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Sangeet Natak Akademi selects 106 young artists for Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar
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106 young artists honoured, but which body gives the Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar? Art and culture bodies decoded
The Sangeet Natak Akademi picked 106 young artists for the Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar for 2024 and 2025.
Why it matters: factual, Prelims-type
What you need to know
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The General Council of the Sangeet Natak Akademi selected 106 young artists for the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar for 2024 and 2025 at a meeting in New Delhi.
The award, named after the shehnai maestro, recognises young talent in music, dance and theatre.
The Sangeet Natak Akademi is the national academy for music, dance and drama under the Ministry of Culture.
स्रोत: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
मुख्य तथ्य
Remember these
- The Sangeet Natak Akademi's General Council selected 106 young artists for the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar for 2024 and 2025.
- The award is named after shehnai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan and recognises young talent in music, dance and theatre.
- The Sangeet Natak Akademi is the national academy for music, dance and drama, functioning under the Ministry of Culture.
- The Akademi was set up in 1952 as India's first national academy of the arts.
- The Selection was made at a meeting held in New Delhi.
प्रीलिम्स · मेन्स
How the exam will ask it
प्रीलिम्स
- The Sangeet Natak Akademi is the national academy for music, dance and drama and works under the Ministry of Culture.
- The Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar is given to young artists in music, dance and theatre.
- Lalit Kala Akademi (visual arts) and Sahitya Akademi (literature) are separate national academies, and the National School of Drama is a training institution.
- Ustad Bismillah Khan was a shehnai maestro and a Bharat Ratna awardee.
मेन्स
GS-I (Art and culture): the state's role in preserving and promoting performing arts. The Sangeet Natak Akademi under the Ministry of Culture recognises talent through awards like the Yuva Puraskar, which encourages younger practitioners of traditional forms. Way forward: pair recognition with scholarships, training access and platforms so that young artists in rural and tribal regions can sustain their art.
Quick recall
Answer before you reveal
The Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar for young artists is conferred by which institution?
- Lalit Kala Akademi
- Sahitya Akademi
- National School of Drama
- Sangeet Natak Akademi
उत्तर देखें
उत्तर: D — The correct answer is the Sangeet Natak Akademi, the national academy for music, dance and drama, whose General Council selects the Yuva Puraskar awardees.
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