List of Fellows of the Lalit Kala Akademi

The Lalit Kala Akademi Fellowship, also, Lalit Kala Akademi Ratna (Sanskrit ratna, "gem") is an honour for the fine arts in India, given to eminent artists for their lifetime achievements in the field of visual arts. It is awarded by the Lalit Kala Akademi, India's National Academy of Art, it is the highest honour in the fine arts conferred by the Government of India.

The ‘Fellow,’ carries a purse money of Rs.25,000/-, a citation and a plaque. The Fellow is honoured with a portfolio of their art works. The first elected fellow, in 1955, was the artist Jamini Roy.

List of Fellows

No. Name of the Fellow Year

1. Jamini Roy 1955
2. Nandlal Bose 1956
3. D. P. Roy Chowdhury 1962
4. K. V. Venkatappa 1962
5. Akbar Padamsee 1962
6. O. C. Ganguly 1963
7. V. P. Karmarkar 1964
8. S. L. Haldar 1964
9. Rai Kishan Dass 1964
10. G. Venkatachalam 1965
11. C. Sivaramamurti 1965
12. Benode Behari Mukherjee 1970
13. Ravi Shankar Raval 1970
14. Anil Karanjai 1972
15. N. S. Bendre 1974
16. Mulk Raj Anand 1974
17. Umesh Chopra 1975
18. Ram Kinker Baij 1976
19. Kanwal Krishna 1976
20. K.K.Hebbar 1976
21. K. C. S. Paniker 1976
22. M. F. Hussain 1978
23. Dhanraj Bhagat 1978
24. B. C. Sanyal 1980
25. Karl J. Khandalavala 1980
26. V. R. Amberkar 1980
27. P. T. Reddy 1980
28. K. S. Kulkarni 1982
29. S. Dhanapal 1982
30. Sankho Chaudhuri 1982
31. Prodosh Dasgupta 1982
32. Dr. M. S. Randhawa 1982
33. K. H. Ara 1984
34. S. H. Raza 1984
35. K.G. Subramanyan 1985
36. K. Sreenivasulu 1985
37. Shaivax Chavda 1986
38. Paritosh Sen 1986
39. Mukul Dey 1987
40. Svetoslav Roerich 1987
41. Ram Gopal Vijaiwargiya 1988
42. R. S. Bisht 1988
43. Bimal Dasgupta 1990
44. Radha Mohan 1990
45. A. S. Raman 1993
46. Amar Nath Sehgal 1993
47. Kapila Vatsyayan 1995
48. Anand Dev 1995
49. A. Ramachandran 2002
50. Bikash Bhattacharjee 2003
51. Keshav Malik 2004
52. Jeram Patel 2007

References

• List of Lalit Kala Ratna awardees

External links

• Lalit Kala Akademi Official Site