The Rashtriya Kumar Gandharva Samman was established by the government of Madhya Pradesh in 1992 as an annual national honour presented to outstanding talent in the field of music. The award is named after Pandit Kumar Gandharva, an Indian classical singer of national and international repute. [1] [2]
The age limit of artists is between 25 and 45 years of age. Artists involved in Indian classical music, Carnatic music, and Hindustani music factions are considered for the award every year. Nominations for the Kumar Gandharva Samman are filed with the Department of Culture and a selection committee of experts makes the final decision. The recommendation of the selection committee is binding for the Madhya Pradesh government. [3] [4]
Recipients of the Kumar Gandharva Rashtriya Samman are given a scroll of honour and a cash prize of Rs. 1.25 lakh.
Name | Year | Ref. |
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Ajoy Chakrabarty | 1992-93 | [5] |
Budhaditya Mukherjee | 1993-94 | [6] |
Rajan and Sajan Mishra | 1994-95 | |
Narasimhan Ravikiran | 1995-96 | [7] |
Mukul Shivputra | 1996-97 | [8] |
Shahid Parvez | 1997-98 | |
Umakant-Ramakant Gundecha | 1998-99 | |
E. Gayathri | 1999-20 | |
Uday Bhawalkar | 2000-01 | |
Shujaat Khan | 2001-02 | |
Rashid Khan | 2002-03 | [9] |
U. Srinivas | 2003-04 | |
Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande | 2004-05 | [10] |
Ronu Majumdar | 2005-06 | |
Aarti Ankalikar Tikekar | 2006-07 | [11] |
Kala Ramnath | 2007-08 | [12] |
Sanjeev Abhyankar | 2008-09 | [10] |
Kamala Shankar | 2009-10 | [13] |
None | 2010-11 | [14] |
None | 2011-12 | |
Rama Vaidyanathan | 2012-13 | [15] |
Manjiri Asanare- Kelkar | 2013-14 | |
Bahauddin Dagar | 2014-15 | |
Kapila Venu | 2015-16 | [16] |
Manjusha Kulkarni-Patil | 2016-17 | |
Niladri Kumar | 2017-18 | [17] |
None | 2018-19 | [18] |
Meeta Pandit | 2019-20 | |
Debopriya and Suchismita Chatterjee | 2020-21 |
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