K. Veeramani

Awards Alagappa University conferred the Doctor of Law on him (Honoris Causa) on 4 April 2003. Periyar International Inc., (USA) gives an annual award for outstanding contributions to Social Justice, which is named in his honor. Mr. V. P. Singh, former Prime Minister of India, was the first recipient of the award. K.Veeramani is an Honorary Associate of Rationalist International.

Lifetime Achievement Award

In recognition and praise of Dravidar Kazhagam President Asiriyar K.Veeramani's humanist services, the American Humanist Association conferred the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award for the year 2019 at the International Conference held on 21 and 22 September 2019.

American Humanist Association, a group of self-less, service-oriented humanitarians, has been promoting the cause of humanism for the past 75 years striving tirelessly for social justice and the welfare of the people.

List of K. Veeramani Awardees for Social Justice Year Awardee Notes 1996 Vishwanath Pratap Singh Former prime minister of India 1997 Sitaram Kesari Former president, Congress Party of India 1998 Chandarajit Yadav Former union minister, India 1999 2000 Mayawati Former chief minister, Uttarpradesh, India 2001 2002 ST Moorthy Senior Periyarist, Singapore 2003 G. K. Moopanar Former president, Tamil Nadu Congress Party, India 2004 2005 B.S.A. Swamy Former judge, Andra High Court, Hyderabad 2006 Veera Munusamy Yangoon, Myanmar 2007 2008 Karunanidhi Former chief minister, Tamil Nadu, India 2009 Ravivarma Kumar Advocate general, Karnataka, India 2010 Chellaperumal Social worker, Kuwait 2011 G. Karunanithy General secretary, All-India OBC Organization 2011 Kalaiselvam President, Periyar Community Service, Singapore 2012 V. Hanumantha Rao M.P. Convenor, OBC MPs Forum 2013 Chhagan C. Bhujbal Former PWD minister, Maharastra, India 2014 Prof. Dhaneswar Sahoo President, Odisha Rationalist Society, Bhubaneshwar, India 2015 Nitish Kumar Chief minister, Bihar since February 2015, Bihar, India 2016 Michael Selvanayagam Deputy mayor, elected Councillor, Croydon, London