Savji Dholakia

Public presence

Media &
Recognition

Published coverage, documented honours and the sources behind the figures used on this site. Every entry links to the original.

Savji Dholakia shaking hands with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with a third guest standing alongside.
Savji Dholakia (left) with the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi.
Close view of Savji Dholakia receiving the Padma Shri scroll from President Ram Nath Kovind.
Receiving the Padma Shri from President Ram Nath Kovind, 2022.

Honours

Documented recognition

2022

Padma Shri

India’s fourth-highest civilian honour, conferred by President Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan for contribution to trade, industry and social work.
2024

Honorary Doctorate of Science

Conferred at a university convocation by the Governor of Maharashtra, in recognition of environmental work.
2023

UN 2023 Water Conference

The Dholakia Foundation’s lake programme presented at the United Nations Water Conference in New York.
2002–2012

GJEPC Annual Export Awards

Hari Krishna Exports received the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council’s annual export award in ten consecutive years.

Archive

Published coverage

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Wikipedia · Reference Savji Dholakia Wikipedia · Reference Hari Krishna Exports Business Standard · Profile Savji Dholakia: Rough cut Rapaport · Industry India Honors Hari Krishna’s Savji Dholakia Rapaport Magazine · Feature Commerce and Conscience: The Hari Krishna Story World Diamond Council · Feature Ripples of restoration: India’s Lake Maker Entrepreneur Middle East · Interview Hari Krishna Exports Founder Savji Dholakia On How Philanthropy Can Be Geared Towards Climate Change NBC News · Report Diamond Magnate Gifts Employees Jewelry, Houses, Cars for Diwali Gulf News · Report Workers get cars, home deposits, jewellery for Diwali Curly Tales · Interview This Is Why Savji Dholakia Decided To Gift His Employees Cars, Flats, And More Onmanorama · Report The ultimate life test: Gujarat billionaire sends son to Kochi to live on odd jobs The Better India · Report Billionaire Father Sends Son to Kochi to Experience Real World Struggles InStore Magazine · Report Hari Krishna’s Dholakia Foundation Takes Industry Lead in the Global Water Crisis Dholakia Foundation · Release Check Dam Foundation Laying Ceremony by the 14th President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, and the Governor of Gujarat, Shri Acharya Devvrat

Official

Organisations

Company

Hari Krishna Exports

Natural-diamond manufacturer and exporter. Founded 1992; manufacturing in Surat, sales in Mumbai.

hk.co
Philanthropy

Dholakia Foundation

Ecosystem restoration, water conservation, education, health and community programmes.

dholakia.foundation
Brand

KISNA

The group’s diamond-jewellery brand for the Indian domestic market, launched in 2005.

kisna.com

Editorial note

This page lists only coverage that could be located and verified at the time of publication. Where reported figures conflict between outlets — particularly on annual recognition-programme totals, group turnover and volumes of water conserved — this site states the disagreement rather than selecting a single number. No interview, article or appearance has been included that could not be traced to a published source.