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SANGEET NATAK AKADEMI ANNOUNCES USTAD BISMILLAH KHAN YUVA PURASKAR FOR 2007
Sangeet Natak Akademi, the National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama, has selected 30 young artists
of India who have made a mark in their respective fields of performing arts for the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva
Puraskar 2007. The Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar is meant for young artists below the age of 35 years (as on
1 st April of the year) and covers music, dance, theatre, puppetry and scholarships in performing arts.
The Sangeet Natak Akademi introduced the award for young artists in the name of Ustad Bismillah Khan,
Bharat Ratna and Fellow of the Akademi, from 2006 with the objective to identify and encourage outstanding young
talents in diverse fields of performing arts and give them national recognition early in life so that they may work with
greater commitment and dedication in their chosen fields.
In the field of Music, eight young artists for Hindustani, Carnatic and Other Major Traditions of Music have
been selected. In the field of Dance, eight young artists have been selected for Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Kathakali,
Manipuri, Odissi, Kuchipudi, Mohiniattam and Music for Dance; in the field of Theatre, eight young artists have been
selected for Acting, Direction and Lighting. For their talents in different forms of traditional/folk/tribal arts, six artists
from various parts of the country have been selected.
The Yuva Puraskar carries a purse money of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees twenty five thousand only). List of
recipients of ‘Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar’ for the year 2007 is as follows:-
RECIPIENTS OF USTAD BISMILLAH KHAN YUVA PURASKAR 2007
FIELD OF ACTIVITY : MUSIC
1. SANDEEP HARISH DESHMUKH HINDUSTANI VOCAL
2. MEETA PANDIT HINDUSTANI VOCAL
3. SARWAR HUSSAIN HINDUSTANI INSTRUMENTAL- SARANGI
4. BHIMANNA JADHAV HINDUSTANI INSTRUMENTAL- SUNDRI
5. SIKKIL C. GURUCHARAN CARNATIC VOCAL
6. AKKARAI S. SUBHALAKSHMI CARNATIC INSTRUMENTAL – VIOLIN
7. PERAVALI JAYA BHASKAR CARNATIC INSTRUMENTAL- MRIDANGAM
8. MAIRENBAM MANITON SINGH OTHER MAJOR TRADITIONS OF MUSIC -
NATA SANKIRTANA
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FIELD OF ACTIVITY : DANCE
1. C. LAVANYA ANANTH BHARATANATYAM
2. SHARVARI ASHOK JAMENIS KATHAK DANCE
3. KALAMANDALAM SHANMUKHADAS C KATHAKALI
4. LAISHRAM BINA DEVI MANIPURI DANCE
5. MADHUSMITA MOHANTY ODISSI DANCE
6. YAMINI REDDY KUCHIPUDI DANCE
7. METHIL DEVIKA MOHINIATTAM
8. K.S.R. ANIRUDHA MUSIC FOR DANCE -BHARATANATYAM
MRIDANGAM

FIELD OF ACTIVITY: THEATRE
1. SOHINI SENGUPTA ACTING
2. RAJINDER SHARMA “NANU” ACTING
3. ANOOP TRIVEDI ACTING
4. VIJAY KUMAR DIRECTION
5. SANJEEV GUPTA DIRECTION
6. M. GANESH DIRECTION
7. LAISHRAM IBOCHOUBA SINGH ALLIED THEATRE ARTS -LIGHTING
8. SREEKANTH T. ALLIED THEATRE ARTS -LIGHTING
FIELD OF ACTIVITY: TRADITIONAL/FOLK/TRIBAL DANCE/MUSIC/THEATRE AND PUPPETRY
1. K.BABU PERUVANNAN THEYYAM, KERALA
2. ADITI SHARMA FOLK DANCE, RAJASTHAN
3. ROJET BUHPHANG TRADITIONAL MUSIC, MEGHALAYA
4. MANU YADAV TRADITIONAL MUSIC (BIRHA),
UTTAR PRADESH
5. LAKSHMI SORI TRIBAL DANCE (MURIYA),
CHHATTISGARH
6. C.LALRINSIAMI FOLK DANCE, MIZORAM
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