The Ministry of Culture announced that Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat will confer the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar for 2024 and 2025 to 106 young artists in the fields of music, dance, and drama. The award ceremony is scheduled for October 19, 2026, at 10 a.m. at Meghdoot Complex, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi. Secretary of Ministry of Culture Vivek Aggarwal will be the Guest of Honour, while Sangeet Natak Akademi Chairman Dr. Sandhya Purecha will preside over the event.
The Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar, instituted by Sangeet Natak Akademi in 2006, recognizes artists up to 40 years of age. The General Council of Sangeet Natak Akademi unanimously selected the 106 awardees during its meeting held from March 22-26, 2026, in New Delhi. Each award carries a purse money of ₹25,000 (Rupees twenty-five thousand only) along with a Tamrapatra and Angavastram.
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