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.
P00001
SNA0005
Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan
H
I
M
M
1987
HIM
sitar
Y
Y
Y
P00003
SNA0015
Ahmed Jan Thiralkwa
H
I
M
M
1874
1976
HIM
tabla
Y
Y
P00004
SNA0025
Alla Rakha
H
I
M
M
1919
2000
HIM
tabla
Y
P00005
SNA0027
Alauddin Khan
H
I
M
M
1862
1972
HIM
sarod
Y
Y
Y
Y
P00007
SNA0048
Annapurna Devi
H
I
F
H
1929
HIM
surbahar
Y
Y
P00010
SNA0072
B. Devendrappa
C
V
M
H
1899
1986
CVM
Y
P00011
SNA0076
B. Rajam Iyer
C
V
M
H
1922
2009
CVM
Y
Y
P00012
SNA0112
Begum Akhtar
H
V
F
M
1914
1974
HVM
Y
Y
Y
P00013
SNA0122
Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi
H
V
M
H
1922
2011
HVM
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
P00014
SNA0134
Bismillah Khan
H
I
M
M
1916
2006
HIM
shehnai
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
P00016
SNA0146
C. Venkata Rao
C
V
M
H
1871
1969
CVM
Y
Y
P00017
SNA0151
C. S. Murugabhoopathy
C
I
M
H
1914
1998
CIM
mridangam
Y
Y
P00018
SNA0161
Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar
C
V
M
H
1896
1974
CVM
Y
Y
P00019
SNA0178
Chitti Babu
C
I
M
H
1936
1996
CIM
veena
Y
P00020
SNA0179
Chittoor S. Subramanyam
C
V
M
H
1900
1975
CVM
Y
P00022
SNA0205
Debu Chaudhury
H
I
M
H
1935
HIM
sitar
Y
Y
P00023
SNA0208
Devakottia. Narayana Iyengar
C
I
M
H
1905
1987
CIM
veena
Y
P00024
SNA0221
Dinkar Kaikini
H
V
M
H
1927
2010
HVM
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
P00027
SNA0236
Emani Sankara Sastri
C
I
M
H
1921
1987
CIM
veena
Y
P00028
SNA0241
Firoz B. Dastur
H
V
M
M
1919
2008
HVM
Y
P00029
SNA0250
Gahan Chandra Goswami
O
O
M
H
1900
1979
Ankia Nat, Assam
Y
P00032
SNA0274
Girja Devi
H
V
F
H
1929
HVM
Y
Y
Y
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
P00035
SNA0294
Guruvayur Dorai
C
I
M
H
1935
CIM
mridangam
Y
P00037
SNA0304
Hanuman Prasad Mishra
H
I
M
H
1914
1999
HIM
sarangi
Y
P00038
SNA0308
Hari Prashad Chaurasia
H
I
M
H
1938
HIM
flute
Y
Y
Y
Y
P00041
SNA0351
Jyotsna Keshavrao Bhole
O
O
F
H
1914
2001
Acting(Marathi)
Y
P00042
SNA0365
K. G. Ginde
H
V
M
H
1925
1994
HVM
Y
P00043
SNA0401
Kalpakam Swaminathan
C
I
F
H
1922
2001
CIM
veena
Y
P00045
SNA0418
Karamatulla Khan
H
I
M
M
1917
1977
HIM
tabla
Y
P00046
SNA0432
Kesar Bai Kerkar
H
V
F
H
1892
1997
HVM
Y
Y
P00049
SNA0448
Kolanka Venkataraju
C
I
M
H
1910
CIM
mridangam
Y
P00050
SNA0463
Krishnarao Shankar Pandit
H
V
M
H
1893
1989
HVM
Y
Y
P00051
SNA0471
Kumbakonam Rajamanickkam Pillai
C
I
M
H
1989
1970
CIM
violin
Y
P00052
SNA0479
L. K. Pandit
H
V
M
H
1934
HVM
Y
P00053
SNA0501
Lalji Raghunath Gokhale
H
I
M
H
1919
2002
HIM
tabla
Y
P00055
SNA0511
M. Chandrasekaran
C
I
M
H
1937
CIM
violin
Y
Y
P00057
SNA0527
M. S. Anantharaman
C
I
M
H
1924
CIM
violin
Y
P00058
SNA0531
M. S. Subbulakshmi
C
V
F
H
1916
2004
CVM
Y
Y
Y
Y
P00062
SNA0560
Manik Varma
H
V
F
H
1926
1996
HVM
Y
Y
P00064
SNA0580
Mogubai Kurdikar
H
V
F
H
1904
2001
HVM
Y
Y
P00066
SNA0602
Musiri Subramania Iyer
C
V
M
H
1899
1975
CVM
Y
Y
P00069
SNA0625
Marayanrao G. Vyas
H
V
M
H
1902
1984
HVM
Y
P00071
SNA0645
Nikhil Ranjan Benerjee
H
I
M
H
1931
1986
HIM
sitar
Y
Y
Y
P00072
SNA0650
Nisar Hussain Khan
H
V
M
M
1907
1993
HVM
Y
Y
P00074
SNA0681
Pandit Jasraj
H
V
M
H
1930
HVM
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
P00075
SNA0686
Parveen Sultana Khan
H
V
F
M
1950
HVM
Y
Y
P00077
SNA0742
R. N. Doreswamy
C
I
M
H
1916
2002
CIM
veena
Y
P00078
SNA0755
Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar
H
V
M
M
1927
2011
HVM
Y
Y
Y
P00079
SNA0756
Rahimuddin Khan Dangar
H
V
M
M
1901
1975
HVM
Y
Y
P00080
SNA0757
Rai Chand Boral
O
O
M
H
1904
1981
Creative & Experimental Music
Y
P00082
SNA0780
Ramarao V. Naik
H
V
M
H
1909
1998
HVM
Y
P00084
SNA0791
Ranganayaki Rajagopalan
C
I
F
H
1932
CIM
veena
Y
P00085
SNA0796
Rasoolan Bai
H
V
F
M
1902
1976
HVM
Y
P00087
SNA0825
S. R. Janakiraman
C
V
M
H
1928
CVM
Y
Y
P00089
SNA0832
Sachin Deb Burman
O
O
M
H
1906
1975
Music Direction(Film)
Y
Y
P00090
SNA0850
Sarachchandra Arolkar
H
V
M
H
1912
1994
HVM
Y
P00091
SNA0870
Semmangudi R. Seinivasa Iyer
C
V
M
H
1908
2003
CVM
Y
Y
Y
Y
P00092
SNA0874
Shaikh Dawood
H
I
M
M
1916
1992
HIM
tabla
Y
P00093
SNA0882
Shanmugasundaram Pillai
C
I
M
H
1920
CIM
thavil
Y
P00095
SNA0934
Suchitra Mitra
O
O
F
H
1924
2001
Rabindrasangeet(West Bengal)
Y
Y
P00096
SNA0980
T. Mukta
C
V
F
H
1914
2007
CVM
Y
P00097
SNA0982
T. R. Kamala Murthy
O
O
F
H
1932
Hari Katha(Tamil Nadu)
Y
P00098
SNA0984
T. Rukmini
C
I
F
H
1936
CIM
violin
Y
P00099
SNA1000
T. R. Mahalingam
C
I
M
H
1925
1986
CIM
flute
Y
Y
P00100
SNA1002
T. S. Natarajasundaram Pillai
C
I
M
H
1896
1994
CIM
nagaswaram
Y
P00101
SNA1042
Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman
C
I
M
H
1935
CIM
mridangam
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
P00102
SNA1084
Vishnudas Shirali
O
O
M
H
1907
1984
Creative & Experimental Music
Y
P00105
SNA1119
D. T. Joshi
O
O
M
H
1915
1993
Y
P00106
SNA1120
Dilip Chandra Vedi
O
O
M
H
1901
1992
Y
P00107
SNA1138
Lata Mangeshkar
O
O
F
H
1929
Y
Y
Y
P00108
SNA1145
Prem Lata Sharma
O
O
F
H
1927
1998
Y
P00109
SNA1161
Thakur Jaidev Singh
O
O
M
H
1896
1986
Y
P00110
SNA1165
V. K. Narayana Menon
O
O
M
H
1911
1997
Y
P00112
SNA0018
Ajoy Chakraborty
H
V
M
H
1953
HVM
Y
Y
P00113
SNA0023
Ali Hussain Khan
H
I
M
M
1915
1998
HIM
shenai
Y
P00113
SNA0021
Ali Ahmad Hussain Khan
H
I
M
M
1939
HIM
shenai
Y
P00114
SNA0019
Alarmel Valli
O
O
F
H
1956
Baratanatyyam
Y
Y
Y
P00115
SNA0970
T. Amudon Sharma
O
O
M
H
1886
1974
Manipuri Dance
Y
Y
P00118
SNA0044
Angurbala Devi
O
O
F
H
1899
1984
Music(West Bengal)
Y
P00119
SNA0412
Kanika Banerjee
O
O
F
H
1924
2000
Rabindrasangeet(West Bengal)
Y
P00120
SNA0045
Anil Biswas
O
O
M
H
1914
2003
Creative Music
Y
P00122
SNA0352
K. Appukutty Poduval
O
O
M
H
1923
2004
Maddalam(Kerala)
Y
P00123
SNA0052
Arghya Sen
O
O
M
H
1935
Pabindrasangeet(West Bengal)
Y
P00125
SNA0061
Asgari Bai
H
V
F
H
1918
2006
HVM
Y
Y
P00126
SNA0066
Ashraf Khan
O
O
M
M
1891
1962
Acting(Gujarati)
Y
P00127
SNA0067
Astad Deboo
O
O
M
O
1947
Creative & Experimental Dance
Y
Y
P00129
SNA0090
Baidyanath Sharma
O
O
F
H
1921
1986
Daskathia(Orissa)
Y
P00130
SNA0228
Durga Lal
O
O
M
H
1948
1990
Kathak
Y
P00131
SNA0528
M. S. Balasubramanyam Sharma
C
V
M
H
1929
2002
CVM
Y
P00132
SNA0288
Gudalur N. Balasubramaniumi
O
O
M
H
1910
1965
Carnatic Music(Vocal)
Y
P00133
SNA0104
Banni Bai
O
O
F
H
1912
1999
Harikathakalakshepam(Tamil Nadu)
Y
P00134
SNA0258
Ganesh Ramachandra Behere
H
V
M
H
1890
1965
HVM
Y