Babar Ali (teacher) HERO AWARD, BY ROTARY INDIA LITERACY MISSION and recently featured in ‘FORBES ASIA’ in their 30 under 30 list as a ‘SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR’, also recognised as the Literacy hero by international literacy association in their "30 under 30" list,Also received Education leadership award by BBC knowledge,His story became a part of the syllabus for the CBSE 10th standard English textbook, PUC English textbook for Govt. of Karnataka, and also in a curriculum in Europe. He was featured on Aamir Khan’s TV show Satyamev Jayate in July 2012, and is regularly invited to speak at various conferences and forums all over
Satyamev Jayate (TV series) productions on popular Chinese site Douban. Indian television producer-director Siddhartha Basu compared the show with "The Oprah Winfrey Show" stating, "I think Aamir makes for a pensive and studied Oprah. More power to him and even more power to issues he raises that affect us all. Hopefully, it will get people thinking and acting on it on a much bigger scale". The "Hindustan Times" and "Wall Street Journal" also compared the show with "The Oprah Winfrey Show". Parmita Uniyal from "Hindustan Times" felt the show succeeds in convincing people of the outcomes of such practices better than a government campaign