Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership (1963)
“Wateler Peace Prize” Award of Carnegie Foundation for the year 1986 by His Royal Highness Prince Claus of The Netherlands
World Food Prize award for the year 1989
“International Person of the Year” by the World Dairy Expo, Wisconsin, USA (1993)
“Ordre du Merite Agricole” by the Government of France (in March 1997)
Regional Award 2000 from the Asian Productivity Organization, Japan
The first `Rochdale Pioneers Prize’ by the international Co-operative Alliance (ICA), Seoul, Korea 2001
Other Awards (Partial list)
NIF-Escorts Man of the Year Award (1975)
Business Leadership Award of Madras Management Association, Madras (1978)
Viswa Gurjari Award for outstanding contribution for Dairy Development in Gujarat (1980)
Prof V Subramanyan Industrial Achievement Award (1983)
Shri Mathurdas Vissanji Endowment Award (1984)
Hari-Om-Ashram Prerit Prof JP Trivedi Award (1987)
Prof JG Kane Memorial Award from Oil Technologists Association of India, (1987)
Silver Jubilee Award of the Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers (1987)
Shiromani Award, Delhi (1988)
National Integration Award, Indian Chamber of Commerce, Calcutta (1989)
Samanvaya Puraskar, Haridwar (1990)
Peace & Unity Award, National Peace Conference, New Delhi (1991)
Rajiv Gandhi Memorial Gold Medal, New Delhi (1991)
Sir Jehangir Ghandy Award for Industrial Peace, Jamshedpur, (1992)
Lal Bahadur Shastri Desh Gaurav Samman (1992)
A & M (Advertising & Marketing) ‘Hall of Fame’ Award (1993)
Dr. Y. Nayudamma Memorial Award for 1993
Dr. B.P. Pal Medal – 1994 from the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences
National Fellowship Award (1994-95) by Association of Indian Management Schools, Calcutta
Rathindra Puraskar for 1993 by Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan
Dadabhai Naoroji Memorial Award for the year 1995
The Gujarat Gaurav Award by Vishwa Gujarati Parishad, Bombay (1996)
Udyog Rattan Award by The Institute of Economic Studies, New Delhi (1996)
Bharat Vikas Award by the Institute of Business Council, New Delhi (1996)
‘Best Corporate Manager of the year – 1997’ by National Foundation of Indian Engineers, New Delhi (1997)
‘The Vocational Excellence Award’ by the Rotary International Dist. 3140 (1998), Kalyan, Mumbai
‘Bharat Ratna Dr. M. Visvesvaraya Memorial Award’ by the Engineers’ Foundation, Kolhapur (1998)
‘Archbishop Benedict Mar Gregorios Award 1998’ by the Association of Mar Ivanios College Old Students, Trivandrum.
‘Charotar Ratna Puraskar (1998) by Rotary Club Anand Round Town, Anand
‘Hall of Fame’ Award (1999) by the Advertising Club Calcutta
“Giants International” Award (1999), by the Giants International, Mumbai
Dr. Paulos Mar Gregorios Award 1999, New Delhi.
Felicitation by People’s Arts Centre, Mumbai, as distinguished Malayali on the occasion of Kerala Foundation Day (Kerala Piravi), 2000
The Economic Times Lifetime Achievement Award for Corporate Excellence, Mumbai 2001
`Life Time Achievement Award for Translating Excellence in Corporate Governance into Reality’, from the Institute of Company Secretaries of India, New Delhi (November 2001)
`Certificate of Appreciation’ from the Jesuit Alumni Association of India, Mumbai (November 2001)
Lifetime Achievement Award for Social Service for the Tenth Red & White awards, New Delhi (January 2002).
`Yashwantrao Chavan National Award for National Integration, Democratic Values, Social and Economic Development for the year 2001’. (Mumbai).
“Lokmanya Tilak Award” by the Lokmanya Tilak Smarak Trust, Pune (August 2002)
“Lifetime Achievement Award” by the Bombay Management Association, Mumbai (Jan. 2003)
“Rotary Lifetime Achievement Award” by the Rotary Club of Palghat East (Feb. 2003)
Ernst & Young – Lifetime Achievement Award 2003, New Delhi (Oct. 2003)
Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswathi National Eminence Award for Community Services with emphasis on rural development / Non-Government Service, Mumbai (Nov. 2003)
India Brand Summit Lifetime Achievement Award, Mumbai (Nov. 2003)
“4-Way Test – Man of the year Award” 2002-03, by the Rotary Club of Belur (R.I. Dist. 3290) Kolkata (Jan. 2004)
“BHARATI SAMMAN AWARD”, Bharati Foundation Trust, Bhubaneswar (January 2004)
“Corporate Role Model and Lifetime Achievement Award” from the Centre of International Business, Amity Business School, NOIDA, (Feb. 2004)
“Smruti Padma”, from Shree Swaminarayan Gadi Sansthan Maninagar, Ahmedabad (Feb. 2004)
“Lifetime Achievement Award”, from the Vishwabharathy Foundation, Hyderabad (Mar.2004).
“Lakshya Business Visionary Award” by the National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai (Oct. 15, 2004)
“Sahakar Ratna Puraskar”, Awarded by the Kalupur Commercial Cooperative Bank Ltd., Ahmedabad, on the eve of Cooperative Centenary Year Celebration at the Nirma University, Ahmedabad (Jan. 17, 2005)
IMC Juran Quality Medal – 2004 : A life time achievement award, from the Indian Merchant Chamber’s, Mumbai (March 4, 2005)
