Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (IAST: Saṅgīta Nāṭaka Akādamī Puraskāra), also known as the Akademi Puraskar, is an award given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama. It is the highest Indian recognition given to people in the field of performing arts. In 2003, the award consisted of Rs. 50,000, a citation, an angavastram (a shawl), and a tamrapatra (a brass plaque). Since 2009, the cash prize has been increased to ₹1,00,000. The awards are given in the categories of music, dance, theatre, other traditional arts and puppetry, and for contribution/scholarship in performing arts.

Award recipients

The recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi award in various categories of performing arts have been listed below:

Music

Hindustani music

Vocal

Instrumental

Been/Rudra Veena/Vichitra Veena

Flute

Guitar

Harmonium

Pakhavaj

Santoor

Sarangi

Sarod

Shehnai

Sitar

Surbahar

Tabla

Violin

Carnatic music

Vocal

Instrumental

Clarionet

Flute

Ghatam

Gottuvadhyam

Kanjira

Mandolin

Mridangam

Nagaswaram

Saxophone

Thavil

Veena

Violin

Creative and experimental music

Other major traditions of music

Dance

Bharatanatyam

Chhau

Creative dance/Choreography

Kathak

Kathakali

Kuchipudi

Manipuri

Mohiniattam

Odissi

Sattriya

Other major traditions of dance and dance theatre

Music for dance

Folk and Tribal dance

Theatre

Acting

From 1952–2003 (language-wise)

Assamese

Bengali theatre

Gujarati theatre

Hindi theatre

Kannada

Malayalam

Manipuri

Marathi theatre

Oriya

Sanskrit

Tamil

Telugu theatre

Urdu

From 2004 onwards

Mime

Direction

Playwriting

2012 onwards

Allied Theatre Arts

Major traditions of theatre

Other Traditional/ Folk/ Tribal/ Dance/ Music/ Theatre and Puppetry

Puppetry/ Mime/ Allied arts of traditional forms

Films

Overall Contribution/Scholarship