[5] He was honoured by the Government of India in 1970 with Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award.
[6] Avinash Vyas was born in the Indian state of Gujarat on 21 July 1912 and had his initial music training under Ustad Allauddin Khan.
[3] Most of the major singers of that era such as Geeta Dutt, Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Suman Kalyanpur, Manna Dey, Mukesh, Hemant Kumar, Talat Mehmood, Kishore Kumar, Mahendra Kapoor and Usha Mangeshkar sang his compositions in various movies.
[4] He tuned the lines of several noted lyricists like Qamar Jalalabadi, Indeevar, Bharat Vyas and Raja Mehdi Ali Khan.
[3] Vyas received the Gujarat State annual Film awards 25 times, both for lyrics and compositions, which is reported to be a record.