Awards

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
2024	Mr. Mario Marazziti	BAFTA 195 Piccadilly London	-