National Award

Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the Promotion of Art & Culture

Honouring the luminaries who have enriched India's artistic and cultural heritage — celebrating excellence in dance, music, theatre, literature, painting, photography, and more.

8th Edition

2025 Awardees

Winner
India
2025
Artist
Mr. Jatin Das
Profession Painter
Category Art & Culture
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
8th Edition – 2025
Winner
India
2025
Artist
Mr. Roop Narayan Batham
Profession Artist
Category Art & Culture
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
8th Edition – 2025
Winner
India
2025
Author
Dr. Umapati Dixit
Profession Author
Category Literature
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
8th Edition – 2025
Winner
India
2025
Theater
Mr. Avtar Sahani
Profession Theater Director
Category Art & Culture
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
8th Edition – 2025
Winner
India
2025
Artist
Mr. Sidharth
Profession Artist
Category Art & Culture
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
8th Edition – 2025
Winner
India
2025
Music
Pt. Prosenjit Poddar
Profession Tabla Maestro
Category Music
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
8th Edition – 2025
Winner
India
2025
Photo
Mr. Bharat Bhushan Kapoor
Profession Photographer
Category Visual Arts
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
8th Edition – 2025
Winner
India
2025
Admin
Prof. (Dr.) Ramesh Chandra Gaur
Profession Director & Head, IGNCA
Category Administration
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
8th Edition – 2025
Winner
India
2025
Promoter
Mr. Anupam Bhatnagar
Profession Art Promoter
Category Art Promotion
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
8th Edition – 2025
Winner
India
2025
Dance
Guru Meenu Thakur
Profession Kuchipudi Dancer
Category Classical Dance
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
8th Edition – 2025
Winner
India
2025
Author
Dr. Rama
Profession Author & Educationist
Category Literature & Education
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
8th Edition – 2025
Winner
India
2025
Dance
Ms. Atasi Misra
Profession Odissi & Folk Dancer
Category Classical Dance
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
8th Edition – 2025
7th Edition

2024 Awardees

Winner
India
2024
Dance
Padma Shri Ms. Rita Ganguly
Profession Dancer, Musician & Vocalist
Category Performing Arts
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
7th Edition – 2024
Winner
India
2024
Music
Pt. Ram Kumar Mishra
Profession Tabla Maestro
Category Music
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
7th Edition – 2024
Winner
India
2024
Admin
Prof. Dr. Arvind Alok
Profession Chairman BMDC
Category Administration
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
7th Edition – 2024
Winner
India
2024
Music
Dr. Mustafa Raza
Profession Vichitra Veena Maestro
Category Music
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
7th Edition – 2024
Winner
India
2024
Photo
Dr. Bhupesh Chandra Little
Profession Photographer
Category Visual Arts
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
7th Edition – 2024
Winner
India
2024
Author
Prof. Puranchand Tandon
Profession Author (Hindi)
Category Literature
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
7th Edition – 2024
Winner
India
2024
Artist
Mr. Tapan Dash
Profession Painter
Category Visual Arts
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
7th Edition – 2024
Winner
India
2024
Media
Mr. Karunesh Sharma
Profession Sr. Anchor & YouTuber
Category Media & Communication
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
7th Edition – 2024
Winner
India
2024
Author
Dr. Buddhinath Mishra
Profession Musical Poet
Category Literature
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
7th Edition – 2024
6th Edition

2023 Awardees

Winner
India
2023
Artist
Padma Shri Pt. Ram Dayal Sharma
Profession Artist
Category Art & Culture
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
6th Edition – 2023
Winner
India
2023
Artist
Padma Shri Krishna Kanhai
Profession Artist
Category Art & Culture
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
6th Edition – 2023
Winner
India
2023
Music
Ustad Akram Khan
Profession Tabla Maestro
Category Music
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
6th Edition – 2023
Winner
India
2023
Artist
Sameer Shitala Pandey
Profession Artist
Category Art & Culture
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
6th Edition – 2023
Winner
India
2023
Dance
Kumari Somashekhari
Profession Dancer
Category Classical Dance
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
6th Edition – 2023
Winner
India
2023
Artist
Sitesh Alok
Profession Artist
Category Art & Culture
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
6th Edition – 2023
Winner
India
2023
Dance
Dolly Dabral
Profession Dancer
Category Classical Dance
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
6th Edition – 2023
Winner
India
2023
Photo
Aditya Arya
Profession Photographer
Category Visual Arts
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
6th Edition – 2023
Winner
India
2023
Theater
5th Edition

2022 Awardees

Winner
India
2022
Theater
Satish Anand
Profession Theatre Artist
Category Art & Culture
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
5th Edition – 2022
Winner
India
2022
Author
B L Gaur
Profession Renowned Poet
Category Literature
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
5th Edition – 2022
Winner
India
2022
Admin
HH Bhikkhu Sanghasena
Profession Founder President
Organization Mahabodhi
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
5th Edition – 2022
Winner
India
2022
Author
Laxmi Shankar Baipai
Profession Renowned Poet
Category Literature
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
5th Edition – 2022
Winner
India
2022
Admin
VSK Sood
Profession Founder
Organization Sangam Kala Group
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
5th Edition – 2022
Winner
India
2022
Dance
Dr. Rekha Mehra
Profession Kathak Exponent
Category Classical Dance
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
5th Edition – 2022
Winner
India
2022
Artist
Raghu Vyas
Profession Imaginary Realism Painter
Category Visual Arts
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
5th Edition – 2022
Winner
India
2022
Music
Pt. Tejendra Narayan Majumdar
Profession Sitar Maestro
Category Music
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
5th Edition – 2022
Winner
India
2022
Artist
Dipak Ghosh
Profession Renowned Painter
Category Visual Arts
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
5th Edition – 2022
Winner
India
2022
Dance
Anu Sinha
Profession Kathak Exponent
Organization International Centre
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
5th Edition – 2022
4th Edition

2021 Awardees

Winner
India
2021
Dance
Padma Shri Smt. Shovana Narayan
Profession Renowned Kathak Dancer
Category Classical Dance
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
4th Edition – 2021
Winner
India
2021
Author
Dr. Rama Singh
Profession Renowned Author & Poetess
Category Literature
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
4th Edition – 2021
Winner
India
2021
Author
Shri Prem Janmejai
Profession Renowned Hindi Author
Category Literature
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
4th Edition – 2021
Winner
India
2021
Author
Shri Tejender Sharma
Profession Renowned Hindi Fiction Writer
Category Literature
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
4th Edition – 2021
Winner
India
2021
Dance
Padma Shri Pratibha Prahlad
Profession Classical Dancer & Choreographer
Category Classical Dance
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
4th Edition – 2021
Winner
India
2021
Dance
Ms. Anuradha Sharma
Profession Kathak Exponent
Category Classical Dance
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
4th Edition – 2021
Winner
India
2021
Admin
Hon'ble Dr. Rishi Raj Singh Ji
Profession Former Director (Training UEPA)
Organization NIESBUD
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
4th Edition – 2021
Winner
India
2021
Travel
Mr. Amarjeet Singh Chawla
Profession "The Turban Traveller"
Category Art & Culture
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
4th Edition – 2021
Winner
India
2021
Sculptor
Padma Shri Ram V Sutar
Profession Eminent Sculptor
Organization President AIFACS
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
4th Edition – 2021
Winner
India
2021
Music
Padma Shri Malini Awasthi
Profession Renowned Singer
Category Music
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
4th Edition – 2021
Winner
India
2021
Dance
Ms. Prerna Shrimali
Profession Kathak Exponent
Category Classical Dance
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
4th Edition – 2021
3rd Edition

2020 Awardees

Winner
India
2020
Music
Pt. Rajendra Prasanna
Profession Renowned Flute Maestro
Category Music
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
3rd Edition – 2020
2nd Edition

2019 Awardees

Winner
India
2019
Music
Ustad Iqbal Ahmed Khan
Profession Indian Classical Vocalist
Category Music
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
2nd Edition – 2019
Winner
India
2019
Music
Deepmala Mohan
Profession Master of Folk Songs
Category Music
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
2nd Edition – 2019
Winner
India
2019
Author
Dr. Madhu Pant
Profession Educationist, Author
Organization Former Director, Bal Bhawan
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
2nd Edition – 2019
Winner
India
2019
Author
Prem Bhardwaj
Profession Gyan Bhikshu, Author
Category Literature
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
2nd Edition – 2019
Winner
India
2019
Author
Vivek Gautam
Profession Author & Poet
Category Literature
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
2nd Edition – 2019
1st Edition

2018 Awardees

Winner
India
2018
Dance
Padmashree Ranjana Gauhar
Profession Odissi Dancer
Category Classical Dance
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
1st Edition – 2018
Winner
India
2018
Dance
Guru Shashidhar Acharya
Profession Dance Guru
Category Classical Dance
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
1st Edition – 2018
Winner
India
2018
Theater
Mr. Santosh Nair
Profession Theatre Artist
Category Art & Culture
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
1st Edition – 2018
Winner
India
2018
Dance
Miss Reela Hota
Profession Odissi Dancer
Category Classical Dance
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
1st Edition – 2018
Winner
India
2018
Dance
Guru Jayarama Rao
Profession Kuchipudi Guru
Category Classical Dance
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
1st Edition – 2018
Winner
India
2018
Dance
Vanasshree Rao
Profession Dancer
Category Classical Dance
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
1st Edition – 2018
Winner
India
2018
Music
Miss Sunanda Sharma
Profession Classical Vocalist
Category Music
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
1st Edition – 2018
Winner
India
2018
Music
Pandit Bhajan Sopori
Profession Santoor Maestro
Category Music
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
1st Edition – 2018
Winner
India
2018
Artist
Dr. Meeta Pandit
Profession Artist
Category Art & Culture
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
1st Edition – 2018
Winner
India
2018
Theater
Ms. Lushin Dubey
Profession Theatre Artist
Category Art & Culture
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
1st Edition – 2018
Winner
India
2018
Contributor
Dr. Praveen Nair
Profession Distinguished Contributor
Category Art & Culture
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
1st Edition – 2018
Winner
India
2018
Dance
Ms. Bharti Shivaji
Profession Dancer
Category Classical Dance
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
1st Edition – 2018
Winner
India
2018
Contributor
Shubendra Rao
Profession Distinguished Contributor
Category Art & Culture
Award Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Award for the promotion of Art & Culture
1st Edition – 2018