In 2005, he received the prestigious Carl Feiss Urban and Environmental Design Award from the University of Florida, and in 2008 he presented at the South Asian Studies Alliance Annual Conference, based on work funded by the University of California, Irvine.
In addition to regularly consulting on planning and design projects, Shyam lectures on Vastu Veda at schools and colleges throughout the United States. He lives in rural north central Florida with his wife, a teacher at a Vedic primary school.(Photo by Jivana Wilhoit)