Times Group Chairman Mrs Indu Jain giving the Mahavir Mahatma Award to Hiromasa Ikeda of Soka Gakkai International, Japan. Also seen in the picture are Union home minister Shivraj Patil and Defence minister Pranab Mukherjee.

List of awardees

Martha Merchant of Baha'i Foundation, Hiromasa Ikeda on behalf of Dr Daisaku Ikeda from Soka Gakkai International (SGI), Tushar Gandhi from Mahatma Gandhi Foundation, Brahmatej ji from the Art of Living Foundation, Swami Nisarga from Isha Foundation, Shulamith Ezekiel Malekar from Judah Hyam Synagogue, Ranjit Makkuni and Dr Madhu Khanna from Sacred World Foundation, Musician A R Rehman, Namman ji from Oneness University and Shashi Kumar Nair from Mata Amritanandamayi Ashram.