Ravikiran received his first title in 1973, at the age of six and has since been the first or youngest to receive many awards. Mentioned below are some of those.

International Level:
· Millennium Festival Award (Millennium Commission, Government of UK) - 2000 (first Indian)
· Best Contemporary World Album (New Age Voice Awards, USA) - 2001 (first Indian)

National Level:
· Star of India Award (Wisdom International) - 1985
· Sanskriti Award (Sanskriti Foundation) - 1990

State Level:
· Kalaimamani (Tamil Nadu State Award) - 1985
· Kumar Gandharva Samman (Madhya Pradesh State Award) - 1996

Artistic:
· Arul Isai Selvan - 1973
· Music Academy Senior Awards - several, since 1979
· Lion's International Award - 1979
· Nada Sudharnava - 1980
· Tantri Gana Visharada - 1983
· Sangeet Samraat (Wisdom International) - 1985
· Rotary Vocational Award - 1985
· Madhura Naada Mannar - 1986
· Isai Peroli (Kartik Fine Arts) - 1991
· Sangeeta Choodamani (Krishna Gana Sabha) - 1995
· Chitravina Vidya Varidhi (Yarl Society, Perth, Australia) - 1996
· Kumar Gandharva Award (Kumar Gandharva Foundation, Bombay) - 2000
· Vadya Ratnakara (India Fine Arts, Austin, TX), 2002
· Lifetime Achievement Award (Kanchi Foundation, India), 2003
· Harvard Sangeet Award (Harvard University, USA), 2005
· TTK Award (Music Academy, Madras, India), 2003
· Sangeeta Sapta Saagara (Shanti Fine Arts, Chennai, India), 2005
· Nalli Season Award (Nalli Foundation, Chennai, India), 2006
· Ragalaya Sagara by Ragalaya Foundation, London, Jan 2008