Western Odisha's folk and tribal Dance, music, song ,folk art forms , folk lore and sambalpuri culture

1. 25 years experience in the field of dance & music of Odisha, working as Resource Person in performing arts department, Sambalpur university, Art Instructor in V.S.S school, appointed by SSA, Sambalpur, Vice- President of ( ZKSS) Zilla Kala Sanskruti Sangha. Deptt. Of Culture, Govt. of Odisha and Chief Co-ordinator,Paschim Odisha Lok Kalakar Mahasangha, DCC, Samabalpur. Member- State Resource Group, Ministry of culture. Govt. of Odisha. Member. Regional Selection Committee. CCRT ( Centre for Cultural Resources and Training),Ministry of culture, Govt. of India Executive Member – Folk Art Federation of India, Allahbad Zone.

1. Folk and Tribal Dance ,Music, Art, Craft ,Language and Culture of Western Part of Odisha.

1. Rajiv Gandhi PrativaPuraskar for sambalpuri folk dance – 2007 from His Excellency Governer of OdishaSriRameswar Thakur.
2. “KalingaBharatiSamman” by KBRC. Cuttack in 2013.
3. GurubariMirdha Yuba Prativapurasakar by BudharajaYubakSangh. Rengali. Sambalpur- 2018.
4. Honoured by SmtAnuradhaMukharjee, Director ,EZCC – 2009 on the eve of “Orissa –West Bengal interstate cultural exchange programme”.
5. Honoured by Sri SurendraNaik,Minister of Agriculture,Odisha – 2009 on the eve of “Orissa Utsav” – at Kolkata. Organized by UTKAL JAGANNATH SEVA SAMITI.
6. Honoured by Sri Devi Prasad Mishra,Minister of Tourism and Culture Odisha – 2009 on the eve of “BoudhaMahotsav” – at Boudha,Odisha.
7. Honoured by Sri GiridharGamango Ex Chief Minister of Odisha – 2010 on the eve of “Padmashri Guru MaguniDasJayantiSamaroha” atRaghurajPur,Odisha.
8. Honoured by Sri Damodar Rout, Minister of Finance, Odisha – 2009 at RavindraMandap, BBSR, on the eve of “Raja Utsav “ organized by MASHAL , BBSR.
9. Honoured by Collector Subarnapur -2008 on the eve of “ATHA SARADAM”Organised by BirmaharajpurSanskrutikSansad .
10. Honoured by UTKALA SAMAJ PUJA SAMITI, Gaziabad, U.P-2011.
11. Honored By OdishaSangeetNatakAkademi. Bbsr at RANGABATI FESTIVAL and TOSHALI MELA.BBSR.
12. Felicitated by Guru Ranjan Kumar Sahu on the occasion of his Production Grant Scheme. “Drums of Western Odisha”. Sponsored by Ministry of Culture. Govt. of India at Sambalpur in 2013.
13. Felicitated at “SURAVI” Festival. organised by SSA .,OPEPA, Sambalpur.Deptt.of Mass Education .Govt.ofOdisha. & “SARGIFULA” Festival. organised by Deptt.of SC& ST Devlopment..Govt.ofOdisha.
14. Honored by ZillaPrativa Puja Samsad. Kendrapada. At Kendrapada Utsav-2015.
15. "NRUTYAGURU SAMMAN" by Hon'able Chief Minister of Odisha .Sri Naveen Pattnaikji on the occasion of 5thState Level Lok Kala Utsav-2015 at Utkal Kala Mandap.Bbsr.
16. Honored by Guru Ramhari Das and Guru DurgacharanRanveer at Ramhari das odishigurukul. Sakhigopal.Puri inGurukul Mahotasav-2015.
17. Honored by JUHAR PARIVAR New Delhi-2015.
18. Honored by PaschimOdishaSanskrutikSansad, Sunabeda, Koraput.
19. Honored by SAMBALPUR KALA PARISHAD-2016 in 10 days training Workshop of Sambalpuri Dance. Invited as Master Trainer.
20. Honoured by UTKALA PARISHAD, Hydrabad in Utkal Divas Samaroha-2017. xxi. Honored by"SaraswatSamman"by Durgapuja Committee, Binka, sonpur-2018
21. Honored by PaschimanchalEktaManch, Sambalpur on NATIONAL SAMBALPURI CONVENTION-2018 at Tapaswini Hall, Sambalpur.
22. Honored by The Leading daily News Paper “ TheSamaj “ in NaukhaiBhetghat -2021 at Sambalpur.
23. Honored by Hona’bleC.M Sri BhupeshBaghelji on 2nd National Tribal dance Festival at Raipur, Chhatisgarh in 2021
24. Honored by The Leading daily News Paper “ TheSambad“ in NaukhaiBhetghat -2021 at Sambalpur.

1. Board of studies member, school of performing arts, sambalpur university
2. Member- State Resource Group, Ministry of culture. Govt. of Odisha.
3. Member. Regional Selection Committee. CCRT ( Centre for Cultural Resources and Training),Ministry of culture, Govt. of India

1. Awarded "Junior Fellowship" By Ministry of Culture. Govt, of India. in the field of Folk Dance -2010, Project entitled "An Analytical-Cum-Demonstrative study of "Sambalpuri Folk Dances of Western Odisha ( Towards...a revival strategy..)
2. Working Experience of 6 years as ex- District Project Co-coordinator in SGSY SplProject "REVIVAL ANDREVITILISATION OF DYEING FOLK ART OFORISSA"–Sambalpuri Dance (Ministry of RuralDevelopment & Implemented by Ministry of Culture. Govt.of India.

National Publications

1. “SambalpuriNrutyaraUtpatti o BikashDhara"- Article published in the Souvenir brought out by "SAPTARSHI", ISBN No- 0973-3264, Sambalpur University for (July-Sept-2019) issue.
2. "SambalpuriNrutya Ra Atita o Bartaman"- publishedMALLESHREE souvenir .Birmaharajpurlok mahotsav-2016.
3. "Folk Dances of Western Odisha" – “Dances of love and life An article published in the “NARTANAM” – A quarterly journal of Indian dance, Volume-xv, No-1 . January-march issue-2015 by Sahradaya ArtsTrust, Hydrabad.
4. "Paschimodisharalokjibana re lokagitarabhumika"- InSweekar – a popular weeklynews paper of Odisha - Jan -2015. Issue.
5. “LokaSanskruti o LokaBadya”Article published in the Souvenir brought out by culture Department, Govt. of Orissa on the occasion of –18th National level Lok Mahotsav-2013.
6. “SambalpuriNrutyaraUtpatti o BikashDhara” published inJUHAR SURTA published by JUHAR PARIVAR, NEW DELHI in 2015.
7. “SambalpuriNrutyaraUtpatti o BikashDhara"- Article published in theSouvenir brought out by Culture Department, Govt. of Orissa on theoccasion of –17th National level Lok Mahotsav-2013.
8. “BharatiyaSanskruti re NrutyaraUtpatti oEharaBikashDhara” In Janamukha on Dt 5th Jan -2012.
9. “PaschimOdisharaLokaSanskruti re LokbadyaraBhimika” In Prameya,the largest circulated odiya Daily News Paper ofodisha on Dt 2nd Jan-2013.“PaschimOdisharaLokaSanskruti re LokbadyaraBhimika” In Prameya,the largest circulated odiya Daily News Paper ofodisha on Dt 2nd Jan-2013.
10. “AbaluptaraPadaDesa re PaschimOdisharaPurushaBhittikaLokaNritya” In “Agnisikha/Sweekar” on Dt 5th Oct-2012.
11. “Jungala o Dalkhai”- special issue on the occasion of world environment day published inDharitri Daily News Paper. On Dt22nd March-2012.
12. “DandaNata”– Dharma o SanskrutikaMilana. - In Prameya,the largest circulated odiya Daily News Paper of odisha on -Dt 20th April-2013.
13. “PaschimOdisharaSanskrutikaParampara reDalkhai” – In Prameya,thelargest circulated odiya Daily News Paper ofOdisha on Dated 19th March-2012.

Workshops

1. Participated 1 day seminar on Topic "SitalSasthiJatraekaSasnkrutikaParva" at Panthanivas, Sambalpur organized by SouravaSahityaSanskrutiSansad, on 8th June-2019.
2. Participated 1 day seminar on Topic "SitalSasthiTihar o Parampara" at Hotel Harjit Residency, Sambalpur organized by Sweekar, on 8th June-2019.
3. Participated 2 days State Level Convention and workshops on "SampradaLokkala" at MarwadiDharamsala, Sambalpur organized by Sweekar, on 30th april and 1st May 2019. . Seminar on " Samprada o Sanchar Kala rasurakhyaabasyakataachhiki ?
4. Invited as a Guru & Resource person in seminar and workshop on 12th and 13th Dec-2017 on sambalpuri folk dance & music organized by SambalpurMahotsav committee - 2017 on topic "sambalpurinrutyarasashtriyavitti/sambalpurivikasitanrutyarasanrachanaaausambhabana/sambalpurinrutyarapathyakhasada.( Classical elements of Sambalpuri Dance. Choreography &Composition of Improvised Sambalpuri folk dance. Making of Syllabus for Diploma and Post Graduate Diploma ).
5. Participated as a Guru in "TOT" = Training to Teachers. 3 days training prog in Sambalpur. organised by Deptt.of Culture. Govt. of Odisha supported by UNICEF-2017(18th to 20th January).
6. Participated 2 days seminar, workshop and competition prog on SampradaLokkalaat MarwadiDharamsala,Sambalpur organized by Sweekar, on 1st& 2nd June-2017.
7. Attended 2 days seminars as Resource Person at School of Performing Arts, Sambalpuri University on SambalpuriNrutyaraSastriyaSharani o AnusthanikaSikhya re taraPrayog.on25th& 26th March-2015.
8. Attended 2 days training cum workshop on KalakarSashaktikaran by ZKSS and Member SRG. Organized by Culture Department, Govt. of Odishawith UNICEF on 17th to 18th May-2017 at Hotel Pushpak, Bhubaneswar.
9. Attended six days as invited Nrutya Guru of sambalpuri dance to givetraining on "special training and workshop" on sambalpuri danceorganised by sambalpurkalaparishad from 30th april to 4th may-2016.
10. Attended as Resource person three days training cum workshop on Social and Behaviour Change Communicationof DCOs, ZKSS and Member SRG. Organized by culture department, Govt. of Odisha and UNICEF.
11. Attended two days workshop on Culture Study in School, organized by SPIC MACAY .Odisha chapter at Bhubaneswar –In Nov-2014
12. Participated as a performer in the production grant scheme by Guru Ranjan Ku Sahoo on Drums of Western Odisha in the year 26th March.2013. sponsored by Ministry of Culture. Govt.ofIndia.New Delhi.
13. Attended workshop and seminar on Folk Dance of Western Odishaby UKIA, Sponsored by Ministry of culture, Govt.of India under CFGS on 2010.
14. Attended 3 days workshop and seminar of 30th INDIAN FOLK LORE CONGRESS-2007, Organised by SETU. In collaboration with PG Deptt. Odiya.Sambalpuri University and OdishaLokSanskrutiGabesanaParishad. Sambalpur on dtd. 17th to 19th Dec.2007.
15. Participation in workshop on Folk Theatre of odishaOrganized by International Theatre. SambalpurChapter in 2005.
16. Participation in PrahalladNatakworkshop (three days) organized bythe,District Council of Culture at Brahmapur,Odisha sponsored by EZCC. Ministry of Culture. Govt. of India. Kolkata.
17. Participation as Guru in sambalpuri folk dance & musicworkshop ( three days Twice ) organized by The District Council of Culture at Sambalpur,Odisha sponsored by EZCC. Ministry of Culture. Govt. of India. Kolkata.
18. Participation as Guru in sambalpuri folk dance& music workshop ( three days Twice ) organize by he ,PaschimOdishaLokKalakarMahasangha at sambalpur, orissa sponsored by EZCC. Ministry of Culture. Govt. of India. Kolkata.

1. Participation as Guru in sambalpuri folk dance& music workshop ( three days Twice ) organize by he ,PaschimOdishaLokKalakarMahasangha at sambalpur, orissa sponsored by EZCC. Ministry of Culture. Govt. of India. Kolkata.
2. Participation as Guru in sambalpuri folk dance & musicworkshop ( three days Twice ) organized by The District Council of Culture at Sambalpur,Odisha sponsored by EZCC. Ministry of Culture. Govt. of India. Kolkata.
3. Participation in PrahalladNatakworkshop (three days) organized bythe,District Council of Culture at Brahmapur,Odisha sponsored by EZCC. Ministry of Culture. Govt. of India. Kolkata.
4. Participation in workshop on Folk Theatre of odishaOrganized by International Theatre. SambalpurChapter in 2005.
5. Attended 3 days workshop and seminar of 30th INDIAN FOLK LORE CONGRESS-2007, Organised by SETU. In collaboration with PG Deptt. Odiya.Sambalpuri University and OdishaLokSanskrutiGabesanaParishad. Sambalpur on dtd. 17th to 19th Dec.2007.
6. Attended workshop and seminar on Folk Dance of Western Odishaby UKIA, Sponsored by Ministry of culture, Govt.of India under CFGS on 2010.
7. Participated as a performer in the production grant scheme by Guru Ranjan Ku Sahoo on Drums of Western Odisha in the year 26th March.2013. sponsored by Ministry of Culture. Govt.ofIndia.New Delhi.
8. Attended two days workshop on Culture Study in School, organized by SPIC MACAY .Odisha chapter at Bhubaneswar –In Nov-2014
9. Attended as Resource person three days training cum workshop on Social and Behaviour Change Communicationof DCOs, ZKSS and Member SRG. Organized by culture department, Govt. of Odisha and UNICEF.
10. Attended six days as invited Nrutya Guru of sambalpuri dance to givetraining on "special training and workshop" on sambalpuri danceorganised by sambalpurkalaparishad from 30th april to 4th may-2016.
11. Attended 2 days training cum workshop on KalakarSashaktikaran by ZKSS and Member SRG. Organized by Culture Department, Govt. of Odishawith UNICEF on 17th to 18th May-2017 at Hotel Pushpak, Bhubaneswar.
12. Attended 2 days seminars as Resource Person at School of Performing Arts, Sambalpuri University on SambalpuriNrutyaraSastriyaSharani o AnusthanikaSikhya re taraPrayog.on25th& 26th March-2015.
13. Participated 2 days seminar, workshop and competition prog on SampradaLokkalaat MarwadiDharamsala,Sambalpur organized by Sweekar, on 1st& 2nd June-2017.
14. Participated as a Guru in "TOT" = Training to Teachers. 3 days training prog in Sambalpur. organised by Deptt.of Culture. Govt. of Odisha supported by UNICEF-2017(18th to 20th January).
15. Invited as a Guru & Resource person in seminar and workshop on 12th and 13th Dec-2017 on sambalpuri folk dance & music organized by SambalpurMahotsav committee - 2017 on topic "sambalpurinrutyarasashtriyavitti/sambalpurivikasitanrutyarasanrachanaaausambhabana/sambalpurinrutyarapathyakhasada.( Classical elements of Sambalpuri Dance. Choreography &Composition of Improvised Sambalpuri folk dance. Making of Syllabus for Diploma and Post Graduate Diploma ).
16. Participated 2 days State Level Convention and workshops on "SampradaLokkala" at MarwadiDharamsala, Sambalpur organized by Sweekar, on 30th april and 1st May 2019. . Seminar on " Samprada o Sanchar Kala rasurakhyaabasyakataachhiki ?
17. Participated 1 day seminar on Topic "SitalSasthiTihar o Parampara" at Hotel Harjit Residency, Sambalpur organized by Sweekar, on 8th June-2019.
18. Participated 1 day seminar on Topic "SitalSasthiJatraekaSasnkrutikaParva" at Panthanivas, Sambalpur organized by SouravaSahityaSanskrutiSansad, on 8th June-2019.

1. Examiner incharge,school of performing arts
2. coordinator -Eco club incharge,school of performing arts
3. Coordinator in absence of Coordinator