Awards and Honours

1946

Silver Medal by The Bombay Art Society, Mumbai, 1946.

1948

Gold Medal by The Bombay Art Society, Mumbai, 1948.

1956

Prix de la Critique, first non-French recipient, Paris, 1956.

1962

Visiting lecturer at the University of California in Berkeley (UCB), 1962.

1978

Rajkeeya Samman by the Government of Madhya Pradesh, India, 1978.

1981

Kalidas Samman National Award by the Government of Madhya Pradesh, India, 1981.

Padma Shri, Field of Arts, by the Government of India, 1981.

Fellow of the Lalit Kala Akademi, by the Government of New Delhi, 1981.

1984

Fellow of the Lalit Kala Akademi, by the Government of New Delhi, 1984.

1992-1993

Kalidas Samman, Field of Plastic Arts, by the Government of Madhya Pradesh, India, 1992-1993.

2002

Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government, 2002.

Dayavati Modi Award, New Delhi, November 17, 2002.

2004

Lalit Kala Ratna Puraskar, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, 2004.

2007

Padma Bhushan by the Government of India, January 25, 2007.

2013

The Padma Vibhushan by the Government of India, January 25, 2013.

2014

Doctor of Letters (Honoris Causa), by the University Indira Kala Sangeet Vishwavidyalaya (IKSV), Khairagarh, Chhatisgarh, 2014.

2015

Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur (Commander of the Legion of Honour) by the French Government, July 14, 2015.

Honorary Doctoral Degree, Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, October 31, 2015