• 2002 : Gujarat Lalit Kala Akademi Award, Ahmadabad
• 2002 : Millennium All India Art Exhibition, All India Fine Arts & Craft Society(AIFACS)State Level,Gujarat
• 1999 : Gujarat Lalit Kala Akademi Award, Ahmadabad
• 1998 : All India Fine Arts & Craft Society, New Delhi
• 2000-02 : National Cultural Scholarship for Sculpture by H.R.D, Govt. of India,New Delhi
• 2003-04 : Scholarship by Lalit Kala Akademi, Ministry of Tourism and Culture, New Delhi

My works reflect youthful innocence, passion and zeal of life. "Many of my Bronze creations are "like a poetry" of innocence of childhood and the wisdom and maturity of womanhood. They try to bring back the pleasure and enigma surrounding the experiences of my life."

Shanta studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts M.S.University Baroda from 1995-2001 a university of immense repute. She worked under the guidence of Prof. Dhruv Mistry and Prof.Raghav Kaneria both of whom are acclaimed scruptors. She is a first class graduate from Sculpture Department and completed her Masters Degree in 2001. She has many awards to her credit and she has exhibited her work at leading Art Galleries in India and Abroad. At present she is working as Assistant Professor, Department of sculpture, Faculty of Fine Arts