Biography

Sand animation used to be a solo performance until Manas Kumar Sahoo, for the first time, successfully used group attempt in this art work. He worked with his group and their performances left the judges and audience speechless in the acclaimed Indian reality show, 'India's Got Talent Khoj 2', on Colors channel – a channel that is a sister concern of the renowned network group – Network 18. International Achievements: Participated in 3rd World Masters Sand Sculpture Championship 2001 and bagged 3rd Prize in Italy Participated in Muscat Festival at Oman in 2003 Participated in 15th Asian Games, Doha 2006 Participated in India @ 60 festivals at New York 2007 Participated in Langkawi International Sand Sculpture Festival at Malaysia in 2007 International Talent Hunt host by Dubai Media Incorporate, Govt of Dubai (2010) India Festival, Amsterdam, Holand (2008) Asia Fair at Brussels in Belgium (2008) National Achievements: Historical Performance at the visit of Smt. Pratibha Devi Singh Patil (Ex-President of India) for 100 years CBI Celebration, at Mumbai (2010) Shreekhetra Shree 2011 award at Puri, Odisha Felicitated by Ex-Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee at the 90th Anniversary of Union Bank of India, Delhi (2010) Best Achievers Award by Indian Railways, Eco Rly Division (2010) 'Abhinandanika' Award by Shri Giridhar Gamango (Ex Chief Minister, Govt of Odisha) Best Citizen Award by DM, Puri, Odisha Participated in 350th Agra Celebration in 2005 Participated in India's Got Talent - 2 of on Colors TV Channel in 2010 Participated in different awareness programmes on HIV/AIDS, Bird Flu, Tsunami, etc. Participated in ITF New Delhi in 2002 and 2003 Participated in TTF Kolkata in 1999, etc. He teaches sand art to many handicapped children and youngsters and also participated in several Sand Art Demonstration at Pondichery, Mumbai, Malkanagiri Festival, Chennai, Berhmpur Beach Festival, Konark Festival, Haldia – West Bengal (Haldia Festival), Paradeep Beach Festival, Ranchi, Hyderabad, Bijapur (Karnatak), Brahmaputra Festival (Guwahati), Puri Beach Festival, Shree Khetra Festival, Anjali Programme, etc.