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Sangeet Natak Akademi selects 106 young artists for Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar

18 October 2026 · ⏱ 2 ನಿಮಿಷ · GS-I: Art and culture

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ಸುದ್ದಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಏಕೆ?

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

Sangeet Natak Akademi selects 106 young artists for Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar
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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.

ಮೂಲಗಳು: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)

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ಮುಖ್ಯ ಅಂಶಗಳು

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.
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ಪ್ರಿಲಿಮ್ಸ್ · ಮೇನ್ಸ್

How the exam will ask it

ಪ್ರಿಲಿಮ್ಸ್

  • 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.

ಮೇನ್ಸ್

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.

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Quick recall

Answer before you reveal

ಯುವ ಕಲಾವಿದರಿಗಾಗಿನ ಉಸ್ತಾದ್ ಬಿಸ್ಮಿಲ್ಲಾ ಖಾನ್ ಯುವ ಪುರಸ್ಕಾರವನ್ನು ಯಾವ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ ನೀಡುತ್ತದೆ?

  1. ಲಲಿತ ಕಲಾ ಅಕಾಡೆಮಿ
  2. ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಅಕಾಡೆಮಿ
  3. ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ನಾಟಕ ಶಾಲೆ
  4. ಸಂಗೀತ ನಾಟಕ ಅಕಾಡೆಮಿ
ಉತ್ತರ ನೋಡಿ

ಉತ್ತರ: D — ಸರಿಯಾದ ಉತ್ತರ ಸಂಗೀತ ನಾಟಕ ಅಕಾಡೆಮಿ; ಸಂಗೀತ, ನೃತ್ಯ ಮತ್ತು ನಾಟಕಗಳ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಅಕಾಡೆಮಿಯ ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ಮಂಡಳಿ ಯುವ ಪುರಸ್ಕಾರ ವಿಜೇತರನ್ನು ಆಯ್ಕೆ ಮಾಡುತ್ತದೆ.

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