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