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News: The General Council of Sangeet Natak Akademi selected seven Akademi Fellows and 108 Akademi Award recipients for 2024 and 2025.
About Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship (Akademi Ratna)
- Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship (Akademi Ratna) is the highest, most prestigious and rare honour conferred by the Sangeet Natak Akademi for sustained contribution in performing arts.
- Origin: The first Fellow of the Akademi was elected in 1954.
- Categories: The Fellowship may be conferred on artistes of outstanding merit in the fields of music, dance and drama, and on persons who have rendered outstanding service to the cause of music, dance and drama through scholarship, research, or original contributions.
- Eligibility:
- The honour is open to all regardless of nationality, race, caste, religion, creed, or sex.
- Persons below 50 years of age are ordinarily not considered.
- An association institution or organization is not eligible for Akademi Ratna or Akademi Puraskar (Akademi Award.)
- If a person dies after the General Council has taken the decision, the honour may be conferred posthumously.
- A recipient of Akademi Ratna will not be eligible for an Akademi Puraskar (Akademi Award) at any stage.
- Seat Limit: The Fellowship is restricted to 40 living Fellows at any given time.
- Earlier, the limit was 30.
- Prize Details: Each Fellow receives ₹3 lakh, a Tamrapatra, an Angavastram, a citation, and annual medical insurance coverage up to ₹1.5 lakh.
- Ceremony: The President of India/Vice-President of India/Prime Minister of India or any eminent personality in the field will be invited to confer the honours.
- Recent Honorees: In March 2026, the General Council unanimously elected seven eminent personalities as Akademi Fellows:
- Ramlal Bareth – Kathak Dance
- Rita Ganguly – Vocal Music and Dance
- A. V. Anand – Carnatic Music
- Puru Dadheech – Kathak Dance
- Chittaranjan Jyotishi – Vocal Music
- Pasumarthi Rattaiah Sarma – Kuchipudi Dance
- Sudharani Raghupathy – Bharatanatyam Dance
About Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards (Akademi Puraskar)
- Parent Body: The Awards are conferred by the Sangeet Natak Akademi.
- Origin: The Awards were instituted in 1951 as Presidential Awards and later became Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards after the formation of the Akademi.
- Categories: The Awards may be given in five Field of activity:
- Music
- Dance
- Theatre
- Other Traditional/Folk/Tribal/Dance/Music/Theatre and Puppetry
- Over all contribution/ Scholarship to Performing Arts.
- Eligibility:
- Akademi Puraskar are open to all regardless of nationality, race, caste, religion, creed, or sex.
- A person considered for the Award should ordinarily be at least 35 years of age.
- An association institution or organization is not eligible for Akademi Ratna or Akademi Puraskar (Akademi Award.)
- If a person dies after the General Council has taken the decision, the honour may be conferred posthumously.
- Nature of Honor: The Awards recognize sustained individual achievement of a high professional order in performing arts.
- Seat Limit: The total number of Awards in a year shall not exceed 46.
- Prize Details: Each awardee receives ₹1 lakh, a Tamrapatra, an Angavastram, a citation, and medical insurance coverage up to ₹1 lakh per annum.
- Ceremony: The President of India/Vice-President of India/Prime Minister of India or any eminent personality in the field will be invited to confer the honours.
- Recent Honorees: The General Council selected 108 artists for the Awards for the years 2024 and 2025.
About Sangeet Natak Akademi (SNA)
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