Onkar Prasad Dwivedi CM FRSC (1937–2013) was Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of Guelph.
He taught environmental policy and law and comparative public and development administration and served as chair of the Department of Political Science from 1979 to 1990.
His geographic area of research spans countries such as Canada, USA, Papua New Guinea, India, Mauritius, and various developing nations.
In 2000 he was appointed by the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, New York, for two years as a member of its Group of Experts on Globalization and the State.
The Sushila Devi Eye Hospital was established by Dwivedi and other family members in Bithoor, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Notable recipients of this award include Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil, in 2009.