| Arvind Parikh | Music (Hindustani - Sitar) |
| R. Vedavalli | Music (Carnatic - Vocal) |
| Ram Gopal Bajaj | Theatre (Direction) |
| Sunil Kothari | Overall Contribution/Scholarship (Arts) |
| Prabhakar Karekar | Music (Hindustani - Vocal) |
| Padma Talwalkar | Music (Hindustani - Vocal) |
| * Arvind Mulgaonkar | Music (Hindustani - Tabla) |
| Kala Ramnath | Music (Hindustani - Violin) |
| K Omanakutty | Music (Carnatic - Vocal) |
| Neela Ramgopal | Music (Carnatic - Vocal) |
| Mysore M Manjunath | Music (Carnatic - Violin) |
| J. Vaidyanathan | Music (Carnatic - Mridangam) |
| Ningthoujam Shyamchand Singh | Music (Other Major Traditions of Music-Nata Sankirtana, Manipur) |
| Ahmed Hussain & Mohd. Hussain (Joint Award) | Music (Other Major Traditions of Music-Sugam Sangeet) |
| Ratnamala Prakash | Music (Other Major Traditions of Music-Sugam Sangeet) |
| Geeta Chandran | Dance (Bharatnatyam) |
| Jitendra Maharaj | Dance (Kathak) |
| Kalamandalam Ramachandran Unnithan | Dance (Kathakali) |
| Maisnam Kaminikumar Singh | Dance (Manipuri) |
| A B Bala Kondala Rao | Dance (Kuchipudi) |
| Ratikant Mohapatra | Dance (Odissi) |
| Haricharan Bhuyan Borbayan | Dance (Sattriya) |
| Gopal Prasad Dubey | Dance (Chhau-Seraikella) |
| Anita R Ratnam | Dance (Contemporary Dance) |
| Kusum Kumar | Theatre (Playwriting-Hindi) |
| Rajkamal Nayak | Theatre (Direction) |
| Bipin Kumar | Theatre (Direction) |
| Satyabrat Rout | Theatre (Direction) |
| Mohan Joshi | Theatre (Acting - After 2004) |
| Oinam Biramangol Singh | Theatre (Acting - After 2004) |
| Gireesan V | Theatre (Acting - After 2004) |
| Anjana Puri | Theatre (Allied Theatre Arts - Music for Theatre) |
| K Govind Bhat | Theatre (Other Major Traditions of Theatre - Yakshagana) |
| Avinash Pasricha | Overall Contribution/Scholarship (Performing Arts) |
| Pappu Venugopal Rao | Overall Contribution/Scholarship (Performing Arts) |
| Chiranji Lal | Traditional/Folk/Tribal/Dance/Music/Theatre and Puppetry (Mand - Rajasthan) |
| Laxmidhar Raut | Traditional/Folk/Tribal/Dance/Music/Theatre and Puppetry (Pala - Orissa) |
| Annabattula Lakshmi Mangatayaru & Leela Sai (Joint Award) | Traditional/Folk/Tribal/Dance/Music/Theatre and Puppetry (Traditional Theatre (Kalavantulu) - Andhra Pradesh) |
| Yogesh Gadhavi | Traditional/Folk/Tribal/Dance/Music/Theatre and Puppetry (Folk - Gujarat) |
| Braj Kishor Dubey | Traditional/Folk/Tribal/Dance/Music/Theatre and Puppetry (Folk Music - Bihar) |
| Vidyanand Saraik | Traditional/Folk/Tribal/Dance/Music/Theatre and Puppetry (Folk Music - Himachal Pradesh) |
| Gulzar Ahmad Ganie | Traditional/Folk/Tribal/Dance/Music/Theatre and Puppetry (Folk Music (Chakri) - Jammu & Kashmir) |
| Somnath D Chari | Traditional/Folk/Tribal/Dance/Music/Theatre and Puppetry (Traditional Music - Goa) |
| Dattatreya Aralikatte | Traditional/Folk/Tribal/Dance/Music/Theatre and Puppetry (Puppetry) |
| Prabhitangsu Das | Traditional/Folk/Tribal/Dance/Music/Theatre and Puppetry (Puppetry) |
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