Presentation of the Awards 1978 - 2001
The Awards have been given in the past at the auspicious hands of eminent dignitaries.
| 1978 | Hon'ble Shri Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy, President of India |
| 1979 | do |
| 1980 | do |
| 1981 | Acharya Dada Dharmadhikari, veteran Gandhian Thinker & Sarvodaya leader. |
| 1982 | Hon'ble Smt. Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India. |
| 1983 | Dr. Norman E. Borlaug, World Famous Agricultural Scientist and Nobel Peace Prize Winner. |
| 1984 | Rt. Hon'ble James Callaghan, Former Prime Minster of England. |
| 1985 | Hon'ble Shri R. Venkataraman, Vice President of India. |
| 1986 | Shri Justice M. Hidayatullah, in the absence of Hon'ble Shri P.V. Narasimha Rao, who could not attend. |
| 1987 | Hon'ble Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, Vice President of India. |
| 1988 | Hon'ble Shri Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister of India. |
| 1989 | Swami Ranganathananda, Vice President of the Ramakrishna Mission World - wide. |
| 1990 | Dr. Herbert Schambeck, Vice - President , Federal Council of the Rupublic Austria Parliament, Vicnna, Austria. |
| 1991 | Shri C. Subramaniam, Governor of Maharashtra |
| 1992 | Shri K.R. Narayanan, Vice - President of India. |
| 1993 | Shri C.Subramaniam, in the absence of Shri J. R .D. Tata, who could not attend. |
| 1994 | Revered Pandurangshastri Athavale, Eminent Thinker and Founder of the Swadhyaya Movement. |
| 1995 | His Holiness The Dalai Lama |
| 1996 | Hon'ble Shri H. D .Deve Gowda, Prime Minister of India. |
| 1997 | Hon'ble Shri Manohar Joshi, Chief Minster of Maharashtra, in the absence of Shri. I.K. Gujral, Prime Minister, who could not attend. |
| 1998 | Hon'ble Shri Atal Behari Vajpayee, Prime Minister of India. |
| 1999 | Dr. P.C. Alexander, Governor of Maharashtra. |
| 2000 | Hon'ble Shri Krishan Kant, Vice - President of India. |
| 2001 | Dr. Manmohan Singh, Former Union Finance Minister. |
Recipients of Awards in the Past
Since the institution of the various Awards till 2001, 72 individuals and 3 institutions have received the Awards. A detailed list is given on the last page of the folder pertaining to these Awards. It will be observed therefrom that several outstanding Gandhain and Sarvodaya leaders and eminent agricultural scientists have been the recipients of the Awards. All the them have been well - known for their long and dedicated services to society, especially the weaker sections.
The International Award has been given to Mr. Picrre Parodi of France for 1988, Mr. Danilo Dolci of Italy for 1989, Mr. A.T. Ariyaratne of Shri Lanka for 1990, Mr. Charles Walker of U.S.A.for 1991, Dr. Homer A. Jack of U.S.A. for 1992, Prof. Johan Galtung of France for 1993, Mrs. Gedong Bagoes Oka of Indonesia for 1994, Srimati Kamala of U.S.A.for 1995, Prof. Adolfo De Obieta of Argentina for 2996, Dr. Young Seek Choue of Korea for 1997, Kumari Jharna Dhara Choudhury of Bangladesh for 1998, Professor Sir Joseph Rotblat of England for 1999, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu of South Africa for 2000, and to Dr. Satish Kumar of U.K. for 2001.