India (2002) Om Prakash Bhasin Award for professional excellence in engineering (2002) CII (Confederation of Indian Industry) Juror's Award for leadership in infrastructure development (2002–03) One of Asia's Heroes by TIME (2003) AIMA (All India Management Association) award for Public Service Excellence (2003) Degree of Doctor of Science (Honoris causa) from IIT Delhi. Dr.Y.Nayudamma Memorial Award Bharat Shiromani award from the Shiromani Institute, Chandigarh (2005) Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honour) by the government of France (2005) Qimpro Platinum Standard (Business) National Statesman for Quality in India (2007) CNN-IBN Indian of the Year 2007: Public Service (2008) Padma Vibhushan by the Government of India (2008) D.Litt by Rajasthan Technical University, Kota, Rajasthan, in 2009 Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Honoris causa) from IIT Roorkee, 2009. Honorary doctorate by Cochin University of Science and Technology in 2010. Newsmaker of the Year by Manorama News in 2012. Sree Chithira Thirunal National Award, 2012 SR Jindal Prize (honorary) awarded by Sitaram Jindal Foundation in 2012. TKM 60 Plus award for Lifetime achievement'', 2013 by TKM College of Engineering. Degree of Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) by Mahamaya Technical University on its first convocation (2013) Rotary International for the sake of Honour Award (2013) Lifetime Achievement Governance Award by Grifles, 2013 Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver star by Government of Japan (2013) KPP Nambiar Award by IEEE Kerala Section (2017) Lifetime achievement award by Project Management Associates (PMA) India (2019) Bibliography A Book on Sreedharan's life is 'Karmayogi: E. Sreedharante Jeevitha Katha' (Translated: Karmayogi : The story of E. Sreedharan's life) is an authentic biography by M. S. Asokan. A short biography on E. Sreedharan was penned by P.V. Alby, named 'Jeevithavijayathinte Paadapusthakam' (translated: A Texbook on success in life). Both these books were top sellers in Kerala during the time Sreedharan took up his post on the Kochi Metro project as Delhi Metro Rail Corporation's principal advisor. Another book on Sreedharan is " India's railway man- A biography of Dr. E Sreedharan "by Rajendra B Aklekar. In one of the another international books "マダム、これが俺たちのメトロだ”( Trans: Madam, this is our Metro) written by a female Japanese Civil Engineer Abe Reiko, who was closely associate with the DMRC project, praised Sreedharan for his far-farsightedness and strong determination. Family Sreedharan's wife is Radha Sreedharan. His daughter is Shanti Menon, who is the principal of the Deens Academy, a