Padma Vibhushan, 2000                                                             

Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship, 1991                                 

Padma Bhushan, 1989
Padma Shri, 1972
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 1966
Kalidas Samman from Madhya Pradesh government

Like much of Indian dance that had fallen into disrepute by the early 20th century, Odissi dance,became remote from its sacred roots. Removed from the temples, its idiom was preserved as Gotipuas; a traditional dance form of Odisha where young boys dress up as woman to praise Lord Jagannath. Guru Padma Vibhusan Kelucharan Mohapatra was one of these dancers, known as gotipuas. Later in his life he did extensive research on Gotipua and Mahari dance, which lead him to restructure Odissi dance. Guru Padma Vibhusan Kelucharan Mohapatra was a master in Percussion- instruments  Mridangam, Pakhavaj and Tabla , which clearly resonates in his dance compositions. He was also skilled in the traditional Pattachitra painting.

Odisha Sangeet Natak Akademi 1995                                 

Nrutya Vyaasa by Bhanja Kala Kendra Rourkela 1998           

Nrutya Saraswti award by Balakrushna das foundation Bhubaneswar 2001  Nrutya Pratibha Bhubaneswar 2002                                           

Nrutya Gauraba 2007                                                                         

Music Cirlce award  2016                                                               

Kelucharan Mohapatra award 2017

Born on 22^nd September 1947 in Khurda district of Odisha started learning GOTIPUA at the age of 6 from Arjun panda and Birbar sahu  ( Darada Gotipua Kala Kendra)  and learnt Bandha Nrutya from Late guru Chandra Sekhar patnaik, Manimaha patra and Mayadhar rout ( DimirIshena).He learnt Odissi from Late Guru Padma Vibhusan Kelucharan Mohapatra. Worked as dance teacher at Bhanja Kala Kendra Rourkela from 1974 to  2012.