President Murmu presents Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowships and Awards for 2024 and 2025

August 13, 2026 5:22 PM

President Murmu presents Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowships and Awards for 2024 and 2025

President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday presented the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowships and Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards for 2024 and 2025 to eminent artists at a ceremony in New Delhi. Addressing the gathering, President Murmu said the artists being honoured represent a cultural map of India, carrying forward the country's diverse traditions through stories, songs, dances, festivals, languages and dialects that have evolved over centuries. She highlighted the diversity of India's musical traditi...

President Murmu to confer Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowships and Awards on August 13

August 12, 2026 10:32 AM

President Murmu to confer Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowships and Awards on August 13

President Droupadi Murmu will confer the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowships (Akademi Ratna) and Awards (Akademi Puraskar) for 2024 and 2025 on 115 artists at a special investiture ceremony at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on August 13. The awards recognise outstanding and sustained contributions to India's performing arts, covering music, dance, theatre, folk and tribal arts, puppetry, traditional theatre and other allied forms. Seven eminent artists have been selected for the Sangeet Natak Akadem...