The Music Academy

Musicians and Musicologists

Recipients of Special Honours and
Certificates of Merit at the Annual Conference - SAD AS

1950	Smt. C. Saraswathi Bai
1953	Tandava Pandita Bharatam Nallur Narayanaswami Iyer Jalatarangam Vidvan Ramaniah Chetty Vidvan Papanasam Si van Vidushi T. Jayammal
1955	Vidvan T.K. Sesha Iyengar Sri Annaswami Bhagavatar (Harikatha) Prof. P. Sambamoorthy Sri E. Krishna Iyer
1956	Jalatarangam Vidvan Anayampatti Subba Iyer Mridangam and Ghatam Vidvan Umayalpuram Kothandarama Iyer Violin Vidvan Madras C. Balakrishna Iyer Gotuvadyam Budalur Krishnamurthi Sastrigal Bharatanatyam Vidushi Mylapore Gowri Ammal
1958	Vidvan R. Anantakrishna Sarma Vidvan M. Ramalinga Bhagavatar Mridangam Vidvan Sakkottai Rangu Iyengar Nagaswaram Vidvan P.N. Angappa Pillai, Tiruchi Vidushi Veenai Shanmukhavadivu
1959	Ennapadam Venkatarama Bhagavatar Tanjore Mridangam Ramadoss Rao Vidvan Tinniyam Venkatarama Iyer Prof. Vissa Appa Rao
1960	Vidvan Palghat Subba Rao Prof. R. Srinivasan Vidvan Sermadevi Subramanya Sastrigal Pandit S.S. Ratanjankar, Lucknow
1961	Vidvan P. Veeriah Chowdhury, Hyderabad Vidvan Vidyala Narasimhalu Naidu
1962	Vidvan Varahur Muthuswamy Iyer Chilakalapudi Venkateswara Sarma Ghatam Vidvan Mani Iyer
1965	T.N.C. Venkatanarayanacharyulu
1966	Vidvan Erode Viswanatha Iyer Ghatam Vidvan Vilvadri Iyer
1967	B. Subba Rao, Mysore
1968	Umayalpuram S. Rajagopala Iyer
1969	Dr. V Raghavan
1970	Embar Vijayaraghavachariar (Harikatha)
1971	Mridangam Vidvan Karaikudi Muthu Iyer Vidvan Maruthuvakudi -Rajagopala Iyer (Gopu)
1972	Vidvan Nori Nagabhushanam, Hyderabad Veenai Vidvan S. Sundaram Iyer Mridangam Vidvan Tiruvarur Kunju (Rajagopala Iyer)
1973	V.V Narasimhachariar, Kakinada Vidvan Turaiyur Rajagopala Sarma Vidvan M.K. Kalayanakrishna Bhagavatar Vidvan C.S. Murugabhupathy
1974	Vidvan Titte Krishna Iyengar, Mysore Vidvan Pandanallur Nattuvanar M. Muthiah Pillai Sri Sandhyavandanam Srinivasa Rao
1975	Smt. Banni Bai (Harikatha) Dr. T.S. Ramakrishnan Mridanga Vidvan Kolanka Venkataraju
1976	Dikshitar Bi-Centenary: Special Souvenirs presented for contribution to the propagation of Dikshitar Kirtanas: Sangita Kalanidhi Smt. D.K. Pattammal Sri B. Rajam Iyer Kallidaikurichi Sri. M. Ramalinga Bhagavathar Kallidaikurichi K.H. Mahadeva Iyer Dr. S. Ramanathan
1977	Thiruvangadu Nagasvara Vidvan Sri. Subramania Pillai Valangaiman Thavil Vidvan Sri A. Shanmugasundaram Pillai Sri K.C. Thiagarajan Sri R.K. Venkatarama Sastri Sri K.R. Kumaraswamy Iyer Sri R. Rangaramanuja Aiyangar

1978	Sri Ramachandra Iyer Sri Aripirala Satyanarayanamurthy Sri V. Sethuramiah
1979	Sri Vazhuvur B. Ramiah Pillai
1980	Sri T.S. Balakrishna Sastrigal Sri Tiruchi Swaminatha Iyer
1981	Sri Dokka Sriramamurthy Sri A. Narayana Iyer Sri C.S. Krishna Iyer Sri K.P. Kittappa Pillai
1982	Vidvan Devakottai Sri Narayana Iyengar Dr. S. Venkitasubramania Iyer
1983	Sri Ramnad Easwaran Sri Pudukode K. Krishnamurti
1984	Sri R.K. Srikantan Vidushi T. Mukta
1985	Sri B. Rajam Iyer Sri Madirmangalam Ratnachandran Sri Srirangam Kannan
1986	Sri P.K. Rajagopala Iyer Sri VS. Gomatisankara Iyer
1987	Sri B.V.K. Shastri Vidvan Tanjavur Sankara Iyer
1988	Sri S.R. Janakiraman Sri M. Rajappa Iyer
1989	Vidvan Kalakkad S. Ramanarayana Aiyar Vidushi Kalpakam Swaminathan
1990	VidvanN.S. Krishnaswami
	Iyengar Vidvan Nagore Ambi Iyer
1991	Smt. Mani Krishnaswami Smt. R. Vedavalli
1992	Vidvan Sri S. Rajam Vidvan Sri Kuttalam Viswanatha Iyer
1993	Vidvan Thiruveezhimizhalai Sri S. Natarajasundaram Pillai Dr. Vempati Chinnasatyam Vidushi T.R. Kamalamoorthy
1994	Not awarded
1995	Vidvan Sri R. Pichumani Natyacharya Pandanallur Sri C. Subbaraya Pillai
1996	Smt. S. Sarada & Vidvan Sri M.S. Anantharaman
1997	Smt. K.J. Sarasa & Vidvan Madirimangalam Sri Ramachandran
1998	Smt. Kalanidhi Narayanan Smt. Dwaram Mangatayaru
1999	Vidvan Sri Mannargudi Sambasiva Bhagavatar and Vidushi Vidya Sankar
2000	Vidhushi Smt. Radha Jayalakshmi and Dr. Vyjayanthimala Bali
2000	Vidvan Sri V. Nagarajan Vidvan Haridwaramangalam Sri A.K. Palanivel
2001	Vidvan V. Thyagarajan Vidushi Nirmala Ramachandran
2002	Vidvan Dharmapuram T. Swaminathan Natyacharya T.K. Kalyanasundaram Pillai Vidvan Kalyanapuram Aravamudhan
2003	Sri S.R.D. Vaidyanathan Sri Guruvayur Dorai
2004	Vidvan Anayampatti Sri S. Ganesan Smt. T.R. Balamani
2005	Vidvan Ravikiran Guru Pandanallur Gopalakrishnan
2006	Vidushi Padmavathy Ananthagopalan Vidushi A. Kanyakumari
2007
2008

Awards