Awards and Titles
Deepti has been honored with several awards like and to name a few:
- Kendra Sangeet Natak Akademi Puraskar
- The Kerala Sangeet Natak Academy Award
- The Spic Macay Samman by Sri. Krishna Kant , former Vice-President of India
- Narada Gaana Sabha Award
- Award of Excellence by Sri .I.K. Gujaral, former Prime Minister of India,
- Natya Ratna from Maarar Sabha Kerala
- Lalita Kala Vichakshana for music and dance (Madurai )
- Sangeeta Sarva Bhauma (Delhi Tamil Sangam and Gayatri Fine arts for Carnatic music)
She is an ‘A’ Grade artiste of A.I.R in music and a ‘TOP’ graded artiste of Doordarshan and has given several National Programmes .She is empanelled in the ‘Outstanding’ category by the I.C.C.R.
She has been a co-host in ‘SANGEET SAMAY’, a Doordarshan weekly programme on Indian classical music. She has conducted two hour interview of Padma Vibhushan Ustad Amjad Ali Khan for Kairali, a leading Malayalam TV network and of Vidwan Sri..M.S. Gopalakrishnan, eminent violinist and Dr. Leela Omchery, eminent musicologist for Sangeet Natak Akademi Archives.
With equal dedication Deepti is imparting training in both Carnatic Music and Mohiniyattam to young aspirants through Trikala Gurukulam, an institution founded by her mother. Many of her disciples are also recipients of the Junior and Senior Scholarships and Fellowships awarded by the Ministry of Culture, Govt of India.
