The Family Members, Sishyas and other admirers of GanaKalanidhi Dr. Vinjamuri Varadaraja Iyengar have established a few awards in his name in order to encourage and promoto the Art that he practiced, admired and dedicated his life to. The following are the institutions that have already received the funds and instituted the awards.

The list of Awardees in various Institutions from 1992 to Present:

Year Madras Music Academy Gold Medal Telugu University Gold Medal Chitra Tirunal Academy Scholarship Cleveland (OH, USA) Aradhana RTP Award
1992 R. Vedavalli K Rama      
1993 Charumathi Ramachandran Aruna Sree    
1994 Bombay Sisters Madhu Mohan    
1995 T.R. Subramanian K Himabindu    
1996 Suguna Purushothaman None Eligible    
1997 J. Venkataraman None Eligible    
1998 T.N. Seshagopalan D Chidrupa Lakshmi    
1999 Suguna Purushothaman K Sundari    
2000 Vijaya Siva None Eligible    
2001 Neela Ramgopal K Padmaja    
2002 Raji Gopalakrishnan D Ananda Rao    
2003 Vijay Siva M Sharada    
2004 Suguna Purushothaman K Shankar    
2005 Sanjay Subrahmanyam UVM Vamsi    
2006 OS Arun Alladi Jayaprada    
2007 Suguna Purushothaman      
2008 Panthula Rama     Jaysree Sarathy
2009 Malladi Brothers     Kunnakkudi Balamurali Krishna
2010 Malladi Brothers     Pantula Rama
2011 Sanjay Subrahmanyam     Karnatica Brothers
2012 Sanjay Subrahmanyam      
2013 K Gayatri      
2014        
2015        

1. Madras Music Academy - Gold Medal awarded for best Pallavi singing by a senior artist during December Festival - Instituted by V. Govindarajan

2. Telugu University - Gold Medal awarded to the best student in M.A. Music class - Instituted by V. Govindarajan

3. Chitra Tirunal Academy - A scholarship for the study of Music awarded annually - Instituted by V. Govindarajan & Radha Sreevaran