61st annual Lalit Kala Akademi awards conferred by President Kovind

President Ram Nath Kovind conferred the 61st annual awards of the National Lalit Kala Akademi to 15 artists at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. The awardees were honoured with a shawl, plaque and cash prize worth Rs 1 lakh. The National Lalit Kala Akademi awards are conferred to recognize individuals for their outstanding work in the field of art. The awardees are selected by an esteemed panel of judges, nominated by the Akademi. The final 15 awardees were selected from among 283 artworks.

Below is the complete list of winners of 61st annual National Lalit Kala Akademi Awards:

S. No.	Award Winner	State
1	Anoop Kumar Manzukhi Gopi	Thrissoor, Kerala
2	David Malakar	Kolkata, West Bengal
3	Devendra Kumar Khare	Vadodara, Gujarat
4	Dinesh Pandya	Mumbai, Maharashtra
5	Faruque Ahmed Halder	Kolkata, West Bengal
6	Hari Ram Kumbhawat	Jaipur, Rajasthan
7	Keshari Nandan Prasad	Jaipur, Rajasthan
8	Mohan Kumar T	Bengaluru, Karnataka
9	Ratan Krishna Saha	Mumbai, Maharashtra
10	Sagar Vasant Kamble	Mumbai, Maharashtra
11	Satwinder Kaur	New Delhi
12	Sunil Thiruvayur	Ernakulam, Kerala
13	Tejaswi Narayan Sonawane	Solapur, Maharashtra
14	Yashpal Singh	Delhi
15	Yashwant Singh	Delhi

History of Lalit Kala Akademi

The Lalit Kala Akademi- the National Academy of Arts was set up by the central government as an autonomous body on August 5, 1954. The Akademi received statutory authority in 1957 under the Societies Registration Act 1860. The Akademi aims to involve all genres of creativity in its activities and has a vision that takes care of both traditional Indian art as well as contemporary art by helping artists imbibe many contemporary happenings in the international art scene.

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