Panda won two categories in the Talent Search Contest organised by
Dover Lane Music Conference/Academy in the year 1998-99 and received the Ustad Amir Khan Award for best vocalist,
His Master's Voice award for best young talent of the year 1998-99 and Rotu Sen Memorial Award for Thumri. The Department of Culture, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India awarded her a scholarship in the field of Hindustani Music in the year 1998–99. She received a Sangeet Kalaratna Award from Matri Udbodhan Ashram, Patna. The Ministry of Culture of the Government of India awarded her a Junior Fellowship in the field of Hindustani Music for the year 2008 - 2009. She received a "Jadubhatta Award" from Salt Lake Cultural Association in the year 2009 - 2010 and "Sangeet Samman" from the same association on the occasion of its Silver Jubilee Celebration (2011 - 2012). ==References==