Pannuru Sripathy

Summary

Pannuru Sripathi (born April 20, 1943) in a small village near Tirupathi, Andhra Pradesh, India, is a traditional painter who won the Padma Shri Award in 2007. Sripathi obtained a diploma in Drawing in 1969. Sripathi has served the traditional craft by training more than 1000 younger generations and art lovers in India and abroad. Sripathi represented India in Japan, Russia, USA, Singapore, Austria, and Germany for festival of India.

award

Awards and accolades edit

  • State Award 1986
  • National Award 2001
  • Shilp Guru Award 2006 (Tanjore Style Painting)[1]
  • Padma Shri Award 2007[2][3]
  • Shilp Guru Award 2008[4]

References edit

  1. ^ "List of Master Craftspersons selected for 'Shilp Guru' for the year 2006". handicrafts.nic.in. 2006. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Proud moment for State Padma Shri winners". The Hindu. 27 January 2007. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  4. ^ Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (19 November 2008). "Splurge on crafts". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 14 May 2021.