Dayawati Modi Award for Art and Culture
Mrs. Dayawati Modi, wife of the founder, Mr. G.M. Modi, was a great philanthropist and an educationist. To commemorate her love for Art, Culture & Education, the Dayawati Modi Foundation instituted this award in her memory in 1994. The Dayawati Modi Award for Art, Culture and Education is presented annually on the 17th of November, her birth anniversary, to an eminent person credited with outstanding contributions in these fields. Mother Teresa has been one of our earlier awardees.
The recipients of the Dayawati Modi Award for Art, Culture & Education:
| Year | Name of the Awardee | Venue (New Delhi) | Chief Guest | |||
| 1994 | Shri Amitabh Bachchan | Siri Fort Auditorium | Shri Arjun Singh, HRD Minister, Govt. of India. | |||
| 1995 | Reverend Mother Teresa | Vigyan Bhawan | Shri Madhavrao Scindia, HRD Minister, Govt. of India. | |||
| 1996 | Ravi Paranjape | Siri Fort Auditorium | Shri Amar Singh–Industrialist. | |||
| 1997 | Shri Satish Gujral | FICCI Auditorium | Shri Krishan Kant, Hon’ble Vice President of India | |||
| 1998 | Shri Pandit Jasraj | FICCI Auditorium | Shri Ram Jethmalani Minister for Urban Affairs & Employment, | |||
| 1999 | Shri Jagjit Singh | FICCI Auditorium | Shri Sharad Yadav Minister for Civil Aviation, Govt. of India. | |||
| 2000 | Shri Manjit Bawa | FICCI Auditorium | Shri G.N. Ramachandran, Hon’ble Minister of State For Finance (Revenue), Govt. of India. | |||
| 2001 | Smt. Asha Bhosle | FICCI Auditorium | Shri Syed Shahnawaz Hussain, Hon’ble Minister for Civil Aviation, Govt. of India. | |||
| 2002 | Shri Sayed Haider Raza | Chinmaya Mission Auditorium | Shri Syed Shahnawaz Hussain,Hon’ble Minister for Civil Aviation, Govt. of India. | |||
| 2003 | Shri Anish Kapoor | India Habitat Centre | Shri Amar Singh, Member – Rajya Sabha. | |||
| 2004 | Pandit Ravi Shanker | Sri Satya Sai International Centre | Shri K.H. Muniappa, Hon’ble Minister of State for Road Transport &Highways, Govt. of India. | |||
| 2005 | Shri Tyeb Mehta | P.H.D. House | Shri Kamal Nath, Hon’ble Minister of Commerce, Govt. of India. | |||
| 2006 | Dr. Abdul Waheed Khan | Sri Satya SaiInternational Centre | Shri Pranab Mukherjee, Hon’ble External Affairs Minister, Govt. of India. | |||
| 2007 | Shri Akbar Padamsee | Sirifort Auditorium | Smt. Ambica Soni, Hon’ble Minister for Culture & Tourism, Govt. of India. | |||
| 2008 | Prof. Lokesh Chandra | Hotel Crowne Plaza, New Friends Colony | Shri Shivraj Patel, Hon’ble Home Minister of India. | |||
| 2009 | Mr. Kent Walwin | Kamani Auditorium | Shri V. Narayanasamy, Hon’ble Minister of State for Planning, Parliamentary Affairs & Culture, Govt. of India. | |||
| 2010 | Dr. Karan Singh | Sri Satya Sai International Centre. | Shri Hamid Ansari, Hon’ble Vice President of India. | |||
| 2011 | His Holiness The Dalai Lama | Sri Satya Sai International
Centre |
Mr. Mark Shand, Founder, the Elephant Family, U.K. | |||
| 2012 | Mr. Paresh Maity | Sri Satya SaiInternational Centre | Dr. Karan Singh, President-ICCR & M.P.(Rajya Sabha). | |||
| 2013 | Ms. Anjolie Ela Menon | Sri Satya Sai International Centre, New Delhi | Mr. V. Narayanasamy, Minister of State for PMO. | |||
| 2014 | Mr. Subodh Gupta | Sri Satya Sai International Centre | Dr. Harsha Vardhan, Minister for Science &Technology. | |||
| 2015 | Mr. Anup Jalota | Modi Temple, Modinagar | Jagadguru Shankaracharya Swami Divya Nand ji | |||
| 2016 | Ven. Mae Chee Sansanee | Sri Satya Sai International Centre | Shri K.K. Modi | |||
| 2017 | Ustad Amjad Ali Khan | Sri Satya Sai International Centre | Dr. Thaawarchand Gehlot, Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt of. India | |||
| 2018 | Shri Ram V. Sutar | Sri Satya Sai International Centre | Dr. Mahesh sharma- Minister of State for Culture, Environment, Forest & Climate Changes | |||