Awards & Honors: 2000 - 2010


Date

Name of the Award

Awarded by

Country

May 23, 2010
President's Medal
Hunter College, New York
U.S.A.
May 18, 2010
Doctor Honoris Causa University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls
U.S.A.
March 18, 2010
Nirmala Deshpande Memorial Award for Peace and Global Harmony
Gandhi Ashram Reconstruction Trust
India
February 23, 2010
Baccalaureate Honoris Causa
Broward College, Davie
U.S.A.
February 19, 2010
Democracy Service Medal
National Endowment for Democracy, Washington
U.S.A.
September 30, 2009
Doctor Honoris Causa University of Calgary, Calgary
Canada
September 27, 2009 Prize for Love and Forgiveness Fetzer Institute, Vancouver U.S.A.
September 23, 2009 International Freedom Award National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis U.S.A.
August 3, 2009 Doctor Honoris Causa University of Marburg, Marburg Germany
July 29, 2009 Honorary Citizenship City of Warsaw, Warsaw Poland
June 7, 2009
Honorary Citizenship City of Paris, Paris France
February 10, 2009
German Media Prize Editors of Germany, Baden Baden Germany
February 10, 2009 Honorary Citizenship
City of Venice, Venice Italy
February 9, 2009 Honorary Citizenship City of Rome, Rome Italy
December 8, 2008 Doctor Honoris Causa Jagiellonian University, Krakow Poland
July 25, 2008
Global Leadership Award
Aspen Institute, Aspen
USA
July 13, 2008 Doctor Honoris Causa Lehigh University, Bethlehem U.S.A.
April 14, 2008 Doctor Honoris Causa University of Washington, Seattle U.S.A.
Oct. 22, 2007  Presidential Distinguished Professor  Emory University, Atlanta  U.S.A.
October 17, 2007  U.S. Congressional Gold Medal  U.S. Congress, Washington U.S.A. 
October 8, 2007  Ahimsa Award  Institute of Jainology, London  U.K. 
September 20, 2007 Doctor Honoris Causa  University of Muenster, Muenster  Germany
June 8, 2007  Doctor Honoris Causa  Southern Cross University, Melbourne Australia 
May 12, 2007  BILD Award  BILD Magazine, Germany  Germany 
May 9, 2007  Doctor Honoris Causa  Smith College, Northampton  U.S.A. 
December 10, 2006  Order of the White Lotus  Republic of Kalmykia, Russian Federation  Kalmykia 
October 14, 2006  Doctor Honoris Causa University of Rome 3, Rome  Italy 
September 19, 2006 Doctor Honoris Causa  University of Buffalo, New York  U.S.A. 
September 9, 2006  Honorary Citizenship  Canada  Canada 
May 4, 2006
Doctor Honoris Causa University of Santiago, Santiago Chile
February 16, 2006 Ben Gurion Negev Award Ben Gurion University, Be'er Sheva Israel
November 6, 2005 Inspiration & Compassion Award American Himalayan Foundation, San Francisco U.S.A.
September 25, 2005  Doctor Honoris Causa  Rutgers University, New Jersy  U.S.A. 
August 12, 2005  Manhae Peace Prize  Manhae Foundation  South Korea 
July 27, 2005  Hessian Peace Prize  Parliament of Hesse, Wiesbaden  Germany 
October 7, 2004
Doctor Honoris Causa
Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City
Mexico
October 5, 2004
The Gold Medal
National University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City
Mexico
September 27, 2004
Doctor Honoris Causa
University of Costa Rica, San Jose
Costa Rica
September 24, 2004
Doctor Honoris Causa
University of Puerto Rico, San Juan
Puerto Rico
(U.S.A.)
September 23, 2004
Doctor Honoris Causa
University of Miami
U.S.A.
September 18, 2004
Doctor Honoris Causa
Nova Southeastern University, Miami
U.S.A.
May 28, 2004
Humphreys Memorial Award for Services to Buddhism
Buddhist Society of U.K.
U.K.
April 27, 2004
International Acharya Sushil Kumar Peace Award
University of Toronto
Canada
April 27, 2004
Doctor Honoris Causa
University of Toronto
Canada
April 20, 2004
Doctor Honoris Causa
Simon Fraser University, Vancouver
Canada
April 19, 2004
Doctor Honoris Causa
Univerisity Of British Columbia, Vancouver
Canada
April 16, 2004
2nd Citizens Peace Building Award
University of California, Irvine
U.S.A.
October 9, 2003
Award for Promotion of Human Rights
Foundation Jaime Brunet, Madrid
Spain
September 19, 2003
Human Right Award
International League for Human Rights, New York
U.S.A.
September 5, 2003
Doctor Honoris Causa
University of San Francisco
U.S.A.
June 3, 2003
Manfred Bjorkquist Medal
Sigtuna Foundation, Stockholm
Sweden
December 5, 2002
Basavashree Award
Basavakendra, Sri Murugha Math, Chitradurga
India
November 7, 2002
Doctor Honoris Causa
Mongolian University of Science & Technology
Mongolia
November 7, 2002
Doctor Honoris Causa
National University of Mongolia
Mongolia
October 14, 2002
Human Rights Prize
University of Graz
Austria
July 6, 2002
Man of the Year
Croatian Academic Society
Croatia
May 21, 2002
Peace Award 2000
UN Association of Australia
Australia
December 5, 2001
Doctor Honoris Causa
University of Tromso
Norway
November 26, 2001
Doctor Honoris Causa
University of Lusiada Porto
Portugal
June 10, 2001
Ecce homo Order
Kancelaria Kapituly Orderu
Poland
October 16, 2000
Doctor Honoris Causa
Comenius University, Bratislava
Slovakia
 

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