2006 – Awarded the prestigious “Kalakar” award at Kolkotta for “Hasrat” as “Best Ghazal album of 2005″
2004 – Special Felicitation at the Wembley Conference Center, London for Completing 20 Years of Performance at the Prestigious Venue
2003 – MTV Immies Award for the successful album ‘In Search of Meer’
2003 – Special Achievement Award at the Bollywood Music Award, New York for Popularizing Ghazals Across the Globe
2003 — Dadabhai Naoroji Millennium Award conferred by the Dadabhai Naoraji International Society for Contribution to Ghazal and the Music Industry
2002 – Award for Excellence In Music Field presented by Sahyug Foundation at Mumbai
2002 – Honored by the Ind0-American Chamber of Commerce
2001 – Vocational Recognition Award for outstanding performance as Gazal Singer presented by Rotary Club of Mumbai downtown
1999 – Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, USA Award for extraordinary services to Indian music, especially promotion of Ghazals in India & abroad. Presented at the Festival of Ghazals held in New York
1998 – Indian Arts Awards Gala presented by the Mayor of the City of Jersey City
1998 – Outstanding Artistic Achievement Award presented by the American Academy of Artists at Atlantic City
1996 – Indira Gandhi Priyadarshani Award for Outstanding Services, Achievement and Contribution to Music
1994 — Honorary Citizenship of Lubbock Texas, USA
1994 – Radio Lotus Award for Outstanding Achievement and for the many songs featuring on the offical hit parade of the radio. Presented by Radio Lotus, South Africa at the University of Durban
1993 – Giants International Award for extraordinary efforts to achieve the highest standards in the field of music thereby motivating the entire community to pursue excellence
1990 – Outstanding Young Persons’Award (1989-90) for positive leadership & distinguish services rendered to the nation. Presented by the Indian Junior Chambers
1985 – KL Saigal Award for being the Best Ghazal Singer of the Year
