| 2001 |
Vidvan Kumbhakonam M. Rajappa Iyer
Vidushi Sulochana Pattabhi Raman |
| 2002 |
Vidushi Kalpakam Swaminathan Prof. T.R. Subramaniam
Vidvan Nookala Chinna Satyanarayana |
| 2003 |
Vidvan M.S. Anantharaman
Natya Acharya Adyar K. Lakshman |
| 2004 |
V.P. Dhananjayan
Smt. Rukmani Rajagopalan |
| 2005 |
Vidvan B.V Raman
Vidushi Seethalakshmi Venkatesan |
| 2006 |
Vidvan C.V Chandrasekhar
Vidushi Seetha Rajan |
| 2007 |
Vidvan Sri B. Krishnamoorthy
Vidvan Sri V. Subramanyam
|
| 2008 |
Vidvan Sri Mavelikkara K Velu Kutty Nair
Vidushi Smt. Sarada Hoffman |
| 2009 |
Vidvan
Trivandrum Sri. R. Venkataraman |
