Awards and Recognition

The M R Pai Memorial Award instituted by All-India Bank Depositors' Association (Mumbai). July 2011.

'The Citizen of the Decade Award 2011' from the Rotary International District 3201, Kerala in January 2011.

Honorary Doctorate, Faculty of Geosciences and Environment, University of Lausanne, Switzerland

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Life time achievement award presented by Annex College of Management Studies (ACMS).

Kalpana Chawla Excellence Award instituted by PECOBA (Punjab Engineering College Chandigarh Old Boys Association).

Raja-Lakshmi Award for the year 2009 in recognition to her tremendous achievements in the field of Science and Environment from Sri Raja-Lakshmi Foundation, Chennai, India.

Selected as one of the 'Top Global Thinkers of 2009' by the Foreign Policy magazine.

Honorary D.Sc. Degree from University of Calcutta, India.

M.S. Swaminathan Award for Environmental Protection from Rotary Club of Madras East, Chennai, India.

UK Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation Water Award for her work highlighting the need for water security and the use of rainwater harvesting in India from Fondation Prince Albert II de Monaco, Monaco.

Received the Dr Jean Mayer Global Citizenship award from Tufts University, Massachusetts.

In 2005 and 2008, British Magazine Prospect and the American Magazine Foreign policy included her among the world’s 100 public intellectuals.

Received the honorary doctorate from Cranfield University, UK.

Bharat Shiromani award for the year 2006 by Shiromani Institute, India.

Indian Water works Association award in recognition of the outstanding contribution in environmental issues.

Delhi Ratna award by the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry for her valuable contribution to Delhi – The City of Excellence.

Stockholm Water Prize (2005) for CSE for its work in promoting effective water management along with improved human rights under the dynamic leadership of Sunita Narain from the World Water Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.

Padma Shri Award from the Government of India.

Chameli Devi Jain Award for an outstanding woman media person by the Media Foundation.

Siri Ram Washeshran Devi Bhatia Memorial Charitable Trust Annual Award for the year 2003-04.

Dadabhai Naoroji Millennium Award, for the year 2003 by Dadabhai Naoroji International Society, New Delhi.

Rotary Eco Foundation Award – outstanding work done in the field of rainwater harvesting in Delhi and surrounding areas.

Selected for the Dr B. C. Deb Memorial Award for the popularisation of science by the Indian Science Congress Association, Calcutta.