The Shilp Guru is the highest honour in the Indian handicrafts sector awarded by Development Commissioner (Handicrafts), Ministry of Textiles, Government of India. It is conferred annually upon 10 master craftspersons who have created an exceptional piece of craft work, showcased highest level of quality and skill in the traditional Indian handicrafts and passed on their skills to the next generation of artisans.
The awards were first introduced in 2002 where 10 eminent master craftspersons were honoured with Shilp Guru (master artisan) title by the President of India. It is presented along with Sant Kabir Awards and National Handicrafts Award to master craftspersons and master weavers, introduced in 1965. Most recent awards were presented on 28 November 2022 by the Vice President of India to 30 master craftspersons for the year 2017, 2018 and 2019. , the award consists of prize money, a plaque, a gold coin, a shawl and a certificate.
Awardees 2008 The following is the list of the recipients of the Shilp Guru in 2008.
Name Craft State Pradip Mukherjee Phad Painting Rajasthan Jagdish Prashad Art Metal Brass Engraving Delhi Mohammad Yousuf Bhat Kani Woven Shawls Jammu & Kashmir Gokul Bihari Patnaik Palm Leaf / Pattachitra Odisha Khalil Ahmad Woollen Punja Durry Uttar Pradesh Mahesh Kumar Suman Wooden Block making Uttar Pradesh Brahmdeo Ram Pandit Pottery Maharashtra Machihan Sasa Pottery Manipur Naorem Ongbi Neelamani Deviji Pottery Manipur Rebakanta Mahanta Wood and Bamboo Mask Making Assam
2009 The following is the list of the recipients of the Shilp Guru in 2009.
Name Craft State Govind Ram Jhara Bell Metal Dhokra Casting Chhattisgarh Mohammad Ayyub Wood Carving Block Making Delhi Rohit Kantilal Salvi Patan Patola Double Ikat Gujarat Manubhai Chunilal Chitara Kalamkari Matani Pachedi Gujarat Lalita Vakil Chamba Embroidery Himachal Pradesh Ramakant Rupchand Suryawanshi Bronze Casting Maharashtra Kailash Chandra Meher Tassar Patta Painting Odisha Debendra Mishra Stone Carving Odisha Mohammad Shareef Wood & Bone Carving Uttar Pradesh Takdira Begum Kantha Hand Embroidery West Bengal
2010 The following is the list of the recipients of the Shilp Guru in 2010.
Name Craft State Omkar Dhawan Inlay Work on Bone / Wood Delhi Budhi Ram Prajapati Terracotta Haryana Ghulam Rasool Khan Sozni Embroidery Jammu & Kashmir Tsering Wangdus Scroll / Thanka Painting Leh, Ladakh Ismail Sulemanji Khatri Bagh Hand Block Print Madhya Pradesh Hari Har Maharana Stone Carving Odisha Nand Kishore Verma Miniature Painting Rajasthan Prabhu Dayal Yadav Blue Pottery Rajasthan Hazi Mohammad Yusuf Dyer Barik Bundi Bandhej Rajasthan Mobeen Husain Brass Morori Work Uttar Pradesh
2012 The following is the list of the recipients of the Shilp Guru in 2012. NameCraftStateHar KishanTerracottaDelhiKailash SoniEnamelling on Gold & Silver JewelleryRajasthanO. P. MalhotraShawl as ArtwareHimachal PradeshRasheed Ahmed QuadriBidriwareKarnatakaT. Venkatesa RajaThanjavur PaintingTamil NaduSaila MoharanaPattachitraOdishaDhruba SilWood CarvingWest BengalKrishna Das PaulCane & BambooTripura
2013 The following is the list of the recipients of the Shilp Guru in 2013. NameCraftStateBhasar Bhura KhoyalaLeather workGujaratAbdul Aziz BazazWalnut Wood CarvingJammu & KashmirAnita ChoudapurkarKasuti EmbroideryKarnatakaPrabha MalleshMysore styleKarnatakaDina Bandhu MohapatraPalmleaf & Pattachitra PaintingOdishaKova NaneshwarBrass Dokra CraftTelanganaReva Shankar SharmaMiniature PaintingRajasthanRafiquddinMarble InlayUttar Pradesh
2014 The following is the list of the recipients of the Shilp Guru in 2014. Name Craft State Banamali MahapatraPattachitra Painting Odisha Hema ShekarTie & Dye and Batik painting Karnataka Kailash Chand SharmaMiniature Painting Rajasthan Ram Swaroop SharmaWire inlay and wood inlay Rajasthan Badshah MiyanTie & Dye Lehariya with Natural Herbal Rajasthan
2015 The following is the list of the recipients of the Shilp Guru in 2015.
Name Craft State Khande Kullayappa Leather Puppets Andhra Pradesh K. Siva Prasada Reddy Kalamkari Painting Andhra Pradesh Irshad Hussain Farooqi Calligraphy in wood carving Delhi Rajender Parshad Bondwal Sandal Wood Carving Haryana Khatri Abdul Razak Mohmed Ajrakh Hand Block Printing Gujarat Abdul Raouf Bidri Craft Karnataka Girish Kumar Rajsoni Thewa Craft Rajasthan Pravakar Maharana Stone Carving Odisha Inder Singh Kudrat Enamel of silver & Gold jewellery Rajasthan Hari Charan Das Cane & Bamboo Tripura
2016 The following is the list of the recipients of the Shilp Guru in 2016.
Name Craft State Mohd. Matloob Mugal Wood Carving, Engraving and Inlay Delhi Gulam Hyder Mirza Paper Machie J & K Kalpataru Maharana Stone Carving Odisha Rupan Matharu Plastic Inlay on Wood Punjab Gopal Saini Blue Pottery Rajasthan Arjun Prajapati Terracotta Rajasthan Babu Lal Marotia Miniature Painting Rajasthan Tripti Mukherjee Kantha Hand Embroidery West Bengal
2017 The following is the list of the recipients of the Shilp Guru in 2017.
Name Craft State Vinod Kumar JangirSandal wood carving Rajasthan Dilshad HussainBrass Engraving Uttar Pradesh V. K. Munuswamy Terracotta Puducherry ZahiruddinKhurja Blue Pottery Uttar Pradesh Tapan ChakrabortyPalm leaf engraving West Bengal Noorbanu Mohamad KhatriBandhani, Tie-Dye GujaratK. R. MohananWood CarvingKeralaAmita SachdevaStone Dust PaintingDelhiMohan Lal SoniMiniature PaintingRajasthanMohammed Yusuf KhatriHand Block Bagh printMadhya Pradesh
2018 The following is the list of the recipients of the Shilp Guru in 2018. Name CraftState Bijay Kumar ParidaPalm leaf engravingOdisha Maheswar ParidaStone CarvingOdisha Kondra GangadharStone CarvingAndhra Pradesh Ashish MalakarSholapithWest Bengal Chanchal ChakravartyMetalDelhi Gopal Prasad SharmaMiniature PaintingRajasthanAbdul HasibBone CarvingDelhiBashir Ahmed BhatSozni Hand EmbroideryJammu & KashmirGurumayum Shanti DeviArtistic TextilesManipurMahamaya SikdarKantha Hand EmbroideryWest Bengal
2019 The following is the list of the recipients of the Shilp Guru in 2019. Name Craft State Velayudham Sreenvasulu ReddyKalamkari Hand Painting Andhra Pradesh Suman SonthaliaWarli Art Delhi Chitara Chandrakant BhulabhaiMata Ni Pachedi Kalamkari Gujarat Iqbal Hussain KhanPapier-mâché Jammu & Kashmir M. RamamurthyWood Carving Karnataka Mohan Lal SharmaBrass wire inlay on Sheeshem Wood Tarkashi Rajasthan Asharam MeghawalMiniature Painting Rajasthan V. Panneer SelvamTanjore Painting Tamil NaduChiranji Lal YadavBrass EngravingUttar PradeshNaseem BanoChikan Hand EmbroideryUttar Pradesh
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