Was the recipient of the best radio-playwright award by All India Radio, 1956.
Best Playwright Award for his Janani Janmabhumi, Kakatiya Cultural Festival, Warangal, 1965.
Was chosen as the best chronicler of Gandhiji’s influence on regional Indian Literatures by the Gandhi Gyan Mandir, 1969.
Received the Pratibha Murthi award by the Telugu University for his play, PRAJANAYAKUDU PRAKASAM, 1990. by the Telugu University,2013.
Selected as the Best THEATRE PERSON Award by TANA (Telugu Association of North America), 1995.
Honoured by TANA for his over-all contribution to Folk Arts, 1997.
Rasanjali, an important Cultural Organization, celebrated a Three-Day Festival of Plays written by Prof. Sarma, and performed in his honour at Ravindra Bharathi, Hyderabad, November, 2010.
Dept. of Culture, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, Prasar Bharathi, Hyderabad and Rasa Ranjani, A well-known Theatre Organization conducted a Five-Day Theatre Festival, Celebrating his Amrutotsav at Ravindra Bharathi, Hyderabad, June 25-29, 2011.
Honoured by several Rangasthala Kalakarula Sanghams for his over-all contribution to Theatre (at Tenali, 2006; at Hyderabad, 2010; at Pithapuram, 2010; at Tirupati,2011; at Bellary, 2013).
Best Literary Critic Award for Nataka Silpam by the Telugu University, 2013.
Gurajada Appa Rao Award by the Vizianagaram Gurajada Sahiti Samakhya, a consortium of 36 cultural organizations, Vizianagaram, 2013.
C R C Cotton Kala Puraskaram, CRC Cotton Kala Parishath, Ravulapalem, 23-01-2015
DRK Rangasiri Gaurava Puraskara by Dharmavaram Rama Krishnamacharya Trust, Ballari, 2017.
అజో-విభో-కందాళం వారి “ప్రతిభామూర్తి జీవిత కాల సాధన”, పురస్కారం, జనవరి, 2019