Government of India Prime Minister's Award "Acharya Narendra Dev Sarokar Samajic Saman" from Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar, April 91.

 

Delhi Administration’s Sahitya Kala Parishad’s Parishad Samman 1992 for Outstanding Individual Contribution to the Performing Arts of India.

2022  Critics’ Choice Award from World University of Design

2019 Lalit Arpan Samman 2019 from Asawari & The LaLit

2019 Lifetime Achievement Award from Vylopilli Samskrithi Bhavan, Thiruvananthapuram at Sree Yasoda Mahotsav

2019   Prabasi Bhasha Samman 2019 from Odia Intellects, International Mother Language Conclave

2019   Women of the Decade in Arts Leadership Award from Women Economic Forum

2019   PHD Art & Culture Samman

2019   Lifetime Achievement Award, JEWA

2018    Prabasi Odia Samman, Odisha Forum, New Delhi

2018   Indian Achievers Sammaan (Special Achievers Sammaan), NRI Achievers

2018    Tarana Art &  Music Nritya Shiromoni Samman

2018   India Appreciation Award for Dedication Towards Elderly, Apollo Hospital & Geriatics Care

2017   Kavi Samrat Upendra Bhanja Samman from AKS, New Delhi

2017   12th Baba Allaudin Khan Music Award , Baba Allaudin Khan Music Foundation

2017   Made in India Award, Bharat Nirman

2015   Devadasi National Award, Odisha

2015    9th Chausathi Yogini Nrutya Prativa Samman, Odisha

2015   Pride of India from IECSME, Toppers, and AAPPCOM

2009    International Congress of Women- International Life time achievement

2003    Bhawna Kala Mandir’s Rajdhani Ratan Award

2000   Kala Shreshtha Samman from Indian Centre for Cultural Integration for Outstanding Contribution to Indian Classical Dance

1998   Rashtriya Ekta Award on 54th birth anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi, All India Unity Conference

1997   All India Conference of Intellectuals Delhi Ratan for Contribution to Performing Arts

1997   India Association, Dubai  Golden Jubilee Indian Independence Day

1991   Kalasagaram, Secunderabad

1994   Indian Institute of Marketing and Management for International Cultural                               Understanding

1992   Delhi Administration’s Sahitya Kala Parishad’s Parishad Samman 1992 for Outstanding Individual Contribution to the Performing Arts of India

1992   Mahila Navrattam from International Friendship Foundation of India

1992   Abhivaktyi Kala Sangam for Odissi Dance

1992   Delhi 2001 Forum Award “For Excellence in Classical Indian Dance and Promotion of Performing Artists East and West”

1991   Award for "Contribution to Odissi Dance" from NUPUR Dance and Music Institution, Bhubaneswar presented by Minister Kumar Patsani (also awarded to Guru Pankaj Charan Das).

1991   Government of India Prime Minister's Award "Acharya Narendra Dev Sarokar Samajic Saman" from Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar, April 91.

1991   American Institute of Indian Studies Fellowship "Comparative Analysis of Chhau Dance Forms.”

1988   Outstanding Young Person of the Year, Hyderabad Jaycees.

1988   Member, University School Board to establish Sarojini Naidu School of Performing and Fine Arts and Communication, Central University, Hyderabad.

1988   Bharat Nirman Award for "Role of Women in Nation Building" in the field of Art and Dance.

1986-7  American Institute of Indian Studies Senior Faculty Fellowship, "Medieval Text and Modern Context of Odissi Dance".

1986   Represented American Professionals in Indian Performing Arts in ten-city tour of India for Festival of India-U.S.A. exchange under auspices of American Institute of Indian Studies and Indian State governments and arts organizations (see Festivals and Conferences).

1985   International Travel grant for U.S.A. performance tour with musicians from Government of India's Indian Council for Cultural Relations (First such support given to an American for overseas tour)

1985    Indian Council for Cultural Relations Senior Orientation Grant.

1981   American Institute of Indian Studies Professional Development Fellowship "To Refine Dance Technique in Odissi, Manipuri, and Chhau".

1977   Singar Mani Award (Adorning Jewel of the Dance) for Manipuri Dance, Sur Singar Samsad Academy, Bombay, Kal Ke Kalakar Festival.

1973-75 Fulbright Scholarship for Manipuri dance, extension and second year renewal.

1971   B.A. Cum Laude, Honors College, Literature, Science and the Arts, University of Michigan.