Lalit Kala Academy announces 60th National Academy Awards winners

The Lalit Kala Akademi has announced 15 winners of the 60th Annual Academy Awards. All the awardees will be honoured with a plaque, a shawl and prize money of Rs 1 lakh at the 60th National Exhibition of Art, scheduled from March 25 to April 8 at the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) and Sir JJ School of Art.
The winners of the 60th National Academy Awards which were conferred by Lalit Kala Akademi are as follows-
Chandan Kumar Samal (Odisha)
Gouri Vemula (Telangana)
Hemant Rao (Madhya Pradesh)
Hiren Kumar Chotu Bhai Patel (Gujarat)
Jaya Jena (Odisha)
Jayesh K.K (Kerala)
Jitendra Suresh Sutar (Maharashtra)
Douglas Maryan John (Maharashtra)
Pratap Chandra Chakraborty (West Bengal)
Rashmi Singh (Uttar Pradesh)
Sachin Kashinath Chaudhari (Maharashtra)
Sunil Kumar Viswakarma (Uttar Pradesh)
Tabassum Khan (Bihar)
Vasudeo Taranath Kamath (Maharashtra)
Veenita Sadguru Chendvankar (Goa)