Awards and Honors

Ajmer Rode’s awards and honors include

Best Overseas Author award by the Punjab Languages department (1994)
Lifetime Achievement Award by the University of British Columbia (2013)
Best Citizen Award (literature) by Guru Nanak Dev University (1994)
Punjab Arts Council award, 2008
Punjab Chief Minister honor for outstanding literary contributions, Chandigarh, 1994
Anᾱd Foundation (Delhi) poetry award in 2010,
Mehfal Magazine’s Cultural Heritage award Vancouver, 2010,
Darpan magazine’s Artistic Visionary award, 2013;
Certificate of Appreciation for translation by the Provincial language Service, BC, Canada, (2007).
exploreASIAN award for contribution to theatre (2004);
Outstanding Literary Achievement award by Rode Heritage Committee, Canada (2000).
Punjabi Writers Association, Calgary (2015).