Bharatanatayam exponent Tulasi Ramachandra of Mysore and vocalist
Dr Ratna Shivashankar are among the 18 who have been conferred with the Karnataka Sangeetha Nrithya Academy award for the year 2007-08.
Addressing a press conference in Bangalore on Wednesday, Academy President Rajashekar Mansur said the annual awards include a cash prize of Rs 5,000, shawl and a citation. The cash component for the honourary awards is Rs 10,000.
The awards will be presented in Mysore during the first week of December, he said.
Following is the list of awardees:
Honorary awards
M S Sheela, Bangalore (Karnatak music) and Dr Tulasi Ramachandra, Mysore (Bharatanatyam)
Annual awards
Karnatak Music
 Dr Ratna Shivashankar, Bangalore (Vocal); B G Srinivas, Bangalore (flute); K J Venkatachar, Mysore (violin)
Hindustani music
Ganapathibhat Hasanagi, Uttar Kannada (vocal); M Venkatesh Kumar, Dharwad, (vocal); Akkammadevi Hiremath, Dharwad, (violin)
Bharatanatyam
Nirmala Manjunath, Bangalore; Sridhar, Bangalore; K G Kulkarni, Haveri; Kumudhini Rao, Dharwad, Narayana Dhage, Raichur
Kathakirtan
B P Rajamma, Bangalore; Dr M Kirankumar, Bangalore
Gamaka Vachana
K Jayamma, Hassan; M R Satyanarayan, Bangalore
Institution
Kumaravyasa Mantapa at Rajajinagar in
Bangalore.