| Year | Creative & Experimental Music | Year | Creative & Experimental Music |
| 2007 | Khayyam | 1989 | Vanraj Bhatia |
| 2002 | K. P. Udayabhanu | 1988 | Bhaskar Chandavarkar |
| 2001 | S. Rajaram | 1986 | M. B. Srinivasan, Anil Biswas, Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay |
| 1998 | Vishwa Mohan Bhatt | 1983 | Chidambaram S. Jayaraman |
| 1997 | Satish Bhatia | 1982 | Vijay Raghav Rao |
| 1995 | Atul Desai | 1978 | Rai Chand Boral |
| 1994 | V. Balsara | 1976 | Timir Baran Bhattacharya |
| 1990 | L. Subramaniam | 1973 | Vishnudass Shirali |
| Year | Other Major Traditions of Music | Year | Other Major Traditions of Music |
| 2009 | L. Ibohalmacha Singh (Nata Sankirtana, Manipur) | 2008 | Ningombam Ibobi Singh (Nata Sankirtana, Manipur) |