Recognitions

• Natya Rani Shantala Award by kadamba Sainya Kannada Sanghatane.
• Award of Excellence in Entertainment for Stage Performances 2015 – Tamil Community, Northwest Arkansas, USA
• Rajyothsava Prashasthi awarded by Jilla Kannada Sahitya Parishat an organization promoting art and culture in Karnataka
• Aryabhata Award 2006 by Aryabhatta
  Cultural Organizations Bengaluru
  Karnataka State IMA Cultural Award
  2003 as part of 69th state medical
  conference.
• Ugadi Puraskar 2004 by Chaitanya
  Balaga, Mandya which promotes
  social and cultural development in
  Mandya Karnataka India.

Honors for contributions and achievement in the field of dance

• Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson
  has authorized and commissioned
  Vidushi Megha Rao, an Arkansas
  traveler, to serve as an Ambassador
  of Good Will.
• Karavali Samskruthika Sangha Mandya honored Ms Rao as part of Vasantotsav 2004
• Shiv Sena Karnataka Mandya District honored Ms Rao with Puruskrita Pratibhe -2001
• Sri Ranjini Kalavedhike Mandya – Ugadi Puraskar 2003
• Chaitanya Balaga 2006
• Prathiba Sanje 2005 – Akhila Karnataka Karavali Samskrithika Vokutta
• Kannada Bharati-2006
• Mandya zilla Brahmana Sabha 2002
• Gurudev Academy of Fine Art