He, along with his wife, was selected for the Padma Shri honour from the Government of India in 2020 for his contribution to the field of Literature & Education.
He has also received several awards like the Siddarudha award, the Shivaratri Deshikendra Media award, the Abdul Kalam award and others.
Sampath Kumar’s father Pandit Varadaraja Iyengar had launched ‘Sudharma’ in 1970.
Sudharma is the only Sanskrit Daily in the world, printed and published from Mysuru.