Sampath Kumar D.Y. - Awards and Laurels

Awards and Laurels

1957 - First Prize among 1400 artists for the ‘Andhra Jalari’ (Fisher Man) dance item in the All India Dance competitions held at New Delhi.

1960 - First Prize in the International Agricultural Exhibition held at Delhi for the Folk dance item ‘Sankranti’ (Harvest Festival)

1960 - First Prize ‘Swarna Kalasam’ among 18 states for the dance drama “Abhijñānaśākuntalam” in the National Sanskrit Drama Competitions held at Ujjain.

1961 - First Prize among 17 states for Tagore’s dance drama “Kabuliwala” during Tagore’s Centenary Birthday Celebrations held at Calcutta.

1964 - “Abhijñānaśākuntalam” Sanskrit dance drama, performed before several Governors and Chief Minister at Ravindra Bharati, Hyderabad drew the special acclaim of President Dr. Radakrishnan and Prime Minister Pandit Nehru.

1965 – Received President's commendation memento.

1973 – Gold Medal for the dance theme “Andhra Jalari” which was adjudged First among 143 countries at the International Dance Competitions held at East German’s Capital Berlin City.

1974 – Citation for the ballet ‘Shiva Parvati’ Urdhva Thandava Sampradaya in Moscow Cultural Competitions.

1980 – First Prize for ‘Tillana’ in the All India Bharatanatyam Competitions at Hyderabad.

1982 – First Prize for the dance drama ‘Ksheerasagaramadhanam’ among 56 participants at the state level dance drama competitions at Hyderabad.

1986 – To crown his achievements, Andhra University conferred on him honorary doctorate and the title “Kalaprapoorna”.

1988 - He was conferred Soviet Land Nehru Award by the USSR as a part Indo-Soviet Cultural Exchange.

1990 - He was felicitated for his contributions to Indian dance at the annual TANA Conference in Mauritius.

1993 - He was invited to New York, United States of America by TANA and was awarded the International Cultural Award and Man of the Year.

1994 - He received the prestigious Ugadi Puraskar from Madras Telugu Academy.

1995 - He choreographed the Andhra Jalari Dance in the K. Viswanath directed Telugu Movie Subha Sankalpam starring the famous Kamal Hasan.