Other Awards

1. Kapitsa Gold Medal, Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, RANS (2010).
2. R. C. Mehrotra Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award, The Indian science Congress Association (2010).
3. Homi J. Bhabha Award for Applied Sciences, University Grants Commission (UGC) National Hari Om Ashram Trust Awards (2007).
4. Dow Professor M.M. Sharma Distinguished Visiting Professorship in Chemical Engineering Endowment, University Institute of Chemical Technology (UICT), Mumbai (2007).
5. Maharashtra National Award of the Indian Society for Technical Education for outstanding research (1996).
6. Amar Dye Chem Award of the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers for excellence in research and development for scientists below the age of 35 years (1995).
7. ISTE--SGSITS National Award of the Indian Society for Technical Education for best research by young scientists (1993).
8. Senior Associateship of the CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation (C-MMACS), Bangalore (2001-2003).
9. Featured Speaker in the 1st Indo-US Frontiers of Engineering (FOE) Conference, Agra, 2006 and the FOE Award for collaboration with NIST.
10. Invited Speaker, Theoretical Physics Seminar Circuit of the Department of Science and Technology (2000-2002 & 2004-2006).
11. Professor CNR Rao Lecture, IIT Kanpur (2004; inaugral lecturer of the annual lecture series).
12. Professor Gopal Tripathi Memorial University Lecture, Banaras Hindu University (2005).
13. The Research Competition Award of the School of Medicine, SUNY (Buffalo) for initiation of research by new faculty (1988).
14. Dean's Certificates of Merit in undergraduate program at I.I.T. Kanpur (1980-1982).
15. The Indian National Merit Scholarship (1977-82).
16. Second rank in India in the Mathematics Olympiad (1977).
17. Second rank in the state of Rajasthan in High School examination (1977).