SANGEET NATAKAKADEMI FELLOWS

2011

Hariprasad Chaurasia

Heisnam Kanhailal

Amjad Ali Khan

Kalamandalam Gopi

Chandrasekhar Basavanneppa Kambara

Mohan Chandrasekaran

Mukund Lath

Padma Subrahmanyam Rajkumar Singhajit Singh

Shivkumar Sharma

Umayalpuram Kasiviswanatha Sivaraman

SANGEET NATAKAKADEMI AWARDS

2011

Shruti Sadolikar Katkar Marathe Venkateshkumar Tota Ram Sharma

Pushpraj Ramlal Koshti J. Venkatraman Elappulli Mahadevaiyer Subramaniam

Ayyagari Syamasundaram Seshampatti T. Sivalingam Gopal Chandra Panda

Narthaki Nataraj Manjusree Chatterjee Thonnakkal Peethambaran

Priti Patel Alekhya Punjala Ramli Ibrahim

V. K. Hymavathy Tanusree Shankar Karaikudi R. Krishnamurthy

Alakhnandan Kirti Jain Amitabh Srivastava

Vikram Chandrakant Gokhle Neena Tiwana A. R. Srinivasan

SANGEET NATAKAKADEMI AWARDS

2011

Shruti Sadolikar Katkar Marathe Venkateshkumar Tota Ram Sharma

Pushpraj Ramlal Koshti J. Venkatraman Elappulli Mahadevaiyer Subramaniam

Ayyagari Syamasundaram Seshampatti T. Sivalingam Gopal Chandra Panda

Narthaki Nataraj Manjusree Chatterjee Thonnakkal Peethambaran

Priti Patel Alekhya Punjala Ramli Ibrahim

V. K. Hymavathy Tanusree Shankar Karaikudi R. Krishnamurthy

Alakhnandan Kirti Jain Amitabh Srivastava

Vikram Chandrakant Gokhle Neena Tiwana A. R. Srinivasan

R. Nageswara Rao Kamal Jain Thrippekulam Achuta Marar

Hemant Rajabhai Chauhan Gurmeet Bawa Kashi Ram Sahu

Mipham Otsal Belagallu Veeranna Gopal Chandra Das

Qasim Khan Niyazi Sundari Krishnalal Shridharani Shrivatsa Goswami

SANGEET NATAK AKADEMI

TAGORE FELLOWSHIPS

Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan Alyque Padamsee Amala Shankar

Arghya Sen B. N. Goswamy B. Rajanikanta Rao

Birendranath Datta Buddhadev Das Gupta G. Gourakishor Sharma

Ghulam Mustafa Waris Khan Gurcharan Singh Ragi Guruvayur Dorai

R. Nageswara Rao Kamal Jain Thrippekulam Achuta Marar

Hemant Rajabhai Chauhan Gurmeet Bawa Kashi Ram Sahu

Mipham Otsal Belagallu Veeranna Gopal Chandra Das

Qasim Khan Niyazi Sundari Krishnalal Shridharani Shrivatsa Goswami

SANGEET NATAK AKADEMI

TAGORE FELLOWSHIPS

Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan Alyque Padamsee Amala Shankar

Arghya Sen B. N. Goswamy B. Rajanikanta Rao

Birendranath Datta Buddhadev Das Gupta G. Gourakishor Sharma

Ghulam Mustafa Waris Khan Gurcharan Singh Ragi Guruvayur Dorai

Kalanidhi Narayanan Kartar Singh Kumudini Lakhia

Lalit Chandra Ojha Laxman Krishnarao Pandit Laxmi Narayan Garg

M. K. Saroja M. Nagabhushana Sarma M. S. Gopalakrishnan

Mankompu Sivasankara Pillai Maya Rao Mayadhar Raut

Mohit Chattopadhyaya Natesan Ramani Nedunuri Krishna Murthy

P. K. Narayanan Nambiar P. V. Krishnamoorthy Pasumarthy Venugopala Krishna Sarma

Prabha Atre R. Nagarathnamma R. K. Srikantan

Rajinder Nath Ram Narayan Rudra Prasad Sengupta

Kalanidhi Narayanan Kartar Singh Kumudini Lakhia

Lalit Chandra Ojha Laxman Krishnarao Pandit Laxmi Narayan Garg

M. K. Saroja M. Nagabhushana Sarma M. S. Gopalakrishnan

Mankompu Sivasankara Pillai Maya Rao Mayadhar Raut

Mohit Chattopadhyaya Natesan Ramani Nedunuri Krishna Murthy

P. K. Narayanan Nambiar P. V. Krishnamoorthy Pasumarthy Venugopala Krishna Sarma

Prabha Atre R. Nagarathnamma R. K. Srikantan

Rajinder Nath Ram Narayan Rudra Prasad Sengupta

Sabri Khan Satguru Jagjit Singh Namdhari

Satya Dev Dubey

Sonam Tshering Lepcha Soumitra Chatterjee Sripada Pinakapani

T. R. Kamala Murthy V. Ramamurthy Vanraj Bhatia

Vellore G. Ramabhadran Vijaya Farokh Mehta Vyjayanthimala Bali

Yamunabai Waikar Zia Fariduddin Dagar

SANGEET NATAK AKADEMI

TAGORE AWARDS

Shankar Lal Mishra Sunanda Patnaik Ganesh Prasad Sharma

Amiya Ranjan Banerjee Shrikrishna S. Haldankar Faiyaz Khan

Tanjavur Sankara Iyer Kumarapillai Velukutty Nair S. R. G. Rajanna

Sabri Khan Satguru Jagjit Singh Namdhari

Satya Dev Dubey

Sonam Tshering Lepcha Soumitra Chatterjee Sripada Pinakapani

T. R. Kamala Murthy V. Ramamurthy Vanraj Bhatia

Vellore G. Ramabhadran Vijaya Farokh Mehta Vyjayanthimala Bali

Yamunabai Waikar Zia Fariduddin Dagar

SANGEET NATAK AKADEMI

TAGORE AWARDS

Shankar Lal Mishra Sunanda Patnaik Ganesh Prasad Sharma

Amiya Ranjan Banerjee Shrikrishna S. Haldankar Faiyaz Khan

Tanjavur Sankara Iyer Kumarapillai Velukutty Nair S. R. G. Rajanna

K. Chellaiah Mayavaram Saraswathi R. Visweswaran

Karam Chaoba Singh S. Swaminathan N. S. Jayalakshmi

Rajee Narayan Chemancheri Kunhiraman Nair

Nattuvan Paramasiva Menon

Devjani Chaliha Bhagavathula Yagna Narayana Sarma

Ritha Devi Mukhopadhyaya

Haricharan Saikia Patraayani Sangeetha Rao Bhagavatula Seetarama Sarma

Bijoy Kumar Mishra K. M. Raghavan Nambiar Prasad Sawkar

Chatla Sreeramulu Sushma Seth Jaymala Jayram Shiledar

Madhukar Toradmal Jalabala Vaidya Gopal Sharman

K. Chellaiah Mayavaram Saraswathi R. Visweswaran

Karam Chaoba Singh S. Swaminathan N. S. Jayalakshmi

Rajee Narayan Chemancheri Kunhiraman Nair

Nattuvan Paramasiva Menon

Devjani Chaliha Bhagavathula Yagna Narayana Sarma

Ritha Devi Mukhopadhyaya

Haricharan Saikia Patraayani Sangeetha Rao Bhagavatula Seetarama Sarma

Bijoy Kumar Mishra K. M. Raghavan Nambiar Prasad Sawkar

Chatla Sreeramulu Sushma Seth Jaymala Jayram Shiledar

Madhukar Toradmal Jalabala Vaidya Gopal Sharman

Zahoor Mir Abungbam Kabui Gambhari Devi

Ali Mohamad Bhagat Gopiram Borgayan Sumitra Sen

Bishwa Bandhu Hira Lal Yadav Ramsahaya Pandey

Satemmeren Longkumer Radha Krishna Kadam Anasuya Devi

Mahipatray Kavi M. L. Varadpande B. M. Sundaram

Ramchandra Chintaman Dhere

Raja Mrigendra Singh Nilamadhab Panigrahi

Zahoor Mir Abungbam Kabui Gambhari Devi

Ali Mohamad Bhagat Gopiram Borgayan Sumitra Sen

Bishwa Bandhu Hira Lal Yadav Ramsahaya Pandey

Satemmeren Longkumer Radha Krishna Kadam Anasuya Devi

Mahipatray Kavi M. L. Varadpande B. M. Sundaram

Ramchandra Chintaman Dhere

Raja Mrigendra Singh Nilamadhab Panigrahi

Manjusha Sandeep Patil Kaushiki Desikan Suyog Kundalkar

Ashutosh Upadhayay Savita Narasimhan Embar Kannan

G Guru Prasanna Alankar Singh Praveen Kumar

Pallabi De M Amaljith Yeleswarapu Srinivasulu

SANGEET NATAK AKADEMI

USTAD BISMILLAH KHAN YUVA PURASKAR

2010

Arushi Mudgal Naren Baruah Madhu Nataraj

Yogesh Gangani Meeta Mishra S Thaninleima Chanu

Anita Shabdeesh Danish Iqbal Dakshina Sharma

Pakija Begum Rajesh K V Srikanth Natarajan

Manjusha Sandeep Patil Kaushiki Desikan Suyog Kundalkar

Ashutosh Upadhayay Savita Narasimhan Embar Kannan

G Guru Prasanna Alankar Singh Praveen Kumar

Pallabi De M Amaljith Yeleswarapu Srinivasulu

SANGEET NATAK AKADEMI

USTAD BISMILLAH KHAN YUVA PURASKAR

2010

Arushi Mudgal Naren Baruah Madhu Nataraj

Yogesh Gangani Meeta Mishra S Thaninleima Chanu

Anita Shabdeesh Danish Iqbal Dakshina Sharma

Pakija Begum Rajesh K V Srikanth Natarajan

U Natarajan Arti Kale Nagarkar Ahongshangbam Priyarani Devi

Fakira Khan Manzoor Ul Haq Kajjuram Salam

Mahmood FarooquiMurtaza Danish Husaini Hanumanthu Rao

CEREMONY AND FESTIVAL OF AKADEMI AWARDS 2010

Hon’ble Vice-President of India, Shri M Hamid Ansari conferring the Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards 2010 on Malabika Mitra – Kathak (top left), Chhannu Lal Mishra – Hindustani Vocal (top right), Harbhajan Singh Namdhari – Gurbani Kirtan (bottom left), D Vizai Bhaskar – Playwriting, Telugu (bottom right)

U Natarajan Arti Kale Nagarkar Ahongshangbam Priyarani Devi

Fakira Khan Manzoor Ul Haq Kajjuram Salam

Mahmood FarooquiMurtaza Danish Husaini Hanumanthu Rao

CEREMONY AND FESTIVAL OF AKADEMI AWARDS 2010

Hon’ble Vice-President of India, Shri M Hamid Ansari conferring the Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards 2010 on Malabika Mitra – Kathak (top left), Chhannu Lal Mishra – Hindustani Vocal (top right), Harbhajan Singh Namdhari – Gurbani Kirtan (bottom left), D Vizai Bhaskar – Playwriting, Telugu (bottom right)

Top left: Kalamandalam Raman Chakyar Kutiyattam. Top right: Tolu Bommalata, Shadow Puppet of Andhra Pradesh by K. Chinna Anjanamma. Middle left: Dilip Prabhavalkar in Haswa Phaswi in Marathi. Middle right: Bharud Folk Theatre of Maharashtra by Chadatai Jagdish Prasad Tiwadi. Bottom left: Suguna Purushothaman (Carnatic Vocal). Bottom right: Bahadur Kalarin, play in Awadhi, directed by Urmil Kumar Thapaliyal, presented by Darpan, Lucknow.

FESTIVAL OF AKADEMI AWARDS 2010 New Delhi 23 – 31 July 2011

Top left: Kurchi, play in Telugu, written by D. Vizai Bhaskar. Top right: Gurbani Kirtan by Harbhajan Singh Namdhari. Middle left: Hindustani Vocal by Yashpaul. Middle right: Flute by Nityanand Haldipur. Bottom: Harikatha by M.V. Simhachala Sastry.

Top left: Kalamandalam Raman Chakyar Kutiyattam. Top right: Tolu Bommalata, Shadow Puppet of Andhra Pradesh by K. Chinna Anjanamma. Middle left: Dilip Prabhavalkar in Haswa Phaswi in Marathi. Middle right: Bharud Folk Theatre of Maharashtra by Chadatai Jagdish Prasad Tiwadi. Bottom left: Suguna Purushothaman (Carnatic Vocal). Bottom right: Bahadur Kalarin, play in Awadhi, directed by Urmil Kumar Thapaliyal, presented by Darpan, Lucknow.

FESTIVAL OF AKADEMI AWARDS 2010 New Delhi 23 – 31 July 2011

Top left: Kurchi, play in Telugu, written by D. Vizai Bhaskar. Top right: Gurbani Kirtan by Harbhajan Singh Namdhari. Middle left: Hindustani Vocal by Yashpaul. Middle right: Flute by Nityanand Haldipur. Bottom: Harikatha by M.V. Simhachala Sastry.

Top left: Karagam – Folk Dance of Tamil Nadu by T. Somasundram. Top right: Aruna Mohanty (Odissi Dance). Bottom left: Malabika Mitra (Kathak Dance). Bottom right: Rathna Kumar (Kuchipudi Dance).

USTAD BISMILLAH KHAN YUVA PURASKAR 2010 FESTIVAL: 7 – 13 March 2012, New Delhi

Top: Akademi Chairman Shrimati Leela Samson awards the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar 2010 to Manjusha Sandeep Patil. Akademi Vice-Chairman Shrimati Shanta Serbjeet Singh is in the middle. Bottom: Group photograph of the awardees of Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Award 2010.

Top left: Karagam – Folk Dance of Tamil Nadu by T. Somasundram. Top right: Aruna Mohanty (Odissi Dance). Bottom left: Malabika Mitra (Kathak Dance). Bottom right: Rathna Kumar (Kuchipudi Dance).

USTAD BISMILLAH KHAN YUVA PURASKAR 2010 FESTIVAL: 7 – 13 March 2012, New Delhi

Top: Akademi Chairman Shrimati Leela Samson awards the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar 2010 to Manjusha Sandeep Patil. Akademi Vice-Chairman Shrimati Shanta Serbjeet Singh is in the middle. Bottom: Group photograph of the awardees of Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Award 2010.

Top left: Tolu Bommalatta, Hanumanthu Rao (Andhra Pradesh). Top Right: Embar Kannan (Violin) with G. Guru Prasanna (Kanjira). Middle left: Manjusha Sandeep Patil (Hindustani Vocal). Middle right: Awardees sitting in the Auditorium. Bottom left: U Natarajan (Folk Dance, Tamil Nadu). Bottom right: Menaka, play in Assamese featuring Pakija Begum.

Top left: Dastangoi by Mahmood Farooqul & Murtaza Danish Husaini. Top right: Fakira Khan, Folk Song, Rajasthan. Middle: Suyog Kundalkar (Harmonium) with Yogesh Gangani (Tabla). Bottom: Ahongshangbam Priyarani (Folk Music, Manipur).

Top left: Tolu Bommalatta, Hanumanthu Rao (Andhra Pradesh). Top Right: Embar Kannan (Violin) with G. Guru Prasanna (Kanjira). Middle left: Manjusha Sandeep Patil (Hindustani Vocal). Middle right: Awardees sitting in the Auditorium. Bottom left: U Natarajan (Folk Dance, Tamil Nadu). Bottom right: Menaka, play in Assamese featuring Pakija Begum.

Top left: Dastangoi by Mahmood Farooqul & Murtaza Danish Husaini. Top right: Fakira Khan, Folk Song, Rajasthan. Middle: Suyog Kundalkar (Harmonium) with Yogesh Gangani (Tabla). Bottom: Ahongshangbam Priyarani (Folk Music, Manipur).

Top left: Naren Baruah (Sattriya). Top middle: Yeleswarapu Srinivasulu (Kuchipudi). Top right: Srikanth Natarajan (Bhagavatha Mela, Tamil Nadu). Middle left: M. Amaljeeth (Kathakali). Middle right: Arushi Mudgal (Odissi Dance). Bottom: Madhu Nataraj (Creative & Experimental Dance).

Top: Namrata Pamnani (Kathak). Bottom: Ayona Bhaduri (Odissi).

NRITYA PRATIBHA Vishakhapatnam

Top left: Naren Baruah (Sattriya). Top middle: Yeleswarapu Srinivasulu (Kuchipudi). Top right: Srikanth Natarajan (Bhagavatha Mela, Tamil Nadu). Middle left: M. Amaljeeth (Kathakali). Middle right: Arushi Mudgal (Odissi Dance). Bottom: Madhu Nataraj (Creative & Experimental Dance).

Top: Namrata Pamnani (Kathak). Bottom: Ayona Bhaduri (Odissi).

NRITYA PRATIBHA Vishakhapatnam

RANG SANGAM Ahmedabad

Top: Rudhadwar (Odiya), dir: Dhira Mallic. Bottom: Abhijnanam (Assamese), dir: Gunakar Dev Goswami.

RABINDRA PRANATINew Delhi

Top left: Shri Pranab Mukherjee, Minister for Finance inaugurated Rabindra Pranati on 7 May 2011 in New Delhi. Top right: Rabindra Sangeet by Rezwana Chowdhury. Bottom left: A musical tribute, Delhi. Bottom right: Rabindra Pranati, Chandigarh – Purna Chandra Das (Baul Sangeet) 22 February 2012.

RANG SANGAM Ahmedabad

Top: Rudhadwar (Odiya), dir: Dhira Mallic. Bottom: Abhijnanam (Assamese), dir: Gunakar Dev Goswami.

RABINDRA PRANATINew Delhi

Top left: Shri Pranab Mukherjee, Minister for Finance inaugurated Rabindra Pranati on 7 May 2011 in New Delhi. Top right: Rabindra Sangeet by Rezwana Chowdhury. Bottom left: A musical tribute, Delhi. Bottom right: Rabindra Pranati, Chandigarh – Purna Chandra Das (Baul Sangeet) 22 February 2012.

Top: Samudrer Prati by Sharmila Biswas. Right: Debotar Grash and poems from Crescent Moon by Vaibhav Arekar.

NRITYA NATYA Delhi, 26-30 September 2011

Top: Chitrangada, choreography: Gitanjali Lal, Kathak Kendra Repertory, New Delhi. Bottom: Bidai Abhishap, choreography: N. Amusana Devi, Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur Dance Academy Repertory, Imphal.

Top: Samudrer Prati by Sharmila Biswas. Right: Debotar Grash and poems from Crescent Moon by Vaibhav Arekar.

NRITYA NATYA Delhi, 26-30 September 2011

Top: Chitrangada, choreography: Gitanjali Lal, Kathak Kendra Repertory, New Delhi. Bottom: Bidai Abhishap, choreography: N. Amusana Devi, Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur Dance Academy Repertory, Imphal.

REMEMBERING RABINDRANATH TAGORE ON HIS DEATH ANNIVERSARYNew Delhi, 8 August 2011

Top: Address by Shri Pranab Mukherjee, Minister for Finance. Middle left: Invocation by Shri Sudhir Chandra and group, Delhi. Bottom left: Rudra Veena recital by Shri Bahauddin Dagar, Mumbai.

NATYANJALI Guwahati

Top: Bidai Abhishap, dance drama by JNMDA, choreographed by Amusana Devi. Bottom: Rather Rashi, play in Rabha language, dir. Shukracharja Rabha. Natyanjali, Guwahati.

REMEMBERING RABINDRANATH TAGORE ON HIS DEATH ANNIVERSARYNew Delhi, 8 August 2011

Top: Address by Shri Pranab Mukherjee, Minister for Finance. Middle left: Invocation by Shri Sudhir Chandra and group, Delhi. Bottom left: Rudra Veena recital by Shri Bahauddin Dagar, Mumbai.

NATYANJALI Guwahati

Top: Bidai Abhishap, dance drama by JNMDA, choreographed by Amusana Devi. Bottom: Rather Rashi, play in Rabha language, dir. Shukracharja Rabha. Natyanjali, Guwahati.

NATYANJALI Hyderabad

Gora, play by Rangayana Mysore, dir. Prakash Belvadi.

NATYANJALI Patna

Top: The King of Dark Chamber (Manipuri), dir. Ratan Thiyam. Bottom: Riturang by Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata.

NATYANJALI Hyderabad

Gora, play by Rangayana Mysore, dir. Prakash Belvadi.

NATYANJALI Patna

Top: The King of Dark Chamber (Manipuri), dir. Ratan Thiyam. Bottom: Riturang by Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata.

Top: Bostomi, play in Bangla, dir. Soumitra Basu, Sandarbha, Kolkata. Bottom: Yatra Shapam (Kathakali), dir. E. Rajendran Pillai.

NATYANJALIChandigarh

SANGEET PRATIBHANainital

Top: Suchit Narang (Hindustani Vocal). Bottom: Tabla Trio – Avirbhav Verma, Madhuresh Bhatt, Pranat Kumar Joshi.

Top: Bostomi, play in Bangla, dir. Soumitra Basu, Sandarbha, Kolkata. Bottom: Yatra Shapam (Kathakali), dir. E. Rajendran Pillai.

NATYANJALIChandigarh

SANGEET PRATIBHANainital

Top: Suchit Narang (Hindustani Vocal). Bottom: Tabla Trio – Avirbhav Verma, Madhuresh Bhatt, Pranat Kumar Joshi.

Top: Bisarjan – Contemporary Puppetry by Tripura Puppet Theatre, Tripura, 30 April 2011, Putul Yatra 6, Guwahati. Left: On World Puppet Day 21.3.2012, school children learning the art of puppetry from Babu Lal Bhat

PUPPETRY PUTUL YATRA 6 Guwahati

Top left: Inauguration by the Governor of Assam. Top right: Tolu Bommalatta puppets made by workshop trainees of Assam. Middle left: Experimental Water Puppets by Rajkhowa, Assam. Middle right: Rasleela – Putul Nach by Moppet Decoration & Cultural Centre, Imphal. Bottom left: Kumar Sambhava – Salaki Gombeyatta style by Puthali Kalaranga, Karnataka. Bottom right: Contemporary Muppets by Ramdas Padhye and Son, Maharashtra.

Top: Bisarjan – Contemporary Puppetry by Tripura Puppet Theatre, Tripura, 30 April 2011, Putul Yatra 6, Guwahati. Left: On World Puppet Day 21.3.2012, school children learning the art of puppetry from Babu Lal Bhat

PUPPETRY PUTUL YATRA 6 Guwahati

Top left: Inauguration by the Governor of Assam. Top right: Tolu Bommalatta puppets made by workshop trainees of Assam. Middle left: Experimental Water Puppets by Rajkhowa, Assam. Middle right: Rasleela – Putul Nach by Moppet Decoration & Cultural Centre, Imphal. Bottom left: Kumar Sambhava – Salaki Gombeyatta style by Puthali Kalaranga, Karnataka. Bottom right: Contemporary Muppets by Ramdas Padhye and Son, Maharashtra.

GALLERY OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, SNA New Delhi

Different views of the musical instruments on display in the Gallery of Musical Instruments. Top left: Shrimati Leela Samson, Chairman, Sangeet Natak Akademi inaugurating Online Public Access Catalogue of the Akademi library. Top right: Visual display of the search of a body of records retrieved through online catalogue. Bottom: A view of the Akademi library.

LIBRARY, SNA

GALLERY OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, SNA New Delhi

Different views of the musical instruments on display in the Gallery of Musical Instruments. Top left: Shrimati Leela Samson, Chairman, Sangeet Natak Akademi inaugurating Online Public Access Catalogue of the Akademi library. Top right: Visual display of the search of a body of records retrieved through online catalogue. Bottom: A view of the Akademi library.

LIBRARY, SNA

MEETINGS AT DALHOUSIE5-8 June 2011

Top: Advisory Committee meeting in progress. Bottom: Members of the Advisory Committee.

HINDI ANUBHAG

Top left: Akademi Ratna Kapila Vatsyayan addressing the gathering during the book release ceremony of the Hindi quarterly journal, Sangana on 4 April 2011. Top right: Invocation by Gandharva Choir during the book release function of Sangana on 4 April 2011. Bottom left: Shri Ashok Sachdeva, Member, Hindi Advisory Committee, Ministry of Culture, conducting Hindi workshop in the Akademi during Hindi fortnight 2011. Bottom right: Akademi officials attending Hindi workshop on 24 June 2011 on ‘Shabd and Shabdavali’.

MEETINGS AT DALHOUSIE5-8 June 2011

Top: Advisory Committee meeting in progress. Bottom: Members of the Advisory Committee.

HINDI ANUBHAG

Top left: Akademi Ratna Kapila Vatsyayan addressing the gathering during the book release ceremony of the Hindi quarterly journal, Sangana on 4 April 2011. Top right: Invocation by Gandharva Choir during the book release function of Sangana on 4 April 2011. Bottom left: Shri Ashok Sachdeva, Member, Hindi Advisory Committee, Ministry of Culture, conducting Hindi workshop in the Akademi during Hindi fortnight 2011. Bottom right: Akademi officials attending Hindi workshop on 24 June 2011 on ‘Shabd and Shabdavali’.

KUTIYATTAM CENTREThiruvananthapuram

Top left: Chakyarkoothu by Painkulam Damodara Chakyar. Top right: Soorpanakhankam by Mani Madhava Chakyar Smaraka Gurukulam. Bottom: Ramankutty and team in work at Koppu Nirmana Kendram 2.

Top left: Thoranayudham (Ravana). Top right: Kutiyattam lec-dem. Bottom left: Kutiyattam at a school. Bottom right: Kutiyattam at Kerala University, Department of Sanskrit.

KUTIYATTAM CENTREThiruvananthapuram

Top left: Chakyarkoothu by Painkulam Damodara Chakyar. Top right: Soorpanakhankam by Mani Madhava Chakyar Smaraka Gurukulam. Bottom: Ramankutty and team in work at Koppu Nirmana Kendram 2.

Top left: Thoranayudham (Ravana). Top right: Kutiyattam lec-dem. Bottom left: Kutiyattam at a school. Bottom right: Kutiyattam at Kerala University, Department of Sanskrit.

Top: Ankiya Bhaona Samaroh, February 2012. Bottom left: Nritya Parva 2011. Bottom right: Ankiya Bhaona, February 2012.Top: Mallika Kandali (left) and Bulganin Baruah (right), Nritya Parva 2011. Bottom: Monthly seminar, February 2012.

SATTRIYA KENDRAGuwahati

Top: Ankiya Bhaona Samaroh, February 2012. Bottom left: Nritya Parva 2011. Bottom right: Ankiya Bhaona, February 2012.Top: Mallika Kandali (left) and Bulganin Baruah (right), Nritya Parva 2011. Bottom: Monthly seminar, February 2012.

SATTRIYA KENDRAGuwahati

KATHAK KENDRADelhi

Right: Alpana Vajpeyi in the morning session at the Kathak Mahotsava 2012. Bottom: Tribandi, choreography by Rajendra Kumar Gangani, Guru, Kathak Kendra, features Vidyagauri Adkar, Preeti Sharma and Tripti Sanwal – Kathak Mahotsava 2012.

Top and bottom : Bidai Abhishap, choreography by N. Amusana Devi, JNMDA Repertory, Imphal – Nritya Natya, New Delhi.

JNMDA Imphal

KATHAK KENDRADelhi

Right: Alpana Vajpeyi in the morning session at the Kathak Mahotsava 2012. Bottom: Tribandi, choreography by Rajendra Kumar Gangani, Guru, Kathak Kendra, features Vidyagauri Adkar, Preeti Sharma and Tripti Sanwal – Kathak Mahotsava 2012.

Top and bottom : Bidai Abhishap, choreography by N. Amusana Devi, JNMDA Repertory, Imphal – Nritya Natya, New Delhi.

JNMDA Imphal

SPECIAL DOCUMENTATION

Top left: Rajender Gangani (Kathak). Top right: K M Raman (Bharatanatyam). Bottom: T.K. Murthy (Mridangam).

Lai-Haraoba.

SPECIAL DOCUMENTATION

Top left: Rajender Gangani (Kathak). Top right: K M Raman (Bharatanatyam). Bottom: T.K. Murthy (Mridangam).

Lai-Haraoba.

Visit of Secretary, Culture, Bangladesh to Sangeet Natak Akademi.

VISIT OF FOREIGN DELEGATION

Top: Bhand Pather, Jammu & Kashmir. Bottom: Dina Nath Mishra (Hindustani Vocal).

Visit of Secretary, Culture, Bangladesh to Sangeet Natak Akademi.

VISIT OF FOREIGN DELEGATION

Top: Bhand Pather, Jammu & Kashmir. Bottom: Dina Nath Mishra (Hindustani Vocal).

HOMAGE

Top left: Homage to Shri Nataraja Ramakrishna on 17 June 2011 by Shri R R Reddy at Meghdoot III. Top right: Homage to Shri Bhupen Hazarika on 25 November 2011 by Chief Minister, Assam. Middle left: Homage to Shri Badal Sircar on 25 May 2011 at Meghdoot III. Middle right: Homage to Shri Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar by Akademi Vice-Chairman on 10 August 2011. Bottom: Homage to Shri Gursharan Singh at NSD by Shri Chaman Ahuja on 3 Oct 2011.