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Kalam to honour award winners of Sangeet academy
Mumbai, July 06: The winners of the prestigious Sangeet Natak Academy (SNA) awards will be honoured by the President A P J Abdul Kalam here today.
Mumbai, July 06: The winners of the prestigious
Sangeet Natak Academy (SNA) awards will be honoured by the
President A P J Abdul Kalam here today.
Eminent personalities and dignatories from various fields
of performing arts will be participating in the function
organised by SNA--the National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama-- at the Nehru Centre in central Mumbai.
The Delhi-based SNA began conferring honours since 1952
to recognise excellence and achievement of artists on a
national basis.
SNA fellowship is restricted to 30 living artists
scholars at any given point of time, an academy release said.
This year, 27 eminent artists have been selected for 25
academy awards including a joint award.
The function will also be attended by Maharashtra governor, Mohd Fazal and Union Minister for Tourism and Culture Jagmohan.
In the category of dance, Malvika Sarukkai (Bharatnatyam) Rajendra Gangani (Kathak), K Ongbi Leipaklotpi Devi (Manipuri), Kiran Segal (Odissi) and Sambhu Bhattacharya (creative dance) will be honoured.
Bureau Report
The function will also be attended by Maharashtra governor, Mohd Fazal and Union Minister for Tourism and Culture Jagmohan.
In the category of dance, Malvika Sarukkai (Bharatnatyam) Rajendra Gangani (Kathak), K Ongbi Leipaklotpi Devi (Manipuri), Kiran Segal (Odissi) and Sambhu Bhattacharya (creative dance) will be honoured.
Bureau Report