Swarup has been an International Hiroshima Peace Awardee of Japan and Presidential Awardee of Republic of India in 2003 for distinguished record of service and received the UNESCAP hon’ble mention for youth empowerment and the voluntary relief efforts during Orissa Super Cyclone in 1999 and Gujarat earthquake in 2001 as the Executive Director of Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan. He is a recipient of the National Gandhi Fellowship by Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti, Ministry of Culture in 2000 and AusAID Fellowship to Australia in 2001. He was awarded the Amrita Devi Vishnoi Medal for his contribution to environmental studies in 2013. He is a member of the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) at London since 2008 and Fellow Zoological Society of India in 2013. In July 2020, Swarup was honoured with the prestigious award of "Ambassador For Peace" from the Universal Peace Federation Oceania in recognition for his longstanding service in peace-building and academic leadership.