AWARDS & TITLES
“ARYABHATA YOUTH AWARD” in the year 1990.
“KHANJIRA PRAVEENA” instituted by Bangalore Sri V.Praveen (Renowned Mridangam artist) in 2003.
“ANANYA YUVA PURASKARA” annual youth award for the year 2003 for excellence in the field of Khanjira , by Ananya GML Cultural Academy.
“CMANA PRIZE - 2004” instigated by Carnatic Music Association of North America in association with the Percussive Arts Centre Bangalore.
“SALLARI GANA LAYA VITTHGAR” by Sri Ramani Guruji (Chennai) in the year 2005.
“YUVA KALA BHAARATI” by Bharath Kalachar (Chennai), in the year 2006.
“LAYA PRATHIBHAMANI” by Sri Rama Centre of Performing Arts (Bangalore) and Sri Rama Seva Samithi in the year 2008.
“BEST LECTURE DEMONSTRATION” by the Music Academy Chennai for his Lecture Demonstration on ‘Sri G.Harishankar’s playing techniques’ in their Annual Music Conference in the year 2011.
“NADAJYOTHI PURASKARA” by Sri Nadajyothi Thyagabramha Gana Sabha (Bangalore) in the year 2014.
“GURUKALASHRI” by Sri Gurusarvabhouma Seva Trust (Bangalore) in the year 2014.
“SATHYASHRI” by Sri Vani Institute of Music (Bangalore) in the year 2014.
“LALITHA KALA SUMA” by Sri Rama Lalitha Kala Mandira (Bangalore) in the year 2017.
‘SMT. RAJAM VAIDYANATHAN DISTINGUISHED MUSIC TEACHER AWARD’ by Karthik Fine Arts, (Chennai) in 2021.
First Khanjira Artiste to be awarded the ‘ASTHANA VIDWAN’ of Sri Avadhoota Datta Peetam by Parama Poojya Sri Ganapthi Sachchidananda Swamiji in 2022.
First Khanjira Artiste to be awarded the ‘KHANJIRA VIDWAN SRI H. P. RAMACHAR MEMORIAL AWARD' in 2023.
‘BEST SENIOR UPAPAKKAVADYA PRIZE’ from The Music Academy, Chennai.
First Khanjira Artiste to be featured in the Cover Page Story of the 'The First Melody' India's premier Classical Music Magazine.
FELICITATIONS
Felicitated by Omkara Naadaamrutha Trust in their Anniversary Celebrations in 2024
Felicitated by ‘Prapancha - The World of Music’ in their Annual Day Celebrations in 2024.
Felicitated by Ganakalabhushana C. Honnappa Bhagavathar Trust, in Bangalore in 2025.
"GURUVANDANA" - Felicitation by Kotak Life, Kattriguppe Branch (Bangalore) on the occasion of Teacher's Day & Ganesh Chaturthi Celebrations in 2024..
PRIZES & MERITS
Sri Amrit has won several prizes in many district, state and national level competitions, some of the ones which stand out are:
Secured I Prize along with ‘B’ Grade in the AIR National Level Competition for Khanjira, in the year 1997.
Secured II Prize along with ‘B’ Grade in the AIR National Level Competition for Mridangam, in the year 1996.
Secured I Prize for Mridangam, in the National Level Competition conducted by south central Cultural Zone (Nagpur), in the year 1996.
Secured I Prize for Mridangam, in the State Level Competition conducted by Ministry of Sports & Culture in the year 1994.
Participated in the First Rajiv Gandhi National Yuva Utsav in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, conducted by the Ministry of Sports & Culture Govt. of India in the year 1995.
Passed the Junior & Senior Grade Examinations conducted by the Karnataka State Secondary Education board in Mridangam.
Passed the Junior & Senior Grade Examinations conducted by the Karnataka State Secondary Education board in Violin. He secured the Third Rank in Violin Junior examination too.
SCHOLARSHIPS
Sri Amrit is a recipient of the CCRT Scholarship for Khanjira from the Ministry of Human Resource & Development.
Sri Amrit is a recipient of Karnataka State Scholarship for consecutive 3 years.