Dr. Sankurathri has received Outstanding Humanitarian Service Award (Canadian Ophthalmological Society), Indo Canada Chamber of Commerce Humanitarian, Social Worker of the year 2014-15 and more. In 1989, he established the Manjari Sankurathri Memorial Foundation (MSMF) to provide free education for rural poor children, eye operations to poor people, and improving the quality of life for destitute and downtrodden in the society.