Sangita Kalanidhi, the prestigeous award from the Music Academy goes to vocalist Sangita Kalanidhi Trichur V. Ramachandran.
Trichy J. Venkataraman, a vocalist and T. Rukmani, violinist will receive Sangita Kala Acharya award
TTK Awards will be presented to mridangam vidwan Mullapudi Sriramamurthy, K.S. Raghunathan, musician and Recording expert.
Dr. Ritha Rajan is chosen to receive the Musicologist award for the year
The Pappa venkatramiah award for violin will be awarded to Smt. Lalitha Raghavan
Natya Kala Acharya for Dance will be awarded to Prof. Sudharani Raghupathy.