odissi Music)
- 2012 – Bhai Balbir Singh Ragi (Gurbani)
- 2013 – Bankim Sethi (Odissi Music)
- 2015 – Hridaynath Mangeshkar (Sugam Sangeet), Prafulla Kar (Sugam Sangeet), Bhupinder Singh (Sugam Sangeet)
- 2018 – Suresh Wadkar (Sugam Sangeet), Shanti Hiranand (Sugam Sangeet), H. Ashangbi Devi (Nata Sankirtana, Manipur)
- 2019 – O. S. Arun (Sugam Sangeet), Sharma Bandhu (Sugam Sangeet), D. Uma Maheshwari (Harikatha)
- 2020 – Anup Jalota (Sugam Sangeet), N. Irabot Singh (Nata Sankirtana)
- 2021 – Susmita Das (Sugam Sangeet), H. R. Leelavathi (Sugam Sangeet), Kumud Diwan (Thumri)
- 2022 – Sapam Kullabi Singh (Nata Pung), Sitaram Singh (Sugam Sangeet)
- 2023 – L. V. Gangadhara Sastry, Sangita Gosain (Oddissi Music)
- 1963 – Sudhendra Narayan Singh Deo (Seraikella)
- 1971 – Ananta Charan Sai (Mayurbhanj)
- 1975 – Krishna Chandra Naik (Mayurbhanj)
- 1981 – Kedar Nath Sahoo (Seraikella)
- 1982 – Gambhir Singh Mura (Purulia)
- 1987 – Madan Mohan Lenka (Mayurbhanj)
- 1988 – Srihari Nayak (Mayurbhanj)
- 1990 – Bikram Kumbhakar (Seraikella)
- 1991 – Chandra Sekhar Bhanj (Mayurbhanj)
- 2004 – Shashadhar Acharya
- 2012 – Jai Narayan Samal
- 2014 – Jagru Mahato
- 2015 – Sadashiva Pradhan
- 2016 – Gopal Prasad Dubey
- 2017 – Janmajay Saibabu
- 2018 – Tapan Kumar Pattanayak (Seraikella)
- 2019 – Brajendra Kumar Pattnaik
- 2020 – Trilochan Mohanta
- 2021 – Bhuvan Kumar
- 2022 – Sadhucharan Mahato
- 2023 – Parikshit Mahato
Creative dance/Choreography
- 1956 – Maisnam Amubi Singh
- 1958 – Haobam Atomba Singh
- 1961 – T. Amudon Sharma
- 1963 – Atombapu Sharma
- 1965 – Guru Bipin Singh
- 1969 – Ojha Thangjam Chaoba Singh
- 1972 – Kshetri Tombi Devi
- 1973 – L. Koireng Singh
- 1974 – L. Ibemhal Devi
- 1975 – Rajani Maibi
- 1976 – Ojha Maibam Ibungohal Singh
- 1977 – Nayana Susheel Jhaveri
- 1980 – L. Thouranishabi Devi
- 1982 – L. Tombi Devi
- 1985 – Khaidem Lokeshwar Singh
- 1987 – Tarun Kumar Singh
- 1988 – Ibopishak Sharma
- 1990 – Th. Babu Singh
- 1993 – H. Ngangbi Devi
- 1994 – T. Nadia Singh
- 1995 – L. Thambalngoubi Devi
- 1996 – Darshana Jhaveri
- 1997 – Samanduram Tondon Devi
- 1998 – N. Madhabi Devi
- 1999–2000 – Sorokhaibam Naran Singh
- 2001 – Charu Sija Mathur
- 2002 – K. Ongbi Leipaklotpi Devi
- 2003 – Thiyam Suryamukhi Devi, Kalavati Devi
- 2005 – K. Radhamohon Sharma
- 2009 – L. Bino Devi
- 2010 – Phanjoubam Iboton Singh
- 2011 – Priti Patel
- 2014 – N. Amusana Devi
- 2016 – Maisnam Kaminikumar Singh
- 2017 – L.N. Oinam Ongdi Doni Devi
- 2018 – Akham Lakshmi Devi
- 2020 – Sruti Bandopadhay
- 2021 – Thokchom Ibemubi Devi
- 2022 – S. Noyonshakhi Devi
- 2023 – Latasana Devi
- 1963 – Maniram Datta Moktar
- 1978 – Bapuram Bayan Attai
- 1980 – Roseshwar Saikia Bayan Moktar
- 1996 – Indira P. P. Bora
- 1998 – Pradip Chaliha
- 1999–2000 – Parmanand Borbayan
- 2001 – Ghanakanta Bora
- 2004 – Jatin Goswami
- 2007 – Ganakanta Dutta Borbayan
- 2010 – Manik Borbayan
- 2013 – Jogen Dutta Bayan
- 2014 – Anita Sharma
- 2015 – Sarodi Saikia
- 2016 – Haricharan Bhuyan Borbayan
- 2017 – Ramkrishna Talukdar
- 2018 – Tankeswar Hazarika Borbayan
- 2019 – Ranjumoni Saikia
- 2022 – Gobinda Saikia
- 2023 – Bhaben Borbayan
Other major traditions of dance and dance theatre
- 2007 – Kalamandalam Sivan Namboodiri (Kutiyattam)
- 2009 – Kala Krishna (Andhranatyam)
- 2010 – Painkulam Rama Chakyar (Kutiyattam)
- 2012 – Painkulam Damodara Chakyar (Kutiyattam)
- 2013 – Srinivasa Rangachariar (Arayer Sevai)
- 2021 – Kalamandalam Girija (Kutiyattam)
- 2022 – Karuna Borah (Ankiya Bhaona)
- 2023 – Perini Prakash (Periniattam)
Acting
From 1952–2003 (language-wise)
Malayalam
- 1960 – C. I. Parameswaran Pillai
- 1965 – V. T. Aravindaksha Menon
- 1969 – N. N. Pillai
From 2004 onwards
- 2004 – Rohini Hattangady, Ramcharan Nirmalkar
- 2005 – Chindodi Leela
- 2006 – Dharani Barman, Gita Dey, K. Kaladharan Nair
- 2007 – Ramesh Mehta
- 2008 – Markand Bhatt, Arundhati Nag
- 2009 – Sudha Shivpuri, Neeta Mohindra
- 2010 – Dilip Prabhavalkar, Banwari Taneja, Maya Krishna Rao, Swatilekha Sengupta
- 2012 – Parvesh Seth, Nirmal Rishi, Purisai Kannappa Sambandan
- 2013 – Vasant Josalkar, Kusum Haidar
- 2014 – Debshankar Haldar, Ramdas Kamat
- 2017 – Anil Tickoo
- 2018 – Suhas Joshi, Teekam Joshi
- 2019 – Alok Chatterjee, Pranjal Saikia
- 2020 – Prashant Damle, Bhupesh Joshi, Amit Banerjee
- 2021 – Neeleshwar Mishra, Y. G. Mahendran
- 2022 – Ashok Saraf, Prem Lata Mishra
- 2023 – Anil Kumar Rastogi, Rajeev Verma
Direction
- 1957 – Jaishankar Bhojak 'Sundari'
- 1959 – Sombhu Mitra
- 1961 – Kasambhai Nathubhai Mir
- 1962 – Ebrahim Alkazi
- 1964 – T. S. Rajamanikkam
- 1969 – Habib Tanvir
- 1970 – Adi Ferozeshah Marzban
- 1971 – Satyadev Dubey
- 1972 – Shyamanand Jalan
- 1973 – Ajitesh Bandopadhyay
- 1974 – Damodar Kashinath Kenkre
- 1975 – Vijaya Mehta
- 1976 – B. V. Karanth
- 1977 – Rajinder Nath
- 1978 – Jabbar Patel
- 1979 – B. M. Shah
- 1980 – Rudraprasad Sengupta
- 1981 – R. S. Manohar
- 1982 – Sheila Bhatia
- 1983 – Kavalam Narayana Panikkar
- 1985 – Heisnam Kanhailal
- 1986 – Alyque Padamsee
- 1987 – Tarun Roy
- 1987 – Ratan Thiyam
- 1989 – Bibhash Chakraborty
- 1990 – Geoffrey Kendal & Laura Kendal (Joint Award)
- 1991 – Fritz Bennewitz
- 1992 – Mohan Maharishi
- 1993 – Kailash Pandya
- 1993 – Barry John
- 1995 – M. K. Raina
- 1995 – Bansi Kaul
- 1996 – Purushottam Darwhekar
- 1997 – Bhanu Bharti
- 1998 – Amal Allana
- 1998 – Dulal Roy
- 1998 – Usha Ganguly
- 1999–2000 – Balwant Thakur
- 1999–2000 – Nadira Zaheer Babbar
- 1999–2000 – Prasanna
- 2001 – Shanta Gandhi
- 2002 – Arun Mukherjee, Satish Anand
- 2003 – Devendra Raj Ankur, Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry
- 2004 – Anuradha Kapur, Arambam Lokendra Singh, Raj Besaria
- 2005 – Ranjit Kapoor, V K Sharma
- 2006 – E. Joychandra Singh, R. Nagesh, Amitava Dasgupta
- 2007 – Hari Madhab Mukherjee, N.C. Thakur
- 2008 – S. Ramanujam, Probir Guha
- 2009 – Joy Michael, Dinesh Thakur
- 2010 – Veenapani Chawla, Urmil Kumar Thapliyal
- 2011 – Alakhnandan, Kirti Jain
- 2012 – Tripurari Sharma, Waman Kendre
- 2013 – Kamalkar Muralidhar Sontakke, Kewal Dhaliwal, Prasanna Ramaswamy
- 2014 – Surya Mohan Kulshreshtha, Chidambar Rao Jambe
- 2015 – Parvez Akhtar, Mushtaq Kak
- 2016 – Satyabrata Rout, Rajkamal Nayak
- 2018 – Sanjay Upadhyay, S. Raghunandana
- 2019 – Bharti Sharma, Kumar Sohoni, Abinash Sarma
- 2020 – Lokendra Trivedi, Mithilesh Rai
- 2021 – R. Venugopal Rao (Surabhi), Lalit Singh Pokharia, Sudesh Sharma, Ajay Malkani, Manoj Pattnaik
- 2022 – Gunakar Dev Goswami, Suresh Sharma, Susairaj A
- 2023 – Surinder Sharma, Zahoor Alam
Playwriting
- Assamese
- Bengali
- Dogri
- Gujarati
- 1961 – Prabhulal Dayaram Dwivedi
- 1971 – C. C. Mehta, Pragji Dossa
- Hindi
- Kannada
- Kashmiri
- Malayalam
- Manipuri
- 2007 – Yumnam Rajendra Singh
- Marathi
- Mizo
- Oriya
- Punjabi
- Tamil
- Telugu
Allied Theatre Arts
- Lighting
- 1974 – Tapas Sen
- 1977 – V, Ramamurthy
- 1989 – G.N. Dasgupta
- 1994 – Kanishka Sen
- 1997 – Mansukh Joshi (for scenic design also)
- 1999–2000 – R.K. Dhingra
- 2002 – Ashok Sagar Bhagat
- 2003 – Sreenivas G. Kappanna
- 2005 – Suresh Bhardwaj
- 2006 - Gautam Bhattacharya
- 2011 – Kamal Jain
- 2019 – Souti Chakraborty
- 2020 – Raghav Prakash
- 2022 – Daulat Ram Vaid
- 2023 – Anoop Joshi, Sandeep Dutta
- Scenic Design
- Costumes/Make-up
- 1981 – Ashok Srivastava (Make-up)
- 1990 – Roshan Alkazi (Costume Design)
- 1999–2000 – Shakti Sen (Make-up)
- 2001 – Dolly Ahluwalia (Costume Design)
- 2003 – Anant Gopal Shinde (Make-up)
- 2004 – Prema Karanth (Costume Design)
- 2008 – Amba Sanyal (Costume Designing)
- 2009 – Kamal Arora (Make-up)
- 2013 – Krishna Borkar (Make-up)
- 2019 – N.K. Ramakrishna (Make-up)
- 2020 – M. Purushottam (Costume Design)
- Music for Theatre
- 1999–2000 – Kajal Ghosh, Kamal Tewari
- 2005 - R. Paramashivan
- 2009 – Kuldeep Singh
- 2012 - Murari Roychoudhury
- 2014 - Amod Bhatt, Amardas Manikpuri (Chhattisgarh)
- Stagecraft
- 1993 – M.S. Sathyu
- 1995 – N. Krishnamoorthy
- 2002 – Nissar Allana
- 2005 – H. V. Sharma
- 2020 – N. Jadumani Singh
Major traditions of theatre
- 2007 – Kolyur Ramachandra Rao (Yakshagana)
- 2008 – Bansi Lal Khiladi, Khayal (Rajasthan)
- 2012 – Ghulam Rasool Bhagat (Bhand Pather)
- 2014 – Manjunath Bhagwat Hostota (Yakshagana)
- 2018 – Bhagawat A. S. Nanjappa (Yakshagana), A. M. Parameswaran Kuttan Chakkiyar (Kutiyattam)
- 2019 – K. S. Krishanappa (Isai Natakam)
- 2020 – P. P. Kandaswami (Therukoothu)
- 2021 – Gunindra Nath Ojah (Music and Direction in Ankiya Bhaona)
- 2022 – Margi Madhu Chakyar (Kutiyattam)
- 2023 – Piyal Bhattacharya (Sanskrit Theatre)
Other Traditional/ Folk/ Tribal/ Dance/ Music/ Theatre and Puppetry
- 1964 – Mani Madhava Chakyar (Kutiyattam), Kerala
- 1969 – Gahan Chandra Goswami (Ankia Nat, Assam)
- 1972 – Kudamaloor Karunakaran Nair (Kathakali), Kerala
- 1976 – Raghunath Panigrahi (Joint Award with Sanjukta Panigrahi for Odissi Music, Orissa)
- 1981 – Kamini Kumar Narzary (Bodo Tribal Dance, Assam)
- 1983 – Dharmiklal Chunilal Pandya (Akhyana), Gujarat
- 1983 – Lalit Chandra Ojha (Ojapali and Deodhani Dances, Assam)
- 1984 – Balakrushna Dash (Odissi Music, Orissa)
- 1985 – Mohan Chandra Barman (Bhaona, Assam)
- 1984 – Bhubaneswar Mishra (Odissi Music, Orissa)
- 1987 – Bhupen Hazarika (Folk Music, Assam)
- 1988 – Pratima Barua Pandey (Folk Music, Assam)
- 1989 – Rajen Pam (Tribal Music, Assam)
- 1990 – Rameshwar Pathak (Folk Music, Assam)
- 1991 – Puranchand Wadali & Pyarelal Wadali (Folk Music), Punjab
- 1992 – Khagen Mahanta (Folk Music, Assam)
- 1994 – M. Boyer (Tiatr), Goa
- 1995 – Teejan Bai (Pandavani), Madhya Pradesh
- 1997 – Arghya sen [(Rabindra Sangeet), West Bengal
- 1997 – P. R. Thilagam, Kuravanji performer, Tamil Nadu
- 1998 – Ghulam Mohammad Saznawaz, Jammu and Kashmir
- 2002 – Dilip Sarma & Sudakshina Sarma (Jyoti Sangeet, Assam - Joint Award)
- 2003 – Prabhat Sarma (traditional & Folk Music, Assam)
- 2003 – Kosha Kanta Deva Goswami (Mask Making Bhaona, Assam)
- 2003 – Banamali Maharana (Odissi Music, Orissa)
- 2005 – Khirod Khakhlari (Bodo Dance & Music, Assam)
- 2005 – Kashinath Pujapanda (Odissi Music, Orissa)
- 2005 – Mathoor Govindan Kutty (Kathakali), Kerala
- 2007 – Subodh Debbarma (Folk dance), Tripura
- 2007 – Amar Pal (Folk Song), West Bengal
- 2008 – Kartar Singh (Gurbani), Punjab
- 2008 – Mangi Bai Arya (Mand), Rajasthan
- 2008 – Lakha Khan Mangniyar, (Folk Music), Rajasthan
- 2008 – Bansi Lal Khilari (Khayal), Rajasthan
- 2009 – Bhikhudan Gadhvi (Folk music), Gujarat
- 2010 – Harbhajan Singh Namdhari (Gurbani Kirtan), Punjab
- 2010 – Nazeer Ahmed Khan Warsi and Naseer Ahmed Khan Warsi (Qawwali), Andhra Pradesh
- 2010 – Dwijen Mukherjee (Rabindra Sangeet), West Bengal
- 2010 – Chandabai Tiwadi (Bharud), Maharashtra
- 2010 – T. Somasundaram (Folk dance), Tamil Nadu
- 2010 – Krishna Kumari (Folk music: Bhakha), Jammu and Kashmir
- 2010 – Chand Jagdish Tiwadi (Folk theatre: Bharud), Maharashtra
- 2011 – Trippekulam Achuta Marar, Kerala
- 2011 – Hemant Chauhan (Folk Music), Gujarat
- 2011 – Gurmeet Bawa (Folk Music), Punjab
- 2011 – Kashiram Sahu (Folk Theatre), Chhattisgarh
- 2011 – Mipham Otsal (Traditional Theatre), Jammu & Kashmir
- 2011 – Bellagallu Veeranna (Togalu Gombeyatta, Puppetry), Karnataka
- 2011 – Gopal Chandra Das (Putul Nach), Tripura
- 2011 – Kasmi Khan Niyazi (Making of musical Instrument), DeIhi
- 2012 – Go Ru Channabasappa (Folk Music - Karnataka)
- 2012 – Kinaram Nath Oja (Suknani Ojapali - Assam)
- 2012 – Prem Singh Dehati (Folk Music - Haryana)
- 2012 – Sulochana Chavan (Lavani - Maharashtra)
- 2012 – Mattannur Sankaran Kutty Marar (Thayambaka - Kerala)
- 2012 – Govind Ram Nirmalkar (Nacha - Chhattisgarh)
- 2012 – Heera Das Negi (Mask Making - Himachal Pradesh)
- 2013 – Meeenakshi K. (Instrument Making - Ghatam - Tamil Nadu)
- 2013 – Raj Begum, Traditional, Folk Music/Dance & Theatre (Jammu & Kashmir)
- 2013 – T.A.R. Nadi Rao & N Jeeva Rao (Joint Award), Folk Music (Tamil Nadu)
- 2013 – Gurdial Singh, Instrument Making (Punjab)
- 2013 – Mohan Singh Khangura, Rabindra Sangeet (West Bengal)
- 2013 – Umakanta Gogoi (Bairagi), Tokari Geet and Dehbichar Geet, (Assam)
- 2013 – Sheikh Riyajuddin alias Rajubaba, Folk Theatre (Maharashtra)
- 2014 – Puran Shah Koti (Traditional Music - Punjab)
- 2014 – Kalamandalam Ram Mohan (Makeup/Costume for Kathakali)
- 2014 – Reba Kanta Mohanta (Mask Making - Assam)
- 2014 – Abdul Rashid Hafiz (Folk Music - Jammu & Kashmir )
- 2014 – K.Shanathoiba Sharma (Thang-Ta - Manipur)
- 2014 – Ramdayal Sharma (Nautanki - U.P.)
- 2014 – Thanga Darlong (Folk Music - Tripura)
- 2015 - K. K. Ramachandra Pulavar (Tholpavakoothu)[12]
- 2015 – Ramchandra Singh (Folk Theater - Bihar)
- 2017 – Mukund Nayak (Folk Music - Jharkhand)
- 2017 – Prakash Khandge (Folk Arts - Maharashtra)
- 2018 – Malini Awasthi (Folk Music - Uttar Pradesh)
- 2018 – Gazi Khan Barna (Folk Music - Khartal, Rajasthan)
- 2018 – Narendra Singh Negi (Folk Songs - Uttarakhand)
- 2018 – Niranjan Rajyaguru (Folk Music - Gujarat)
- 2018 – Mohd. Sadiq Bhagat (Folk Theatre - Bhand Pather, J&K)
- 2018 – Kota Sachidanand Shastry (Harikatha - Andhra Pradesh)
- 2018 – Arjun Singh Dhurve (Folk Dance - Madhya Pradesh)
- 2018 – Somnath Battu (Folk Music - Himachal Pradesh)
- 2018 – Hem Chandra Goswami (Mask Making - Assam)
- 2019 – Mamta Chandrakar (Folk Music Chhattisgarh)
- 2019 – Ram Lal (Folk Music, Uttarakhand)
- 2019 – Shankarbhai Hakabhai Dharjiya (Folk Music & Dance - Gujarat)
- 2019 – Nathulal Solanki (Folk Music - Rajasthan)
- 2019 – Pandurang Ghotkar (Folk Music - Maharashtra)
- 2019 – Peruvanam Kuttan Marar (Thayambaka - Kerala)
- 2019 – Urmila Pandey (Folk Music - Madhya Pradesh)
- 2019 – Sayed Mohmmed P.P. (Folk Music & Dance - Lakshadweep)
- 2019 – Majid Gulabsaheb Sitarmaker (Instrument Making - Maharashtra)
- 2019 – Dulal Kanji (Instrument Making - West Bengal)
- 2020 – Balkar Sidhu (Folk Dance - Punjab)
- 2020 – Nandlal Garg (Folk Music - Himachal Pradesh)
- 2020 – B. Lalthlengliana (Folk Theatre - Mizoram)
- 2020 – Ranjana Kumri Jha (Folk Music - Bihar)
- 2020 – S. G. Lakshmidevamma (Folk Music - Karnataka)
- 2020 – Tarubala Debbarma (Folk Music and Dance - Tripura)
- 2020 – Sang Jangmu (Folk Dance - Arunachal Pradesh)
- 2020 – Gafoor Khan Manganiar (Folk Music - Rajasthan)
- 2020 – Zachunu Keyho (Folk Music - Nagaland)
- 2021 – Silbi Passah (Folk Music - Meghalaya)
- 2021 – Durga Prasad Murmu (Folk Music and Dance - Jharkhand)
- 2021 – Prashanna Gogoi (Folk Music & Dance - Assam)
- 2021 – Gartigere Raghanna (H. N Raghavenda) (Folk Music - Karnataka)
- 2021 – S Samundaram (Folk Music - Tamil Nadu)
- 2021 – Data Ram Purohit (Folk Music & Theatre - Uttarakhand)
- 2021 – Mahavir Singh Guddu (Folk Music & Dance - Haryana)
- 2021 – N Tiken Singh (Folk Music - Manipur)
- 2021 – N. Sekar (Folk Music - Puducherry)
- 2021 – R. Murugan (Instrument Making - Tamil Nadu)
- 2022 – Shailesh Shrivastava (Folk Music - Uttar Pradesh)
- 2022 – Vijay Shamrao Chavan (Folk Music - Dholak, Maharashtra)
- 2022 – Tsering Jorgais (Folk Music - Ladakh)
- 2022 – Olen Megu Damin (Folk &Traditional Music & Dance - Arunachal Pradesh)
- 2022 – Nitu Kumari Nootan (Folk Music - Bihar)
- 2022 – Gaffruddin Mewati Jogi (Folk/Traditional Music – Bhapang, Rajasthan)
- 2022 – Tarawati Bori (Folk /Traditional Music - Assam)
- 2022 – K. Viswanatha Pulavar (Puppetry - Tholpavakoothu)
- 2022 – Mahendrakumar Karsandas Andani (Folk Dance - Gujarat)
- 2022 – Chingtham Ranjeet Khuman (Thang Ta - Manipur)
- 2022 – Poonam Tivari (Folk Music - Chhattisgarh)
- 2023 – Kanta Kashinath Gaude (Folk Music, Goa)
- 2023 – Swapan Mukhopadhyay (Folk Music, West Bengal)
- 2023 – Rakesh Bhatt (Folk Theatre/Music, Uttarakhand)
- 2023 – Krishna Lal Sehgal (Folk Song- Himachal Pradesh)
- 2023 – Bharat Sharma Vyas (Folk Music, Bihar)
- 2023 – Helen Giri Syiem (Folk & traditional Music, Meghalaya)
- 2023 – P. K. Kunhiraman (Traditional Music - Chenda, Kerala)
- 2023 – Abdul Gaffar Das Kanihami (Folk Music, Jammu & Kashmir)
- 2023 – Jayantibhai Maganbhai Sharma (Instrument Making, Gujarat)
- 2023 – K. Pajanivel (Martial Arts, Puducherry)
- 2023 – Gurpreet Singh Khalsa (Martial Arts, Punjab)
- 1978 – Kathinanada Das (Ravanchhaya puppetry), Orissa
- 1979 – U. Kogga Devanna Kamath (Gombeatta puppetry), Karnataka
- 1980 – K.L. Krishnan Kutty Pulavar (Tholpava Koothu), Kerala
- 1981 – M.R. Ranganatha Rao, Karnataka
- 1983 – Meher Rustom Contractor, Gujarat
- 1987 – Suresh Dutta, West Bengal
- 1992 – Dadi Dorab Pudumjee, Delhi
- 1995 – T. Hombiah, Karnataka
- 1998 – Kolhacharan Sahu (Ravanchhaya puppetry), Orissa
- 1999 – B.H. Puttashamachar, Karanataka
- 2001 – Hiren Bhattacharya, Assam
- 2003 – Puran Bhatt, Rajasthan
- 2004 – Maguni Charan Kuanr, Odisha[13]
- 2005 – Ganpat Sakharam Masge, Maharashtra
- 2010 – K. Chinna Anjannamma (Shadow puppetry: Tolu Bommalata), Andhra Pradesh
- 2010 – K.V. Ramakrishnan and K.C. Ramakrishnan (Glove puppetry: Pava Kathakali), Kerala
- 2012 – Prafulla Karmakar (Traditional Puppetry - West Bengal)
- 2013 – Lilavati M Kavi (Bajaj), Puppetry
- 2014 – K. Kesavasamy (Puppetry - Puducherry)
- 2016 – Prabhitangsu Das (Contemporary Puppetry - Tripura)
- 2018 – Anupama Hoskere (Classical String Puppetry of Karnataka, Bengaluru)
- 2020 – Meena Nayak (Puppetry - Maharashtra)
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