Previous Awardees

Lifetime Achievement Award

2004: Her Excellency Shashi U. Tripathi, High Commissioner of India to Canada
2005: Dr. Emoke Szathmary, President & Vice Chancellor, University of Manitoba
2006: Dr. Naranjan S. Dhalla, Distinguished Professor, University of Manitoba
2006: H.H. Sri Swami Adhyatmanandaji Maharaj, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
2007: Dr. Lloyd Axworthy, President & Vice Chancellor, University of Winnipeg
2008: Hon. Gary Doer, Premier, Province of Manitoba
2009: Mr. Shan Chandrasekar, President & CEO ATN International, Toronto
2010: Dr. Gail Asper, President, CanWest Foundation & The Asper Foundation
2011: Rt. Hon. Edward Schreyer, Former Governor General of Canada
2012: Dr. Sarabjit Marwah, Vice-Chairman & COO, Scotiabank, Toronto
2013: His Worship Sam Katz, Mayor City of Winnipeg
2014: Dr. David Barnard, President & Vice Chancellor, University of Manitoba
2015: Hon. Gary Filmon, Former Premier, Province of Manitoba
2016: Hon. Ujjal Dosanjh, Former Premier, Province of British Columbia
2017: Hon. Baljit S. Chadha, President and Founder, Balcorp Limited
2018: Hon. Vim Kochhar, Former Senator, Toronto
2019: Dr. Bob Silver, President and Co-Owner of Western Glove Works, Co-Owner of Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg
2022: Dr. David Chartrand, President, Manitoba Metis Federation
2023: Dr. Digvir Jayas, Vice President and International, University of Manitoba
2024: Not Awarded
2025: Not Awarded

2008: Dr. Sunil V. Patel, Gimli; Mr. Piara L. Sharma, Winnipeg; Dr. Madhav N. Sinha, Winnipeg
2009: Mrs. Jaya Chandrasekar, Toronto; Dr. Chander Gupta, Winnipeg
2010: Dr. Amarjit S. Arneja, Winnipeg; Mr. Bidhu Jha, Winnipeg
2011: Dr. Daya Gupta, Winnipeg; Dr. Sonny Dhalla, Winnipeg
2012: Mr. Kamal Mehra, Winnipeg; Mrs. Nimmi Ramgotra, Winnipeg
2013: Mr. Haas D. Pandya, Winnipeg; Mr. Ken Eapen, Winnipeg
2014: Dr. Pravinsagar Mehta, Winnipeg; Mr. Joginder Shamsher, Coquitlam
2015: Dr. Digvir Jayas, Winnipeg; Mr. Norton Kothari, Mississauga
2016: Dr. Dhali Dhaliwal, Winnipeg; Mr. Sushil Sharma, Winnipeg
2017: Dr. C.R. Bector, Winnipeg; Mr. Anupam Kothari, Mississauga; Mr. Suren Mehta, Winnipeg
2018: Ms. Adrienne Batra, Toronto; Dr. Ganpat S. Lodha, Winnipeg
2019: Mr. Prem Bhalla, Winnipeg; Mr. Yog Gupta, Winnipeg; Mr. Kamta Roy Singh, Winnipeg
2022: Dr. Jagmit Arneja, Victoria; Mr. Markus Chambers, Winnipeg; Dr. Paramjit S. Tappia, Winnipeg; (Late) Gyani Kewal S. Chohan, Winnipeg
2023: Mr. Raj Maan, Winnipeg; Mr. Jaideep Johar, Winnipeg; Mrs. Taran Malik, Winnipeg
2024: Ms. Teresa Cotroneo, Winnipeg; Ms. Gurharjit Sandhu, Winnipeg; Mr. Dalip Shekhawat, Winnipeg
2025: Hon. Terry Duguid, Winnipeg; Mr. Derek Dabee, Winnipeg; Mr. Mitesh Trivedi, Winnipeg; Shipra Verma, Winnipeg