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.
P02967
SNA0172
Chinta Krishnamurthy
O
O
M
H
1912
1969
Kuchipudi Dance
Y
P03005
SNA1307
Mysore M. Nagaraja
C
I
M
H
CIM
violin
Y
P03006
SNA1241
B.S. Purushotham
C
I
M
H
CIM
kanjeera
P03009
SNA1311
Totaram Sharma
H
I
M
H
HIM
pakhawaj
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
P00010
SNA0072
B. Devendrappa
C
V
M
H
1899
1986
CVM
Y
P03030
SNA1199
Nagai R. Sriram
C
I
M
H
CIM
violin
P03034
SNA1200
Sairam Sundaram
C
I
M
H
CIM
mridangam
P03035
SNA0075
B. Krishnamoorthi
C
V
M
H
1932
CVM
Y
P03039
SNA0442
Khirod Khakhlari
O
O
M
H
1926
Bodo Dance And Music(Assam)
Y
P03040
SNA0276
Girish Chowdhury
O
O
M
H
1921
2004
Acting(Assamese)
Y
P01193
SNA0231
Dwijen Mukherjee
O
O
M
H
1927
Rabindrasangeet(West Bengal)
Y
Y
P03042
SNA0480
L. Koireng Singh
O
O
M
H
1894
1978
Manipri Dance
Y
P00075
SNA0686
Parveen Sultana Khan
H
V
F
M
1950
HVM
Y
Y
P02069
SNA0549
Malabika Kanan
H
V
F
H
1930
2009
HVM
Y
P00125
SNA0061
Asgari Bai
H
V
F
H
1918
2006
HVM
Y
Y
P02094
SNA0141
C. Lalitha
C
V
F
H
1938
CVM
Y(joint)
P02097
SNA0057
Arundhati Shankar Nag
O
O
F
H
1956
Acting
Y
Y
P02098
SNA0195
Dandamudi Sumathi Mohan Rao
C
I
F
H
1950
CIM
muridangam
Y
P02115
SNA0026
Allah Jilai Bai
O
O
F
M
1900
1992
Folk Misic(Rajasthan)
Y
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
P02200
SNA1270
Kala Ramnath
H
I
F
H
HIM
violin
Y
P00043
SNA0401
Kalpakam Swaminathan
C
I
F
H
1922
2001
CIM
veena
Y
P02239
SNA1280
Radha Reddi
C
V
F
H
CVM
Y(joint)
Y(joint)
Y(joint)
P02254
SNA0216
Dhondutai L Kulkarni
H
V
F
H
1927
HVM
Y
P00046
SNA0432
Kesar Bai Kerkar
H
V
F
H
1892
1997
HVM
Y
Y
P00118
SNA0044
Angurbala Devi
O
O
F
H
1899
1984
Music(West Bengal)
Y
P02272
SNA0039
Ananda Shankar Jayant
O
O
F
H
1961
Baratanatyyam
Y
Y
P02290
SNA0639
Neelam Mansingh Chandhary
O
O
F
H
1950
Direction(Theatre)
Y
Y
P02319
SNA0890
Sharan Rani Backliwal
H
I
F
H
1929
2008
HIM
sarod
Y
Y
Y
P02343
SNA1106
Zarin Sharma
H
I
F
H
1946
HIM
sarod
Y
P06293
SNA1259
Lalith J. Rao
H
V
F
H
HVM
Y
P02400
SNA0232
E. Gayathri
H
I
F
H
1959
HIM
veena
Y
P02431
SNA0855
Saroja Vaidyanathan
O
O
F
H
1937
Bharatanatyam
Y
Y
P02432
SNA0129
Bindhya Basini Devi
O
O
F
H
1920
2006
Folk Music(Bihar)
Y
Y
P02436
SNA1064
Vasundhara Komkali
H
V
F
H
1931
HVM
Y
Y
P02491
SNA1045
Urmil Nagar
O
O
F
H
1945
Kathak
Y
P02492
SNA0050
Anuradha Kapur
O
O
F
H
1951
Direction(Theatre)
Y
P02493
SNA0030
Amal Allana
O
O
F
M
1947
Direction(Theatre)
Y
P02494
SNA0056
Aruna Mohanty
O
O
F
H
1960
Odissi Dance
Y
P02495
SNA0898
Sheila Bhatia
O
O
F
H
1917
2008
Direction(Theatre)
Y
Y
P02496
SNA0619
Nadira Zaheer Babbar
O
O
F
M
1948
Direction(Theatre)
Y
P02497
SNA0649
Nirmala Ramachandran
O
O
F
H
1936
2011
Bharatanatyam
Y
P02498
SNA0032
Amba Sanyal
O
O
F
H
1945
Costume Designing(Theatre)
Y
P02499
SNA0326
Indira Rajan
O
O
F
H
1939
Bharatanatyam
Y
P02501
SNA0396
Kalamandalam V. Sathyabhama
O
O
F
H
1937
Mohinattam
Y
P02502
SNA0802
Rekha Jain
O
O
F
O
1924
2010
Overall Contribution To Thatre
Y
P02503
SNA0328
Indubala Debi
O
O
F
H
1899
1984
Music, West Bengal
Y
P02504
SNA0557
Mangi Bai Arya
O
O
F
H
Mand Music(Rajasthan)
Y
P00225
SNA0919
Sonal Mansingh
O
O
F
H
1944
Odissi Dance
Y
Y
Y
P02506
SNA0887
Shanti Jain
O
O
F
O
1946
Folk Music(Bihar)
Y
P02507
SNA1038
Uma Rama Rao
O
O
F
H
1938
Kuchipudi Dance
Y
P02508
SNA0267
Geetanjali Lal
O
O
F
H
1948
Kathak
Y
P00224
SNA0915
Sisir Kana Dhar Chowdhury
H
I
F
H
1937
HIM
violin
Y
P02549
SNA0563
Manjusri Chaki-Sircar
O
O
F
H
1934
2000
Creative & Experimental Dance
Y
P00129
SNA0090
Baidyanath Sharma
O
O
F
H
1921
1986
Daskathia(Orissa)
Y
P00012
SNA0112
Begum Akhtar
H
V
F
M
1914
1974
HVM
Y
Y
Y
P00062
SNA0560
Manik Varma
H
V
F
H
1926
1996
HVM
Y
Y
P02594
SNA0909
Siddeshwari Devi
H
V
F
H
1903
1977
HVM
Y
Y
P00859
SNA0073
B. Jayamma
O
O
F
H
1915
1988
Acting(Kannada)
Y
P00085
SNA0796
Rasoolan Bai
H
V
F
M
1902
1976
HVM
Y
P02598
SNA0222
Dolly Ahluwalia Tewari
O
O
F
H
1957
Costume Design(Theatre)
Y
P02599
SNA0745
Raajeswari Padmanabhan
C
I
F
H
1939
2008
CIM
veena
Y
P02608
SNA0506
Leela Venkataraman
O
O
F
H
1936
Overall Contribution To Performing Arts
Y
P02609
SNA0728
R. Muthurathnambal
O
O
F
H
1964
Bharatanatyam
Y
P02610
SNA0883
Shanta Dhananjayan
O
O
F
H
1943
Bharatanatyam
Y(joint)
Y
P02612
SNA1026
Trichy Swaminathan Iyer
C
V
F
H
1926
1998
CVM
Y
P02635
SNA0399
Kalanidhi Narayanan
O
O
F
H
1928
Bharatanatyam
Y
Y
P02636
SNA0219
Dina Pathak(Gandhi)
O
O
F
H
1923
2002
Acting(Gujarati)
Y
P02637
SNA0363
K. Venkatalakshamma
O
O
F
H
1906
2002
Bharatanatyam
Y
Y
P00177
SNA0495
Lakshmi Viswanathan
O
O
F
H
1944
Bharatanatyam
Y
P02638
SNA1081
Vijaya Farokh Mehta
O
O
F
H
1934
Direction(Theatre)
Y
Y
P02647
SNA0940
Suguna Purushothaman
C
V
F
H
1941
CVM
Y
P01347
SNA0185
D. K. Pattammal
C
V
F
H
1919
2009
CVM
Y
Y
Y
Y
P00202
SNA0388
Kalamandalam Kshemavathy
O
O
F
H
1948
2000
Mohinattam
Y
P02649
SNA0470
Kumbakonam K. Bhanumathi
O
O
F
H
1922
2006
Bharatanatyam
Y