 As the chairman of the council he pursued matter and policies to uplift the qualities in these fields through various umbrella NGOs.He was honoured with the "Pride of the Doon" Award from Doon Citizen Council, Dehradun, in recognition of distinguished contributions to the region.The soft-spoken Swami was honoured with the Uttar Pradesh Ratna in 2000 for the dedicated public work on "Rashtrabhasha" Hindi.