Awards & Honours

Parivaar and its Founder Vinayak Lohani have received numerous awards and recognitions for their service.

AWARDS & HONOURS

  • Padmashri 2025.
  • National Award for Child Welfare 2011 presented by the Hon. President of India at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
  • Sanskriti Award 2011, country’s premier award for young achievers in 2011 from the Former President of India Dr APJ Abdul Kalam.
  • Sri Sathya Sai Award presented by the Vice President of India, Dr Venkaiya Naidu, in November 2018.
  • Madhya Pradesh Gaurav Samman presented by the Hon. Governor and Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh in November 2022.
  • Swami Rama Humanitarian Award 2015 presented by Hon. Chief Minister of Uttarakhand.
  • IIM Calcutta’s ‘Distinguished Alumnus Award’ (one of the 9 recipients selected out of 8000 alumni of the institute in previous 50 years) awarded in 2011 on occasion of Institute’s Golden Jubilee.
  • IIT Kharagpur’s ‘Distinguished Alumnus Award’ awarded in 2014.
  • CNN-IBN’s ‘Young Indian Leader of the Year Award’ for 2012.
  • Swami Ranganathananda Memorial Humanitarian Award 2014 presented at the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture Calcutta.
  • Mahaveer International Award for Medicine 2024 from Bhagwan Mahaveer Foundation presented by Union Minister for Labour.
  • Nivedita Samman 2019 presented by Hon. Governor, West Bengal.
  • Vivekananda Seva Samman 2016 presented by Hon. Governor, West Bengal.
  • Bhaorao Deoras Sewa Samman 2015 presented by Hon Governor, Uttar Pradesh.
  • Special Award for Service among the Baiga tribal community conferred by Union Minister Shri Phaggan Singh Kulaste in 2024.
  • First position in Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry Social Leadership Awards 2022.
  • Second position in Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry Social Leadership awards 2023.
  • First position in Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry Social Leadership Awards 2024.
  • Eastern India Leadership Awards 2024 for outstanding work in the field of education.
  • Telegraph ‘Special Honour’ conferred by Telegraph Education Foundation Calcutta in 2014.
  • True Legends Award presented by ‘The Telegraph’ in April 2015.
  • G D Shah Memorial Award for Excellence in the field of Education, 2024 given by Bharat Chamber Of Commerce presented by Hon. Union Minister for Coal & Mines .