The General Council of Sangeet Natak Akademi, the National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama, New Delhi has declared fellowships (Akademi Ratna) and Akademi awards (Akademi Puraskar) for the year 2013. The Entire List is given below:
Akademi Fellow (Ratna)
Smt Kanak Rele Shri R Sathyanarayana Shri Mahesh Elkunchwar Akademi Awards (Puraskar)For The Year 2013
Field Of Activity – Music
Shri Ritwik Sanyal Hindustani Vocal Smt. Veena Sahasrabuddhe Hindustani Vocal Shri Hashmat Ali Khan Hindustani Instrumental Music (Tabla) Shri Dhruba Ghosh Hindustani Instrumental Music (Sarangi) Smt. Aruna Sairam Carnatic Vocal D. Seshachari & D Raghavachari ( Hyderabad brothers) Carnatic Vocal Shri Trichy Sankaran Carnatic Instrumental Music (Mridangam) Shri Thiruvizha Jayashankar Carnatic Instrumental Music (Nadaswaram) Shri Bankim Sethi Major Traditions Of Music (Odissi Music)
Field Of Activity – Dance
Smt. Jamuna krishnan Bharatanatyam Shri B Herambhanathan Bharatanatyam Smt Rajashree Shirke Kathak Shri Kalamandalam M P S Namboodiri Kathakali Shri Chinta Seetha Ramanjaneyulu Kuchipudi Smt Sangeeta Dash Odissi Shri Jogen Dutta Bayan Sattriya Shri Srinivasa Rangachariar Major Traditions Of Dance & Dance Theatre (Arayer Sevai) Shri Dhaneswar Swain Music For Dance
Field Of Activity –Theatre
Shri Rameshwar Prem Playwriting Shri Pundalik Narayan Naik Playwriting Shri Kamalakar Muralidhar Sontakke Direction Shri Kewal Dhaliwal Direction Smt. Prasanna Ramaswamy Direction Shri Vasant Josalkar Acting Smt Kusum Haidar Acting shri krishna borkar Allied theatre arts (make-up)
Traditional/Folk/Tribal Music/Dance/Theatre & Puppetry
Smt. Raj begum Traditional, Folk Music/Dance & Theatre(Jammu & Kashmir) T.A.R. Nadi Rao & N Jeeva Rao Folk Music (Tamilnadu) (Joint Award) Shri Gurdial Singh Instrument Making (Punjab) Shri Mohan Singh Khangura Rabindra Sangeet (West Bengal) Shri Umakanta Gogoi (Bairagi) Tokari Geet And Dehbichar Geet, (Assam) Smt Lilavati M Kavi (Bajaj) Puppetry Smt Meenakshi Instrument Making – Ghatam (Tamilnadu) Shri Sheikh Riyajuddin Folk Theatre ( Maharashtra)
Overall Contribution / Scholarship In Performing Arts
Shri Mysore V Subramanya (Performing Arts) Shri N Ramanathan (Music)