N. Ravikiran - Awards

Awards

Ravikiran is one of the most decorated artistes from India at the International, National, State and artistic levels. In most cases, he has been the first or youngest to have received such recognition, including a Fellowship from The Madras Music Academy at age two.

International Level:

· Millennium Festival Award (Millennium Commission, Government of UK) - 2000
- Best Contemporary World Album (New Age Voice Awards, USA) - 2001
- Citation from City of Houston, USA
- Citation from City of Tulsa, USA

National & State Level:

- President of India's Sangeet Natak Akademi Award - 2007
· Star of India Award (Wisdom International) - 1985
- Sanskriti Award (Sanskriti Foundation) - 1990
- Kalaimamani (Tamil Nadu State Award) - 1985
- Kumar Gandharva Samman (Madhya Pradesh State Award) - 1996

Artistic:

· Arul Isai Selvan - 1973
- Music Academy Senior Awards - several, since 1979
- Lion's International Award - 1979
- Nada Sudharnava - 1980
- Tantri Gana Visharada - 1983
- Sangeet Samraat (Wisdom International) - 1985
- Rotary Vocational Award - 1985
- Madhura Naada Mannar - 1986
- Isai Peroli (Kartik Fine Arts) - 1991
- Sangeeta Choodamani (Krishna Gana Sabha) - 1995
- Chitravina Vidya Varidhi (Yarl Society, Perth, Australia) - 1996
- Kumar Gandharva Award (Kumar Gandharva Foundation, Bombay) - 2000
- Vadya Ratnakara (India Fine Arts, Austin, TX), 2002
- Lifetime Achievement Award (Kanchi Foundation, India), 2003
- Harvard Sangeet Award (Harvard University, USA), 2005
- TTK Award (Music Academy, Madras, India), 2003
- Sangeeta Sapta Saagara (Shanti Fine Arts, Chennai, India), 2005
- Nalli Season Award (Nalli Foundation, Chennai, India), 2006
- Ragalaya Sagara by Ragalaya Foundation, London, Jan 2008
- Sangeeta Ratnakara, Cleveland, USA, 2010
- Rotary Lifetime Award, July 2011