 He is also the Chairman Emeritus of Priyadarshni Academy, a prominent NGO which provides educational scholarships to needy and deserving students.They promote the Indian classical performing arts among the youth.Priyadarshni Academy has also presented literary awards in four Indian languages that spreads ancient India’s wisdom to an international audience and holds a biennial Global Awards program which has been called by many Indian leaders as India’s Nobel Martin Luther King III who was an American awardee.