List of Lalit Kala Akademi fellows
The Lalit Kala Akademi Fellowship, also known as Lalit Kala Akademi Ratna (Sanskrit ratna, "gem") is an honor for the fine arts in India. It is awarded to eminent artists for their lifetime achievements in the field of visual arts by the Lalit Kala Akademi, India's National Academy of Art. It is regarded as the highest recognition and honour that can be bestowed on an artist in the country as the academy is a national body of the Government of India.[1]
| Lalit Kala Akademi Fellowship | |
|---|---|
| Award for individual contributions to Fine Arts | |
| Awarded for | Honour for the fine arts in India |
| Sponsored by | Lalit Kala Akademi |
| First awarded | 1955 |
| Last awarded | 2021 |
| Highlights | |
| First winner | Jamini Roy |
| Last winner |
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| Website | lalitkala |
The ‘Fellow,’ carries a purse-money of Rs.25,000/-, a citation and a plaque. The Fellow is honored with a portfolio about their major art works. The first elected fellow was Jamini Roy in 1955.[2] Most recent fellowship was awarded for the year 2021 to Himmat Shah, Jyoti Bhatt and Shyam Sharma on 9 April 2022.[3][4]
List of Fellows edit
| Year | Image | Recipient |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | – | Jamini Roy |
| 1956 | Nandalal Bose | |
| 1962 | D. P. Roy Choudhury | |
| 1962 | K. Venkatappa | |
| 1963 | – | O. C. Ganguly |
| 1964 | Vinayak Pandurang Karmarkar | |
| 1964 | – | S. L. Haldar |
| 1964 | – | Rai Kishan Dass |
| 1965 | – | G. Venkatachalam |
| 1965 | – | C. Sivaramamurti |
| 1970 | – | Benode Behari Mukherjee |
| 1970 | Ravishankar Raval | |
| 1974 | N. S. Bendre | |
| 1974 | – | Mulk Raj Anand |
| 1976 | Ramkinkar Baij | |
| 1976 | – | Kanwal Krishna |
| 1976 | K. K. Hebbar | |
| 1976 | – | K. C. S. Paniker |
| 1978 | M. F. Husain | |
| 1978 | – | Dhanraj Bhagat |
| 1980 | – | B. C. Sanyal |
| 1980 | – | Karl Jamshed Khandalavala |
| 1980 | V. R. Amberkar | |
| 1980 | – | P. T. Reddy |
| 1982 | K. S. Kulkarni | |
| 1982 | – | S. Dhanapal |
| 1982 | – | Sankho Chaudhuri |
| 1982 | – | Prodosh Dasgupta |
| 1982 | M. S. Randhawa | |
| 1984 | K. H. Ara | |
| 1984 | S. H. Raza | |
| 1985 | K. G. Subramanyan | |
| 1985 | – | K. Sreenivasulu |
| 1986 | Shiavax Chavda | |
| 1986 | – | Paritosh Sen |
| 1987 | Mukul Dey | |
| 1987 | Svetoslav Roerich | |
| 1988 | – | Ram Gopal Vijayvargiya |
| 1988 | – | Ranbir Singh Bisht |
| 1990 | – | Bimal Dasgupta |
| 1990 | – | Radha Mohan |
| 1993 | – | A. S. Raman |
| 1993 | – | Amarnath Sehgal |
| 1995 | Kapila Vatsyayan | |
| 1995 | – | Anand Dev |
| 2002 | – | A. Ramachandran |
| 2003 | Bikash Bhattacharjee | |
| 2004 | Keshav Malik | |
| 2004 | Akbar Padamsee | |
| 2006 | – | Biren De |
| 2007 | – | Jeram Patel |
| 2011 | Ram Kumar | |
| 2014 | Arpita Singh | |
| 2021 | – | Himmat Shah |
| 2021 | – | Jyoti Bhatt |
| 2021 | – | Shyam Sharma |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ . Lalit Kala Akademi. 2 October 2021. Archived from the original on 2 October 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- ^ . Lalit Kala Akademi. 15 June 2009. Archived from the original on 15 June 2009. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- ^ "Vice President confers Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship, Awards and National Awards of Lalit Kala Akademi to eminent artists". NewsOnAIR -. 9 April 2022. from the original on 9 April 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
- ^ "Use art to honour unsung heroes of India: Venkaiah Naidu". The Hindu. PTI. 10 April 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. from the original on 8 May 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
External links edit
- Official website of the Lalit Kala Akademi