| Year Sarala Award Recipients |
| 2011 - Dr Hrushikesh Panda |
| 2010 - Mr Harihar Mishra |
| 2009 - Dr Prasanna Kumar Mishra |
| 2008 - Mr Haraprasad Das |
| 2007 - Dr Dasarathi Das |
| 2006 - Smt Annapurna Maharana |
| 2005 - Mr Hrudananda Ray |
| 2004 - Mr Satakadi Hota |
| 2003 - Mr Jagdish Mohanty |
| 2002 - Mr Uttam Kumar Pradhan & Mr Srinivas Udgata |
| 2001 - Mr Tarun Kanti Mishra |
| 2000 - Mr Gopal Chottray |
| 1999 - Dr Bibhuti Bhusan Pattnaik |
| 1998 - Dr Jagannath Prasad Dash |
| 1997 - Mr Manmohan Choudhury |
| 1996 - Padamshree Late Dr S N Rajguru |
| 1995 - Mr Rajendra Kishore Panda |
| 1994 - Prof Bhubaneswar Behera |
| 1993 - Dr Nrushinga Charan Panda |
| 1992 - Dr (Mrs) Prativa Satpathy |
| 1991 - Mr Rama Chandra Behera & Late (Mr) Rabi Pattnaik |
| 1990 - Mr Monoranjan Das & Mrs Prativa Roy |
| 1989 - Mr Chittaranja Das |
| 1988 - Mr Sarat Kumar Mohanty |
| 1987 - Mr Santanu Kumar Acharya |
| 1986 - Mr Kishore Charan Das |
| 1985 - Dr Sitakanta Mohapatra |
| 1984 - Mr Ramakanta Rath |
| 1983 - Mr Mohapatra Neelamani Sahu |
| 1982 - Mr Chandrasekhar Rath |
| 1981 - Mr Manoj Das |
| 1980 - Mr Surendra Mohanty |