HONORS AND AWARDS

1946: Awarded the Silver Medal, Bombay Art Society, Mumbai.

1948:            Awarded the Gold Medal, Bombay Art Society, Mumbai.

1956:            Awarded the Prix de la Critique, Paris.

1981:             Awarded the Kalidas Samman National Award, Government of Madhya Pradesh.

1981:             Elected Fellow of the Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.

1981:             Awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India.

1992-93:      Awarded the Kalidas Samman.

2004:           Lalit Kala Ratna Puraskar, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi.

2007:            Awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India.

2013:            Awarded the Padma Vibhushan.