an award by the name of "dr. shankar dayal singh jan bhasha samman" (डा० शंकर दयाल सिंह जन भाषा सम्मान) has been instituted in his memory by the shankar sanskriti pratishan. the first award was presented to "international hindi association" of the usa by honorable speaker, lok sabha smt. meira kumar in a function held at new delhi on 27 december 2012. the second and third "dr. shankar dayal singh jan bhasha samman" was presented to "dr. ashok chakradhar" and "balendu sharma dadhich" respectively.