This is a list of the Sangeet Natak Akademi awardees for the Indian classical dance form of Kathak, as well as gurus and well-known performers.
- Shambhu Maharaj 1955
- Baijnath Prasad "Lacchu Maharaj" 1957
- Sunder Prasad 1959
- Mohan Rao Kallianpurkar 1962
- Birju Maharaj 1964
- Damayanti Joshi 1968
- Sitara Devi 1969
- Gauri Shankar Devilal 1974
- Roshan Kumari 1975
- Rohini Bhate 1979
- Kartik Ram 1982
- Kumudini Lakhia 1982
- Durga Lal 1984
- Uma Sharma 1987
- Maya Rao 1989
- Reba Vidyarthi 1991
- Ramlal Bareth 1995
- Rani Karnaa 1996
- Sunderlal Sathyanarayan Gangani 1998
- Shovana Narayan 1999-2000
- Rajendra Gangani 2002
- Sunayana Hazarilal Agarwal 2003
- Urmila Nagar 2003
- Saswati Sen 2004
- Tirath Ram Azad 2005
- Munna Shukla 2006
- Geetanjali Lal 2007
- Shashi Sankhla 2008
- Prerana Shrimali 2009
- Malabika Mitra 2010
- Manjushree Chatterjee 2011
- Vijay Shankar 2012
- Rajashree Shirke 2013
- Uma Dogra 2014
Traditionally, there are three gharanas of Kathak: Lucknow, Jaipur and Benaras.
Bhanuji - Founder: Jaipur Gharana
Ishwari Prasad - Founder:Lucknow Gharana
Janaki Prasad - Founder: Benaras Gharana
Raja Chakradhar Singh - Founder: Raigarh Gharana
The following is a list of the Gurus of the Lucknow Gharana, beginning with the disciples of Ishwari Prasad:
Adguji, Khadguji and Tularamji, sons of Ishwari Prasad
Prakashji, Dayalji and Harilalji, sons of Adguji
Durga Prasad, Thakur Prasad and Manji, sons of Prakashji
Bindadinji, Kalka Prasad and Bhairon Prasadji, sons of Durga Prasad
Wajid Ali Shah (1822 – 1887, Nawab of Oudh and patron of the arts)
Lachhu Maharaj
Shambhu Maharaj
Maya Rao
Birju Maharaj
Maharaj Ghulam Hussain Kathak
Bandana Sen
Saswati Sen
Munna Shukla
Prerana Deshpande
Gauri Jog
Sushmita Banerjee
Deepa Devasena
Arjun Mishra
Kumkum Dhar
Pali Chandra
Namrata Rai
Anuj Mishra
Bhagyalaxmi Deshkar
The following is a list of the Gurus of the Jaipur Gharana,
Maluji, son of Bhanuji
Laluji and Kanuji, sons of Maluji
Gidhaji and Shejaji, sons of Kanuji
Dulhaji, son of Gidhaji
Hariprasad and Hanuman Prasad, sons of Dulhaji
Mohanlal, Chiranjilal and Narayan Prasad, sons of Hanuman Prasad
Charan Girdhar Chand and Tej Prakash Tulsi, sons of Narayan Prasad
Shyamlal
Chunnilal
Durga Prasad
Jailal Misra and Sunder Prasad, sons of Chunnilal
Ramgopal Misra and Jai Kumari, son and daughter of Jailal
Susmita Misra, wife of Ramgopal
Raman Lal Parihar
Sunder Lal Gangani
Maya Rao, first student of Guru Shambhu Maharaj also trained under Sunder Prasad. The first female dancer in India who trained in both the Gharanas.
Devi Lal
Durga Lal and Kum Uma Sharma, students of Sunder Prasad.
The following is a list of the Gurus of the Benaras Gharana, beginning with the disciples of Janaki Prasad:
Dulha Ram and Ganeshilal, brothers of Janaki Prasad
Chunnilal, disciple of Janaki Prasad
Biharilal, Hiralal and Puranlal, sons of Dulha Ram
Hanuman Prasad, Shivlal and Gopalji, sons of Ganeshilal
Nawal Kishore, Bansidhar and Omkar Prasad, sons of Hanuman Prasad
Sukhdev, Durga Prasad and Kundanlal, sons of Shivlal
padma shri maharaj Krishna Kumar son of gopal ji
pt.sandeep kumar songra great grand son of pt.bihari lal ji and son of vinod kumar ji
Sitara Devi, daughter of Sukhdev
Natraj Shri Gopi Krishna, grandson of Sukhdev Maharaj
- Pt. Kartikram
- Pt. Kalyaandas Mahant
- Pt. Phirtu Maharaj
- Pt. Barmanlal
- Pt. Ramlal
- Bhupendra kumar bareth(son of pt.ramlal)
- Alpana Vajpeyi
- Dr. Bhagwan Das Manik Mahant(disciple of Pt. Kalyan Das Mahant)
- Basanti Vaishnav
- Ram Murti Vaishnav
- Sunnel Vaishnav
- Dr. Jyoti Bakshi
- Dr. Neeta Geharwal
- Saridhdha Chaudhari
- V. Anuradha Singh
- Suchitra Harmalakar
- Chetana Jyotishi
- Dr. Vijya Sharma
- Dr. Srishti Gupta
- Alpana Sengupta
- Ritu Sahu
- preeti mudgal tiwari
Damayanti Joshi
Devi Lal
Rohini Bhate
Shanker Dev Jha
Bireshwar Gautam
Dr. Madhukar Anand
Guru Goverdhan Maharaj Kathak
Natraj Shri Gopi Krishna
Chitresh Das /website
Pt. Sundarlal Gangani
Pt.Birju Maharaj
Pt.Girdhari Maharaj
Pt. Manish Gangani
Pt. Shyamal Maharaj
Roshan Kumari
Mukesh Maharaj Kathak
Gauri Jog
Kumudini Lakhia
Maya Rao (1928-2014)
Maneesha Sathe [5]
Nirupama Rajendra
Guru Bandana Sen
Maharaj Ghulam Hussain Kathak
Smt. Reba Vidyarthi
Rajkumar Ketkar
Smt Rani Karnaa (Nayak)
Pratap Pawar
Nandini Singh
Geetanjali Lal
Guru Munna Shukla
Shama Bhate
Prerana Shrimali
Shakti Bhatnagar Roberts[6]
Maulik Shah [7]
Ishira Parikh [8]
Satya Narayana Charka
Parwati Dutta [9]
Rujuta Soman [10]
Prerana Deshpande [11]
Bachan Lal Mishra
Vijai Shankar
Mukta Joshi
Asha Joglekar
Kajal Misra, of Jaipur Gharana and daughter of Ramgopal Misra & Susmita Misra
Manjiri Deo
Vaibhav Joshi [www.vaibhavjoshi.com]
Nandakishore Kapote
Harish gangani barodawale
Jagdish gangani
Rajendra Gangani
Sanjivanee Kulkarni
Devanand parihar
Praveen gangani
Harish gangani
Hemant Panwar
Ms.Anurag Verma-Jaipur,Rajasthan
Shovana Narayan
Guru Chitra Venugopal [12]
Samruddhi Joshi
Pratishtha Sharma
Kapila Raj Sharma
Pali Chandra [13]
Rajendra Chaturvedi [14]
Nishi Singh Kathak
Hasita Oza
Ruchi Sharma
Alpana Sengupta
Sukla Datta
Arushi Nishank
Aditi T.
Abha Auti
Archana Joglekar
Mayur Vaidya
Suchandra Banerjee
Aacharyaa Pratishtha Sharma (dancer)
Gauri Jog (dancer)
jagdish gangani barodawale
Rajendra Gangani
Namrata Rai
Anu Sinha Kathak Exponent
Anurag Verma Jaipur
Himani Narang
Jaya Sharma
Parveen Gangani
Parwati Dutta
Nishi Singh Kathak
Harish Gangani
Vidygauri Adkar
Prerana Deshpande
Gowry Krubakhari Balamurali
Manisha Gulyani
Asawaree Patankar
Maulik Shah
Ishira Parikh
Tina Tambe
Neha Pendse
Akram Khan (dancer)
V.Anuradha Singh
Alpana Vajpeyi
Vaibhav Joshi
Sharanya Ray
Akhilesh Chaturvedi
Mrs. Ramaa Manjrekar (Ms. Shilpa Sawale)
Namrata Rai
Poonam Shyam
Rajni Chaniyari
Malabika Mitra
Sandeep Kumar Songra
Anuradha Thakur Chopra
Umair Arif
Shambhavi Dandekar
Soniaa Gupta
Sharadini Gole
Hasita Oza
Amala Shekhar
Chitresh Das
Satya Narayana Charka
Sonia Parchure
Sharvari Jamenis
Sumukhi Athani
Manjiri Kiran
Manoj Maharaj kathak
Anurita Rai
Mohit Shridhar
Somashekar Chudanath
Pravesh Pal
Ritu Sahu
Kumud Savla (disciple of Durga Lal)
Trina Roy, great granddaughter of Jailal, granddaughter of Ramgopal & Susmita and daughter of Kajal Misra of Jaipur Gharana
Saberi Misra, great granddaughter of Jailal·& granddaughter of Ramgopal & Susmita of Jaipur Gharana
