This is a list of the Sangeet Natak Akademi awards for the Indian classical dance form of Kathak, as well as gurus and well-known performers. Sangeet Natak Akademi awardees Shambhu Maharaj 1955 Sunder Prasad 1959 Mohanrao Kallianpurkar 1962 Birju Maharaj 1964 Damayanti Joshi 1968 Sitara Devi 1969 Roshan Kumari 1975 Rohini Bhate 1979 Kumudini Lakhia 1982 Durga Lal 1984 Uma Sharma 1987 Maya Rao 1989 Rani Karnaa 1996 Shovana Narayan 1999-2000 Rajendra Gangani 2002 Sunayana Hazarilal Agarwal 2003 Saswati Sen 2004 Munna Shukla 2006 Geetanjali Lal 2007 Shashi Sankhla 2008 Prerana Shrimali 2009 Vijay Shankar 2012 Uma Dogra 2014 Jitendra Maharaj 2016 Puru Dadheech 2018 Padma awardees Shambhu Maharaj Damayanti Joshi Sitara Devi Uma Sharma Nataraj Gopi Krishna(dancer)Gopi Roshan Kumari Birju Maharaj Kumudini Lakhia Shovana Narayan Sunayana Hazarilal Rani Karnaa Puru Dadheech Kamalini Asthana and Nalini Asthana Gharana founders Ishwari Prasad - Founder:Lucknow Gharana Raja Chakradhar Singh - Founder: Raigarh Gharana Lucknow gharana The following is a list of the Gurus of the Lucknow Gharana, beginning with the disciples of Ishwari Prasad: Wajid Ali Shah (1822 – 1887, Nawab of Oudh and patron of the arts) Lachhu Maharaj Shambhu Maharaj Maya Rao Damayanti Joshi Birju Maharaj Arjun Mishra Guru Bandana Sen Sushmita Banerjee Maharaj Ghulam Hussain Kathak Saswati Sen Vibha Dadheech Munna Shukla Nandkishore Kapote Shila Mehta Prerana Deshpande Gauri Jog Sushmita Banerjee Deepa Devasena Manjari Chaturvedi Pali Chandra Priti Singh • Mahua Shankar Jaipur gharana Sunder Prasad (Sundar Chunnilal Prasad) Puru Dadheech Mangala Bhatt Benaras gharana The following is a list of the gurus of the Benaras Gharana, beginning with the disciples of Janaki Prasad: Sitara Devi, daughter of Sukhdev Jitendra maharaj Disciple of Krishna Kumar maharaj Kamalini Asthana and Nalini Asthana Gurus (deceased) Damayanti Joshi Rohini Bhate Chitresh Das Rani Karnaa Maya Rao Birju Maharaj Arjun Mishra Current elder/senior gurus Guru Bandana Sen Roshan Kumari Puru Dadheech Nahid Siddiqui Kumudini Lakhia Maya Rao (1928-2014) Dr. Suchitra Harmalkar Nirupama Rajendra Nandini Singh Geetanjali Lal Shama Bhate Prerana Shrimali Nandkishore Kapote Saswati Sen Rajendra Gangani Shovana Narayan Pali Chandra Priti Singh Ina Shah Younger artists Priti Singh Suchandra Banerjee Jaya Sharma Prerana Deshpande Manoj Maharaj Kathak Maryada Kulshreastha (Maya) Manisha Gulyani Neha Pendse Shashwati Harmalkar Akram Khan (dancer) Chitresh Das Satya Narayana Charka Cynthia Ling Lee Marami Medhi References India dance-related lists Lists of dancers