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Recognition & Honours

Awards & Honours

Recognition has followed the work, never led it. National and regional bodies have honoured Dr. APJMJ Sheik Saleem for his environmental missions, his service to rural education, and his work carrying forward the vision of Bharat Ratna Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam.

Every honour below is recorded as it appears on the official register — the award, the body that conferred it, and the photographs from the day it was received.

Dr. APJMJ Sheik Saleem receiving the Anuvrat Puraskar 2022 citation on stage at the 73rd Anuvrat Adhiveshan

Honoured across India

Rajasthan · Mumbai · Tamil Nadu

Roll of Honour

The record, in order

Three honours, two states, one continuing mission — listed newest first.

The Honours

Received in person

Both citations below were presented on stage. The photographs are from the ceremonies themselves.

2 photos
  • 01The citation, presented on stage — 73rd Anuvrat Adhiveshan
  • 02Citation and commemorative plaque, Chaturmas 2022
National Honour · 2022

Anuvrat Puraskar Award 2022

Anuvrat Vishwa Bharati SocietyRajasthan

The Anuvrat Puraskar is conferred by the Anuvrat Vishwa Bharati Society — the institutional home of the Anuvrat movement, founded in 1949 — on individuals whose public life reflects the movement's code of self-restraint, non-violence and service to society.

Dr. APJMJ Sheik Saleem received the citation on stage at the 73rd Anuvrat Adhiveshan, held during Chaturmas 2022, alongside a commemorative plaque presented in the same ceremony.

As recorded
ANUVRAT PURASKAR AWARD 2022 — Honoured by ANUVRAT VISHWA BHARATI SOCIETY, Rajasthan
2 photos
  • 01Receiving the trophy — 26 September 2021, Mumbai
  • 02At the ceremony — Novotel Hotel, Juhu Beach
Achievement Award · 2021

Iconic Achievers Award 2021

Iconic Achievers AwardsNovotel Hotel, Juhu Beach, Mumbai

The Iconic Achievers Awards recognise individuals whose work has made a measurable difference in their field. Dr. Saleem was honoured for his environmental and social leadership — the tree plantation missions, the solar drive across Rameswaram, and the education work carried out under the Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam International Foundation.

The trophy was presented at the ceremony held on 26 September 2021 at the Novotel Hotel, Juhu Beach, Mumbai.

As recorded
Iconic Achievers Award 2021 @ Novotel Hotel Juhu Beach, Mumbai
Further Recognition

Green Crusader Award

“For his Solar Mission work across Tamil Nadu”

Awarded for the Solar Mission carried out across Tamil Nadu — solar power delivered to 22 public schools, portable solar lamps distributed to families without reliable electricity, and solar high-beam LED lights donated to fishermen's boats along the Rameswaram coast.

  • 22 public schools brought onto solar power
  • Portable solar lamps for families in need
  • Solar LED lights fitted to fishermen's boats
  • Rameswaram promoted as a model solar town
Behind the Honours

What the citations are actually for

The awards are the visible part. This is the ledger underneath them.

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Trees planted across India

In five years — targeting 1 crore

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Campaigns, workshops & forums

Environmental and social

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Public schools solar-powered

Solar Rameswaram mission

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Worked directly under Dr. Kalam

India Vision 2020 · PURA

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The honours belong to everyone who planted, taught, wired and volunteered alongside us.

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