The Sangeet Natak Akademi presents Awards 20/07/2019 – Posted in: Press Information Bureau – Tags:

The Sangeet Natak Akademi presents Awards

(Ministry of Culture)

WHAT

The Sangeet Natak Akademi, the apex body of performing arts in the country, has selected 32 artists of India who have made a mark as young talents in their respective fields of the performing arts for Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar 2018.

  • Sangeet Natak Akademi is a National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama.

 

USTAD BISMILLAH KHAN YUVA PURASKAR

  • The award is conferred upon artists below the age of 40 years.
  • The award is conferred with the objective of identifying and encouraging outstanding young talents in diverse fields of performing arts.
  • Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar carries purse money of Rs 25,000/-.

 

SANGEET NATAK AKADEMI

  • The Sangeet Natak Akademi is the first National Academy of the arts set-up by the Republic of India.
  • It was created in June 1952.
  • Akademi has been functioning as the apex body of the performing arts in the country.
  • Akademi is preserving and promoting the vast intangible heritage of India’s diverse culture expressed in the forms of music, dance, and drama.
  • The National School of Drama, set up in 1959, was the first of their two national institutions of dance.
  • Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur Dance Academy in Imphal and Kathak Kendra (National Institute of Kathak Dance) in New Delhi was set up in 1964.
  • The Akademi also confers Fellowships and Scholarship, their numbers being restricted to 30 living recipients.
  • The Fellowship and Awards carries purse money of Rs. 3,00,000/- and Rs. 1,00,000/- respectively besides a shawl and Tamrapatra.
  • The Akademi is presently an Autonomous Body of the Ministry of Culture.

 

Source: PIB

 

You can follow us on LinkedIn and on Instagram (Diligent IAS) for more updates related to IAS Preparation/ Study Material, Subscribe to our Facebook Page and Youtube Channel- Diligent IAS 

Also, read more PIB Updates