| 1985 |
Jb. Akhta-ul-Eman |
| 1986 |
Jb. Ghulam Rabbani Taban |
| 1987 |
Ms. Begum Saliha Abid Hussain (After Death) |
| 1988 |
Ghalib Academy |
| 1989 |
Jb. Khursheed-ul- Islam |
| 1990 |
Jb. Raj Bahadur Gaur |
| 1991 |
Jb. Rasheed Hasan Khan |
| 1992 |
Prof. Nurul Hasan Hashmi |
| 1993 |
Jb. Moin Ahsan Jazbi |
| 1995 |
Jb. Kali Das Gupta Raza |
| 1996 |
Jb. Jogindar Pal |
| 1997 |
Prof. Sheharyar |
| 1998 |
Prof. Al Ahmad Saroor |
| 1999 |
Prof. Mohammad Hasan |
| 2000 |
Ms. Qurtul Ain Haider |
| 2001 |
Prof. Qazi Abdul Sattar |
| 2002 |
Jn. Shamsur Rehman Farooqui |
| 2003 |
Jb, Ishrat Ali Siddiqui |
| 2004 |
Dr. Tanveer Ahmad Alvi |
| 2005 |
Prof. Jagan Nath Azad(After death) |
| 2006 |
Jb. Iqbal Majeed |
| 2007 |
Prof. Mohammad Aqeel Rizvi |
| 2008 |
Prof. Sajida Zaidi & Prof. Zahida Zaidi (Jointly) |
| 2009 |
Prof. Masood Hussain Khan |
| 2010 |
Prof. Gopi Chand Narang |
| 2011 |
Jb. Mohammad Alvi |
| 2011 |
Jb. Mazhar-ul- Haqu |
| 2011 |
Jb. Waris Alvi |
| 2012 |
Prof. Asloob Ahmad Ansari |
| 2013 |
Prof. Syeda Jaffar |
| 2015 |
Prof. Malik Zada Manzoor Ahmad (After Death) |
| 2017 |
Jb. Mujtaba Hussain |
| 2018 |
Prof. Sharib Radaulvi |
| 2020 |
Ms. Jeelani Bano |
| 2022 |
Prof. Abdus Sattar Dalvi |
