List of Fellows of the Lalit Kala Akademi

Lalit Kala Akademi Fellowship (Ratna)
Awarded by Lalit Kala Akademi, Government of India
Category Fine Arts (Individual)
Description
Description Honour for the fine arts
in India
Instituted 1955
First awarded 1955
Last awarded 2006
First awardee(s) Jamini Roy (1955)

The Lalit Kala Akademi Fellowship, also, Lalit Kala Akademi Ratna (Sanskrit ratna, "gem") is an honour for the fine arts in India, given to eminent artists for their lifetime achievements in the field of visual arts. It is awarded by the Lalit Kala Akademi, India's National Academy of Art, it is the highest honour in the fine arts conferred by the Government of India.

The ‘Fellow,’ carries a purse-money of Rs.25,000/-, a citation and a plaque. The Fellow is honoured with a portfolio about their major art works. The first elected fellow, in 1955, was the artist Jamini Roy.

List of Fellows

No. Name of the Fellow Year

  1. Jamini Roy 1955
  2. Nandalal Bose 1956
  3. D. P. Roy Chowdhury 1962
  4. Kuppali Venkatappa 1962
  5. Akbar Padamsee 1962
  6. O. C. Ganguly 1963
  7. Vinayak Pandurang Karmarkar 1964
  8. S. L. Haldar 1964
  9. Rai Kishan Dass 1964
  10. G. Venkatachalam 1965
  11. C. Sivaramamurti 1965
  12. Benode Behari Mukherjee 1970
  13. Ravi Shankar Raval 1970
  14. Anil Karanjai 1972
  15. N. S. Bendre 1974
  16. Mulk Raj Anand 1974
  17. Umesh Chopra 1975
  18. Ram Kinker Baij 1976
  19. Kanwal Krishna 1976
  20. Kattingeri Krishna Hebbar 1976
  21. K. C. S. Paniker 1976
  22. M. F. Hussain 1978
  23. Dhanraj Bhagat 1978
  24. B. C. Sanyal 1980
  25. Karl J. Khandalavala 1980
  26. V. R. Amberkar 1980
  27. P. T. Reddy 1980
  28. K. S. Kulkarni 1982
  29. S. Dhanapal 1982
  30. Sankho Chaudhuri 1982
  31. Prodosh Dasgupta 1982
  32. M. S. Randhawa 1982
  33. K. H. Ara 1984
  34. S. H. Raza 1984
  35. K. G. Subramanyan 1985
  36. K. Sreenivasulu 1985
  37. Shaivax Chavda 1986
  38. Paritosh Sen 1986
  39. Mukul Dey 1987
  40. Svetoslav Roerich 1987
  41. Ram Gopal Vijaiwargiya 1988
  42. Ranbir Singh Bisht 1988
  43. Bimal Dasgupta 1990
  44. Radha Mohan (art teacher) 1990
  45. A. S. Raman 1993
  46. Amar Nath Sehgal 1993
  47. Kapila Vatsyayan 1995
  48. Anand Dev 1995
  49. Dinkar Shankar Thopte 1996
  50. Sheshirao Biradar 1997
  51. A. Ramachandran 2002
  52. Bikash Bhattacharjee 2003
  53. Keshav Malik 2004
  54. Jeram Patel 2007
  55. M. V. Krishnan 2007[1]
  56. Ram Kumar 2011 [2]

References

  1. "13 eminent artists given Lalit Kala Ratna awards". www.oneindia.com. 2007-09-10. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
  2. "List of Fellowship Awardees". Retrieved 2012-03-25.
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