His Accolades
  • Aditya Vikram Birla Kalakiran Award 2014.
  • Ram Gopal Best Male Dancer by Mohan Khokar Foundation - 2013.
  • Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar by Sangeet Natak Academy – First male Odissi dancer to receive this award (2008)
  • Empanelled artist of Indian Council for Cultural Relations, ICCR
  • Honorary member of Sacred Dance Guild, USA
  • Member of the International Dance Council, CID, UNESCO
  • Member of World Movement for Indian Fine Arts, Italy
  • Honoured by Oriya Society of America & Jagannath Society of America
  • Graded artist of Doordarshan, Govt. of India
  • Member of www.narthaki.com,the largest international website on Indian Classical Dance
  • Recipient of senior scholarship from Dept. of Culture, Ministry of Tourism & Culture, Govt. of India (2003)
  • Recipient of junior scholarship from Dept. of Culture, Ministry of Tourism & Culture, Govt. of India (1996)
  • Trained under Guru Durga Charan Ranbir since the age of 4
  • Trained in Raja and Hatha Yoga at the Satyananda Yoga Vidyalaya, Bihar school of Yoga