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.
P00019
SNA0178
Chitti Babu
C
I
M
H
1936
1996
CIM
veena
Y
P02410
SNA1033
U. Shrinivas
C
I
M
H
1969
CIM
mandolin
Y
Y
P02420
SNA1247
Peravali Jaya Bhaskar
C
I
H
CIM
mridangam
P02440
SNA1061
Varadrao Kamalakar Rao
C
I
M
H
1937
CIM
mridangam
Y
P02444
SNA1074
Vellore G. Ramabhadran
C
I
M
H
1929
CIM
mridangam
Y
P02445
SNA0484
L. Subramaniamm Sastri
C
I
M
H
1893
1970
CIM
veena
Y
P02449
SNA0925
Srimushanam Venkataramana Rajarao
C
I
M
H
1955
CIM
mridangam
Y
P02455
SNA0672
Padma Shri Veeruswamy Pillai
C
I
M
H
1910
CIM
nagaswaram
Y
P02456
SNA1041
Umayalpuram K. Narayanaswamy
C
I
M
H
1929
1997
CIM
ghatam
Y
P00093
SNA0882
Shanmugasundaram Pillai
C
I
M
H
1920
CIM
thavil
Y
P02483
SNA0676
Palghat T. S. Mani Iyer
C
I
M
H
1912
1981
CIM
mridangam
Y
Y
P00100
SNA1002
T. S. Natarajasundaram Pillai
C
I
M
H
1896
1994
CIM
nagaswaram
Y
P02515
SNA0661
Ongole N. Rangaiah
C
I
M
H
1937
CIM
nagawaswaram
Y
P01805
SNA0741
R. K. Venkatarama Sastry
C
I
M
H
1907
1993
CIM
violin
Y
P00145
SNA0230
Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu
C
I
M
H
1893
1964
CIM
violin
Y
Y
P02548
SNA1266
Tirvarur Vaidyanatha
C
I
M
H
CIM
mridangam
Y
P00025
SNA0223
Domada Chittiabbayi
C
I
M
H
1933
2002
CIM
nagaswaram
Y
P01263
SNA0373
K. S. Narayanaswami
C
I
M
H
1914
1999
CIM
veena
Y
Y
P06252
SNA0707
Prapancham Sita Ram
C
I
M
H
1942
CIM
flute
Y
P02574
SNA1179
B Shree Sundar Kumar
C
I
M
H
CIM
kanjeera
P02583
SNA0049
Annavarapu Ramaswamy
C
I
M
H
1926
CIM
violin
Y
P00027
SNA0236
Emani Sankara Sastri
C
I
M
H
1921
1987
CIM
veena
Y
P02592
SNA1300
Trichy Sankaran
C
I
M
H
CIM
mridangam
Y
P02593
SNA1274
J. Vaidyanathan
C
I
M
H
CIM
mridangam
Y
P02597
SNA1255
N Manoj Siva
C
I
M
H
CIM
mridangam
P02599
SNA0745
Raajeswari Padmanabhan
C
I
F
H
1939
2008
CIM
veena
Y
P00017
SNA0151
C. S. Murugabhoopathy
C
I
M
H
1914
1998
CIM
mridangam
Y
Y
P00023
SNA0208
Devakottia. Narayana Iyengar
C
I
M
H
1905
1987
CIM
veena
Y
P02614
SNA1315
Seshampatti Sivalingam
C
I
H
CIM
nagasvaram
Y
P02620
SNA1208
B. C. Manjunath
C
I
M
H
CIM
mridangam
P02621
SNA0369
K. N. Chinnaswamy Iyer
C
I
M
H
1882
1966
CIM
violin
Y
P06648
SNA1100
Yella Venka Teswara Rao
C
I
M
H
1944
CIM
mridangam
Y
Y
P02654
SNA1291
T. A. Kaliyamurthy
C
I
H
CIM
thavil
Y
P05965
SNA0814
S. Balachander
C
I
M
H
1927
1990
CIM
veena
Y
Y
P02666
SNA0379
Kadri Gopalnath
C
I
M
H
1950
CIM
saxophone
Y
Y
P01742
SNA0988
T. H. Vinayakram
C
I
M
H
1942
CIM
ghatam
Y
Y
Y
P02697
SNA0976
T. Chowdiah
C
I
M
H
1895
1967
CIM
violin
Y
P02707
SNA0633
Natesan Ramani
C
I
M
H
1934
CIM
flute
Y
Y
P00452
SNA0675
Palghat R. Raghu
C
I
M
H
1928
2009
CIM
mridangam
Y
Y
P02727
SNA0994
T. K. Murthy
C
I
M
H
1924
CIM
mridangam
Y
Y
P02752
SNA1210
Anirudh Athreya
C
I
H
CIM
kanjeera
P06544
SNA0416
Karaikudi R. Mani
C
I
M
H
1945
CIM
mridangam
Y
P00055
SNA0511
M. Chandrasekaran
C
I
M
H
1937
CIM
violin
Y
Y
P02771
SNA0732
R. Pichumani Iyer
C
I
M
H
1920
CIM
veena
Y
P02773
SNA0972
T. Bhakravatsalam
C
I
M
H
1959
CIM
mridangam
Y
P02778
SNA1187
K.V. Gopalakrishnan
C
I
M
H
CIM
kanjeera
P02783
SNA1054
V. V. Subrahmanyam
C
I
M
H
1944
CIM
violin
Y
P00863
SNA0989
T.K. Jayarama Iyer
C
I
M
H
1894
1971
CIM
violin
Y
P06308
SNA0613
N. Rajam
C
I
F
H
1939
CIM
violin
Y
Y
Y
Y
P02807
SNA0002
A. Kanyakumari
C
I
F
H
1951
CIM
violin
Y
P00049
SNA0448
Kolanka Venkataraju
C
I
M
H
1910
CIM
mridangam
Y
P00956
SNA0743
R. R. Keshava Murthy
C
I
M
H
1914
2006
CIM
violin
Y
P00026
SNA0224
Doreswamy V. Iyengar
C
I
M
H
1920
1997
CIM
veena
Y
P02874
SNA1225
G. Guru Prasanna
C
I
M
H
CIM
kanjeera
P00084
SNA0791
Ranganayaki Rajagopalan
C
I
F
H
1932
CIM
veena
Y
P02894
SNA1264
Suma Sudhindr
C
I
CIM
veena
Y
P02895
SNA1316
E. M. Subramaniam
C
I
H
CIM
ghatam
Y
P02897
SNA1232
V. Balaji
C
I
M
H
CIM
mridangam
P02898
SNA1256
S. Karthick
C
I
CIM
ghatam
P02907
SNA1224
Embar Kannan
C
I
M
H
CIM
violin
P02908
SNA1283
Mamalam M.K. Siva
C
I
H
CIM
nagasvaram
Y
P02910
SNA1186
R. Shankaranarayanan
C
I
M
H
CIM
mridangam
P02915
SNA1273
Mysore M Manjunath
C
I
H
CIM
violin
Y
P00077
SNA0742
R. N. Doreswamy
C
I
M
H
1916
2002
CIM
veena
Y
P02955
SNA1265
Shashank Subramanyam
C
I
H
CIM
flute
Y
P02966
SNA1240
C.S.Balabhaskar
C
I
M
H
CIM
violin
P02980
SNA0913
N. Neela
C
I
F
H
1940
CIM
flute
Y(joint)
Y
P02984
SNA0912
V. Kunjumani
C
I
F
H
1930
2010
CIM
flute
Y(joint)
Y
P03005
SNA1307
Mysore M. Nagaraja
C
I
M
H
CIM
violin
Y
P03006
SNA1241
B.S. Purushotham
C
I
M
H
CIM
kanjeera
P03007
SNA1217
Punya Srinivas
C
I
H
CIM
veena
P03018
SNA0435
Kesi Narayanaswamy
C
I
F
H
1918
CIM
flute
Y
P03026
SNA1177
Ashwin Anand
C
I
M
H
CIM
veena
P03027
SNA1308
K. V. Prasad
C
I
M
H
CIM
mridangam
Y
P03028
SNA1209
N Guruprasad
C
I
M
H
CIM
ghatam
P03029
SNA1203
Giridhar Udupa
C
I
M
H
CIM
ghatam
P03030
SNA1199
Nagai R. Sriram
C
I
M
H
CIM
violin
P03031
SNA1292
Sukanya Ramgopal
C
I
H
CIM
ghatam
Y
P03034
SNA1200
Sairam Sundaram
C
I
M
H
CIM
mridangam
P00098
SNA0984
T. Rukmini
C
I
F
H
1936
CIM
violin
Y
P02039
SNA0685
Parvati Kumar
O
O
M
H
1921
Choreography (Creative & Experimental Dance)
Y
P02034
SNA0411
Kanhal Lal Maharana
O
O
M
H
1933
Chhau Mask-Making(Jharkhand)
Y
P02129
SNA0426
Kedarnath Sahu
O
O
M
H
1921
2008
Chhau Dance(Seraikella)
Y
Y
P00228
SNA0936
Suddhendra Narayan Singh Deo
O
O
M
H
1927
2001
Chhau Dance(Seraikella)
Y
Y
P02554
SNA0894
Shashandhar Acharya
O
O
M
H
1960
Chhau Dance(Seraikella)
Y
P02924
SNA0128
Bikram Kumbhakar
O
O
M
H
1898
1995
Chhau Dance(Saraikella)
Y
P02513
SNA0254
Gambhir Singh Mura
O
O
M
H
1930
2002
Chhau Dance(Purulia)
Y
Y
P02047
SNA0156
Chandra Sekhar Bhanj
O
O
M
H
1912
2006
Chhau Dance(Mayurbhanj)
Y
P02107
SNA0043
Anant Charan Sai
O
O
M
H
1915
1989
Chhau Dance(Mayurbhanj)
Y
P02383
SNA0924
Srihari Nayak
O
O
M
H
1934
2010
Chhau Dance(Mayurbhanj)
Y
P02465
SNA0534
Madan Mohan Lenka
O
O
M
H
1914
2007
Chhau Dance(Mayurbhanj)
Y
P02579
SNA0457
Krishna Chandra Naik
O
O
M
H
1920
1987
Chhau Dance(Mayurbhanj)
Y
P02866
SNA0371
K. P. Krishnan Kutty Poduval
O
O
F
H
1924
1992
Chenda(Kerala)
Y
P00132
SNA0288
Gudalur N. Balasubramaniumi
O
O
M
H
1910
1965
Carnatic Music(Vocal)
Y