Honors and Awards

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Honors Bestowed By Governments Across The World

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Date

Honorary Order of the Yellow Star(Ridder) – Highest civilian award   Suriname July 14, 2022
Title – Friend of Military Police of Brazil Brazil October 2, 2018
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 2006
Peter the Great First Grade Award 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

Honorary Doctorates And Honors By Institutions

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Place

Date

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

Other Awards

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Place

Date

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

Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Days

Date

Place

Country

July 7th, 2018 Detroit, Michigan USA
March 20th, 2017 Austin, Texas USA
October 23rd, 2014 St.Louis, Missouri USA
April 25th, 2010 Hamilton County, Ohio USA
April 23rd, 2010 Milwaukee USA
April 20th, 2010 Denver USA
October 29th, 2008 Irving, Texas USA
July 4th-6th, 2008 Edison, New Jersey USA
July 29th, 2007 Pomona, California USA
March 28th, 2007 Washington DC USA
December 4th, 2006 Regina Canada
November 25th, 2006 Windsor Canada
November 21st, 2006 Surrey Canada
November 21st, 2006 Richmond Canada
September 13th, 2006 Ottawa Canada
September 10th, 2006 Halifax Canada
September 7th, 2006 Edmonton Canada
June 28th, 2002 Chicago, Illinois USA
May 9th, 2002 Beverly Hills, California USA
April 29th, 2002 Atlanta, Georgia USA
January 10th, 2002 Austin, Texas USA
August 26th, 2000 Washington DC USA
June 28th, 2002 Chicago, Illinois USA
May 8th, 2002 Beverley Hills, California USA
April, 2002 Atlanta, Georgia USA
January 10th, 2002 Austin, Texas USA
August 26th, 2000 Washington USA