AWARDS & TITLES
- National Award of ‘Padma Shri’ for dance, January, 2005
- On 30th September, 2009 she received the Bharat Shiromani Award for Bharatanatyam. H.E. Mr. M.C.Bhandare, Governor of Orissa distributed the Awards.
- Sahitya Kala Parishad Samman in Delhi
- ‘Key to the Hyogo Prefecture’ by the Governor of Hyogo in Kobe, Japan, 1989
- ‘Kalaimamani’ title and award from Tamil Nadu Government
- Karnataka Rajyotsava Award from Karnataka Government
- Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini Award, 1996
- International Woman of the Year 1998 -1999Award of International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, UK
- The Full Circle Inner Flame Award for Lifetime achievement in Dance, 1999
- Komala was felicitated in New Delhi, in the august presence of President of India, for her contribution to performing and visual arts as well as literature, 1982. A Citation was also presented to her. The President of India also released a collection of her short stories translated into Hindi titled “Mujhe Theri Zaroorat Hai”
- ‘Natya Rani’ title in Singapore
- ‘Bharata Natya Rani’ title by Parthasarathy Swamy Sabha, Bangalore
- ‘Natya Ratna’ title by Shanmukhananda Sabha, Delhi
- Micheal Madhusudan Award for Dance in Calcutta
- Included in the International Directory of Distinguished leadership of the American Biographical Institute
- And many other Awards and titles by various institutions and private organizations like the University Women’s Association, Bangalore, Institute of Marketing and Management, Delhi, Bharat Nirman, etc.
