Acharya is a leading literary figure of the State and the Country and is hailed as the pioneer of the new school of fiction, in the Indian Literary epoch, in the aftermath of Independence. As a Novelist, Story Writer, Science fiction writer, Children’s Litterateur and columnist he has been amply recognized and awarded both at the State and National levels. He was awarded the National  Sahitya Academy Award for short stories in the year 1993.  Prior to that he received the Orissa Sahitya Academy Award, for his classic novel, Nara- Kinnara, in 1962. His contribution to Children’s literature also got National recognition, twice, in the years 1961 and 1963. However, his main body of literary works has received profound critical attention from the very start quite early, in the sixties, and is being continuously reviewed through deeper research at the higher academic levels, in the Departments of Language and Literature of post graduate studies in the Universities, with simultaneous reach and spread of his popularity amongst his ever growing number of fans.