Awards and Distinctions

2017

• National Order of the Legion of Honour, (Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), Government of France.

2016

• Doctorate in Humane Letters, Honoris Causa (LHD), Smith College, USA.
• Quami Ekta Award, All India Quami Ekta Manch, Kolkata, India.
• Visionary Woman, Visionary Women, California, USA.

2015

• Woman of Distinction, NGO Committee on the Status of Women/NY, USA.
• Key to the city of Portland, Mayor Michael Brennan, Portland, Maine, USA
• Shrestha Samman, Rotary International, India.

2014

• Named paver at the Anne Frank Memorial in Idaho, Idaho Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence & Idaho Human Rights Education Center, Idaho, USA

2012

• Amazing Indians, Stree Shakti category, Times Now, New Delhi, India
• National Bravery Award, Godfrey Phillips, New Delhi, India
• Sera Bangali, Ananda Bazar Partika, Kolkata, India
• Healthy Masculinities, Men Can Stop Rape, Washington DC, USA
• Alumni Achievers Award, Loreto College Alumnae Association, Kolkata,India

2011

• Karmaveer Puraskaar Civil Society-Trafficking, iCONGO, International Congregation of NGOs, India
• Women Who Care, United Nations Association of New York, USA.

2010 

• Abolitionist Award, Nomi Network, New York, USA.

2009

• Clinton Global Citizen Award for Leadership of Civil Society, Clinton Global Initiative, Clinton Foundation), New York, USA.

2007

• Abolitionist Award, UK House of Lords, United Kingdom

1996

• Emmy, News and Documentary, Outstanding Investigative Journalism, US Academy for TV Arts and Sciences, New York, USA