AWARDS & HONOURS

Honoured by the Hon'ble Governor of Bihar appointed me as a General/Executive Member of Bihar Sangeet Natak Academy, 1996 to 1998

Kala Guru Samman by Kala Mandir, The Celuloid Chapter Art Foundation, Jamshedpur, 2003

Singhbhum Sanskritik Samman by Utkal Sammelinee 2006

Singhbhum District Hindi Sahitya Samellan, Tulsi Bhavan, Jamshedur, 2006

Safdar Hashmi Award by IPTA, Jharkhand, 2017

Felicited by Hon'ble Vice- President of India at Khelgaon - Ranchi, Organized by Department of Culture, Govt. of Jharkhand - Sept. 2009

Sanskar Bharti Samman by Sanskar Bharti, Jamshedpur, 2010.

Received Bishist Samman for the develpoment of Kharsawan Chhau from Chhau Nritya Kala Kendra, Kharsawan

Chhau Guru Samman by Dakshin Kolhan Chhau Nritya Kala Kendra, W.Singhbhum, 2013

State cultural Award Jharkhand Kala Sanskriti Khel Kud aur Yuvakarya Vibhag, 2015.

Lok Kala Samman, Shree Shrikeshtra Soochna, Puri, Odisha 2016 and 2017

Chhau Ratna Samman by Icha Chhau Nritya Kala Kendra,West Singhbhum ,Jharkhand 2017

Kala Ratna Samman by Shiv Sambhu Chhau Nritya Kala Kendra, Seraikela, 2017

Agreem Xvii Abhijeet by Lt. General Rajeev Chopra & Brahmastra Corps, 2017

Certificate of Merit by All India Folk & Tribal Art Parishath, New Delhi, 2017

Birsa Munda Kala Ratna by Society of Tribal Enhancement & People Services, Ranchi, 2018

Natya Bhaskar by Nrithya Dhama Temple of Fine Arts, Bengaluru, 2018

Jharkhand Chhau Ratna by Gunj Utsav, Gunj Parivaar, Silli, Ranchi, 2018

5th CMSB National Award 2018 by Council of Media & Satellite Broadcasting, Bengaluru, 2018

Nritya Tarangini Kala Ratna at International Classical & Folk Dance Festival, Mumbai, 2018

Jharkhand Excellence Award by Youth Hostels Association of India, Jharkhand, 2019

Sahitya & Rasika Samman by Chala Akhra Khorha, Hehal, Ranchi, 2019

Certificate of Appreciation by Department of Tourism, Jharkhand, 2019

Honored at Bharat Utsav by Debadhara Delhi, New Delhi

Lifetime Excellency Award at Chaitra Parva Chhau Mahotsav,Seraikella by Governor of Jharkhand, 2019

Jharkhand Gourav Samman (by Prabhat Khabar) in 2019, felicited by Hon’ble Vice President of India Shree Vainkaiah Naidu.

Jatia Guru Samman by Student Cultural Council of Assam 2019 at Guwahati, Assam.

I have been selected for Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards, 2018 and will be honored at a special ceremony.

‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ & ‘Pride of India’ honour by three International organizations Batayana International Poetry Festival, International Tribal Film Festival and Tourism International Film Festival 2020 for contribution in reviving the culture of ‘Chhau Dance’ in Bihar, Odisha, West Bengal and Jharkhand.