5 August 2002. Lifetime Achievement Award on Playback King , conferred during TVS Victor Aalaapana Music Awards function for the years 2001 and 2002, in Hyderabad on 1 September 2002. Swaralaya-Kairali-Yesudas award in 2002. Dr. C.Narayana Reddy Gold Medal in 2003. Rani Rao Balasaraswathi Award in 2003. Arya Bhata Prasasthi in