# National Film Award for Best Sound Design (non-feature film)

The National Film Award for Best Sound Design is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the National Film Development Corporation of India. It is one of several awards presented for non-feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus).
The award was instituted in 1990, at 38th National Film Awards and awarded annually for the short films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages. At the 70th National Film Awards, both Best Audiography and Best On-location Sound Recordist were clubbed to a single category as Best Sound Design. Since then, only the sound designer is eligible for the award.

## Winners

Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus) and cash prize. Following are the award winners over the years:
Awards legends :
| * | On-location Sound Recordist (until 2021) |
List of award recipients, showing the year (award ceremony), film(s) and language(s) :
| Year | Recipient(s) | Film(s) | Language(s) |
| 1990 (38th) | Sujit Sarkar | Mohor | Bengali |
| 1991 (39th) | Anil Tendulkar | Sons of Abotani: The Misings | Mishing |
| 1991 (39th) | Gautam Bora | Sons of Abotani: The Misings | Mishing |
| 1992 (40th) | Sanjoy Chatterjee | Wangala: A Garo Festival | English |
| 1993 (41st) | Indrajit Neogi | Maihar Raag | Bengali |
| 1994 (42nd) | Indrajit Neogi | Another Way of Learning | English |
| 1994 (42nd) | A. M. Padmanabhan | Another Way of Learning | English |
| 1995 (43rd) | Shyam Sunder | Tatva | Hindi |
| 1996 (44th) | Nihar R. Samal | Tat Tvam Asi | • Hindi • English |
| 1997 (45th) | Pankaj Shil | Matir Bhanr | Bengali |
| 1998 (46th) | Satheesh P. M. | Kumar Talkies | Hindi |
| 1999 (47th) | Chinmoy Nath | The Vehicle with a Soul of a Man | – |
| 2000 (48th) | Hari Kumar | A Memory of the Sea | English |
| 2001 (49th) | Anup Mukherjee | Enough of Silence | English |
| 2002 (50th) | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2003 (51st) | Ramesh Birajdar | Bhaba Paagla | Bengali |
| 2004 (52nd) | Vivek | Kshy Tra Ghya | Hindi |
| 2005 (53rd) | Anmol Bhave | Closer | – |
| 2006 (54th) | Partha Barman | Bishar Blues | Bengali |
| 2007 (55th) | Ajit Singh Rathore | Kramasha | Hindi |
| 2008 (56th) | Mateen Ahmad | Children of the Pyre | Hindi |
| 2009 (57th) | Lipika Singh Darai | Gaarud | • Hindi • Marathi |
| 2010 (58th) | Harikumar Madhavan Nair | A Pestering Journey | • Malayalam • Punjabi • Hindi • English • Tulu |
| 2011 (59th) | Gautam Nair | 1, 2 | Hindi |
| 2012 (60th) | Harikumar M. | Do Din Ka Mela | Kutchi |
| 2013 (61st) | Gautam Nair | Chidiya Udh | – |
| 2014 (62nd) | Anindit Roy | Tender is the Sight | – |
| 2014 (62nd) | Ateesh Chattopadhyay | Tender is the Sight | – |
| 2014 (62nd) | Ayan Bhattacharya | Tender is the Sight | – |
| 2015 (63rd) | Moumita Roy | Edpa Kana | Kurukh |
| 2016 (64th) | Ajith Abraham George | In Return Just a Book | English |
| 2017 (65th) | Avinash Sonawane | Pavasacha Nibandha | Marathi |
| 2017 (65th) | Samarth Mahajan | The Unreserved | |
| 2018 (66th) | Bishwadeep Chatterjee | Children of the Soil | |
| 2018 (66th) | Ajay Bedi | The Secret Life of Frogs | |
| 2019 (67th) | Allwin Rego | Radha | Musical |
| 2019 (67th) | Sanjay Maurya | Radha | Musical |
| 2019 (67th) | Saptarshi Sarkar | Rahas | Hindi |
| 2020 (68th) | Ajit Singh Rathore | Pearl of the Desert | Rajasthani |
| 2020 (68th) | Sandip Bhati | Jadui Jangal (Magical Forest) | Hindi |
| 2020 (68th) | Pradeep Lekhwar | Jadui Jangal (Magical Forest) | Hindi |
| 2021 (69th) | Krishnanunni N R | Ek Tha Gaon | • Garhwali • Hindi |
| 2021 (69th) | Suruchi Sharma | Meen Raag | Rajasthani |
| 2022 (70th) | Manas Choudhury | Yaan | • Hindi • Malwi |