Honors and Awards
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Numerous honors have been bestowed upon Gurudev by governments and institutions across the world, including the highest civilian awards of Colombia, Mongolia, Paraguay, Suriname and Fiji.
In 2016, he was conferred with the ‘Padma Vibhushan’, the highest annual civilian award of India.
He has also been conferred with 27 honorary doctorates from around the world.
Sri Sri receives Padma Vibhushan 2016
Highest Civilian Award of Fiji
Highest civilian award Suriname – Group photo
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar honored with the highest civilian award by Colombia on Jun 24, 2016
Gurudev receiving the highest civilian award of Paraguay, September 13, 2012
Highest Civilian Award of Mongolia
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Highest civilian award – the Honourary Officer of the Order of Fiji Suva, Fiji October 26, 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award City of St.Moritz, Switzerland September 21, 2024 Certificate of Recognition Comptroller of Maryland, USA September 9, 2023 Presidential Citation City Council of Baltimore, Maryland, USA September 9, 2023 Certificate of Recognition Baltimore, Maryland, USA September 9, 2023 Letter of Commendation Dublin City Council and the City of Dublin, USA August 23, 2023 Certificate of Recognition The Ohio Senate, USA August 23, 2023 Certificate of Recognition Ohio, USA August 23, 2023 Proclamation on the Occasion of the India Day Parade The Assembly, State of New York, USA August 20, 2023 Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition 22nd Congressional District of Texas, USA August 1, 2023 Proclamation Fort Bend County, Texas, USA August 1, 2023 Humanitarian Award Austin, Texas, USA August 1, 2023 Governor’s Proclamation St. Louis, MO, USA July 25, 2023 Resolution by the Senate and the House of Representatives St. Louis, MO, USA July 25, 2023 Proclamation Birmingham, Alabama, USA July 25, 2023 Proclamation Brentwood, Tennessee, USA July 24, 2023 Certificate of Recognition Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee, USA July 24, 2023 Highest civilian award, Honorary Order of the Yellow Star(Ridder) Suriname July 14, 2022 Title – Friend of Military Police of Brazil Brazil October 2, 2018 Recife’s highest civilian award Recife, Brazil November 21, 2016 Padma Vibhushan – India’s highest annual civilian award India January 25, 2016 Humanitarian Award from the Municipality of Lima Lima, Peru June 30, 2015 “Medalla de la Integracion en el Grado de Gran Oficial” by the Andean Parliament Lima, Peru June 30, 2015 “Diploma de Honor” by the National Congress of Peru Lima, Peru June 30, 2015 Highest civilian award, “Orden de la Democracia Simón Bolívar” Bogota, Colombia June 24, 2015 Honored by the city of Tampa, Florida, USA by declaring June 18, 2015 as “A Day of Happiness” Florida, USA June 18, 2015 Certificate of Recognition from the California Legislature Assembly California, USA June 30, 2014 Most Illustrious Guest Award, awarded by the Mayor of Lima Peru September 15, 2012 Highest civilian award, “National Order of Merito de Comuneros” Paraguay September 13, 2012 Illustrious citizen by the Paraguayan Municipality Paraguay September 12, 2012 Illustrious guest of the city of Asuncion Paraguay September 12, 2012 Tiradentes Medal in Rio, the highest honor from Rio de Janeiro State Rio de Janeiro, Brazil September 3, 2012 Vishwa Chetana award India December 19, 2011 Human of the World Award, (bestowed by the Academy of National Security of Russia) Russia July 1, 2011 Phoenix Award Atlanta, USA 2008 Honorary Citizenship and Goodwill Ambassador Houston, USA 2008 Proclamation of Commendation New Jersey 2008 Architect of World Peace Award India 2008 “Light of East”, National Award India 2008 Honored by United Nations Millennium Campaign (UNMC) for his contributions towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals 2007 Honored by the city of Washington DC by proclaiming the week of his visit as “Human Values Week” Washington DC, USA March 2007 Leadership Award for Extraordinary Promotion of World Peace and Harmony Amity University, New Delhi 2007 Honorary Citizenship by city of Baltimore Canada 2006 Honorary Citizen of the city of Calgary Canada 2006 Centennial 2006 Medallion by the Legislative Assembly of Calgary Canada 2006 The Humanitarian Award by the city of Brampton Ontario 2006 Highest civilian award, Order of the Pole Star Mongolia August 24, 2006 Peter the Great First Grade Award Moscow, Russia 2006 Mongolian Prime Minister’s Award Mongolia 2006 Alberta Legislative Centennial 2006 Medallion Canada 2006 Global Humanitarian Award Illinois, USA 2005 Bharat Shiromani Award New Delhi, India 2004 The Illustrious Visitors Award Buenos Aires, Argentina 2004 Phoenix Award USA 2002 Guru Mahatmya Award by Government of Maharashtra India 1997 Nominated to the Advisory Board of Yale Divinity School USA 1990 Title of Yoga Shiromani (Supreme Jewel of Yoga) by the President of India India 1986 -
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Honorary Doctorate Teerthankar Mahaveer University, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India September 14, 2024 Honorary Doctorate KL deemed-to-be University, Vijaywada, Andhra Pradesh, India December 23, 2022 Honorary Doctorate Università Popolare di Milano, Milan, Italy April 17, 2022 Honorary Doctorate ICFAI Sikkim University, Gangtok, Sikkim, India November 26, 2020 Honorary Doctorate Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, India November 21, 2020 Honorary Doctorate Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology (NIT), Jalandhar, Punjab, India November 25, 2019 Honorary Doctorate Jain Vishva Bharati Institute, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India November 2, 2019 Honorary Doctorate Ural Federal University, Russia June 25, 2019 Honorary Doctorate Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, Haryana, India February 19, 2019 Honorary Doctorate Karnavati University, Gujarat, India December 4, 2018 Honorary Doctorate Rani Durgavati University, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India May 3, 2018 Honorary Doctorate Sharda University, Greater Noida, India March 4, 2017 Honorary Doctorate Desh Bhagat University, Punjab, India October 21, 2013 Doctorate of Literature (Honoris Causa) Utkal University, Orissa, India April 25, 2013 Honorary Doctorate Gujarat Technological University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India January 19, 2013 Doctorate Honoris Causa Universidad Autonoma de Asuncion of Paraguay September 13, 2012 Diploma of Honour Buenos Aires University September 6, 2012 Honoris Causa Doctor Siglo XXI University Campus, Cordoba, Argentina September 5, 2012 Honorary doctorate Nyenrode University, Netherlands June 15, 2012 Honorary Doctorate Suresh Gyan Vihar University, Rajasthan, India 2012 Professor Honoris Causa Szent Istvan University, Budapest, (Hungary) June 24, 2009 Doctor of Letters Honoris Causa Bangalore University, India 2009 Doctor of Letters Honoris Causa Nagarjuna University, India 2008 Doctor of Letters Honoris Causa Maharaja Sayajirao University, India 2007 Doctor of Science Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, India 2007 Doctor of Philosophy (Holistic Medicine) Open International University for Complementary Medicine in Sri Lanka 2006 Honorary Doctorate Kuvempu University, India 2004 -
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Lifetime Achievement Award TV9 Kannada August 24, 2024 Dr. Rau Award Dr. Rau Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland June 21, 2024 Le Non Moi Prize Thornico, Denmark June 19, 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award Ambassadors Forum of Sri Lanka May 19, 2024 Peace Award Divyaj Foundation, Mumbai, India November 27, 2023 Citation Asian American and Pacific Islander Caucus (AAPI), Maryland, USA September 9, 2023 The highest rank of Grand Collar in the Equestrian Order of Michael Archangel The Royal House of Ghassan August 6, 2023 Ahimsa International Award Ahimsa Vishwa Bharti, New Delhi, India April 4, 2023 SPET Ratna Award Sardar Patel Educational Trust, Anand, Gujarat, India March 17, 2023 ‘Compassion In Action’ Award Mahabodhi Meditation Center, Ladakh, India January 27, 2023 Emissary of Peace Award National Civil Rights Museum November 29, 2022 Gandhi Peace Pilgrim Award Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Center November 9, 2022 Bharat Kirtimaan Alankaran 2022 World Book of Records, UK October 14, 2022 Global Humanitarian Award American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA April 30, 2022 Saint of Modern India – Suryadatta National Lifetime Achievement Award 2022 Suryadatta Group Of Institutes March 5, 2022 Global Award for Outstanding Contribution to Human Welfare and Spirituality Priyadarshni Academy, Mumbai September 20, 2021 COVID Commitment Award 14th Asia Africa Business and Social Forum, 2021 August 29, 2021 Global Citizenship Ambassador Northeastern University Center for Spirituality, Boston, MA, USA February 9, 2021 Geospatial World Award for Societal Impact Online Award October 6, 2020 ‘Order of St. George’ Award, St. George Orthodox Church Kottayam, Kerala, India May 5, 2019 Peace Ambassador Award, World Peace and Diplomacy Organization Bengaluru, India June 6, 2018 International Leadership Award, Simon Wiesenthal Center Los Angeles, USA April 17, 2018 Bharat Gaurav Lifetime Achievement Award, Sanksriti Yuva Sanstha UN Headquarters, New York, USA June 10, 2017 Basavashree award Bengaluru, India May 7, 2017 “Maharashtra Gaurav” Award, Maharashtra Regional Marwari Youth Association Maharashtra, India May 1, 2017 Jeevan Gaurav Puraskar, Maharashtra State Marathi Patrakar Sangha Pune, India April 19, 2017 Highest award for Human Values & Development by President of Guatemalan National Reserve Bank Guatemala December 8, 2016 Dr. Nagendra Singh International Peace Award New Delhi, India November 20, 2016 Acharya Mahapragya Ahimsa Samman Bangalore, India September 9, 2016 Asia Pacific Brand Laureate Award Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia March 28, 2015 Independent Charities of America Seal of Excellence California, USA October, 2013 One World Family Award at the first “One World Family Days 2013” Conference Stuttgart, Germany September 13, 2013 Gandhi, King, Ikeda Community Builders Prize by Martin Luther King, Jr. International Chapel, Morehouse College Atlanta, USA April 3, 2013 Siddha Shri Award Belgaum, Karnataka, India December 2, 2012 Sir M. Visvesvaraya Memorial Award Bangalore, India October 1, 2012 The Sivananda World Peace award, Sivananda Foundation South Africa August 26, 2012 Citizen Extraordinaire by Rotary International Bangalore, India March 27, 2012 Award for peace and harmony by the Al-Mustafa University Delhi, India March 11, 2012 Crans Montana Forum Award Brussels June 24, 2011 Atmajyoti Award Delhi, India September 23, 2010 Culture in Balance Award Dresden, Germany October 10, 2009 The Ball of Peace awarded by The Peace Doves Norway June 13, 2009 National Veterans Foundation Award USA 2007 Sant Shri Dnyaneshwara World Peace Prize Pune, India January 11, 2007 The 2006 International Peace Award by ‘For the Love of Children Society of Alberta Canada’ Canada 2006 Dara Shikoh National Award for Harmony New Delhi, India 2005 Mahavir-Mahatma Award India 2005 -
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