As the new millennium opened, the B.K. (Bibhuti Kanungo) College of Fine & Applied Arts, Bhubaneswar conferred its Nandi Ghosh Samman on Basanta Kumari Samanta at the college's 16th Annual Painting Exhibition in 2001, extended, per the family's account, on behalf of the Governor of Odisha. The citation names her an artist of enduring popularity among the college's own students and faculty, a recognition from an institution beyond her own alma mater in Khallikote.
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