 Later in 1962, Papanasam Sivan received the President Award, and in 1969 he received the Sangeetha Kalasikhamani Award bestowed on him by "The Indian Fine Arts Society, Chennai".He was conferred the Sangita Kalanidhi in 1971.Sivan was married to Lakshmi Ammal and they had three daughters, the youngest of them being Dr. Rukmini Ramani, who is also a composer, and two sons.