TFA announced the names of the winners of the Twentieth Annual TOTO Awards 2024 on Saturday, 3 February at Bangalore International Centre (BIC), Bengaluru .
The ten young artists in various fields who won the TOTO received ₹60,000 each at the hands of chief guest Aakar Patel, author, columnist and Chair of Amnesty International, India.
As a special gesture to mark the twentieth year, 12 artists who were shortlisted but didn’t win received ₹15,000 each.
The TOTO 2024 winners are:
Music: (supported by Badri Vishal)
Amrit Ramnath, Chennai
Kinari, Delhi
Creative Writing in English: (supported by Mani Rao Foundation and Naboneeta Majumdar)
Zainab Ummer Farook, Kozhikode, Kerala
Faiz Ahmad, Mumbai
Photography: (supported by The Art and Photography Foundation, India)
Dhiraj Rabha, Goalpura, Assam
Aakriti Chandervanshi, Pune
Creative Writing in Kannada: (supported by Bhoomija Trust)
Naveen Tejaswi, Hosabale, Shimoga
Short Film: (supported by O2 Financials)
Adheep Das, New Delhi
Khushi Bano, Lucknow
Digital Art: (supported by the Estate of Mehlli Gobhai)
Nisha Tanwar, Gurugram
We congratulate all the winners and shortlisted applicants!
Photographs by Hariharan Ramaswamy