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February 6, 2019
President of India Presents Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards
Photo: The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, presenting the Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards for the year 2017 at the investiture ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on February 06, 2019.
Photo: The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, with the recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards for the year 2017 at the investiture ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on February 06, 2019.
The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, presented the Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards for the year 2017 at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan today (February 06, 2019).
Union Minister of State for Culture, Dr. Mahesh Sharma, senior officers of the Ministry, and many dignitaries from the field of Art & Culture attended the event.
List of Awardees
• MUSIC
- Umakant Gundecha & Ramakant Gundecha (Joint Award) (Hindustani - Vocal)
- Lalith J. Rao (Hindustani - Vocal)
- Yogesh Samsi (Hindustani - Tabla)
- Rajendra Prasanna (Hindustani - Flute)
- M.S.Sheela (Carnatic - Vocal)
- Suma Sudhindra (Carnatic - Veena)
- Shashank Subramanyam (Carnatic - Flute)
- Tirvarur Vaidyanathan (Carnatic - Mridangam)
- Gurnam Singh (Other Major Traditions of Music-Gurbani)
- Haimanti Sukla (Other Major Traditions of Music-Sugam Sangeet)
- Madhurani (Other Major Traditions of Music-Sugam Sangeet)
• DANCE
- Rama Vaidyanathan (Bharatnatyam)
- Shobha Koser (Kathak)
- Madambi Subramanian (Kathakali)
- L.N.Oinam Ongdi Doni Devi (Manipuri)
- Deepika Reddy (Kuchipudi)
- Sujata Mohapatra (Odissi)
- Ramkrishna Talukdar (Sattriya)
- Janmajay Saibabu (Chhau-Mayurbhanj)
- Ashit Desai (Music for Dance)
• THEATRE
- Abhiram Bhadakamkar (Playwriting - After 2012)
- Bapi Bose (Direction)
- Sunil Shanbagh (Direction)
- Anil Tickoo (Acting - After 2004)
- Deepak Tiwari (Acting - After 2004)
- Hema Singh (Acting - After 2004)
- Avtaar Sahani (Allied Theatre Arts - Lighting)
- Nuruddin Ahmed (Allied Theatre Arts - Stagecraft)
- Shougrakpam Hemanta Singh (Other Major Traditions of Theatre- Shumang Leela - Manipur)
• Traditional/Folk/Tribal/Dance/Music/Theatre and Puppetry
- Parvathy Baul (Baul - West Bengal)
- Anwar Khan Manganiyar (Folk Music - Rajasthan)
- Rakesh Tiwari (Folk Music - Chhatisgarh)
- Saravjit Kaur (Folk Music - Punjab)
- Ramchandra Majhi (Folk Music - Bihar)
- K.C.Runremsangi (Folk Music - Mizoram)
- Sudip Gupta (Pupperty - West Bengal)
- Mukund Nayak (Folk Music - Jharkhand)
- Jagannath Baayan (Traditional Music (Khol) - Assam)
- Prakash Khandge (Folk Arts - Maharashtra)
• Overall Contribution/Scholarship
- Vijay Verma (Scholarship)
- Sandhya Purecha (Dance)
Source: Ministry of Culture, Government of India
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