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.

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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.
P02169
SNA1130
K. C. Ramakrishnan
O
O
M
H
1949
Pavakathakali(Kerala)
Y(joint)
P02170
SNA0259
Gangadhar Pradhan
O
O
M
H
1948
2010
Odissi Dance
Y
Y
P02171
SNA0342
Jhaduram Devangan
O
O
M
H
1926
Pandavani(Madhya Pradesh)
Y
P02172
SNA1082
Vilayat Khan Ragi
O
O
M
M
1920
Dhadi Folk Music(Punjab)
Y
P02173
SNA1055
V. P. Dhananjayan
O
O
M
H
1939
Bharatanatyam
Y(joint)
P02174
SNA1151
S. N. Ratanjankar
O
O
M
H
1899
1974
Y
Y
P02175
SNA0140
C. K. Balagopalan
O
O
M
H
1939
Bharatanatyam
Y
P02176
SNA1043
Upendra Nath Ashk
O
O
M
H
1910
1996
Playwriting(Hindi)
Y
P02177
SNA1124
Ganesh Hari Rande
O
O
M
M
1897
1966
Y
P02179
SNA0290
Gulab Bai
O
O
F
H
1920
1996
Nautanki(Uttar Pradesh)
Y
Y
P02180
SNA1134
Kapila Vatsyayan
O
O
F
H
1928
Y
Y
Y
P02182
SNA0327
Indrani Rahman
O
O
F
H
1939
1999
Bharatanatyam
Y
Y
P00108
SNA1145
Prem Lata Sharma
O
O
F
H
1927
1998
Y
P02183
SNA0400
Kalavati Devi
O
O
F
H
1948
Manipuri Dance
Y
P02184
SNA0856
Saswati Sen
O
O
F
H
1953
Kathak
Y
P02185
SNA0387
Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair
O
O
M
H
1914
1990
Kathakali
Y
Y
P02186
SNA0700
Prabhat Kumar Bhattacharya
O
O
M
H
1932
Playwriting(Hindi)
Y
P02187
SNA0173
Chintaman Ganesh Kolhatkar
O
O
M
H
1959
Acting(Marathi)
Y
P02188
SNA0702
Pradhulal Dayarama Dwivedi
O
O
M
H
1892
1962
Playwriting(Gujarati)
Y
P02189
SNA0721
Purisai Kannappa Thambiran
O
O
M
H
1915
2003
Therukoothu(Tamil Nadu)
Y
P01817
SNA1168
Vinayak Narayan Patwardhan
O
O
M
H
1898
1975
Y
Y
P02201
SNA1319
Kalu-Balu Kaulapurkar
O
O
M
H
1931
Tamasha(Maharashtra)
Y(joint)
P02203
SNA0444
Kidangoor Rama Chakyar
O
O
M
H
1927
Kutiyattam(Kerala)
Y
P02204
SNA0767
Rajendra Kumar Gangani
O
O
M
H
1966
Kathak
Y
P02205
SNA0464
Krishnaveni Lakshmanan
O
O
M
H
1942
2004
Bharatanatyam
Y
P02206
SNA0494
Lakshman Prasad Chaube
O
O
M
H
1910
Haveli Sabgeet(Uttar Pradesh)
Y
P02207
SNA0571
Markand Jashbhai Bhatt
O
O
M
H
1929
Acting
Y
P02209
SNA1136
Kota Shivarama Karanth
O
O
M
H
1902
1997
Y
P02210
SNA0706
Pranshkh Manilal Nayak
O
O
M
H
1910
1989
Acting(Gujarat)
Y
P02211
SNA0842
Sambhu Bhatacharya
O
O
M
H
1923
2011
Creative & Experimental Dance
Y
P02212
SNA0127
Bijon Bhattacharya
O
O
M
H
1917
1978
Playwriting(Bengali)
Y
P00178
SNA0499
Lalit Chandra Ojha
O
O
M
H
1923
Ojapali And Deodhani Dance(Assam)
Y
P02213
SNA0961
Suhil Kumar Saxena
O
O
M
H
1921
Scholarshioin Performing Arts
Y
Y
Y
P02214
SNA0017
Ajmer Singh Aulakh
O
O
M
H
1942
Playwriting(Pumjabi)
Y
P00132
SNA0288
Gudalur N. Balasubramaniumi
O
O
M
H
1910
1965
Carnatic Music(Vocal)
Y
P02215
SNA0392
Kalamandalam Rajan
O
O
M
H
1931
Kathakali
Y
P02216
SNA0449
Kokha Charan Sahoo
O
O
M
H
1936
2006
Ravanchhaya Of Orissa
Y
P02217
SNA0860
Satya Bandopadhyay
O
O
M
H
1933
2006
Acting(Bengali)
Y
P06100
SNA1085
Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
O
O
M
H
1952
Creative & Experimental Music
Y
Y
P02219
SNA0397
Kalamandalam Vasu Pisharody
O
O
M
H
1943
Kathakali
Y
P02223
SNA1153
Naseer Ahmed Khan Warsi
O
O
M
M
1969
Qawwali
Y(joint)
P00169
SNA0591
Moozhikulal Kochukuttan Chakyar
O
O
M
H
1928
2009
Kutiyattam(Kerala)
Y
Y
P02224
SNA0722
Purisai N. Subramaniya Thambiran
O
O
M
H
1933
Therukoothu(Tamil Nadu)
Y
P02225
SNA0665
P. Mani Madhava Chakiar
O
O
M
H
1899
1990
Kutiyattam(Kerala)
Y
Y
Y
P02226
SNA0159
Chandrasekhar B. Kambar
O
O
M
H
1938
Playwriting(Kannada)
Y
Y
P02227
SNA0421
Kasambhai Nathubhai Mir
O
O
M
H
1905
Direction(Theatre)
Y
P00172
SNA0427
Keezhpatam Kumaran Nair
O
O
M
H
1915
2007
Kathakali
Y
Y
P02228
SNA1062
Vasant Shanker Kanetkar
O
O
M
H
1922
2000
Playwriting(Marathi)
Y
Y
P00139
SNA0162
Chengannur Raman Pillai
O
O
M
H
1885
1981
Kathakali
Y
Y
P02230
SNA0911
Sikkil Ramaswami Pillai
O
O
M
H
1888
1973
Bharatanatyam
Y
P02231
SNA0991
T. K. Mahalingam Pillai
O
O
M
H
1917
2002
Bharatanatyam
Y
P02233
SNA1065
Vayala Vasudevan Pillai
O
O
M
H
1945
2011
Playwriting(Malayalam)
Y
P02234
SNA1032
U. Kogga Devanna Kamath
O
O
M
H
1919
2003
Gombeyata(Karnataka)
Y
P02238
SNA1066
Vazhuvoor B. Ramaiyya Pillai
O
O
M
H
1910
1991
Bharatanatyam
Y
P02241
SNA0116
Bhalchandra Vyankatesh Pendharkar
O
O
M
H
1921
Natya Sangeet(Maharashtra)
Y
P02242
SNA0153
C. V. Chandrasekhar
O
O
M
H
1935
Bharatanatyam
Y
P02243
SNA0910
Siddique Manganiar
O
O
M
M
1931
1993
Folk Music(Rajasthan)
Y
P02244
SNA0063
Ashok Kumar Ganguli
O
O
M
H
1911
2001
Acting(Film)
Y
Y
Y
P02245
SNA0226
Durga Charan Ranbir
O
O
M
H
1951
Odissi Dance
Y
P02246
SNA1159
T. S. Parthasarathy
O
O
M
H
1913
2006
Y
P00137
SNA0133
Bishan Dass Sharma
O
O
M
H
1929
2007
Instrumentmaking
Y
P02247
SNA0164
Chhabi Bandopadhyay
O
O
M
H
1926
Kirtan(West Bengal)
Y
P02248
SNA0456
Kottakkal Sivaraman
O
O
M
H
1937
2010
Kathakali
Y
P00140
SNA0866
Saudagar Nagnath Gore Chhota Gandharva
O
O
M
H
1918
1997
Natyasangeet(Maharashtra)
Y
P02249
SNA0257
Ganesh Govind Bodas
O
O
M
H
1880
1965
Acting(Marathi)
Y
P00166
SNA0433
Keshav Laxman Badge
O
O
M
H
1941
Gondhal(Maharashtra)
Y
P02250
SNA0492
Lakshimi Narain Lal
O
O
M
H
1927
1987
Playwriting(Hindi)
Y
P02251
SNA0696
Poornam Viswanathan
O
O
M
H
1920
2008
Acting(Tamil)
Y
P00231
SNA0942
Suleman Juma Jumani
O
O
M
M
1905
1986
Nobat(Kutch)
Y
P02252
SNA1068
Ventam Parva Teesam
O
O
M
H
1920
2005
Kuchipudi Dance
Y
P02253
SNA1157
Swami Prajnanananda
O
O
M
H
1906
1998
Y
P00109
SNA1161
Thakur Jaidev Singh
O
O
M
H
1896
1986
Y
P00118
SNA0044
Angurbala Devi
O
O
F
H
1899
1984
Music(West Bengal)
Y
P02257
SNA0306
Harbhajan Singh Namdhari
O
O
M
H
1945
Gurbani Kirtan(Punjab)
Y
P02258
SNA0271
Ghulam Mohammad Saznawaz
O
O
M
M
1940
Sufiana Kalam (Jammu & Kashimir)
Y
P02259
SNA0272
Ghulam Mohammad Qalinbaf
O
O
M
M
1908
1996
Sufiana Kalam (Jammu & Kashimir)
Y
P02260
SNA0678
Pammal Sambanda Mudariar
O
O
M
H
Acting(Tamil)
Y
Y
P02262
SNA0168
Chidambaram S. Jayaraman
O
O
M
H
1920
Creative Music
Y
P02264
SNA0687
Pasumarthi Seetha Ramiah
O
O
M
H
1927
Kuchiudi Dance
Y
P02265
SNA1021
Timir Baran Bhattacharya
O
O
M
H
1914
1987
Creative Music
Y
P02266
SNA0255
Ganakanta Dutta Borbayan
O
O
M
H
1934
2010
Sattriya Dance
Y
P02267
SNA0189
Dadu Raghu Sarode 'Indurikar'
O
O
M
H
1921
1980
Tamasha(Maharashtra)
Y
P02268
SNA0809
Roseshwar Saikia Bayan Moktar
O
O
M
H
1928
2000
Sattriya Dance
Y
P02272
SNA0039
Ananda Shankar Jayant
O
O
F
H
1961
Baratanatyyam
Y
Y
P02277
SNA0428
Kelucharan Mohapatra
O
O
M
H
1926
2004
Odissi Dance
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
P00201
SNA0764
Rajarambhau R. Kadam
O
O
M
H
1887
1990
Gondhal(Maharashtra)
Y
P02278
SNA0838
Sakar Khan Manganiar
O
O
M
M
1938
Folk Music(Rajasthan)
Y
P02279
SNA0263
Gautam Bhattacharaya
O
O
M
H
1955
Lighting(Theatre)
Y
P02280
SNA0347
Joseph Kaimaparamban
O
O
M
H
1924
Kathaprasangam(Kerala)
Y
P02281
SNA0361
K. Radhamohan Sharma
O
O
M
H
1925
2011
Manipuri Dance
Y
P02284
SNA0358
K. Karunakaran Nayar
O
O
M
H
1928
Kathakali
Y
P02285
SNA0424
Kavalam Narayana Panikkar
O
O
M
H
1928
Direction(Theatre)
Y
Y
Y
P02286
SNA0525
M. R. Ranganatha Rao
O
O
M
H
1932
Gombeyata(Karnataka)
Y
P00223
SNA0905
Shrikrishna Pahalwan
O
O
M
H
1891
1972
Nautanki(Uttar Pradesh)
Y
P00229
SNA0938
Sudharani Raghupathy
O
O
M
H
1944
Bharatanatyam
Y
Y
P02287
SNA1158
T. P. Kuppiah Pillai
O
O
M
H
1887
1981
Y
P02288
SNA0617
N. P. Krishnan Kutty Nambissan
O
O
M
H
1900
1992
Dance Accompaniment : Maddalam (Kerala)
Y