82 young artists conferred with 'Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puruskar' for the Years 2022 and 2023 at Dr Ambedkar International Centre, New Delhi on 22 November 2024. Sangeet Natak Akademi instituted the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar (UBKUP) in the name of Bharat Ratna Ustad Bismillah Khan for young performing art practitioners upto the age of 40 years in 2006.
The Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar is given annually to outstanding young artists in the fields of music, dance, drama, folk & tribal arts and puppetry in a special ceremony held in Delhi and also outside Delhi.
The Yuva Puraskar carries a purse money of Rs 25,000, a plaque and an angavastram.
Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar for the year 2022
Field of Activity: Music -10
| Samit Mallick | Hindustani Vocal |
| Samarth Janve | Hindustani Vocal |
| Sangeet Mishra | Hindustani Instrumental– Sarangi |
| Partho Roy Choudhury | Hindustani Instrumental – Santoor |
| K. Gayatri | Carnatic Vocal |
| I. Sweta Prasad | Carnatic Vocal |
| B. Anantha Krishnan | Carnatic Instrumental –Violin |
| Sahana S.V | Carnatic Instrumental - Veena |
| Manoj Rai | Creative & Experimental Music |
| Nandini Rao Gujar | Other Major Traditions of Music (Sugam Sangeet) |
Field of Activity: Dance -10
| Mandakranta Roy | Bharatanatyam |
| Kadam Parikh | Kathak |
| Urmika Maibam | Manipuri |
| T. Reddi Lakshmi | Kuchipudi |
| Arupa Gayatri Panda | Odissi |
| Dimpee Baishya | Sattriya |
| Akshara M Das | Mohiniattam |
| Pradyumna Kumar Mohanta | Chhau |
| Mingma D. Lepcha | Creative & Experimental Dance |
| Aparna Nangiar | Other Major Traditions of Dance and Dance Theatre(Nangiarkoothu) |
Field of Activity: Theatre – 08
| Beluru Raghunandan | Playwriting |
| Ifra Mushtaq Kak | Direction |
| Harishankar Ravi | Direction |
| Harwinder Singh | Acting |
| Kumar Ravikant | Acting |
| Siddhi Upadhye | Acting |
| Mukunda Nath | Mime |
| Sangeet Shrivastava | Allied Theatre Arts – Lighting |
Field of Activity: Other Traditional/Folk/Tribal Dance/Music/Theatre and Puppetry - 11
| Lata Tiwari & Sanjay Datt Panday, (Joint Award) | Folk Music & Dance, Uttrakhand |
| Chow Saratham Namchoom | Folk Music, Arunachal Pradesh |
| Sampriya Pooja | Folk Music & Dance, Chhattisgarh |
| Suryawanshi Pramila Kautikrao | Folk Dance Lavani, Maharashtra |
| Kumar Uday Singh | Folk Dance, Bihar |
| Nasarullah EPI | Folk Dance, Lakshadweep |
| Binita Devi | Puppetry, Assam |
| Mahesh Aba Satarkar | Folk Dance, Goa |
| Vasava Mukeshbhai M. | Folk Dance, Gujarat |
| Gulzar Ahmad Bhat | Folk Dance, Jammu & Kashmir |
| Moirangthem Kendra Singh | Nata Sankirtan, Manipur |
Overall Contribution/Scholarship in Performing Arts – 1
Anuthama Murali over all contribution in performing arts
Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar for the year 2023
Field of Activity: Music -10
| Anuja Zokarkar | Hindustani Vocal |
| Monika Soni | Hindustani Vocal |
| Rishi Shankar Upadhyay | Hindustani Instrumental– Pakhawaj |
| Sarang Rajan Kulkarni | Hindustani Instrumental – Sarod |
| S. R. Vinay Sharva | Carnatic Vocal |
| Ramakrishnan Murthy | Carnatic Vocal |
| Akshay Anantapadmanabhan | Carnatic Instrumental –Mridangam |
| Saikhom Pinky Devi | Creative & Experimental Music |
| Satyavathi Mudavath | Creative & Experimental Music |
| Nagesh Shankarrao Adgaonkar | Other Major Traditions of Music (Abhang) |
Field of Activity: Dance -10
| Apoorva Jayaraman | Bharatanatyam |
| Meghranjani Medhi | Kathak |
| Kalamandalam Vipin Sankar | Kathakali |
| Pukhrambam Reepa Devi | Manipuri |
| Muramalla Surendra Nadh | Kuchipudi |
| Debasis Pattnaik | Odissi |
| Mukunda Saikia Barbayan | Sattriya |
| Vidya Pradeep | Mohiniattam |
| Sunita Mahato | Chhau |
| Venkateshwaran Kuppuswamy | Music for Dance |
Field of Activity: Theatre – 08
| Priyadarshini Mishra | Playwriting |
| Bendang Walling | Direction |
| Suvojit Bandyopadhyay | Direction |
| Rutuja Rajan Bagwe | Acting |
| Vipan Kumar | Acting |
| Shruti Singh | Acting |
| Mallikarjuna Rao Bachala | Allied Theatre Arts – Make-up |
| Puneet Dimari & Amit Khanduri (Ramleela) (Joint Award) Uttrakhand | Other Major Traditions Of Theatre |
Field of Activity: Other Traditional/Folk/Tribal Dance/Music/Theatre and Puppetry - 11
| Angadi Bhaskar | Folk Music – Dappalu, Telangana |
| Alok Bishoyi | Folk Dance & Music, Odisha |
| M. Prakash | Folk Dance, Puducherry |
| Padma Dolker | Folk Music & Dance, Ladakh |
| Sukhram Pahan | Folk Music, Jharkhand |
| Yusuf Khan Mewati Jogi | Folk Music, Rajasthan |
| Kalamandalam Ravisankar T S | Folk Instrument (Chenda), Kerala |
| Dixit Kushal Manvantray | Folk Dance, Gujarat |
| Priyanka Shakti Thakur | Traditional Music, Maharashtra |
| Anureet Pal Kaur | Folk Music, Punjab |
| Charu Sharma | Folk Music, Himachal Pradesh |
Overall Contribution/Scholarship in Performing Arts – 1
Laxminarayan Jena over all contribution in performing arts