Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards (Akademi Puraskar)

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Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards (Akademi Puraskar)

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The Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards (also known as the Akademi Puraskar) represent the highest national recognition conferred on practicing artists, gurus, and scholars in India within the performing arts domain.

Conferred annually by the Sangeet Natak Akademi (India's National Academy of Music, Dance, and Drama), these awards honor lifetime achievements and exceptional contributions that sustain and enrich India's intangible cultural heritage.

Institutional Framework: The Sangeet Natak Akademi

1. Establishment: Set up by a resolution of the Ministry of Education in 1952, it was formally inaugurated in 1953 by India's first President, Dr. Rajendra Prasad.
2. Administrative Status: It functions as an autonomous body fully funded by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India.
3. The Apex Honor (Akademi Ratna): While the Akademi Puraskar is the primary annual award, the academy also confers an even more exclusive honor called the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship (Akademi Ratna). The number of living fellows is strictly restricted to a maximum of 40 individuals at any given point in time.

Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar

Sangeet Natak Akademi has decided to institute “Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar” from the year 2006 to be awarded to artists who have shown/demonstrated conspicuous talent in the fields of music, dance and drama.

Young outstanding practitioners up to the age of 40 years will be eligible to be considered for Yuva Puraskar every year. Age as on the date of nomination received will be reckoned from 1st April of that year.

Yuva Puraskar will be given annually and the total number of Yuva Puraskar in a year shall not exceed 33.

The Yuva Puraskar may be given in the following five Fields of activity:

1. Music
2. Dance
3. Theatre
4. Other Traditional / Folk/ Tribal/ Dance/ Music/ Theatre and Puppetry
5. Contribution / Scholarship in Performing Arts.

 

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