President of India Smt. Droupadi Murmu conferred Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards (Akademi Puraskar) for the years 2022 and 2023 to 91 eminent artists (two joint award) in the field of performing arts in the special investiture ceremony held today, i.e., 6th March 2024 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. Out of 94 artists selected for Akademi Awards, three (3) artists could not attend the award ceremony due to ailing health. However, Akademi will arrange to deliver their plaque and other award material to them in the coming days. The Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards 2022 winners are:
Devaki Pandit Nambeear - Hindustani Vocal
Harvinder Singh - Hindustani Vocal
Dharamnath Mishra - Hindustani Instrumental (Harmonium)
Basant Kabra - Hindustani Instrumental (Sarod)
Maharajapuram Santhanam Ramachandran - Carnatic Vocal
Manda (Alamuru) Sudha Rani - Carnatic Vocal
Jayanthi Kumaresh - Carnatic Instrumental(Veena)
Vinukonda Subrahmanyam - Carnatic Instrumental (Thavil)
Purushottam Upadhyay - Creative & Experimental Music
Osman Mir - Creative & Experimental Music
Sapam Kullabi Singh - Other Major Traditions of Music (Nata Pung)
Sitaram Singh - Other Major Traditions of Music(Sugam Sangeet)
Manjula Ramaswamy - Bharatanatyam
Nalini and Kamalini Asthana - Kathak
Kalamandalam Balasubramanian - Kathakali
S. Noyonshakhi Devi - Manipuri
Bhagavatula Sethuram - Kuchipudi
Niranjan Rout - Odissi
Gobinda Saikia - Sattriya
Kala Vijayan - Mohiniattam
Sadhucharan Mahato - Chhau
Bharat Sharma - Creative & Experimental Dance
Karuna Borah - Other Major Traditions of Dance and Dance Theatre (Ankiya Bhaona)
Pusthakam Ramaa - Music for Dance
Gunakar Dev Goswami - Direction
Sohan Lal Kaul - Playwriting
Suresh Sharma - Direction
A. Susairaj - Direction
Ashok Saraf - Acting
Premlata Mishra - Acting
Yumnam Sadananda Singh - Mime
Daulat Ram Vaid - Allied Theatre Arts (Lighting)
Margi Madhu Chakyar - Other Major Traditions of Theatre (Kutiyattam)
Shailesh Shrivastava - Folk Music, Uttar Pradesh
Vijay Shamrao Chavan - Folk Music (Dholak), Maharashtra
Tashi Jorgais - Folk Music, Ladakh
Olen Megu Damin - Folk & Traditional Music & Dance, Arunachal Pradesh
Nitu Kumari Nootan - Folk Music, Bihar
Gafaruddin Mewati Jogi - Folk/Traditional Music (Bhapang), Rajasthan
Tarawati Bori - Folk Traditional Music, Assam
K. Viswanatha Pulavar - Puppetry - Tholpavakoothu
Mahendrakumar Karsanbhai Andani - Folk Dance, Gujarat
Chingtham Ranjeet Khuman - Thang Ta, Manipur
Poonam Tivari - Folk Music, Chhattisgarh
Lakshahira Das - Overall contribution in performing arts
Prameela Gurumurthy - Scholarship in performing arts