SKDRDP has been awarded the prestigious Microfinance India Award 2010 by the Hongkong based HSBC Bank and Access Development Services in a glittering function organized at Hotel Ashoka, New Delhi on November 15, 2010 on the occasion of the two-day All India Micro Credit Summit.

SKDRDP has been recognized for its low operational costs, efficient administration, rapid scaling up, social services provided by the institution and its concern for poverty alleviation through micro credit.

At present the organization is active in nine districts of Karnataka with client outreach of 12,00,000 families and a Self Help Groups (SHGs) base of 1,17,000.The organization is the sixth largest micro finance institution in India and the biggest in the NGO sector globally.