 Das, a representative of "Gotipua" Odissi culture and considered by many as one of the four first generation gurus of Odissi, is known to be founder of the "Deba Prasad Gharana".He had many disciples such as Indrani Rahman, Bijayalaxmi Mohanty, Oopali Operajita, Pushpa Mahanti, Srinath Raut, Sudhakar Sahoo, Durga Charan Ranbir, Dhuleswar Behera, Anita Singhdeo, Sangeeta Dash, Sujata Mishra, Ramli Ibrahim, Gajendra Panda, Manoj Behera, Gopa Biswhas, Gayatri Chand, Atashi Tripathy are among many others who have emerged as noted exponents of Odissi.Notable Bharatanatyam guru Leela Ramanathan had also taken Odissi training under him.