ARSN is a registered trust, with Shri Baleshwar Agrawal donating the entire money received by him on his Amrit Mohotsav as corpus. Subsequently, he received two more awards, which money also he donated to the Nyas fund. Antar-Rashtriya Sahayog Nyas has instituted Bharatvanshi Gaurav Samman as an annual award to be conferred on a PIO/NRI or an institution for outstanding contribution in the field of service to the society in India and / or abroad. The award carries a Citation, Shawl, Memento and a cheque for Rupees one lakh.
So far, Bharatvanshi Gaurav Sammans have been conferred on eight distinguished PIOs and one PIO Institution, with distinguished persons as Chief Guests are as follows:
| NAME OF AWARDEE | YEAR | CHIEF GUEST |
| Shri Ranjith Ramnarain,South Africa | 25th October 2005 | Dr. Nainchandra Ramgoolam, the Prime Minister of Mauritius |
| Shri Satnarayan Maharaj , Trinidad & Tobago | 23rd December 2006 | Shri Inder Kumar Gujral, Former Prime Minister of India |
| Dr. Thomas Abraham, Chairman,GOPIO (USA) | 4th January 2008 | Shri Bhairon SingShekhawat, former Vice President of India |
| Human Service Trust, Mauritius | 11th January 2009 | Shri L.K.Advani,former Deputy Prime Minister of India |
| Shri Shivnath Rai Bajaj ,Thailand | 10th January 2010 | Smt. Sushma Swaraj then leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha |
| Dr.Ved Prakash Nanda, USA | 14th May 2011 | Shri Sushil Kumar Modi,then Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar |
| Shri Muljibhai Laljibhai Pindolia,President Hindu Council of Africa and International Trustee of World Conference of Religions for Peace | 1st February 2013 | Shri Arun Jaitely, then Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha |
| Prof. Nihal Singh Agar Australia | 22nd April 2017 | Shri Lokesh Chandra, then President ICCR & Shri Ram Bahadur Rai, President, IGNCA |
| Smt. Sarita Boodhoo, Chairperson of Bhojpuri Speaking Union ,Mauritius | 22nd April 2017 | Shri Lokesh Chandra, then President ICCR & Shri Ram Bahadur Rai, President, IGNCA |