Kumar Gandharva Samman

The Kumar Gandharva Samman is an Indian annual award for outstanding talent in the field of music established by the government of Madhya Pradesh in 1992. It is named after Kumar Gandharva, a classical singer.

Selection criteria

Performers of Indian classical music, Carnatic music, and Hindustani classical music between the ages of 25 and 45 are considered for the award each year. Nominations are filed with the state's department of culture, and a selection committee of experts makes the final decision.

Recipients

Recipients of the Kumar Gandharva Samman are given a scroll of honour and a cash prize.

List of recipients

Name	Year	Ref.
Ajoy Chakrabarty	1992–1993
Budhaditya Mukherjee	1993–1994
Rajan and Sajan Mishra	1994–1995
Narasimhan Ravikiran	1995–1996
Mukul Shivputra	1996–1997
Shahid Parvez	1997–1998
Umakant & Ramakant Gundecha	1998–1999
E. Gayathri	1999–2000
Uday Bhawalkar	2000–2001
Shujaat Khan	2001–2002
Rashid Khan	2002–2003
U. Srinivas	2003–2004
Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande	2004–2005
Ronu Majumdar	2005–2006
Arati Ankalikar Tikekar	2006–2007
Kala Ramnath	2007–2008
Sanjeev Abhyankar	2008–2009
Kamala Shankar	2009–2010
Satish Vyas	2010–2011
None	2011–2012
Rama Vaidyanathan	2012–2013
Manjiri Asanare-Kelkar	2013–2014
Bahauddin Dagar	2014–2015
Kapila Venu	2015–2016
Manjusha Kulkarni-Patil	2016–2017
Niladri Kumar	2017–2018
Niladri Kumar	2018–2019
Meeta Pandit	2019–2020
Debopriya and Suchismita Chatterjee	2020–2021