Awards and Honors: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

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Awards and Honors: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

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Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's vision of a violence-free, stress-free society through the reawakening of human values has been recognized and appreciated the world over. Sri Sri has been honored for his contribution to humanity in the fields of conflict resolution, peace promotion and for promoting human values. The awards and felicitations bestowed on Sri Sri celebrate the causes that he champions as well as his philosophy of a one world family.
Communities from different backgrounds and faiths have joined in Sri Sri's mission of creating a stress-free, violence-free world. When Sri Sri was awarded the Culture in Balance award in October 2009, he said: "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 a one world family and cultural plurality."
Many countries from around the world have honored Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. A few of the countries include:

Paraguay: Highest civilian award 'National Order of Merito de Comuneros, Paraguay, September 13, 2012
Mongolia: Order of the Pole Star, 2006 (The highest civilian award), 2006
India: Title of Yoga Shiromani (Supreme Jewel of Yoga) by the President of India, 1986
Canada: The Humanitarian Award by the city of Brampton, Ontario, 2006
Russia: Human of the World Award, (bestowed by the Academy of National Security of Russia), July 1, 2011

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Honorary Doctorates

Sri Sri has received 15 doctorates from universities across the globe:

India: Doctorate of Literature (Honoris Causa), Utkal University, Orissa, India, April 25, 2013
Paraguay: Doctorate Honoris Causa, Universidad Autonoma de Asuncion of Paraguay, September 13, 2012
Argentina: Diploma of Honour from the Buenos Aires University, September 6, 2012
Netherlands: Honorary doctorate, Nyenrode University, Netherlands, June 15, 2012
Hungary: Professor Honoris Causa, Szent Istvan University, Budapest, (Hungary), June 24, 2009

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Honors Bestowed By Governments Across The World

Highest civilian award 'National Order of Merito de Comuneros, Paraguay, September 13, 2012
Tiradentes Medal in Rio, the highest honor from Rio de Janeiro State, September 3, 2012
Mongolian Prime Minister's Award, Mongolia, 2006
Human of the World Award, (bestowed by the Academy of National Security of Russia), Russia, July 1, 2011
Title of Yoga Shiromani (Supreme Jewel of Yoga) by the President of India, 1986

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Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Days

While several cities in the US and Canada have also honored him by declaring a day during his visits to the cities as 'Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Day', some countries have bestowed him the honor of 'illustrious visitor'. Washington DC honored his visit to the city in 2007 by marking that week as 'Human Values Week'. He has also been accorded honorary citizenship by some US and Canadian cities. In 2006, during his visit to Jaipur, India, Sri Sri was handed the symbolic key to the city by the Mayor of Jaipur.
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Other Awards

Gandhi, King, Ikeda Community Builders Prize, USA, Apr 3, 2013
Crans Montana Forum Award, Brussels, June 24, 2011
Culture in Balance Award, Dresden, (Germany), October 10, 2009
Dara Shikoh National Award for Harmony, New Delhi, India, 2005
National Veterans Foundation Award, USA, 2007

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Complete List Of All Awards

List Of All Doctorates:

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, Jan 19, 2013
Doctorate Honoris Causa, Universidad Autonoma de Asuncion of Paraguay, September 13, 2012
Diploma of Honour from the 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 from 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 from Kuvempu University, India, 2004

Honors Bestowed By Governments Across The World

'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, 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, Sept. 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' in March 2007
Leadership Award for Extraordinary Promotion of World Peace and Harmony by 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
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, 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, 1986

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Days

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

Human Values Week

Human Values Week in Louisiana – February 23, 2007
Human Values Week in Baltimore – March 25-March 31, 2007
Human Values Week in Columbia – March, 2007
Art of Living Foundation day – in Syracuse – May 7, 2004

Other Awards

One World Family Award at the first "One World Family Days 2013″ Conference, Stuttgart, Germany, Sep. 13, 2013
Gandhi, King, Ikeda Community Builders Prize by Martin Luther King, Jr. International Chapel, Morehouse College, Atlanta, USA, Apr. 3, 2013
Siddha Shri Award, Belgaum, Karnataka, India, Dec. 2, 2012
Sir M. Visvesvaraya Memorial Award, Bangalore, India, Oct. 1, 2012
The Sivananda World Peace award, Sivananda Foundation, South Africa, Aug. 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 (Sept. 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, Jan 11, 2007
The 2006 International Peace Award by 'For the Love of Children Society of Alberta Canada', 2006
Dara Shikoh National Award for Harmony, New Delhi, India, 2005
Mahavir-Mahatma Award India, 2005