Awards

• 1996- Rotary Club, Pitapuram, AP. India
• 1998- Lions Club, Kakinada, AP. India.
• 1998- Telugu Cultural Society, Houston, Texas, USA.
• 1998- Invited by the World Volunteer Conference, Edmonton, Canada.
• 2000- Certificate of Appreciation by TANA Foundation, USA.
• 2004- Received Service above self award from Rotary District 3020, Rotary International
• 2006- Outstanding Community Achievement Award, India Canada Association of the National Capital Region, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
• 2006 – Received “Sankalp Tara “Award for rendering service to the needy from Raksha International Foundation.
• 2006 – “Mother Teresa Excellence Award” for meritorious accomplishments by Integrated Council for Socio-economic Progress & Front For National Progress, New Delhi.
• 2007 – Award by the District Collector on the occasion of Republic Day for the dedicated community services provided in East Godavari District. *2008 – Awarded “Dedicated Community Service Award” by the District Collector on the eve of Republic Day of India on 26th January, 2008.
• 2008 - Felicitated by Sri. Paripurnananda Swamy of Sri Peetham, Kakinada in recognition for the dedicated services rendered to the community.
• 2008 – Selected as CNN hero by CNN international. First Indian ever to receive this honor.
• 2008 – Featured in ETV 2 Margadarsi on 4th October 22, 2008.
• 2009 - Selected as “Top 10 Influential Telugu NRIs”.
• 2009 – Featured as one among six people making Canada proud by their work.
• 2010 - Awarded the ROTARY MISSION VISION AWARD at Sangamam District conference 2010 - Rotary International District  3020
• 2010 - Selected as Real Heroes of India by CNN-IBN. First Person to receive this honor from the State of Andhra Pradesh.