Kumar Gandharva Samman Explained

The Rashtriya Kumar Gandharva Samman was established by the government of Madhya Pradesh in 1992 as an annual national honour presented to outstanding talent in the field of music. The award is named after Pandit Kumar Gandharva, an Indian classical singer of national and international repute.^{[1] [2]}

Selection criteria

The age limit of artists is between 25 and 45 years of age. Artists involved in Indian classical music, Carnatic music, and Hindustani music factions are considered for the award every year. Nominations for the Kumar Gandharva Samman are filed with the Department of Culture and a selection committee of experts makes the final decision. The recommendation of the selection committee is binding for the Madhya Pradesh government.^{[3] [4]}

Recipients

Recipients of the Kumar Gandharva Rashtriya Samman are given a scroll of honour and a cash prize of Rs. 1.25 lakh.

List of Recipients!Name!Year!Ref.

Ajoy Chakrabarty	1992-93	^[5]
Budhaditya Mukherjee	1993-94	^[6]
Rajan and Sajan Mishra	1994-95
Narasimhan Ravikiran	1995-96	^[7]
Mukul Shivputra	1996-97	^[8]
Shahid Parvez	1997-98
Umakant-Ramakant Gundecha	1998-99
E. Gayathri	1999-20
Uday Bhawalkar	2000-01
Shujaat Khan	2001-02
Rashid Khan	2002-03	^[9]
U. Srinivas	2003-04
Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande	2004-05	^[10]
Ronu Majumdar	2005-06
Aarti Ankalikar Tikekar	2006-07	^[11]
Kala Ramnath	2007-08	^[12]
Sanjeev Abhyankar	2008-09
Kamala Shankar	2009-10	^[13]
None	2010-11	^[14]
None	2011-12
Rama Vaidyanathan	2012-13	^[15]
Manjiri Asanare- Kelkar	2013-14
Bahauddin Dagar	2014-15
Kapila Venu	2015-16	^[16]
Manjusha Kulkarni-Patil	2016-17
Niladri Kumar	2017-18	^[17]
None	2018-19	^[18]
Meeta Pandit	2019-20
Debopriya and Suchismita Chatterjee	2020-21

Notes and References

1. News: Paul. G. s. 2017-04-29. Continuing a thousand-year-old tradition. en-IN. The Hindu. 2021-04-24. 0971-751X.
2. Web site: Kumar Gandharva: The "Maharaj" of Malwa. 2021-04-24. Outlook Traveller. en-US.
3. https://www.indiaculture.nic.in/sites/default/files/annual-reports/Ministry%20of%20Culture%20AR%20English.pdf Ministry of Culture Annual Report
4. Web site: 2017-04-10.

   Department Of Public Relations,Madhya Pradesh::

   . 2021-04-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20170410213811/http://mpinfo.org/MPinfoStatic/hindi/award/kumargandharva.asp. 2017-04-10.
5. Music Today . November 7, 2014 . Pt Ajoy Chakrabarty. 2020-11-29. India Today. en.
6. Web site: Tathagata Ray Chowdhury. May 23, 2015. I have never begged anyone for concerts: Pandit Budhaditya Mukherjee Kolkata News - Times of India. 2020-11-29. The Times of India. en.
7. Web site: 2019-07-24. Chitravina N. Ravikiran - Music Composer. 2021-04-24. Chennaiyil Thiruvaiyaru. en-US.
8. Web site: Singh. Saumit. 2014-04-02. The forgotten Gandharva putra. 2021-04-24. DNA India. en.
9. Web site: A Jugalbandhi Of Sitar And Violin. 2021-04-24. Lokvani.
10. News: 2014-10-25. Jasrangi: Sanjeev Abhyankar & Ashwini Bhide Deshpande. en-IN. The Hindu. 2021-04-24. 0971-751X.
11. Web site: Pawar. Yogesh. 2012-12-03. Soak in the music at Gunidas Sangeet Sammelan. 2021-04-24. DNA India. en.
12. Web site: Staff. 2008-04-06. MP: Gandharva Samaroh to begin from Apr 8. 2021-04-24. www.oneindia.com. en.
13. News: Krishnamachari. Suganthy. 2019-01-10. Giving Hawaiian guitar a classical makeover. en-IN. The Hindu. 2021-04-24. 0971-751X.
14. Web site: 2010-10-20. Award for Satish Vyas. 2021-04-24. Hindustan Times. en.
15. S. Sahaya Ranjit . October 1, 2001 . Shujaat Husain Khan receives Rashtriya Kumar Gandharva Samman by MP Govt. 2021-04-24. India Today. en.
16. Web site: Bella Jaisinghani. Oct 31, 2015. Shekhar 'Kabir' Sen to receive Kumar Gandharva Award India News - Times of India. 2021-04-24. The Times of India. en.
17. Web site: Kumar Gandharva Award for Koodiyattam exponent Kapila Venu. 2021-04-24. The New Indian Express.
18. Web site: 2018-04-05. सितारवादक निलाद्री कुमार को दिया जाएगा कुमार गंधर्व सम्मान. 2021-04-24. Dainik Bhaskar. hi.