A.R.Rahman is the recipient of the Sanatan Sangeet Puraskar and Smt. Sonal Mansingh have been conferred with the Sanatan Nritya Samman.

Sanatan Sangeet Sanskriti presents Sanantan Sangeet Puraskar to Shri A. R. Rahman for his outstanding contribution to music. He was born in an affluent family to Shri K.A. Sekar, who was a renowned musician, arranger and conductor in Malayalam movies. With such a rich legacy of music in his family, Rahman began learning the piano at the age of four. But as fate would have it, the young boy lost his father at a tender age of nine. His skills were honed at Trinity College of Music, Oxford University.
It all began in 1991 when the prodigal son of music was born. Mani Ratnam, a renowned movie director was in search of a music composer for his new film. He met Rahman at an awards function, which was organized for honoring the best in the field of advertising. Rahman bagged the award for the best ad jingle. Mani Ratnam was so impressed by this young talent that he signed Rahman for his next film titled Roja, six months later. The entire world listened in awe to the great musician at work. It was probably the first time that Hindi film music witnessed the harmonious fusion of Indian classical music, pop, reggae, and rock, Beethoven, Bach and Mozart.
As an ingenious music composer, he has to his credit several award winning jingles for Radio and Television spots. He has received recognition as music composer for full-length feature films and has already left an indelible mark in the world of music. Profound knowledge in the related fields of sound engineering, sound design and production gives him a distinct advantage over his peers.
His exemplary proficiency in music composition is represented by his ability to work with maestros like Dr. L.Shankar and Ustad Zakir Hussain with ease.

He has been conferred with numerous awards such as Telegu Academy Puraskar, Film Fare, Rajiv Gandhi Award and Negi Reddy Award for his distinctive contribution to music. Other awards include the R. D. Burman Award at the SuMu Music Awards (1993), Padmashri (2000) and the prestigious Lata Mangeshkar Award (2005).

Sanatan Sangeet Sanskriti presented Sanatan Nritya Samman to Padma Bhushan Smt. Sonal Mansingh in recognition of her invaluable contribution to Indian Classical Dance. Sonal Mansingh is the youngest recipient of the Padma Bhushan awarded by the President of India in 1992. Smt. Sonal Mansingh is an ardent exponent of Bharatanatyam and Odissi dance forms, the epitome of our cultural heritage. These dance forms, practiced in the sanctuary of temples, are an unremitting journey of discovery and transformation. Smt. Sonal Mansingh honed her outstanding performing skills under the aegis of Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra and Guru Vempati Chinna Satyam.
A widely traveled artist, she has enthralled audiences around the globe. Apart from performing, she has choreographed numerous plays and poems from contemporary themes, offering an insight into an artiste's interpretative mind.
She has been awarded the distinction of giving recitals at important festivals such as Ganesh Festival, Pune; Mahabalipuram Festival, Madras; Khajuraho Festival etc.
Sonal Mansingh is one of the leading exponents of Odissi, an ancient, classical dance form of Orissa. For her opinions and interpretations, she has been called a philosopher among dancers. Apart from being a dancer, she is a known social activist, thinker, researcher, orator, choreographer and teacher.
As someone who is proficient in Sanskrit and German, Sonal firmly believes that dancers must have love for literature, poetry, the languages, sculpture and painting. Dance, as she puts it, is "a rare confluence of all these arts." In 1977, she founded the Center for Indian Classical Dances (CICD) in Delhi, which has produced many noteworthy stage shows and trained umpteen numbers of students. More recently, she has been appointed a trustee of the Indira Gandhi National Center for the Arts (IGNCA), the largest institution in India. Her long list of accomplishments includes the Indira Priyadarshini Award (1994), Rajiv Gandhi Excellence Award (1991), Nrityakala Kaumudi (1986) and Natya Kala Ratna (1985) and many others.
Sonal Mansingh was felicitated on 1st May 2002 at India Habitat Center, New Delhi, on her 59th birthday as well as completing 40 years of dancing. On this occasion, a documentary film on her life, directed by Prakash Jha, titled 'Sonal', was released.

Sanatan Sangeet Sanskriti has felicitated the following artists in recognition of their contribution to the different art forms:

• Dr. L. Subramaniam
• Pandit Bhimsen Joshi
• Shri Lalgudi Jayaraman
• Smt. Sonal Mansingh
• Smt. Kishori Amonkar
• Kumari Arushi Mudgal
• Kumari Vijayalakshmi
• Smt. Kavita Dwibedi
• Shri A. R. Rahman
• Mandolin Srinivas