Awards & Honors: 2000 - 2013

Date	Name of the Award	Awarded by	Country
May 10, 2013	President's Medal	University of Oregon	USA
May 10, 2013	Doctor Honoris Causa	Maitripa College	USA
May 7, 2013	Doctor Honoris Causa	University of Maryland, College Park	USA
April 10, 2013	Minority Award	South Tyrol Autonomous Region, Bolzano	Italy
February 28, 2013	Doctor Honoris Causa	Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Dharamsala	India
October 19, 2012	Doctor Honoris Causa	Western Connecticut State University, Danbury	USA
October 19, 2012	Doctor Honoris Causa	Hunter College, New York City	USA
May 24, 2012	Honorary Citizenship	City of Huy, Huy	Belgium
May 22, 2012	Udine City Key	City of Udine, Udine	Italy
May 20, 2012	Carinthia State Gold Medal	Carinthia State	Austria
May 18, 2012	Gold Medal of Klagenfurt	City of Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt	Austria
May 14, 2012	Templeton Prize	John Templeton Foundation, West Conshohocken	U.S.A.
April 26, 2012	Honorary Degree	Loyola University, Chicago	U.S.A.
December 2, 2011	Dayanand Modi Award for Art, Culture and Education 2011	Dayawati Modi Foundation, New Delhi	India
October 9, 2011	Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Reconciliation and Peace	The Gandhi Development Trust, Durban	South Africa
September 5, 2011	Doctor Honoris Causa	Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi	India
August 18, 2011	Doctor Honoris Causa	University of Tartu, Tartu	Estonia
July 13, 2011	Lifetime Achievement Award	Caring Institute, Washington	U.S.A.
May 11, 2011	Doctor Honoris Causa	University of Arkansas, Fayetteville	U.S.A.
May 9, 2011	Doctor Honoris Causa	Southern Methodist University, Dallas	U.S.A.
May 8, 2011	Doctor Honoris Causa	University of Minnesota, Minneapolis	U.S.A.
May 4, 2011	Shine A Light Award	Amnesty International USA, Los Angeles	U.S.A.
November 23, 2010	Doctor Honoris Causa	Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi	India
October 21, 2010	Harry T. Wilkes Leadership Award	Harry T. Wilks Foundation, Oxford	U.S.A.
October 21, 2010	Doctor Honoris Causa	Miami University, Oxford	U.S.A.
October 20, 2010	International Freedom Award	National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Cincinnati	U.S.A.
September 21, 2010	Menschen in Europa Award	Menschen in Europa, Passau	Germany
September 18, 2010	Honorary Citizenship	City of Budapest, Budapest	Hungary
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.
October 6, 2009	The Lantos Human Rights Prize	Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice, 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, 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	University 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

Awards & Honors: 2000 - 2013

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