Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship

Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship
Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship
Award for individual contributions to Performing arts
Awarded for	Award for the performing arts in India
Sponsored by	Sangeet Natak Akademi
Reward(s)	₹3 lakh (equivalent to ₹4.5 lakh or US$5,400 in 2023)
First awarded	1954
Last awarded	2023
Highlights
Total awarded	172
First winner	Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar; Karaikudi Sambasiva Iyer; Prithviraj Kapoor;
Last winner	Vinayak Khedekar; R. Visweswaran; Sunayana Hazarilal; Raja and Radha Reddy; Dulal Roy; Daya Prakash Sinha;
Website	Official website
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The Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship, also known as Akademi Ratna Sadasyata, is an Indian honour for the performing arts presented by Sangeet Natak Akademi.^[1] It is "the most prestigious and rare honour" conferred by the Akademi and is "restricted to 40 individuals at any given time".^[2]

^ Jha, Manisha (23 July 2011). "Sangeet Natak Akademi fellowship for Girija Devi, T.K. Murthy, Dagar". The Hindu. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
^ "Zakir Hussain, Sonal Mansingh Among 4 Selected for Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellow". News18. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2021.

[Jha_2011-1] Jha, Manisha (23 July 2011). "Sangeet Natak Akademi fellowship for Girija Devi, T.K. Murthy, Dagar". The Hindu. Retrieved 7 August 2021.

[News18_2019-2] "Zakir Hussain, Sonal Mansingh Among 4 Selected for Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellow". News18. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2021.

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