No.

Year

Inaugrated by

Presided over by and the
Title of Sangeetha Kalasikhamani conferred on

1st

1933

The Hon’ble Dr.Raja Sir S.Rm. Annamalai

Sri W. Doraiswamy Aiyengar

2nd

1934

Sri.V.V. Srinivasa Iyengar B.A., B.L.

Sri V.V. Srinivasa Iyengar B.A., B.L.,

3rd

1935

Sri K.V.Reddy Naidu, K.C.I.E.

Keerthanacharya C.R. Sreenivasa Iyengar, B.A.

4th

1936

Lady. M. Venkata Subbarao

Prof.P.Sambamurthi B.A., B.l.

5th

1937

Sri.B.Gopala Reddy

Sri.S. Sathyamurthy

6th

1938

His Highness The Yuvaraja of Mysore

Sri. Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar

7th

1939

Srimathi Rukmini Devi

Sri.M.S. Ramaswamy Iyer, B.A., B.L. B.T.,

8th

1940

H.H. The Maharaja of Travancore

Sri.Kallidaikurichi Vedanta Bhagavathar

9th

1941

The Maharaja of Pithapuram

Prof.D.Venkataswamy Naidu

10th

1942

Sri.M.Venkatasubba Rao

Mazhavarayanendai Sri Subbarama Bhagavathar

11th

1943

Dr.S.Radhakrishnan

Sri Palladam Sanjeeva Rao

12th

1944

Sri M.Ct.M.Chidambaram Chettiar

Sri.M.S.Ramaswamy Iyer, B.A, B.L., L.t.,

13th

1945

Sri. P.V. Rajmannar

Sri Ananthanarayana Iyer, Dt. Judge

14th

1946

Dr. A. Lakshmanaswamy Mudaliar

Dr. T. Srinvasaraghavan

15th

1947

Dr. P. Subbaroyan

Sri T. Lakshmana Pillai, B.A.,

16th

1948

The Hon’ble Mr. Justice A.S.P Iyer

Prof. R. Srinivasan, M.A.,

17th

1949

Sachivothama Sir C.P. Ramaswamy Iyer

Sri.K.Vasudeva Sastry, B.A.,

18th

1950

Srimathi Rukmini Devi

Brahmasri Papanasam Sivan

19th

1951

Sri.T.L. Venkatarama Iyer

Sri Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar

20th

1952

Dr. U. Krishna Rau

Sri. T.N. Swaminatha Pillai

21st

1953

His Excellency Shri Sri Prakasa

Sri. R. Krishnamurthy (“Kalki”)

22nd

1954

Bharatha Ratna Sri. C. Rajagopalachariar

Srimathi. C. Saraswathi Bai

23rd

1955

Srimiathi Mrinallini Sarabhai

Isai Arasu M.M. Dandapani Desigar

24th

1956

H.H. The Maharaja of Travancore (Silver Jubilee)

Prof. Sambamurthi, B.A., B.L.,

25th

1957

The Hon’ble Mr. Justice P. Rajagopalan

Sri E.Krishna Iyer, B.A., B.L.,

26th

1958

Hon’ble Dr. P.V Cherian M.L.C

Sangeetha ratna T.Chowdaiah

27th

1959

Sachivothama Sir C.P. Ramaswamy iyer

Sri K.S. Ramaswamy Sastrigal

28th

1960

Shri Bishnuram Medhi

Sri V.C. Gopalarathnam

29th

1961

Kumari Vaijayanthimala

Sri Sermadevi L.Subramania Sastrigal

28th

1960

Shri Bishnuram Medhi

Sri V.C . Gopalarathnam

29th

1961

Kumari Vaijayanthimala

Sri Sermadevi L.Subramania Sastrigal

30th

1962

The Hon’ble Mr. Justice R Sadasivam

Sri. R. Rangaramanuja Iyengar, B.A. L.T.,

31st

1963

Sri. M. Bhaktavatsalam

Sri. S.Y.Krishnaswamy, I.C.S. (Retd)

32nd

1964

Sri P.Chandra Reddy

Sri Chembai Vaidynatha Bhagavathae

33rd

1965

Sri Nallasenapathy Sarkarai Mandradiar

Sri Chitoor Subramanya Pillai

34th

1966

Sri D. Sanjivayya

Sri Musiri Subramanya Aiyer

35th

1967

His excellency Sardar Ujjal Singh

Thyagaraja Bicentenary – No President

36th

1968

The Hon’ble Mr.Justice K. Veeraswamy

Sri Budalur Krishnamurthy Sastrigal

37th

1969

Thiru. S. Madhavan

Sri Papanasam Sivan

38th

1970

His Excellency Dharam Veera

Dr.S. Pinakapani, M.D.

39th

1971

Dr. M. Karunanithi

Sri Mudikondan C. Venkatarama Iyer

40th

1972

His Excellency Shri. K.K. Shah

Thiruveezhimizhalai Sri. S. Subramanya Pillai

41st

1973

Sri V.R. Nedunchezhiyan

Srimathi T. Brinda

42nd

1974

The Hon’ble Mr. Justice P.R Gokulkrishnan

Sri Semmangudi R. Srinivasier

43rd

1975

Dr.Malcolm S.Adhiseshiah

Smt. M.S. Subbulakshmi

44th

1976

Sri C.V. Narasimhan

Sri.M.D. Ramanathan

45th

1977

Hon’ble Sri.P.Ramachandran

Sri Embar vijyaraghavachariar

46th

1978

Hon’ble Mr.Justice T.Ramaprasada Rao

Smt.K.K. Pattammal

47th

1979

His Excellency Praduds Patwari

Vazhuvur Sri B.Ramiah Pillai

48th

1980

Hon’ble Mr. Justice M.M.Ismail

Sri.S.V.Sahasranamam

49th

1981

His Excellency Shri Sadiq Ali

Smt.T.Balarasaraswathi

50th

1982

His Excellency Shri S.L. Khurana

Sri.S.Balachander

51st

1983

Hon’ble Thiru K.Rajaram

Madurai Dr.S.Somasundaram

52nd

1984

Dr.V.K. Narayanan Menon

Umayaluram Sri K.Sivaraman

53rd

1985

Dr.N. Mahalingam

Sri.B. Rajam Iyer

54th

1986

Dr.G.Subrahmanyam

Dr.Guru Gopinath

55th

1987

Hon’ble Thiru R.Soundararajan

Dr.M.L.Vasanthakumari

56th

1988

Sri G.V.Ramakrishna

Sri T.S. Balakrishna Sastrigal

57th

1989

Sri. P. Obul Reddy

Sri.K.V.Narayanaswamy

58th

1990

Lalgudi Jayaraman

Sri S.K.Rajarathnam

59th

1991

Sri.S.Viswanathan

Sri.Semmangudi R.Srinivasier Dr.M.Balamuralikrishna

60th

1992

Sri.T.C.A.Ramanujam

Chidambaram Dr.V.V.Swarnavenkatesa Deekshitar

61st

1993

Sri.R.Ramakrishnan

Prof.T.N.Krishnan

62nd

1994

His Excellency Sri R.Venkataraman

Mysore V.Doreswami Iyengar

63rd

1995

Dr.Nalli Kuppuswamu Chetty

Smt.R.Vedavalli

64th

1996

Sri.G.K.Moopanar

Kunnakudi R.Vaidyanathan

65th

1997

Semmangudi Sri R.Srinivasier

Sikkil Sisters – Smt.Neela & Smt.Kunjumani

66th

1998

Sri.N.Ram

Vellore Sri.G.Ramabadran

67th

1999

Hon’ble Mr.Justice S.Mohan

Madurai Sri.T.N.Krishnan

68th

2000

Hon’ble Mr.S.M.Krishna

Madurai Sri.T.N.Seshagopalan

69th

2001

Dr.M.Balamuralikrishna

Veenai.E.Gaayathri

70th

2002

Sri.T.N.Seshan

Sri.K.J.Yesudas

71st

2003

Sri.P.Obul Reddy

Sri.Guruvayur Dorai

72nd

2004

Sri.B.Rajam Iyer

Sri. Kalyanpuram R.Aaaraavamudhachariar

73rd

2005

Sri.T.N.Krishnan

Sri.T.V. Sankaranarayanan

74th

2006

Sri B.K.Krishnaraj Vanavarar

Bombay Sisters-Smt.C.Saroja-Smt.C.Lalitha