Sangeet Natak Akademi Announces 2024 and 2025 Awards

Exam-focused facts from the 13 August 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

The President of India will confer the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowships and Awards for the years 2024 and 2025 to 115 artists on 13 August 2026 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.
The Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship carries a purse money of Rs. 3,00,000, while the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award carries Rs. 1,00,000, along with a Tamrapatra and Angavastram.
The awards are given in fields including music, dance, theatre, folk and tribal art, puppetry, mask making, and instrument making.
The Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards have been conferred since 1952.