Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (SNA Award) database is based on Fellows and Award-winners of Sangeet Natak Akademi 1952-2010 published by SNA in 2011. This volume constitutes a roll of honour in the field of performing arts in India. These honours have been bestowed more than about 1,100 outstanding musicians, dancers, theatre artists and scholars. We have also added the data of awardees from 2011 to 2017 and of Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar award, also given by the SNA, to outstanding artists under 40 from 2006 to 2016 on their website (https://sangeetnatak.gov.in). As a result, data on more than 1,300 individuals are included in this database.

P.B. : Padma Bhushan
P.V.B. : Padma Vibhushan

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Toggle column: Personal ID - SNA ID - Name - H/C - I/V - Gender - Religion - Year of Birth - Year of Death - Field - Specialization - SNA Fellow - SNA Awardee - PADMA SHRI - P.B. - P.V.B.
P02219
SNA0397
Kalamandalam Vasu Pisharody
O
O
M
H
1943
Kathakali
Y
P02379
SNA0336
Jaidev Taneja
O
O
M
H
1943
Overall Contribution To Theatre
Y
P02610
SNA0883
Shanta Dhananjayan
O
O
F
H
1943
Bharatanatyam
Y(joint)
Y
P02749
SNA0398
Kalamandalam Vimala Menon
O
O
F
H
1943
Mohiniattam
Y
P03048
SNA0170
Chindodi Leela
O
O
F
H
1943
Acting
Y
Y
P02041
SNA0817
S. Natarajan
O
O
M
H
1943
Bhagavatamela(Tamil Nadu)
Y
P02415
SNA0865
Satyaram Reang
O
O
M
H
1943
Folk Dance & Music(Tripura)
Y
P00225
SNA0919
Sonal Mansingh
O
O
F
H
1944
Odissi Dance
Y
Y
Y
P06648
SNA1100
Yella Venka Teswara Rao
C
I
M
H
1944
CIM
mridangam
Y
Y
P00229
SNA0938
Sudharani Raghupathy
O
O
M
H
1944
Bharatanatyam
Y
Y
P00217
SNA0848
Sanjukta Panigrahi
O
O
F
H
1944
1997
Odissi Dance
Y(joint)
Y
P02783
SNA1054
V. V. Subrahmanyam
C
I
M
H
1944
CIM
violin
Y
P00190
SNA0654
Nokot Khriam
O
O
M
O
1944
Instrumenmaking(Meghalaya)
Y
P02974
SNA1048
Uttara Baokar
O
O
F
H
1944
Acting(Hindi)
Y
P02048
SNA0834
Sadanam Balakrishnan
O
O
M
H
1944
Kathakali
Y
P02760
SNA0217
Dilp Prabhavankar
O
O
M
H
1944
Acting(Theatre)
Y
P02051
SNA0106
Bansi Lal Khilari
O
O
M
H
1944
Khyal Theatre(Rajasthan)
Y
P00177
SNA0495
Lakshmi Viswanathan
O
O
F
H
1944
Bharatanatyam
Y
P02979
SNA0445
Kiran Segal
O
O
F
H
1944
Odissi Dance
Y
Y
P02696
SNA0759
Raja Reddy
O
O
M
H
1944
Kuchiudi Dance
Y(joint)
Y
Y
P03054
SNA1092
Y. Gambhini Devi
O
O
F
H
1945
Natasankirtana(Manipur)
Y
Y
P02491
SNA1045
Urmil Nagar
O
O
F
H
1945
Kathak
Y
P02378
SNA0012
Agat A. Sangma
O
O
M
O
1945
Folk Music(Meghalaya)
Y
P02825
SNA0239
Fida Bai Merkem
O
O
F
M
1945
Nacha(Madhya Pradesh)
Y
P02963
SNA1047
Uttara Asha Coorlawala
O
O
F
H
1945
Creative & Experimental Dance
Y
P05973
SNA0035
Amjad Ali Khan
H
I
M
M
1945
HIM
sarod
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
P02747
SNA0115
Bhakti Barve Inamdar
O
O
F
H
1945
2001
Acting(Marathi)
Y
P02233
SNA1065
Vayala Vasudevan Pillai
O
O
M
H
1945
2011
Playwriting(Malayalam)
Y
P02257
SNA0306
Harbhajan Singh Namdhari
O
O
M
H
1945
Gurbani Kirtan(Punjab)
Y
P03004
SNA1046
Usha Ganguly
O
O
F
H
1945
Direction(Theatre)
Y
P02611
SNA1007
T. V. Sankaranarayanan
C
V
M
H
1945
CVM
Y
Y
P03047
SNA0949
Surekha Sikri
O
O
F
H
1945
Acting(Hindi)
Y
P02498
SNA0032
Amba Sanyal
O
O
F
H
1945
Costume Designing(Theatre)
Y
P00204
SNA0555
Mamman Khan
O
O
M
M
1945
Folk Music(Haryana)
Y
P02157
SNA0454
Kottakkal Chandrasekharan
O
O
M
H
1945
Kathakali
Y
P06544
SNA0416
Karaikudi R. Mani
C
I
M
H
1945
CIM
mridangam
Y
P01041
SNA0011
Adyark. Lakshman
O
O
M
H
1945
Baratanatyyam
Y
Y
P02998
SNA0960
Suryamukhi Devi
O
O
F
H
1946
Manipuri Dance
Y
P02404
SNA0493
Lakshman Das
O
O
M
H
1946
Harikatha(Karnataka)
Y
P02506
SNA0887
Shanti Jain
O
O
F
O
1946
Folk Music(Bihar)
Y
P02922
SNA0931
Subramanian Rajeswari
O
O
F
H
1946
Dance Music(Bharatanatyan)
Y
P02703
SNA0651
Nissar Allana
O
O
M
1946
Stagecraft(Thatre)
Y
P02398
SNA0110
Barry John
O
O
M
O
1946
Direction(Theatre)
Y
P00173
SNA0472
Kumkum Mohanty
O
O
F
H
1946
Odissi Dance
Y
Y
P02710
SNA1016
S. Thanil Singh
O
O
M
H
1946
Natasankirtana(Manipur)
Y
Y
P02804
SNA0798
Rathna Kumar
O
O
F
H
1946
Kuchipudi Dance
Y
P02343
SNA1106
Zarin Sharma
H
I
F
H
1946
HIM
sarod
Y
P02274
SNA1105
Zakir Hussain
H
I
M
M
1946
HIM
tabla
Y
Y
Y
P02671
SNA0117
Bhanu Bharti
O
O
M
H
1947
Direction(Theatre)
Y
P02714
SNA0034
Amitava Dasgupta
O
O
M
H
1947
2010
Direction(Theatre)
Y
P00242
SNA1093
Y. Ranjana Devi
O
O
F
H
1947
Natasankirtana(Manipur)
Y
P02149
SNA0858
Satish Anand
O
O
M
H
1947
Direction(Theatre)
Y
P02312
SNA0566
Mannargudi A. Eswaran
C
I
M
H
1947
CIM
mridangam
Y
P02674
SNA0405
Kamal Tewari
O
O
M
H
1947
Theatre Music
Y
P02493
SNA0030
Amal Allana
O
O
F
M
1947
Direction(Theatre)
Y
P02480
SNA1072
Veeranala Jayarama Rao
O
O
M
H
1947
Kuchipudi Dance
Y(joint)
Y
P02814
SNA1071
Veenapani Chawla
O
O
F
H
1947
Direction(Theatre)
Y
P00127
SNA0067
Astad Deboo
O
O
M
O
1947
Creative & Experimental Dance
Y
Y
P00235
SNA0965
Swapan Chaudhuri
H
I
M
H
1947
HIM
tabla
Y
P02529
SNA0107
Banwari Lal Taneja
O
O
M
H
1947
Acting(Theatre)
Y
P02928
SNA0220
Dinesh Thakur
O
O
M
H
1947
Direction(Theatre)
Y
P02694
SNA0583
Mohan Agashe
O
O
M
H
1947
Acting(Marathi)
Y
Y
P00203
SNA0483
L. Subramaniam
O
O
M
H
1947
Creative & Experimental Music
Y
Y
Y
P02870
SNA0409
Kanaka Srinivasan
O
O
F
H
1947
Bharatanatyam
Y
Y
P02275
SNA0785
Ramesh Mishra
H
I
M
H
1948
HIM
sarangi
Y
P06255
SNA0957
Suresh Talwalkar
H
I
M
H
1948
HIM
Y
P06212
SNA0114
Bhajan Sopori
H
I
M
H
1948
HIM
santoor
Y
Y
P02972
SNA0266
Geeta Mahalik
O
O
F
H
1948
Odissi Dance
Y
P02405
SNA0715
Probir Guha
O
O
M
H
1948
Direction(Theatre)
Y
P02933
SNA0794
Ranjit Kapoor
O
O
M
H
1948
Direction(Theatre)
Y
P00130
SNA0228
Durga Lal
O
O
M
H
1948
1990
Kathak
Y
P02811
SNA0118
Bharati Shivaji
O
O
F
H
1948
Mohiniattam
Y
Y
P02423
SNA0121
Bhikhudan Govindbhai Gadhvi
O
O
M
H
1948
Folk Music(Gujarat)
Y
P02508
SNA0267
Geetanjali Lal
O
O
F
H
1948
Kathak
Y
P02138
SNA0522
M. K. Raina
O
O
M
H
1948
Direction(Theatre)
Y
P00202
SNA0388
Kalamandalam Kshemavathy
O
O
F
H
1948
2000
Mohinattam
Y
P02183
SNA0400
Kalavati Devi
O
O
F
H
1948
Manipuri Dance
Y
P02292
SNA0926
Srinivas G. Kappanna
O
O
M
H
1948
Lightning & Stage Design(Theatre)
Y
P02496
SNA0619
Nadira Zaheer Babbar
O
O
F
M
1948
Direction(Theatre)
Y
P02170
SNA0259
Gangadhar Pradhan
O
O
M
H
1948
2010
Odissi Dance
Y
Y
P02341
SNA0797
Ratan Thiyam
O
O
M
H
1948
Direction(Theatre)
Y
Y
P02626
SNA0847
Sangyusang S. Pongener
O
O
M
H
1948
Traditional Dance(Nagaland)
Y
P02902
SNA0652
Nityanand Haldipur
H
I
M
H
1948
HIM
flute
Y
P02853
SNA0933
Sucheta Bhide Chapekar
O
O
F
H
1948
Bharatanatyam
Y
P02359
SNA0311
Haridwaramangalam A.K. Palanivel
C
I
M
H
1948
CIM
thavil
Y
Y
P02819
SNA0849
Saoli Mitra
O
O
F
H
1948
Acting(Bengali)
Y
Y
P02997
SNA0895
Shashi Sankhla
O
O
F
H
1948
Kathak
Y
P02846
SNA1015
Th. Chaotombi Singh
O
O
M
H
1949
Creative & Experimental Dance
Y
P02333
SNA0105
Bansi Kaul
O
O
M
H
1949
Direction(Theatre)
Y
P02944
SNA0648
Niranjan Goswami
O
O
M
H
1949
Acting(Mime)
Y
Y
P02809
SNA0793
Ranjana Gauhar
O
O
F
H
1949
Odissi Dance
Y
Y
P02934
SNA0857
Satish Alenkar
O
O
M
H
1949
Playwriting(Marathi)
Y
P02083
SNA0377
K. V. Ramakrishnan
O
O
M
H
1949
Pavakathakali(Kerala)
Y(joint)
P02975
SNA0459
Krishna Kumari
O
O
F
H
1949
Bhakha Folk Music(Jammu & Kashmir)
Y
P02677
SNA1051
V. K. Sharma
O
O
M
H
1949
Direction(Theatre)
Y
P02748
SNA0155
Chandatai Jagdishprasad Tiwadi
O
O
F
H
1949
Bharud Theatre(Maharashtra)
Y
P02038
SNA0077
B. Sasi Kumar
C
I
M
H
1949
CIM
violin
Y
P02169
SNA1130
K. C. Ramakrishnan
O
O
M
H
1949
Pavakathakali(Kerala)
Y(joint)