Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowships (Akademi Ratna):
- Following 4 eminent personalities in the field of performing arts have been selected for Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellow (Akademi Ratna):
- Zakir Hussain (Tabla Maestro),
- Sonal Mansingh (Dancer),
- Jatin Goswami (choreographer) and
- Kalyanasundaram Pillai (Bharatnatyam exponent)
- The Fellowship of the Akademi is the most prestigious and rare honor, which is restricted to 40 numbers at any given time. By the election of above 4 fellows there are presently 40 Fellows of Sangeet Natak Akademi.
- The honour of Akademi Fellow carries a purse money of Rs.3,00,000/-
Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards (Akademi Puraskar):
- 44 artists have been selected from the field of Music, Dance, Theatre, Traditional/Folk/Tribal Music/Dance/Theatre, Puppetry and Overall contribution/scholarship in the Performing Arts for the Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards (Akademi Puraskar) for the year 2018.
- The artistes include, Mani Prasad in Hindustani Vocal, Tarun Bhattacharya for Hindustani Instrumental - Santoor, Radha Sridhar for Bharatanatyam, Akham Lakshmi Devi for Manipuri, Rajiv Naik for Playwriting and Malini Awasthi in Folk Music. The 44 artistes include three joint awards.
- The honour of Akademi Award has been conferred since 1952.
- These honours recognize sustained individual work and contribution.
- The honour of Akademi Award carries a purse money of Rs.1,00,000/-.
- The Awards will be conferred by the President of India at a special investiture ceremony.
Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskars:
- The Sangeet Natak Akademi has selected 32 (Including one joint Awards) artists of India for Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar 2018.
- The award is conferred upon artists below the age of 40 years who have made a mark as young talents in their respective fields of the performing arts.
- It carries a purse money of Rs 25,000/-.
- It will be presented at a special ceremony, by the Chairman, Sangeet Natak Akademi.
