The Sangeet Natak Akademi instituted the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar (UBKUP) in the name of Bharat Ratna Ustad Bismillah Khan for young performing art practitioners up to the age of 40 years in 2006. The Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar is given annually to outstanding young artists in a diverse range of art forms including music, dance, drama, folk & tribal arts, and puppetry in a special ceremony held in Delhi and outside Delhi. The Yuva Puraskar carries a purse of INR 25,000/- (Rupees twenty-five thousand only), a plaque, and an angavastram.
The Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar was instituted with the noble aim of encouraging and motivating young artists in the fields of music, dance, drama, folk and tribal art forms, and other allied performing arts of the country. This award has the potential to significantly impact the careers of the recipients, providing them with recognition and support in their artistic journey. For more information about the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar and its recipients, visit https://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/press-releases. The list of recipients of Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar for the years 2022 and 2023 is as follows:
Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar for the year 2022
Field of Activity: Music -10
- Samit Mallick Hindustani Vocal
- Samarth Janve Hindustani Vocal
- Sangeet Mishra Hindustani Instrumental– Sarangi
- Partho Roy Choudhury Hindustani Instrumental – Santoor
- K. Gayatri Carnatic Vocal
- I. Sweta Prasad Carnatic Vocal
- B. Anantha Krishnan Carnatic Instrumental –Violin
- Sahana S.V Carnatic Instrumental – Veena
- Manoj Rai Creative & Experimental Music
- Nandini Rao Gujar Other Major Traditions of Music (Sugam Sangeet)
Field of Activity: Dance -10
- Mandakranta Roy Bharatanatyam
- Kadam Parikh Kathak
- Urmika Maibam Manipuri
- T. Reddi Lakshmi Kuchipudi
- Arupa Gayatri Panda Odissi
- Dimpee Baishya Sattriya
- Akshara M Das Mohiniattam
- Pradyumna Kumar Mohanta Chhau
- Mingma D. Lepcha Creative & Experimental Dance
- Aparna Nangiar Other Major Traditions of Dance and Dance Theatre
(Nangiarkoothu)
Field of Activity –Theatre – 08
- Beluru Raghunandan Playwriting
- Ifra Mushtaq Kak Direction
- Harishankar Ravi Direction
- Harwinder Singh Acting
- Kumar Ravikant Acting
- Siddhi Upadhye Acting
- Mukunda Nath Mime
- Sangeet Shrivastava Allied Theatre Arts – Lighting
Field of Activity: Other Traditional/Folk/Tribal Dance/Music/Theatre and Puppetry – 11
| 1. Lata Tiwari & Sanjay Datt Panday, (Joint Award) | Folk Music & Dance, Uttrakhand |
| 2. Chow Saratham Namchoom | Folk Music, Arunachal Pradesh |
| 3. Sampriya Pooja | Folk Music & Dance, Chhattisgarh |
| 4. Suryawanshi Pramila Kautikrao | Folk Dance Lavani, Maharashtra |
| 5. Kumar Uday Singh | Folk Dance, Bihar |
| 6. Nasarullah EPI | Folk Dance, Lakshadweep |
| 7. Binita Devi | Puppetry, Assam |
| 8. Mahesh Aba Satarkar | Folk Dance, Goa |
| 9. Vasava Mukeshbhai M. | Folk Dance, Gujarat |
| 10. Gulzar Ahmad Bhat | Folk Dance, Jammu & Kashmir |
| 11. Moirangthem Kendra Singh | Nata Sankirtan, Manipur |
Overall Contribution/Scholarship in Performing Arts – 1
- Anuthama Murali over all contribution in performing arts
Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar for the year 2023
Field of Activity: Music -10
- Anuja Zokarkar Hindustani Vocal
- Monika Soni Hindustani Vocal
- Rishi Shankar Upadhyay Hindustani Instrumental– Pakhawaj
- Sarang Rajan Kulkarni Hindustani Instrumental – Sarod
- S. R. Vinay Sharva Carnatic Vocal
- Ramakrishnan Murthy Carnatic Vocal
- Akshay Anantapadmanabhan Carnatic Instrumental –Mridangam
- Saikhom Pinky Devi Creative & Experimental Music
- Satyavathi Mudavath Creative & Experimental Music
- Nagesh Shankarrao Adgaonkar Other Major Traditions of Music (Abhang)
Field of Activity: Dance -10
- Apoorva Jayaraman Bharatanatyam
- Meghranjani Medhi Kathak
- Kalamandalam Vipin Sankar Kathakali
- Pukhrambam Reepa Devi Manipuri
- Muramalla Surendra Nadh Kuchipudi
- Debasis Pattnaik Odissi
- Mukunda Saikia Barbayan Sattriya
- Vidya Pradeep Mohiniattam
- Sunita Mahato Chhau
- Venkateshwaran Kuppuswamy Music for Dance
Field of Activity –Theatre – 08
- Priyadarshini Mishra Playwriting
- Bendang Walling Direction
- Suvojit Bandyopadhyay Direction
- Rutuja Rajan Bagwe Acting
- Vipan Kumar Acting
- Shruti Singh Acting
- Mallikarjuna Rao Bachala Allied Theatre Arts – Make-up
- Puneet Dimari & Amit Khanduri (Ramleela) Other Major Traditions Of Theatre
(Joint Award) Uttrakhand
Field of Activity: Other Traditional/Folk/Tribal Dance/Music/Theatre and Puppetry – 11
- Angadi Bhaskar Folk Music – Dappalu, Telangana
- Alok Bishoyi Folk Dance & Music, Odisha
- M. Prakash Folk Dance, Puducherry
- Padma Dolker Folk Music & Dance, Ladakh
- Sukhram Pahan Folk Music, Jharkhand
- Yusuf Khan Mewati Jogi Folk Music, Rajasthan
- Kalamandalam Ravisankar T S Folk Instrument (Chenda), Kerala
- Dixit Kushal Manvantray Folk Dance, Gujarat
- Priyanka Shakti Thakur Traditional Music, Maharashtra
- Anureet Pal Kaur Folk Music, Punjab
- Charu Sharma Folk Music, Himachal Pradesh
Overall Contribution/Scholarship in Performing Arts – 1
- Laxminarayan Jena over all contribution in performing arts