National Film Awards

• Best Director – 64th National Film Awards of India, 2016 (Kadvi Hawa)
• Special Mention – 64th National Film Awards of India, 2016 (Kadvi Hawa)
• Best Odia Film – (Director) 67th National Film Awards of India, 2019 (Kalira Atita)
• Best Odia Film – (Producer) 67th National Film Awards of India, 2019 (Kalira Atita)
• Best Child Artist – 59th National Film Awards of India, 2011 (I Am Kalam)

Domestic Film Awards

• Best Debut Director Award - Aravindan Puraskaram, 2010 (I Am Kalam)
• Best Actor Searchlight - 10th Max Stardust Awards, 2010 (I Am Kalam)
• Best Story - 57th Filmfare Awards, 2012 (I Am Kalam)
• ‘Bharat Gaurav (India’s pride)’, 2015
• “Living Legend’, 2012
• ‘Son of Odisha’, 2012
• ‘Odisha Icon’, 2011
• ‘Excellence in Media’ for fighting Female Foeticide, 2010

International Film Awards (for ‘I Am Kalam’)

• Prix Du Public – Festival International du Film Pour Enfants de Montreal, 2011
• The Bronze Cairo – Cairo International Film Festival, 2012
• The CIFJE Prize – Cairo International Film Festival, 2012
• Best Feature Film – Chicago International Children’s Film Festival, 2011
• Best Feature Film, Dream Fest – Slatina, 2012
• Young Jury Award – International Film Festival of India in Goa, 2010
• Best Feature Film – Silent River Film Festival, California (SRFF), 2011
• Best Director – Silent River Film Festival, California (SRFF), 2011
• Special Mention – Cinekid International Film Festival in Amsterdam, 2010
• Audience Choice for Best Feature Film – Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, 2011
• Best Feature Film Award – 33rd International Children's Film Festival Lucas, 2010
• Don Quijote Prize – International Cine Club Federations in Germany, 2010
• Audience Favorite Award – The Barbican London Children’s Film Festival Award, 2010
• Best Child Actor – Silent River Film Festival California, 2011
• Special Diploma for Best Actor Work – Minsk International Film Festival Listapadzik, 2011
• People's Choice Award – Montreal International Children’s Film Festival (MICFF), 2011
• Best Feature Film from the Indian Panorama at the 41st International Film Festival of India, 2010
• Best Actor Work at the Minsk International Film Festival, 2010
• Golden Elephant Award for the Best Screenplay at 17th International Children’s Film Festival, India, 2011
• Special Mention at the 17th International Children’s Film Festival of India, 2011
• International Jury’s Special Mention – Ale Kino International Film Festival in Poland, 2010
• Best Screenplay, 17th International Children's Film Festival, Hyderabad
• Best Debutant Director Award – Chalachitra Film Society, Kerela
• Best Children’s Feature Film, CMS International Film Festival, Lucknow, 2011

International Film Awards (For Halkaa)

• Best Feature Film – Grand Prix De Montreal, 21st FIFEM, Montreal Int’l Children’s FF, Canada, 2018
• Best Feature Film – Grand Prix Kinolub Festival for Children and Youth, Poland, 2018
• Best Child Actor – 23rd Schlingel International Film Festival, Germany, 2018
• Best Comedy Film – Buff International Film Festival, Malmo Sweden, 2019
• Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Award, 2015

International Film Awards (For Jalpari)

• Best Film – MIP Junior Award 2012 Cannes, 2012

International Awards (Elephant in the Room) (Short Film)

• Best Short Film, La Matetena Mexico, 2022
• Best Short Film, SIFCA Saronikos International Festival of Creative Art, Greece, 2022

Other International Film Awards

• Longest Journey Award by the British Council, Creative Futures of India, 2006
• UK Environment Film Fellowship, 2005
• Heroism in Cinematography, THP New York, 2003
• ‘Excellence in Media’ for fighting Female Foeticide
• United Nations Visual Media Fellowship, 2002