The General Council of the Akademi, which met on 27 December 2006 and 15 February 2007, elected
five eminent personalities in the performing arts as Akademi Ratnas (Akademi Fellows). The General
Council also selected 33 eminent artists for Akademi Puraskar (Awards) for the year 2006. The Akademi
Ratna (Fellowship) and Akademi Puraskar (Awards) carry a purse of Rs. 50,000, a shawl, and a tamrapatra.
The names of the Akademi Fellows and Akademi Awardees for the year 2006 are given below:

FELLOWS

Gursharan Singh
Kishan Maharaj
Rohini Bhate

T.N. Krishnan
N. Khelchandra Singh

AWARDEES
Music

Vijay Kumar Kichlu
Rashid Khan
Shahid Parvez Khan
Kumar Bose

D. Pasupathi
Chingleput Ranganathan
Chitravina N. Ravikiran
Thiruvaarur Bakthavathsalam

Dance

S. Narmada
Munna Shukla
Kottakkal Chandra Sekharan
Surendra Nath Jena
Pasumarthy Rattaiah Sarma
Kalamandalam Vimala Menon
Gorima Hazarika
Kalamandalam Gangadharan

Theatre

Prabhat Kumar Bhattacharya

E. Joychandra Singh
R. Nagesh
Amitava Dasgupta
Dharani Barman
Gita Dey

K. Kaladharan Nair
Gautam Bhattacharya

Traditional/Folk/Tribal Dance, Music, Theatre and Puppetry

Kalyanapuram R. Aravamudan
Emerson Thangkhiew

K. Mangi Singh
Om Prakash Sharma
Syed Iqbal Malangami
Sarif Idu Chundhar
Het Ram Tanwar
Naurang Bhat

Overall Contribution/Scholarship in the Performing Arts

Rekha Jain

The Akademi Award presentation ceremony was held in Kamani Auditorium, New Delhi on 1 March 2007.
The Awards were presented by the President of India, Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, in the presence of Shri Ram
Niwas Mirdha, Chairman of the Akademi, and Shri Kavalam Narayana Panikikar, Vice-Chairman.