Sangeet Natak Akademi announces annual awards and fellowships

The Sangeet Natak Akademi connected Wednesday (June 10, 2026) selected 7 eminent personalities successful the tract of performing arts arsenic Akademi Fellows (Akademi Ratna) and awarded 108 artistes from the fields of music, creation and different performing arts for the twelvemonth 2024-25.

The Akademi is the National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama is India’s apex nationalist assemblage for the performing arts. Established successful 1953 and functioning nether the Ministry of Culture, it is dedicated to preserving, promoting, and documenting the divers intangible taste practice of India.

Ramlal Bareth, A.V. Anand, Rita Ganguly, Puru Dadheech, Chittaranjan Jyotishi, Pasumarthi Rattaiah Sarma and Sudharani Raghupathy were those selected arsenic fellows unanimously astatine the General Council of Sangeet Natak Akademi, held from March 22-26 this year.

The fellowship of the Akademi is simply a astir prestigious and uncommon honour, which is restricted to 40 astatine immoderate fixed time.

The General Council besides selected 108 artists from the tract of Music, Dance, Theatre and others successful performing arts for the Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards (Akademi Puraskar) for the years 2024 and 2025.

The Fellows and Awardees truthful selected correspond the federation arsenic a whole, and beryllium to antithetic States and Union Territories of India. Besides, these eminent artists screen the full gamut of the performing creation forms expressed successful the signifier of music, dance, drama, people and tribal art, puppetry, and allied theatre creation forms, etc, the Akademi said successful an authoritative statement.

The General Council of the Akademi has besides selected 106 young artists for Sangeet Natak Akademi, Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar for the years 2024 and 2025. These awards volition beryllium conferred by the Chairman of Sangeet Natak Akademi successful a peculiar ceremony.

The Akademi Awards person been conferred since 1952. The grant of Akademi Fellow carries a purse wealth of ₹3,00,000(Rupees 3 lakh only) portion the Akademi Award carries a purse wealth of ₹1,00,000 (Rupees 1 lakh only), too a Tamrapatra and Angavastram.

The Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar carries a prize wealth of ₹25,000 (Rupees twenty-five 1000 only) too a Tamrapatra and an Angavastram.

The Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship and Awards volition beryllium conferred by the President of India successful a peculiar investiture ceremony.