 The other honors include admission to the Hall of Fame by the American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA); Man of The World by the International Hotel Association (IHA) New York; named by Newsweek as one of the "Elite Winners of 1978" and the PHDCCI Millennium award in 2000.He was awarded the Padma Bhushan, one of India's highest civilian awards, in 2001.Almost all publications indicated Oberoi's year of birth as 1898 and his age at death as 103.