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'''Kumkum Mohanty''' (born 10 September 1946) is an Odissi dancer.

Mohanty was born at Cuttack.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.srjan.com/moreaward.aspx?awardid=45&events=4|title=SRJAN, Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Odissi Nrityabasa|work=srjan.com|quote=Born on September 10, 1946 to a family at Cuttack|access-date=14 March 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411211958/http://www.srjan.com/moreaward.aspx?awardid=45&events=4|archive-date=11 April 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> She received training from Guru [[Kelucharan Mohapatra]] at Kala Vikash kendra.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.orissadiary.com/personality/artist/KumkumMohanty%20.asp |title=Kumkum Mohanty |work=orissadiary.com |quote=Kumkum Mohanty received her training in Odissi dance at Kala Vikash Kendra under the tutelage of Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra |access-date=14 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012195034/http://orissadiary.com/personality/artist/KumkumMohanty%20.asp |archive-date=12 October 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She is recognised for ''[[abhinaya]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110901/jsp/orissa/story_14448544.jsp |title=Fest follows guruji’s footsteps|work=telegraphindia.com|quote=Kumkum is widely recognised for her immaculate abhinaya (a dance form) in Odissi. |access-date=14 March 2013 |location=Calcutta, India |first=Namita |last=Panda |date=1 September 2011}}</ref>
She has worked as the special secretary (Culture) to the [[Government of Odisha]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.mapsofindia.com/who-is-who/art-culture/kumkum-mohanty.html |title=Kumkum Mohanty|work=mapsofindia.com |quote=Shrimati Mohanty is also the Special Secretary (Culture) to the Government of Orissa. |access-date=14 March 2013}}</ref> After her retirement in 2004, she started her dance school ''Geeta govinda'' in 2006, in [[Bhubaneshwar]].Currently she joined as an adjunct professor at School of Humanities, Social Sciences & Management, IIT Bhubaneswar

==Awards==
*Guru Kelucharan Mahapatra Award, 2011<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.orissadiary.com/ShowOriyaOrbit.asp?id=28867 |title=Orissa: Srjan announces Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Award to Gloria, Kumkum Mohanty, Oriya Orbit |work=orissadiary.com |year=2011 |quote=Kumkum Mohanty to get Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Award 2011. |access-date=14 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130324200409/http://orissadiary.com/ShowOriyaOrbit.asp?id=28867 |archive-date=24 March 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[Padma Shri]], 2005<ref name=pdma>{{cite web|title=Padma Awards Directory (1954-2009) |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs (India) |url=http://www.mha.nic.in/pdfs/LST-PDAWD.pdf |quote=64 Smt. Kumkum Mohanty PS OR Art |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510095705/http://www.mha.nic.in/pdfs/LST-PDAWD.pdf |archive-date=2013-05-10 }}</ref>
*[[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]], 1994<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm |title=SNA: Awardeeslist:: (Dance -Odissi) |work=sangeetnatak.gov.in |quote=Kumkum Mohanty 1994 |access-date=14 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331060603/http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm |archive-date=31 March 2016 }}</ref>
*Odisha Sangeet Natak Akademi, 1993
*2nd Nrutyangada Samman <ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.hindu.com/2011/01/08/stories/2011010850310200.htm |archive-url= https://archive.today/20130411021002/http://www.hindu.com/2011/01/08/stories/2011010850310200.htm |url-status= dead |archive-date= 11 April 2013 |title=Other States / Orissa News : Kumkum Mohanty conferred ‘Nrutyangada Samman' |quote=Kumkum Mohanty was conferred the 2nd ‘Nrutyangada Samman' |access-date=14 March 2013 |location=Chennai, India |work= [[The Hindu]] |date=8 January 2011}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links==
* [http://www.geetagovinda.in/ Geeta Govinda, website]

{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Art}}
{{Padma Award winners of Odisha}}{{Odisha Sangeet Natak Akademi award|state=expanded}}{{authority control}}

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[[Category:People from Cuttack]]
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[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in arts]]
[[Category:Utkal University alumni]]
[[Category:Performers of Indian classical dance]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]
[[Category:Indian civil servants]]
[[Category:Teachers of Indian classical dance]]
[[Category:Indian dance teachers]]
[[Category:Indian female classical dancers]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian dancers]]
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[[Category:20th-century Indian women artists]]
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[[Category:Educators from Odisha]]
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[[Category:Women educators from Odisha]]
[[Category:20th-century women educators]]

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