– Kamini Kumar Narzary (Bodo Tribal Dance, Assam) 1983 – Dharmiklal Chunilal Pandya (Akhyana), Gujarat 1983 – Lalit Chandra Ojha (Ojapali and Deodhani Dances, Assam) 1984 – Balakrushna Dash (Odissi Music, Orissa) 1985 – Mohan Chandra Barman (Bhaona, Assam) 1984 – Bhubaneswar Mishra (Odissi Music, Orissa) 1987 – Bhupen Hazarika (Folk Music, Assam) 1988 – Pratima Barua Pandey (Folk Music, Assam) 1989 – Rajen Pam (Tribal Music, Assam) 1990 – Rameshwar Pathak (Folk Music, Assam) 1991 – Puranchand Wadali & Pyarelal Wadali (Folk Music), Punjab 1992 – Khagen Mahanta (Folk Music, Assam) 1994 – M. Boyer (Tiatr), Goa 1995 – Teejan Bai (Pandavani), Madhya Pradesh 1997 – Arghya sen [(Rabindra Sangeet), West Bengal 1997 – P. R. Thilagam, Kuravanji performer, Tamil Nadu 1998 – Ghulam Mohammad Saznawaz, Jammu and Kashmir 2002 – Dilip Sarma & Sudakshina Sarma (Jyoti Sangeet, Assam - Joint Award) 2003 – Prabhat Sarma (traditional & Folk Music, Assam) 2003 – Kosha Kanta Deva Goswami (Mask Making Bhaona, Assam) 2003 – Banamali Maharana (Odissi Music, Orissa) 2005 – Khirod Khakhlari (Bodo Dance & Music, Assam) 2005 – Kashinath Pujapanda (Odissi Music, Orissa) 2005 – Mathoor Govindan Kutty (Kathakali), Kerala 2007 – Subodh Debbarma (Folk dance), Tripura 2007 – Amar Pal (Folk Song), West Bengal 2008 – Kartar Singh (Gurbani), Punjab 2008 – Mangi Bai Arya (Mand), Rajasthan 2008 – Lakha Khan Mangniyar, (Folk Music), Rajasthan 2008 – Bansi Lal Khilari (Khayal), Rajasthan 2009 – Bhikhudan Gadhvi (Folk music), Gujarat 2010 – Harbhajan Singh Namdhari (Gurbani Kirtan), Punjab 2010 – Nazeer Ahmed Khan Warsi and Naseer Ahmed Khan Warsi (Qawwali), Andhra Pradesh 2010 – Dwijen Mukherjee (Rabindra Sangeet), West Bengal 2010 – Chandabai Tiwadi (Bharud), Maharashtra 2010 – T. Somasundaram (Folk dance), Tamil Nadu 2010 – Krishna Kumari (Folk music: Bhakha), Jammu and Kashmir 2010 – Chand Jagdish Tiwadi (Folk theatre: Bharud), Maharashtra 2011 – Trippekulam Achuta Marar, Kerala 2011 – Hemant Chauhan (Folk Music), Gujarat 2011 – Gurmeet Bawa (Folk Music), Punjab 2011 – Kashiram Sahu (Folk Theatre), Chhattisgarh 2011 – Mipham Otsal (Traditional Theatre), Jammu & Kashmir 2011 – Bellagallu Veeranna (Togalu Gombeyatta, Puppetry), Karnataka 2011 – Gopal Chandra Das (Putul Nach), Tripura 2011 – Kasmi Khan Niyazi (Making of musical Instrument), DeIhi 2012 – Go Ru Channabasappa (Folk Music - Karnataka) 2012 – Kinaram Nath Oja (Suknani Ojapali - Assam) 2012 – Prem Singh Dehati (Folk Music - Haryana) 2012 – Sulochana Chavan (Lavani -