3rd Prize, at the age of 20, Woman with Bird (painting executed in 1951), awarded by André Breton (French writer and founder of Surrealism) on behalf of Journal d'Arte, France
1952
Awarded by Air France to travel to Greece
1954
Gold Medal, Calcutta Fine Arts Society, Kolkata, India
1962
National Award, Gold Medal, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India
1965
Awarded Rockefeller III Fund Fellowship, J.D. Rockefeller Foundation
1969
Awarded Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship, Government of India
1997
Kalidas Samman, Government of Madhya Pradesh, India
1998
Excellence Award, Bank of India, India
2004
Lalit Kala Ratna Puraskar, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India
2007
Dayawati Modi Award, New Delhi, India
2008
Roopdhar, Lifetime Achievement Award, Bombay Art Society, Mumbai, India