Bhubaneswar: Odisha Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards for 2017-18 and 2018-19 were announced here today.

Odissi vocalist Shyamamani Devi will be conferred with the prestigious Kabi Samrat Upendra Bhanja Award of the Akademi for the year 2017-18.

Similarly, Daskathia maestro Upendra Panigrahi will receive the award for the year 2018-19.