| Umakant Gundecha & Ramakant Gundecha (Joint Award) | Music (Hindustani - Vocal) |
| Lalith J. Rao | Music (Hindustani - Vocal) |
| Yogesh Samsi | Music (Hindustani - Tabla) |
| Rajendra Prasanna | Music (Hindustani - Flute) |
| M.S.Sheela | Music (Carnatic - Vocal) |
| Suma Sudhindra | Music (Carnatic - Veena) |
| Shashank Subramanyam | Music (Carnatic - Flute) |
| Tirvarur Vaidyanathan | Music (Carnatic - Mridangam) |
| Gurnam Singh | Music (Other Major Traditions of Music-Gurbani) |
| Haimanti Sukla | Music (Other Major Traditions of Music-Sugam Sangeet) |
| Madhurani | Music (Other Major Traditions of Music-Sugam Sangeet) |
| Rama Vaidyanathan | Dance (Bharatnatyam) |
| Shobha Koser | Dance (Kathak) |
| Madambi Subramanian | Dance (Kathakali) |
| L.N.Oinam Ongdi Doni Devi | Dance (Manipuri) |
| Deepika Reddy | Dance (Kuchipudi) |
| Sujata Mohapatra | Dance (Odissi) |
| Ramkrishna Talukdar | Dance (Sattriya) |
| Janmajay Saibabu | Dance (Chhau-Mayurbhanj) |
| Ashit Desai | Dance (Music for Dance) |
| Abhiram Bhadakamkar | Theatre (Playwriting - After 2012) |
| Bapi Bose | Theatre (Direction) |
| Sunil Shanbagh | Theatre (Direction) |
| Anil Tickoo | Theatre (Acting - After 2004) |
| Deepak Tiwari | Theatre (Acting - After 2004) |
| Hema Singh | Theatre (Acting - After 2004) |
| Avtaar Sahani | Theatre (Allied Theatre Arts - Lighting) |
| Nuruddin Ahmed | Theatre (Allied Theatre Arts - Stagecraft) |
| Shougrakpam Hemanta Singh | Theatre (Other Major Traditions of Theatre- Shumang Leela - Manipur) |
| Sandhya Purecha | Overall Contribution/Scholarship (Dance) |
| Parvathy Baul | Traditional/Folk/Tribal/Dance/Music/Theatre and Puppetry (Baul - West Bengal) |
| Anwar Khan Manganiyar | Traditional/Folk/Tribal/Dance/Music/Theatre and Puppetry (Folk Music - Rajasthan) |
| Rakesh Tiwari | Traditional/Folk/Tribal/Dance/Music/Theatre and Puppetry (Folk Music - Chhatisgarh) |
| Saravjit Kaur | Traditional/Folk/Tribal/Dance/Music/Theatre and Puppetry (Folk Music - Punjab) |
| Ramchandra Majhi | Traditional/Folk/Tribal/Dance/Music/Theatre and Puppetry (Folk Music - Bihar) |
| K.C.Runremsangi | Traditional/Folk/Tribal/Dance/Music/Theatre and Puppetry (Folk Music - Mizoram) |
| Sudip Gupta | Traditional/Folk/Tribal/Dance/Music/Theatre and Puppetry (Pupperty - West Bengal) |
| Mukund Nayak | Traditional/Folk/Tribal/Dance/Music/Theatre and Puppetry (Folk Music - Jharkhand) |
| Jagannath Baayan | Traditional/Folk/Tribal/Dance/Music/Theatre and Puppetry (Traditional Music (Khol) - Assam) |
| Prakash Khandge | Traditional/Folk/Tribal/Dance/Music/Theatre and Puppetry (Folk Arts - Maharashtra) |
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