[2] A student of Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra and Guru Gangadhar Pradhan, Nandita Behera has been teaching Odissi in California for the past twenty years.
She was awarded Sringaramanai by Sur Singar Samsad Bombay and is also a recipient of the National Scholarship for Dance in India.
In December 2020, one of her students Prasanna Karthik, presented some verses from one of the greatest Tamil poets, Subramania Bharathi, in dance form.
Behera has choreographed for her student, who presented them in the form of a video.
[4] Another American born Odishi dancer, Shibani Patnaik, also came under her tutelage and performed many shows in India from 2012.