Announcement of Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship (Akademi Ratna) & Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards (Akademi Puraskar) for the years 2024 and 2025 and Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar for the years 2024 and 2025

• Sangeet Natak Akademi (SNA) is India's National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama, under the Ministry of Culture; it confers the country's highest state recognition for performing arts.
• Three honours: Akademi Ratna (Fellowship) — lifetime, capped at 40 living fellows; Akademi Puraskar (Award) — mid-career; Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar — for artists under 40.
• Examinable as a GS-I (Indian culture) + Art & Culture Prelims factoid; the 2024–25 combined cycle was announced on 10 June 2026.