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1 UNITED KINGDOM: Exhibited during the World Travel Market’1998 at Earls Court, LONDON with support of Govt. Of India Tourist Office, London.

2 UNITED KINGDOM: Exhibited during the World Cup Cricket-1999 held at Edgbaston, United Kingdom.

3 FRANCE: World Sand Sculpturing Championship at France 2000 representing India.

4 CHINA: International Sand Sculpturing Championship 2000 at China representing India.

5 UNITED KINGDOM: International Sand Sculpturing Festival 2000 at Glasgow representing India.

6 SINGAPORE: Participated in SANTOSA SANDSTATION 2001 3rd June “SPLENDOURS OF GOLDEN ASIA” at Singapore representing India.

7 DENMARK: International Sand’s Sculpture’s Festival 2001 Blokhus on 25th June representing India.

8 ITALY: 3rd Prize in World’s Master Sand Sculpture’s Championship 2001 on 16th July at Italy.

9 NETHERLANDS: Singles International Sand Sculpting Competition at Scheveningen, Holland representing India in 6th May 2001 & 6th May 2002.

10 JAPAN: Champion Medal in “29th International Snow Statue Contest - 2002” at Sapporo, Japan.

11 BELGIUM: Sand Sculpture Festival Blankenberge 2002. at Belgium in June.

12 NETHERLANDS: The Dutch Sand Sculpture Festival Thorn 2002-2003 at Holland in July.

13 CHINA: The 1st China Ningxia Sand Lake International Sand Sculpture Event- 2002, Aug 3 to 10, representative India .

14 CHINA: The 3rd Luilang Colour Sand Festival Demonstration prize at China 2003.

15SPAIN: 2nd Prize in International Sand Sculpture Championship at Valadoli, Spain 2003.

16 GERMANY: 3rd Prize at Berlin International Sand Sculpture Championship at Germany 2003.

17 CHINA: 4th Prize at China International Sand Sculpture Competition 2003.

18 UAE: Sand Sculpture Demonstration at Muscat Festival 2004 at Oman.

19 GERMANY: Participated at Sand World Festival at Travemunda at Germany 2003-04.

20 GERMANY: Public Prize at 2nd Berlin Sand Station Competition 2004.

21 AUSTRALIA: Participated at Sand Sculpting Australia 2004 at Melbourne.

22 USA: Participated in Houston international Festival-2005 at Houston Texas. Taj mahal recreated in sand

23 GERMANY: 1st Prize at 3rd Berlin International Sand Sculpture Competition 2005.

*The Competitions/Festivals sited above indicate my participation on behalf of the country and recipient of awards/honours.

24 Providing training to artists through open air Golden Sand Art Institute at Puri beach, an institute which I started in 1994 with a view to make these students learn and develop sand art as a professional art form. Students from India and abroad are enrolled for projects, regular and short term courses. My objective is to include sand art as a regular curriculum in the schools of art and culture.

25 Published a book regarding SAND ART.

26 Conducted training and workshops and demonstrated the art form in different Fair and Festivals around the country to promote and popularize this art form in our country.

27 I took current national and international events on social problems such as World Peace, Wild Life, Terrorism, HIV-AIDS, World Sports and problems of similar nature and depicted it through the form of SAND ART to create public awareness which is covered by National and International Media like BBC, CNN, ABC, Doordarshan, Discovery, National Geography and others.

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