From Kala Bhavan Visva Bharati, Santiniketan (2016), Raka Panda has specialized in painting. She has been a part of various group exhibitions. She finished a 10 -month residency with the Kanoria Centre for Arts, and has been awarded a Grant from the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation in 2015. She stood third in the All India Women’s Contemporary Art Exhibition held in 2013 in Chandigarh.