Awards and Honors: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

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Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s philosophy of a one-world family and his vision of a violence-free, stress-free society has globally reverberated across communities. His work to reawaken the principles of a one-world family and human values of love, compassion, and unity has been recognized the world over.

Gurudev's humanitarian work in the fields of conflict resolution, peace, and fostering human values has inspired thousands around the world to champion the same. These felicitations and awards from different communities symbolize the coming together of nations in honoring the principles of Gurudev’s vision.

"I share this award with all those people who stand for a violence-free and stress-free society. This award is not for a person or personality, but for a principle that stands for the ideal of one world family and cultural plurality."

 - Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on being honored with the Culture in Balance Award, October 2009.

Some of the awards include:

  • India: ‘Padma Vibhushan’ from the Government of India, March 26, 2016
  • Colombia: Highest civilian award, 'Orden de la Democracia Simón Bolívar', Bogota, Colombia, June 24, 2015
  • Paraguay: 'National Order of Merito de Comuneros', highest civilian award, Paraguay, September 13, 2012
  • Mongolia: Order of the Pole Star, the highest civilian award, 2006

Here is the complete list of all the honors and awards received over the years.

Honors Bestowed By Governments Across The World

  1. Honored with the title 'Friend of Military Police of Brazil, Brazil, October 2, 2018
  2. Padma Vibhushan – India’s highest annual civilian award, March 26, 2016
  3. Humanitarian Award from the Municipality of Lima, Peru, June 30, 2015
  4. “Medalla de la Integracion en el Grado de Gran Oficial”, Andean Parliament, Lima, Peru, June 30, 2015
  5. “Diploma de Honor” by the National Congress of Peru in Lima, June 30, 2015
  6. Highest civilian award, “Orden de la Democracia Simón Bolívar”, Bogota, Colombia, June 24, 2015
  7. Honored by the city of Tampa, Florida, USA by declaring June 18, 2015 as “A Day of Happiness”, Florida, USA, June 18, 2015
  8. Certificate of Recognition from the California Legislature Assembly, USA, June 30, 2014
  9. 'Most Illustrious Guest Award' awarded by the Mayor of Lima, Peru, September 15, 2012
  10. Highest civilian award 'National Order of Merito de Comuneros, Paraguay, September 13, 2012
  11. Illustrious citizen by the Paraguayan Municipality, September 12, 2012
  12. Illustrious guest of the city of Asuncion, Paraguay, September 12, 2012
  13. Tiradentes Medal in Rio, the highest honor from Rio de Janeiro State, Sept. 3, 2012
  14. Vishwa Chetana award, India, December 19, 2011
  15. Human of the World Award, (bestowed by the Academy of National Security of Russia), Russia, July 1, 2011
  16. Phoenix Award, Atlanta, USA, 2008
  17. Honorary Citizenship and Goodwill Ambassador, Houston, USA, 2008
  18. Proclamation of Commendation, New Jersey, 2008
  19. Architect of World Peace Award, India, 2008
  20. 'Light of East' National Award, India, 2008
  21. Honored by United Nations Millennium Campaign (UNMC) for his contributions towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals, 2007
  22. Honored by the city of Washington DC by proclaiming the week of his visit as 'Human Values Week' in March 2007
  23. Leadership Award for Extraordinary Promotion of World Peace and Harmony by Amity University, New Delhi, 2007
  24. Honorary Citizenship by City of Baltimore, Canada, 2006
  25. Honorary Citizen of the city of Calgary, Canada, 2006
  26. Centennial 2006 Medallion by the Legislative Assembly of Calgary, Canada, 2006
  27. The Humanitarian Award by the city of Brampton, Ontario, 2006
  28. Order of the Pole Star, Mongolia, 2006
  29. Peter the Great First Grade Award, Russia, 2006
  30. Mongolian Prime Minister's Award, Mongolia, 2006
  31. Alberta Legislative Centennial 2006 Medallion, 2006
  32. Global Humanitarian Award, Illinois, USA, 2005
  33. Bharat Shiromani Award, New Delhi, India, 2004
  34. The Illustrious Visitors Award, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2004
  35. Phoenix Award, USA, 2002
  36. Guru Mahatmya Award by Government of Maharashtra, India, 1997
  37. Nominated to the Advisory Board of Yale Divinity School, USA, 1990
  38. Title of Yoga Shiromani (Supreme Jewel of Yoga) by the President of India, 1986

Other Awards

  1. Geospatial World Award for Societal Impact, Presented Online, October 6, 2020
  2. ‘Order of St. George’ Award, St. George Orthodox Church, Kottayam, Kerala, India, May 5, 2019
  3. Peace Ambassador Award, World Peace and Diplomacy Organization, Bengaluru, India, June 6, 2018
  4. International Leadership Award, Simon Wiesenthal Center, Los Angeles, USA, April 17, 2018
  5. Bharat Gaurav Lifetime Achievement Award, Sanksriti Yuva Sanstha, UN Headquarters, New York, USA, June 10, 2017
  6. Basavashree award, Bengaluru, India, May 7, 2017
  7. “Maharashtra Gaurav” Award, Maharashtra Regional Marwari Youth Association, Maharashtra, India, May 1, 2017
  8. Jeevan Gaurav Puraskar, Maharashtra State Marathi Patrakar Sangha, Pune, India, April 19, 2017
  9. Highest award for Human Values & Development by President of Guatemalan National Reserve Bank, Guatemala, December 8, 2016
  10. Dr. Nagendra Singh International Peace Award, New Delhi, India, November 20, 2016
  11. Acharya Mahapragya Ahimsa Samman, Bangalore, India, September 9, 2016
  12. Asia Pacific Brand Laureate Award, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, March 28, 2015
  13. Independent Charities of America Seal of Excellence, California, USA, October, 2013
  14. One World Family Award at the first “One World Family Days 2013” Conference, Stuttgart, Germany, September 13, 2013
  15. Gandhi, King, Ikeda Community Builders Prize by Martin Luther King, Jr. International Chapel, Morehouse College, Atlanta, USA, April 3, 2013
  16. Siddha Shri Award, Belgaum, Karnataka, India, December 2, 2012
  17. Sir M. Visvesvaraya Memorial Award, Bangalore, India, October 1, 2012
  18. The Sivananda World Peace award, Sivananda Foundation, South Africa, August 26, 2012
  19. Citizen Extraordinaire by Rotary International, Bangalore, India, March 27, 2012
  20. Award for peace and harmony by the Al-Mustafa University, Delhi, India, March 11, 2012
  21. Crans Montana Forum Award, Brussels, June 24, 2011
  22. Atmajyoti Award, Delhi, India, September 23, 2010
  23. Culture in Balance Award, Dresden, Germany, October 10, 2009
  24. The Ball of Peace awarded by The Peace Doves, Norway, June 13, 2009
  25. National Veterans Foundation Award, USA, 2007
  26. Sant Shri Dnyaneshwara World Peace Prize, Pune, India, January 11, 2007
  27. The 2006 International Peace Award by ‘For the Love of Children Society of Alberta Canada’, Canada, 2006
  28. Dara Shikoh National Award for Harmony, New Delhi, India, 2005
  29. Mahavir-Mahatma Award, India, 2005

List of All Doctorates

  1. Honorary Doctorate, ICFAI Sikkim University, Gangtok, Sikkim, India, November 26, 2020
  2. Honorary Doctorate, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, India, November 21, 2020
  3. Honorary Doctorate, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology (NIT), Jalandhar, Punjab, India, November 25, 2019
  4. Honorary Doctorate, Jain Vishva Bharati Institute, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, November 2, 2019
  5. Honorary Doctorate, Ural Federal University, Russia, June 25, 2019
  6. Honorary Doctorate, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, Haryana, India, February 19, 2019
  7. Honorary Doctorate, Karnavati University, Gujarat, India, December 4, 2018
  8. Honorary Doctorate, Sharda University, Greater Noida, India, March 4, 2017
  9. Honorary Doctorate, Desh Bhagat University, Punjab, India, October 21, 2013
  10. Doctorate of Literature (Honoris Causa), Utkal University, Orissa, India, April 25, 2013
  11. Honorary Doctorate, Gujarat Technological University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, January 19, 2013
  12. Doctorate Honoris Causa, Universidad Autonoma de Asuncion of Paraguay, September 13, 2012
  13. Diploma of Honor, Buenos Aires University, September 6, 2012
  14. Honoris Causa Doctor, Siglo XXI University Campus, Cordoba, Argentina, September 5, 2012
  15. Honorary Doctorate, Nyenrode University, Netherlands, June 15, 2012
  16. Honorary Doctorate, Suresh Gyan Vihar University, Rajasthan, India, 2012
  17. Professor Honoris Causa, Szent Istvan University, Budapest, (Hungary), June 24, 2009
  18. Doctor of Letters Honoris Causa, Bangalore University, India, 2009
  19. Doctor of Letters Honoris Causa, Nagarjuna University, India, 2008
  20. Doctor of Letters Honoris Causa, Maharaja Sayajirao University, India, 2007
  21. Doctor of Science, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, India, 2007
  22. Doctor of Philosophy (Holistic Medicine), Open International University for Complementary Medicine in Sri Lanka, 2006
  23. Honorary Doctorate, Kuvempu University, India, 2004

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Days

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

Human Values Week / Happiness Day

  1. Day of Happiness & The Art of Living in Dallas declared in Gurudev's honor - July 3, 2015
  2. Day of Happiness in Tampa declared in Gurudev's honor - June 18, 2015
  3. Human Values Week in Louisiana – February 23, 2007
  4. Human Values Week in Baltimore – March 25-March 31, 2007
  5. Human Values Week in Columbia – March, 2007
  6. Art of Living Foundation day – in Syracuse – May 7, 2004