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71 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1953</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data">Rabindra Bhawan, Ferozeshah Road, <a href="/wiki/New_Delhi" title="New Delhi">New Delhi</a>, India</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Region served </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Chairperson</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sandhya_Purecha" title="Sandhya Purecha">Sandhya Purecha</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Vice Chairman</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Joravarsinh_Jadav" title="Joravarsinh Jadav">Joravarsinh Jadav</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Parent organisation</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Culture_(India)" title="Ministry of Culture (India)">Ministry of Culture</a>, <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sangeetnatak.gov.in">sangeetnatak<wbr />.gov<wbr />.in</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Sangeet Natak Akademi</b> (<b>The National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama</b> in <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a>) is the national level academy for <a href="/wiki/Performing_arts" title="Performing arts">performing arts</a> set up by the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sangeet_Natak_Akademi&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It was set up by the Indian education ministry on 31 May 1952 and became functional the following year, with the appointment of its first chairman, Dr. <a href="/wiki/P._V._Rajamannar" title="P. V. Rajamannar">P. V. Rajamannar</a>. <a href="/wiki/Dr_Rajendra_Prasad" class="mw-redirect" title="Dr Rajendra Prasad">Dr Rajendra Prasad</a>, the first <a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">President of India</a>, inaugurated it on 28 January 1953 in a special function held in the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_India#Building" title="Parliament of India">Parliament House</a>. The academy's <a href="/wiki/List_of_Sangeet_Natak_Akademi_fellows" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Sangeet Natak Akademi fellows">Fellowship</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sangeet_Natak_Akademi_Award" title="Sangeet Natak Akademi Award">Award</a> are considered very prestigious.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Functions">Functions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sangeet_Natak_Akademi&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Functions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rabindra_Bhawan,_Delhi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Rabindra_Bhawan%2C_Delhi.jpg/220px-Rabindra_Bhawan%2C_Delhi.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Rabindra_Bhawan%2C_Delhi.jpg/330px-Rabindra_Bhawan%2C_Delhi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Rabindra_Bhawan%2C_Delhi.jpg/440px-Rabindra_Bhawan%2C_Delhi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Rabindra Bhawan, Delhi which houses the Sangeet Natak Akademi, <a href="/wiki/Lalit_Kala_Akademi" title="Lalit Kala Akademi">Lalit Kala Akademi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sahitya_Akademi" title="Sahitya Akademi">Sahitya Akademi</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The academy functions as the apex body of the performing arts in the country to preserve and promote the vast cultural heritage of India expressed in music, dance and drama. It also works with governments and art academies in states and territories of the country. </p> <dl><dt>It's main functions are-</dt></dl> <ul><li>Subsidizes the work of institutions engaged in teaching, performing or promoting music, dance, or theatre</li> <li>Gives grants to aid research, documentation and publishing in the performing arts</li> <li>Organises and subsidises seminars and conferences of subject specialists</li> <li>Documents and records the performing arts for its audio-visual archive</li> <li>Renders advice and assistance to the government of India in the task of formulating and implementing policies and programmes in the field</li> <li>Carries a part of the responsibilities of the state for fostering cultural contacts between regions in the country, as well as between India and the world</li> <li>Organises its annual festival of music, dance and theatre in NCT Delhi.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Institutions_and_centres">Institutions and centres</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sangeet_Natak_Akademi&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Institutions and centres"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>SNA established several institutions over the years: </p> <ul><li>Dakshin Bharat Sanskritik Kendra, <a href="/wiki/Hyderabad" title="Hyderabad">Hyderabad</a></li></ul> <p>The Sangeet Natak Akademi's South India Cultural Centre, or Dakshin Bharat Sanskritik Kendra, is located in Hyderabad. It was inaugurated on 12 February 2024 by former Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu and Union Minister Kishan Reddy. </p> <ul><li>Manipur Dance Academy, <a href="/wiki/Imphal" title="Imphal">Imphal</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Sattriya Centre</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kathak_Kendra" class="mw-redirect" title="Kathak Kendra">Kathak Kendra</a> (<a href="/wiki/National_Institute_of_Kathak_Dance" title="National Institute of Kathak Dance">National Institute of Kathak Dance</a>), <a href="/wiki/New_Delhi" title="New Delhi">New Delhi</a> in 1964</li> <li>Ravindra Rangshala Centers:<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Centre for Kutiyattam, <a href="/wiki/Thiruvananthapuram" title="Thiruvananthapuram">Thiruvananthapuram</a>, a national projects in the support of <a href="/wiki/Koodiyattam" title="Koodiyattam">Koodiyattam</a> (the age-old <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a> theatre of <a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a>)</li> <li>Chhau Centre, <a href="/wiki/Baripada" title="Baripada">Baripada</a>/ <a href="/wiki/Jamshedpur" title="Jamshedpur">Jamshedpur</a></li> <li>Northeast Centre</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Facilities">Facilities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sangeet_Natak_Akademi&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Facilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The academy is an important source of information and offers the following facilities. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Audio–visual_archive"><span id="Audio.E2.80.93visual_archive"></span>Audio–visual archive</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sangeet_Natak_Akademi&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Audio–visual archive"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The academy's audio-visual archive has several audio/video tapes, photographs and films. It is the largest archive of its kind in the country and is extensively drawn upon for research on the performing arts of India. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Library">Library</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sangeet_Natak_Akademi&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Library"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The academy maintains a reference library consisting of about 22,000 books. </p><p>Books on several subjects including <a href="/wiki/Dance" title="Dance">Dance</a>, <a href="/wiki/Drama" title="Drama">Drama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Music" title="Music">Music</a>, <a href="/wiki/Theatre" title="Theatre">Theatre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sociology" title="Sociology">Sociology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Folklore" title="Folklore">Folklore</a>, <i>Tribal Studies</i>, <a href="/wiki/Indian_History" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian History">Indian History</a> and <a href="/wiki/Culture" title="Culture">Culture</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indian_Art" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Art">Indian Art</a>, <a href="/wiki/Religion" title="Religion">Religion</a> and <a href="/wiki/Epic_poetry" title="Epic poetry">Epics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mythology" class="mw-redirect" title="Mythology">Mythology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anthropology" title="Anthropology">Anthropology</a> and <a href="/wiki/Reference" title="Reference">Reference</a> works such as <a href="/wiki/Encyclopedia" title="Encyclopedia">Encyclopedias</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dictionaries" class="mw-redirect" title="Dictionaries">Dictionaries</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yearbook" title="Yearbook">Yearbooks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bibliographies" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibliographies">Bibliographies</a>, <a href="/wiki/Index_(publishing)" title="Index (publishing)">Indexes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Newspaper" title="Newspaper">Newspaper</a> clippings about Academy Awards and eminent artistes in the field of performing arts, can be found here. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gallery_of_musical_instruments">Gallery of musical instruments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sangeet_Natak_Akademi&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Gallery of musical instruments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The academy has a museum-cum-gallery of musical instruments in <i>Bhapang vadan</i>, New Delhi. There are more than 200 musical instruments on display here. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Documentation_unit">Documentation unit</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sangeet_Natak_Akademi&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Documentation unit"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It has a documentation unit that collects and records works of masters in the field of music, dance and theatre on audio and video to help researchers. The academy produces several in-house publications. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_fellowships">Awards and fellowships</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sangeet_Natak_Akademi&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Awards and fellowships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sangeet_Natak_Akademi_Award"><a href="/wiki/Sangeet_Natak_Akademi_Award" title="Sangeet Natak Akademi Award">Sangeet Natak Akademi Award</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sangeet_Natak_Akademi&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Sangeet Natak Akademi Award"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Sangeet_Natak_Akademi_Award" title="Sangeet Natak Akademi Award">Sangeet Natak Akademi Award</a> is the highest national recognition given to practicing artists, gurus , employees and scholars. It carries a <a href="/wiki/Purse_money" class="mw-redirect" title="Purse money">purse money</a> of <a href="/wiki/Rs." class="mw-redirect" title="Rs.">Rs.</a> 1,00,000/-,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a <a href="/wiki/Shawl" title="Shawl">shawl</a>, and a <i><a href="/wiki/Tamrapatra" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamrapatra">tamrapatra</a></i> (a <a href="/wiki/Brass" title="Brass">brass</a> <a href="/wiki/Commemorative_plaque" title="Commemorative plaque">plaque</a>). The number of awards given annually is 33 at present and, till date, over 1000 artists have been honoured. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sangeet_Natak_Akademi_Fellowship,_Ratna_Sadsya"><span id="Sangeet_Natak_Akademi_Fellowship.2C_Ratna_Sadsya"></span><a href="/wiki/Sangeet_Natak_Akademi_Fellowship" title="Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship">Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship, <i>Ratna Sadsya</i></a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sangeet_Natak_Akademi&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship, Ratna Sadsya"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Each year the Academy awards <a href="/wiki/List_of_Sangeet_Natak_Akademi_fellows" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Sangeet Natak Akademi fellows">Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowships</a>, <i>Ratna Sadsya</i>, to distinguished individuals for their contribution to the field of arts, music, dance and theatre. The first Fellow of the Akademi was elected in 1954, and till date, the Akademi has honoured 123 eminent personalities as Akademi Fellows (Akademi Ratna). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ustad_Bismillah_Khan_Yuva_Puraskar"><a href="/wiki/Ustad_Bismillah_Khan_Yuva_Puraskar" title="Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar">Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sangeet_Natak_Akademi&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Instituted in 2006, in memory of <a href="/wiki/Ustad_Bismillah_Khan" class="mw-redirect" title="Ustad Bismillah Khan">Ustad Bismillah Khan</a>, this award is given to young artists (under 40 years of age) for their talent in the fields of music, dance and drama.<sup id="cite_ref-UBKYP_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UBKYP-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tagore_Ratna_and_Tagore_Puraskar"><a href="/wiki/Tagore_Ratna_and_Tagore_Puraskar" title="Tagore Ratna and Tagore Puraskar">Tagore Ratna and Tagore Puraskar</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sangeet_Natak_Akademi&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Tagore Ratna and Tagore Puraskar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On the occasion of the commemoration of the 150th birth anniversary of <a href="/wiki/Rabindranath_Tagore" title="Rabindranath Tagore">Rabindranath Tagore</a> Sangeet Natak Akademi Tagore Ratna and Sangeet Natak Akademi Tagore Puraskar were conferred. These awards were given at events in <a href="/wiki/Kolkata" title="Kolkata">Kolkata</a> – Sangeet Natak Akademi Tagore Samman on 25 April 2012<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in <a href="/wiki/Chennai" title="Chennai">Chennai</a> Sangeet Natak Akademi Tagore Samman on 2 May 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Kala_Deeksha_Initiative">Kala Deeksha Initiative</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sangeet_Natak_Akademi&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Kala Deeksha Initiative"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sangeet Natak Akademi has started Kala Deeksha Initiative which is carrying on Guru Shishya Parampara. It was launched by Union Minister for Culture, Tourism and DoNER, Shri <a href="/wiki/G._Kishan_Reddy" title="G. Kishan Reddy">G. Kishan Reddy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Indian_classical_dances">Indian classical dances</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sangeet_Natak_Akademi&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Indian classical dances"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Sangeet Natak Akademi confers awards on nine<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Indian classical dance forms: </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Bharatanatyam" title="Bharatanatyam">Bharatanatyam</a>: originating in <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kathak" title="Kathak">Kathak</a>: originating in Northern India</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kathakali" title="Kathakali">Kathakali</a>: originating in <a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuchipudi" title="Kuchipudi">Kuchipudi</a>: originating in <a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh" title="Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manipuri_dance" title="Manipuri dance">Manipuri</a>: originating in <a href="/wiki/Manipur" title="Manipur">Manipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohiniaattam" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohiniaattam">Mohiniaattam</a>: originating in <a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odissi" title="Odissi">Odissi</a>: originating in <a href="/wiki/Odisha" title="Odisha">Odisha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sattriya_dance" class="mw-redirect" title="Sattriya dance">Sattriya</a>: originating in <a href="/wiki/Assam" title="Assam">Assam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chhau_dance" title="Chhau dance">Chhau</a>: originating in <a href="/wiki/Jharkhand" title="Jharkhand">Jharkhand</a>, <a href="/wiki/Odisha" title="Odisha">Odisha</a> and <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sangeet_Natak_Akademi&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lalit_Kala_Akademi" title="Lalit Kala Akademi">Lalit Kala Akademi</a>: equivalent national academy for visual arts</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sahitya_Akademi" title="Sahitya Akademi">Sahitya Akademi</a>: equivalent national academy for literature</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diptendu_Pramanick#First_film_seminar,_1955" title="Diptendu Pramanick">Sangeet Nataka Akademi organised the First Film Seminar in 1955 in Delhi, inaugurated by Pandit Nehru</a></li> <li><a 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