Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship

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Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship
Award Information
Category Performing Arts (Individual)
Instituted 1954
First Awarded 1954
Last Awarded 2006
Awarded by Sangeet Natak Akademi, Government of India
Description Award for the performing arts
in India
First Awardee(s) Karaikudi Sambasiva Aiyer, Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar,
Allauddin Khan, Hafiz Ali Khan, and Prithviraj Kapoor.

The Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship, also, Sangeet Natak Akademi Ratna Sadasya (Sanskrit ratna, "gem;" sadasya, "member") is an honour for the performing arts in India. Awarded by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Drama, and Dance, and limited to thirty individuals at any given time,[1] it is the highest honour in the performing arts conferred by the Government of India.

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[edit] History

The fellowship was established in 1954 and the first elected fellows were the Carnatic musicians Karaikudi Sambasiva Aiyer and Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar, the Hindustani musicians Allauddin Khan and Hafiz Ali Khan,[2] and movie and theatre actor Prithviraj Kapoor[3].

[edit] List of Fellows

[edit] Living Fellows

  • Vedantam Satyanarayana Sarma 'Satyam' 1967
  • Ammannur Madhava Chakyar 1996
  • Vempati Chinna Satyam 2001
  • Shanno Khurana 2002
  • Kavalam Narayana Panikkar 2002
  • Zohra Segal 2004
  • T. N. Krishnan 2006
  • Rohini Bhate 2006
  • N. Khelchandra Singh 2006

[edit] Deceased Fellows

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