Emerging artistes in the following fields are conferred the title Shanmukha Sangeeta Shiromani Award:
• Music of all forms and origin
• Dance
• Theatre
• Fine Arts Administrators

This subsidiary award carries a cash prize of Rs.50,000, a trophy, a citation and a shawl. The award is generally given to young promising artistes.

Year	Date	Awardee	Category
2002	22.12.2002	Shri Sanjay Subramaniam Smt. Shruti Sadolikar Katkar Shri Niladhri Kumar	Carnatic Vocal Hindustani Vocal Sitar
2003	06.12.2003	Smt. Nityashree Mahadevan Shri Jayteerth Mevundi Smt. Urmila Satyanarayanan	Carnatic Vocal Hindustani Vocal Bharatanatyam
2004	04.12.2004	Shri T. M. Krishna Smt. Ranjani & Smt. Gayatri Smt. Rimpa Shiva	Carnatic Vocal Carnatic Vocal Tabla
2005	10.12.2005	Dr. M. Narmadha Shri P. Unnikrishnan Shri Sanjeev Chimalgi	Carnatic Violin Carnatic Vocal Hindustani Vocal
2006	10.12.2006	Smt. Bombay Jayashree Smt. Sikkil Mala Chandrasekar Shri Omkar Dadarkar	Carnatic Vocal Carnatic Violin Hindustani Vocal
2007	23.12.2007	Shri Sikkil Gurucharan Shri Nagai Sriram Smt. Manjushri Kulkarni Patil	Carnatic Vocal Carnatic Violin Hindustani Vocal
2008	03.01.2009	Smt. Gayatri Venkatraghavan Priya Sisters – Smt. Hari Priya & Smt. Shanmugha Priya Akkarai Sisters – Smt. Shubhalakshmi & Smt. Swarnalatha	Carnatic Vocal Carnatic Vocal Carnatic Violin
2009	26.12.2009	Shri Embar Kannan Shri Abhishek Raghuram Shri Bhuvanesh Kamakoti	Carnatic Violin Carnatic Vocal Hindustani Vocal
2010	19.1.2011	Nemmara Brothers - Shri N. R. Kannan & Shri N. R. Anand Click here for CITATION Shri K. Bharat Sundar Click here for CITATION Master S. Akash Click here for CITATION	Nadaswaram Carnatic Voca Hindustani Flute
2011	03.12.2011	Smt. Nisha P. Rajagopal Shri Prasanna Venkataraman Smt. Ankita Joshi	Carnatic Vocal Carnatic Vocal Hindustani Vocal
2012	22.12.2012	Shri S. Varadarajan Shri S. Saketharaman Shri Aditya Mohan Khandwe	Carnatic Violin Carnatic Vocal Hindustani Vocal
2013	14.12.2013	Shri Ramakrishnan Murthy Shri B. S. Purushothaman Shri Ramakant Gaikwad	Carnatic Vocal Kanjira Hindustani Vocal
2014	13.12.2014	Dr. S. Karthick Shri V. Sanjeev Shri Samrat Pandit	Ghatam Violin Hindustani Vocal
2015	26.12.2015	Trichur Brothers - Shri Srikrishna Mohan & Shri Ramkumar Mohan Shri Vishnudev Namboodiri Smt. Sriranjani Santhanagopalan Shri Sounak Chattopadhyay	Carnatic Vocal Carnatic Vocal Carnatic Vocal Hindustani Vocal
2016	10-12-2016	Smt. K. Gayatri Shri Sandeep Narayan Shri Rahul Deshpande	Carnatic Vocal Carnatic Vocal Hindustani Vocal
2017	17.12.2017	Shri. K. Kunnakudi Balamurlikrishna Smt Savita Narasimhan Smt. Mugdha Vaishampayan	Carnatic Vocal Carnatic Vocal Hindustani Vocal
2018	15.12.2018	Shri. Amaan Ali Bangash & Shri. Ayaan Ali Bangash Shri. T. S. Pattabhirama Pandit Shri. Pavithra Bhatt	Sarod Sarod Carnatic Vocal Bharatha Natyam
2019	7.12.2019	Smt. Vasudha Ravi Shri. Vignesh Ishwar Shri. Harsh Narayan	Carnatic Vocal Carnatic Vocal Hindustani Sarangi
2020	27.3.2021	Smt. Amrita Murali Shri. Vittal Rangan Shri. Venkatanagarajan	Carnatic Vocal Carnatic Violin Carnatic Vocal
This is given alongwith the Sangeetha Kala Vibhushan at an awards function held generally in December of each year.

Shanmukha Sangeeta Shiromani Awardees, 2015

Shanmukha Sangeeta Shiromani Awardees, 2014

Shanmukha Sangeeta Shiromani Awardees, 2013

Shanmukha Sangeeta Shiromani Awardees, 2012

Shanmukha Sangeetha Shiromani Awardees, 2011