Our prize winners have come from all parts of the country and some of them have settled down as Gurus here and abroad and have made a name for themselves as great artistes. They include

KARNATAK MUSIC: VOCAL

Ch. Bhaskar (Karimnagar), Tadepalli Lokanadha Sarma (Tirupati), B.Haripriya, K.R.S.Mahadeva Rao (Jeypore), N.Bawani (Madurai), D.Seshacharya, A. Sesharatnam (Shriharikota), S.Padmaja (Tirupati), Viswanath Parasuram (Bombay), N.Ramamurthy, Soumya Subbaranan (Bombay), J.Uma, V.Saraswati (Vijayawada), T.Sarada (Visakhapatnam), K.S.Savitha.

KARNATAK MUSIC: VEENA

T.S.Mahidhar (Anantapur), M.Satyanarayanan, M,Madhavilatha (Visakhapatnam), B.Sankara prakash (Visakha) D.Srinivas, C.Shobha, B.Jayasree (Calcutta), K.padmavathy.

KARNATAK MUSIC: VIOLIN

Kalpana Kishore (Cuddapah), Soumya Subbaraman (Bombay), V.Krishnaveni (Vijayawada).

KARNATAK MUSIC: MRIDANGAM

N.Nagalakshmi (Visakha), P.Satishkumar (Vizianagaram), D.Dharma Rao (Vizianagaram), D.V.Satyanarayana Murthy (Vizianagaram), D.Jayakumaracharya, P.V.Ramana Murthy, S.Satischandra.

HINDUSTANI MUSIC: VOCAL

Shashikanth Apte, D.Panchakshari (Baroda), Vajinder Ashrit, N.B.Rajkumari, B.Chandramohan Rao, C.Vasanthi, Nishi Nagalye (Goa).