The Gandhi Foundation at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Non violent Social Change, honored global humanitarian leader and spiritual master Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar with the Gandhi Peace Pilgrim award, recognizing his commitment to peace and non-violence. Gurudev was welcomed by Dr. Isaac Newton Farris, Jr., Senior Fellow of the MLK Center, and the nephew of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. nephew; and Hon. Consul General of India, Smt. Swati Kulkarni.
From left are: Carol McCutcheon, Sugar Land City Council member; Ajit Paralkar, cofounder and trustee; Atul Kothari, founder; Dr. Rajmohan Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi; Isaac Newton Farris, Jr., nephew of Dr. Martin Luther King’s; John R. Naugle, Atlanta City of Peace; Tina Khatri, VP of TDK Construction; D.C. Manjunath, Consul General of India; Martha Castex-Tatum, Houston City Council member; Rep. Suleman Lalani, M.D., Texas HD 76; Dexter L. McCoy, Fort Bend County Commissioner Precinct 4; Barkat Charania, cofounder and trustee; Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis; Andy Icken, Chief Development Officer, Houston Mayor’s Office; Devinder Mahajan, cofounder and trustee.
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