The list of the winners of Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Carnatic Music (Instrumental) is given below:
•Clarionet |
|
| Year | Clarionet Player |
| 1994 | A.K.C. Natarajan |
•Mandolin |
|
| Year | Mandolin Player |
| 2009 | Srinivas |
•Flute |
|
| Year | Flute Player |
| 1961 | T.N. Swaminatha Pillai |
| 1984 | Natesan Ramani |
| 1987 | T. Viswanathan |
| 1989 | Sikkil Sisters (Kunjumani & Neela) |
| 1997 | Kesi Narayanaswamy |
| 1999- 2000 |
T. S. Sankaran |
| 2004 | Prapancham Sita Ram |
•Ghatam |
|
| Year | Ghatam Player |
| 1988 | T. H. Vinayakram |
| 1995 | Umayalpuram K. Narayanaswamy |
•Gottuvadyam |
|
| Year | Gottuvadyam Player |
| 1958 | Budalur Krishnamurthi Sastri |
| 2006 | Chitravina N. Ravi Kiran |
•Kanjira |
|
| Year | Kanjira Player |
| 2001 | G Harishankar |
•Mridangam |
|
| Year | Mridangam Player |
| 1956 | Palghat T.S. Mani Iyer |
| 1975 | C.S. Murugabhoopathy |
| 1979 | Kolanka Venkataraju |
| 1983 | Palghat R. Raghu |
| 1987 | T.K. Murthy |
| 1990 | T.V. Gopalkrishnan |
| 1991 | Vellore G. Ramabhadran |
| 1992 | Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman |
| 1994 | Dandamudi Rammohan Rao |
| 1996 | Guruvayur Dorai |
| 1999 | Karaikudi Mani |
| 2000 | V. Kamalakar Rao |
| 2002 | YellaVenkataeshwara Rao |
| 2006 | Thiruvarur Bakthavathsalam |
| 2008 | Mannargudi A Easwaran |
| 2009 | Dandamudi Sumathi Rama Mohan Rao |
•Nagaswaram |
|
| Year | Nagaswaram Player |
| 1955 | Thiruvaduthurai N. Rajratnam Pillai |
| 1962 | Dr. Thiruvengadu Subramania Pillai |
| 1966 | P.S. Veeruswamy Pillai |
| 1972 | T. S. Natarajasundaram Pillai |
| 1976 | Sheik Chinna Moulana |
| 1981 | Namagiripettai K. Krishnan |
| 1995 | Domada Chitiabbayi |
| 2005 | Ongale N. Rangaiah |
| 2007 | S. R. D. Vaithiyanathan |
•Sexophone |
|
| Year | Saxophone Player |
| 2003 | Kadri Gopalnath |
•Thavil |
|
| Year | Thavil Player |
| 1985 | Valangaiman A. Shanmugasundaram Pillai |
| 1988 | Valayapatti, A.R. Subramaniam |
•Veena |
|
| Year | Veena Player |
| 1952 | Karaikudi Sambasiva Iyer |
| 1960 | L. Subramanya Sastri |
| 1968 | K.S. Narayanaswami |
| 1969 | Devakottai A. Narayana Iyengar |
| 1970 | Mysore V. Doreswamy Iyengar |
| 1973 | Emani Sankara Sastry |
| 1977 | S. Balachander |
| 1980 | Tanjavur K.P. Sivanandam |
| 1986 | Raajeswari Padmanabhan |
| 1988 | R. Pichumani Iyer |
| 1990 | Chitti Babu |
| 1992 | M.K. Kalyanakrishna Bhagavathar |
| 1993 | Kalpakam Swaminathan |
| 2001 | R.N. Doreswamy |
| 2002 | E. Gayathri |
| 2007 | Vidya Shankar |
•Violin |
|
| Year | Violin Player |
| 1953 | Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu |
| 1957 | T. Chowdiah |
| 1959 | Kumbakonam Rajamanickkam Pillai |
| 1963 | T.K. Jayarama Iyer |
| 1964 | K.N. Chinnaswamy Iyer |
| 1967 | K.S. Venkataramiah `Papa` |
| 1971 | Madurai S. Subramanya Iyer |
| 1974 | T. N. Krishnan |
| 1978 | Lalgudi G. Jayaraman |
| 1982 | M. S. Gopalakrishnan |
| 1986 | M. Chandrasekaran |
| 1988 | Chalakudy N.S. Narayanaswamy |
| 1989 | R.K. Venkatarama Sastry |
| 1991 | Kandadevi S. Alagiriswamy |
| 1993 | Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan |
| 1996 | Annavarapu Ramaswamy |
| 1997 | T. Rukmini |
| 1998 | M.S. Anantharaman |
| 2000 | R.R Keshava Murthy |
| 2003 | A. Kanyakumari |
| 2008 | B. Sasikumar |
