| AWARDS |
YEAR |
| Jawaharlal Nehru Award 2012 |
2012 |
| Dainik Bhaskar India Pride Award 2011 for being a Change Agent in the field of Social Development and Equity |
2011 |
| D.Litt. Degree (Honoris Causa) from Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha (Central University), Tirupati (A.P.) |
2011 |
| Godfrey Phillips Bravery Award (Social Bravery Award) in recognition of an exceptional Act of Courage |
2011 |
| ICON of Odisha - 2011 by Times of India |
2011 |
| Rajdhani Gaurav Samman |
2011 |
| Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore Samman - in recognition of outstanding services, achievements and contributions. |
2011 |
| 'Ruchi Odisha Gaurav Samman' 2011 |
2011 |
| National Young EDGE Award - Emerging Direction in Global Education (EDGE) for outstanding contribution in Education |
2010 |
| Asia’s Best Social Entrepreneur Award by the World HRD Congress conferred on 23rd July, 2010, Singapore |
2010 |
| Swami Vivekananda National Award by the Department of Youth Services and Sports, Govt. of Karnataka |
2010 |
| Degree of Honorary Doctorate (Honoris Causa) from Hanseo University, South Korea |
2010 |
| Gandhi Seva Medal by Gandhi Global Family in recognition of Philanthropic and Charitable works for the downtrodden |
2009 |
| Degree of Honorary Doctorate (Honoris Causa) from National University of Cambodia |
2009 |
| Nominated for International WISE Awards, Qatar Foundation, Doha |
2009 |
| Priya Odiya Samman 2007 (Most Endeared Personality in Odisha) through a survey by a National TV Channel |
2007 |
| Placed within 15 best Social Entrepreneur of the world by Social Edge, an offshoot of skoll Foundation |
2007 |
| Youngest Chancellor of any University in India ( Limca Book of Records-2007) |
2007 |
| Humanitarian Award from Mahatma Gandhi Remembrance Organization, Johannesburg, South Africa |
2004 |
| Honorary Ph.D (2002) and D.Sc (2005) from OIU, Colombo |
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| Received awards from Scotland Colleges for exemplary work for the indigenous people |
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| First Odia to receive international award for outstanding social work by the Indian Embassy located at Muscat |
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| Received ‘Certificate of Excellence’ in the field of Social Work from the Minister of International Affairs, Cambodia Government |
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