 He also drove the implementation of the regional connectivity scheme or UDAN- More than 12 lakh passengers flown under UDAN till 31st January, 2019.In 28 months of UDAN, 69 unserved airports, 31 helicopters and 6 water drones awarded.Suresh Prabhu received the Goud Saraswat Brahmin Samaj Maharatha Award on 18 August 2016.