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.
P02530
SNA0201
Daya Prakash Sinha
O
O
M
H
1935
Playwriting(Hindi)
Y
Y
P02330
SNA0202
Deba Prasad Das
O
O
M
H
1932
1986
Odissi Dance
Y
P02399
SNA0203
Debaki Bose
O
O
M
H
1898
1971
Direction(Film)
Y
Y
P02661
SNA0204
Debasis Majumdar
O
O
M
H
1950
Playwriting(Bengali)
Y
P00022
SNA0205
Debu Chaudhury
H
I
M
H
1935
HIM
sitar
Y
Y
P02792
SNA0206
Deepti Omchery Bhalla
O
O
F
H
1957
Mohiniattam
Y
P02475
SNA0207
Deerghasi Vizai Bhaskar
O
O
M
H
1958
Playwriting(Telugu)
Y
P00023
SNA0208
Devakottia. Narayana Iyengar
C
I
M
H
1905
1987
CIM
veena
Y
P00143
SNA0209
Devebdra Murdeshwar
H
I
M
H
1923
2000
HIM
flute
Y
P02787
SNA0210
Devendra Raj Ankur
O
O
M
H
1928
Direction(Theatre)
Y
P02759
SNA0211
Dharamvir Bharati
O
O
M
H
1926
1997
Playwriting(Hindi)
Y
P02387
SNA0212
Dharani Barman
O
O
M
H
1925
Acting
Y
P02090
SNA0213
Dharamapuram P. Swaminathan
O
O
M
H
1927
Thevaram(Tamil Nadu)
Y
P02301
SNA0214
Dharmiklal Chunilal Pandya
O
O
M
H
1932
Akhyana(Gujarat)
Y
P02888
SNA0215
Dharashana Jhaveri
O
O
F
H
1939
Manipuri Dance
Y
Y
P02254
SNA0216
Dhondutai L Kulkarni
H
V
F
H
1927
HVM
Y
P02760
SNA0217
Dilp Prabhavankar
O
O
M
H
1944
Acting(Theatre)
Y
P02672
SNA0218
Dilp Sharma
O
O
M
H
19261934
2008
Jyoti Sangeet(Assam)
Y(joint)
P02636
SNA0219
Dina Pathak(Gandhi)
O
O
F
H
1923
2002
Acting(Gujarati)
Y
P02928
SNA0220
Dinesh Thakur
O
O
M
H
1947
Direction(Theatre)
Y
P00024
SNA0221
Dinkar Kaikini
H
V
M
H
1927
2010
HVM
Y
P02598
SNA0222
Dolly Ahluwalia Tewari
O
O
F
H
1957
Costume Design(Theatre)
Y
P00025
SNA0223
Domada Chittiabbayi
C
I
M
H
1933
2002
CIM
nagaswaram
Y
P00026
SNA0224
Doreswamy V. Iyengar
C
I
M
H
1920
1997
CIM
veena
Y
P06079
SNA0225
Dulal Roy
O
O
M
H
1943
Direction(Theatre)
Y
P02245
SNA0226
Durga Charan Ranbir
O
O
M
H
1951
Odissi Dance
Y
P02119
SNA0227
Durga Khote
O
O
M
H
1905
1991
Acting(Film)
Y
Y
P00130
SNA0228
Durga Lal
O
O
M
H
1948
1990
Kathak
Y
P02577
SNA0229
Durlav Chandra Singh
O
O
M
H
1917
Odissi Dance
Y
P00145
SNA0230
Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu
C
I
M
H
1893
1964
CIM
violin
Y
Y
P01193
SNA0231
Dwijen Mukherjee
O
O
M
H
1927
Rabindrasangeet(West Bengal)
Y
Y
P02400
SNA0232
E. Gayathri
H
I
F
H
1959
HIM
veena
Y
P02834
SNA0233
E. Joychandra Singh
O
O
M
H
1927
Direction(Theatre)
Y
P02388
SNA0234
Ebrahim Alkazi
O
O
M
M
1925
Direction(Theatre)
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
P02642
SNA0235
Elamgbam Chaobhal Singh
O
O
M
H
1953
Duhar Cholam, Natasankirtan(Manipur)
Y
P00027
SNA0236
Emani Sankara Sastri
C
I
M
H
1921
1987
CIM
veena
Y
P02957
SNA0237
Emerson Thanghiew
O
O
M
O
1929
Traditional Dance(Meghalaya)
Y
P02584
SNA0238
Fatehkrishna Sharma
O
O
M
H
Rasleela(Uttar Pradesh)
Y(joint)
P02825
SNA0239
Fida Bai Merkem
O
O
F
M
1945
Nacha(Madhya Pradesh)
Y
P00146
SNA0240
Fida Hussain
O
O
M
M
1899
1999
Acting(Hindi)
Y
P00028
SNA0241
Firoz B. Dastur
H
V
M
M
1919
2008
HVM
Y
P02953
SNA0242
Fritz Bennewitz
O
O
M
O
1926
1995
Direction(Theatre)
Y
P02309
SNA0243
G. Gourkishore Sharma
O
O
M
H
1936
Martial Arts(Manipuri)
Y
Y
P06509
SNA0244
G. Harishankar
C
I
M
H
1958
2002
CIM
kanjira
Y
P02844
SNA0245
G. Shankara Pillai
O
O
M
H
1930
1989
Playwriting(Malayalam)
Y
P02043
SNA0246
G. Swaminathan
O
O
M
H
1918
1995
Bhagavatmela, Tamil Nadu
Y
P02720
SNA0247
G. B. Joshi
O
O
M
H
1904
1993
Playwriting(Kannada)
Y
P02414
SNA0248
G. N. Dasgupta
O
O
M
H
1936
2001
Lighting(Theatre)
Y
P02938
SNA0249
G. P. Deshpande
O
O
M
H
1938
Playwriting(Marathi)
Y
P00029
SNA0250
Gahan Chandra Goswami
O
O
M
H
1900
1979
Ankia Nat, Assam
Y
P02780
SNA0251
Gajan D. Madgulkar
O
O
M
H
1919
1977
Screenplay(Film)
Y
P02705
SNA0252
Gajanan Verma
O
O
M
H
1926
Folk Music(Rajasthan)
Y
P06726
SNA0253
Gajananrao Joshi
H
I
M
H
1991
1987
HIM
violin
Y
P02513
SNA0254
Gambhir Singh Mura
O
O
M
H
1930
2002
Chhau Dance(Purulia)
Y
Y
P02266
SNA0255
Ganakanta Dutta Borbayan
O
O
M
H
1934
2010
Sattriya Dance
Y
P02643
SNA0256
Ganapat Sakharam Masege
O
O
M
H
1958
Kalasutri Bahulya Puppetry(Maharashtra)
Y
P02249
SNA0257
Ganesh Govind Bodas
O
O
M
H
1880
1965
Acting(Marathi)
Y
P00134
SNA0258
Ganesh Ramachandra Behere
H
V
M
H
1890
1965
HVM
Y
P02170
SNA0259
Gangadhar Pradhan
O
O
M
H
1948
2010
Odissi Dance
Y
Y
P05991
SNA0260
Gangubai Hangal
H
V
F
H
1913
2009
HVM
Y
Y
Y
Y
P02978
SNA0261
Gorima Hazarika
O
O
F
H
1939
Creative & Experimental Dance
Y
P00148
SNA0262
Gauri Shankar Devilal Kathak
O
O
M
H
1918
1992
Kathak
Y
P02279
SNA0263
Gautam Bhattacharaya
O
O
M
H
1955
Lighting(Theatre)
Y
P00147
SNA0264
Gavari Devi
O
O
F
H
1921
1988
Folk Music, Rajasthan
Y
P02992
SNA0265
Geeta Dey
O
O
F
H
1931
2011
Acting
Y
P02972
SNA0266
Geeta Mahalik
O
O
F
H
1948
Odissi Dance
Y
P02508
SNA0267
Geetanjali Lal
O
O
F
H
1948
Kathak
Y
P02930
SNA0268
Geoffrey Kendal
O
O
M
H
1909
1998
Direction(Theatre)
Y(joint)
P00149
SNA0269
Ghana Kanta Bora
O
O
M
H
1950
Sattriya Dance
Y
P02323
SNA0270
Ghulam Mohammad
O
O
M
M
1933
Dogri Folk Music(Jammu & Kashmir)
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
P00032
SNA0274
Girja Devi
H
V
F
H
1929
HVM
Y
Y
Y
Y
P02680
SNA0275
Giriraj Prasad
O
O
M
H
1920
2008
Nautanki
Y
P03040
SNA0276
Girish Chowdhury
O
O
M
H
1921
2004
Acting(Assamese)
Y
P02678
SNA0277
Girish Karnad
O
O
M
H
1938
Playwriting(Kannada)
Y
Y
Y
Y
P02327
SNA0278
Gopal Chhotray
O
O
M
H
1916
2003
Playwriting(Oriya)
Y
Y
P02036
SNA0279
Gopal Govind Pathak
O
O
M
H
1899
1974
Acting(Marathi)
Y
P00033
SNA0280
Gopal Krishnan
C
I
M
H
1926
2004
CIM
vichitra veena
Y
P00034
SNA0281
Gopal Misra
H
I
M
H
1921
1977
HIM
sarangi
Y
P02076
SNA0282
Gopaldas Panse
H
I
M
H
1920
2005
HIM
pakhawaj
Y
P02057
SNA0283
Guru Gopinath
O
O
M
H
1903
1987
Kathakali Dance
Y
P02536
SNA0284
Goverdhan Mishra
H
V
M
H
1941
HVM
Y
P02467
SNA0285
Goverdhan Panchal
O
O
M
H
1913
1996
Scenic Design(Theatre)
Y
P02049
SNA0286
Govind Rao Burhanpurkar
H
I
M
H
1885
1957
HIM
pakhawaj
Y
P00151
SNA0287
Gubbi H. Veeranna
O
O
M
H
1890
1972
Acting(Kannada)
Y
Y
P00132
SNA0288
Gudalur N. Balasubramaniumi
O
O
M
H
1910
1965
Carnatic Music(Vocal)
Y
P00151
SNA0289
Gul Bardhan
O
O
M
H
1928
2010
Creative & Experimental Dance
Y
Y
P02179
SNA0290
Gulab Bai
O
O
F
H
1920
1996
Nautanki(Uttar Pradesh)
Y
Y
P02470
SNA0291
Ghulam Hassan Sofi
O
O
M
M
1938
2009
Folk Music(Kahmir)
Y
P02059
SNA0292
Gurcharan Singh Chani
O
O
M
H
1951
Community Theatre(Punjab)
Y
Y
P02736
SNA0293
Gursharan Singh
O
O
M
H
1929
2011
Playeriting(Punjab)
Y
Y
P00035
SNA0294
Guruvayur Dorai
C
I
M
H
1935
CIM
mridangam
Y
P00162
SNA0295
H. Kaibuaia
O
O
M
O
1919
2008
Folk Musix(Mizoram)
Y
P03000
SNA0296
Haobam Ongbi Ngangbi Devi
O
O
F
H
1924
Manipuri Ras
Y
P02673
SNA0297
H. V. Sharma
O
O
M
H
1921
2011
Stagecraft(Theatre)
Y
P00167
SNA0298
H. R. Keshava Murthy
O
O
M
H
1920
2006
Bharatanatyam
Y
P02552
SNA0299
H. S. Shiva Prakash
O
O
M
H
1954
Playwriting(Kannada)
Y
P02692
SNA0300
Habib Tanvir
O
O
M
M
1923
2009
Direction(Theatre)
Y
Y
Y
Y