| 1936 |
Sir Meverel Statham |
| 1937 |
Hon. Dr.P. Subbaroyan |
| 1938 |
Sir Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer,Kt. |
| 1939 |
Sri Samuel Ranganathan, Kt. |
| 1940 |
Sir Muhammed Usman, K.C.I.E |
| 1941 |
Dr. Sir. A. Lakshmanaswamy Mudaliar, Kt. |
| 1942 |
Sir T.R. Venkatarama Sastri, CLE |
| 1943 |
Sri S.V. Ramamurthy |
| 1944 |
Sri K. Ramunni Menon |
| 1945 |
Sri S.R.U. Savoor |
| 1947 |
Hon. Sri B. Gopala Reddy |
| 1948 |
Hon. Sri K. Madhava Menon |
| 1950 |
Hon. Sri M. Bhaktavatsalam |
| 1951 |
Hon. Sri T.T. Krishnamachari |
| 1952 |
Sri K. Srinivasan |
| 1953 |
Hon. Sri C. Subramaniam |
| 1954 |
Hon. Justice Sri M. Patanjali Sastri |
| 1955 |
Sir S. Varadachariar, Kt. |
| 1956 |
Hon. Sri Nityananda Kanungo |
| 1957
|
Sangita Kalanidhi K. Vasudevachar |
| 1958 |
H.E. Sri B. Ramakrishna Rao |
| 1959 |
Sri J.C. Mathur |
| 1960 |
Hon. Sri T.T. Krishnamachari |
| 1961 |
Sangita Kalanidhi Musiri Subramanya Iyer |
| 1962 |
Sangita Kalanidhi T.L. Venkatarama Iyer |
| 1964 |
Hon. Justice Mr. M. Ananthanarayanan |
| 1965
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Hon. Chief Justice Mr.P. Chandra Reddi |
| 1966 |
Sri R. Venkataswami Naidu |
| 1968 |
Hon. Dr. Karan Singh |
| 1969 |
Hon. Dr.V.K.R.V. Rao |
| 1970 |
H.E. Sri Dharam Vira |
| 1971 |
Smt. Rukmini Devi |
| 1972 |
Sangita Kalanidhi Chembai
Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar |
| 1973 |
Elayaraja of Travancore Sri Marthanda Varma |
