Achievements & Recognitions
- Three engineers who worked directly under my R&D supervision won the PepsiCo R&D Excellence Award in 2011.
- One scientist who worked directly under my research supervision won the SC Johnson President’s Award for outstanding R&D contribution to business in 2010.
- Delivered invited lecture on, "How Industrial Research Differs from Academic Research" at the Department of Chemistry at SSIHL, Prashantinilayam, India in 2007.
- Two scientists who worked directly under my research supervision won the "Unilever President's Award" for outstanding research (1998, 1994).
- Achieved 5 promotions in 10 years at Unilever (2001, 1999, 1998, 1994, 1993)
- Delivered a high-profile lecture on, "How to Manage Global R&D Projects to achieve Successful Innovation and Commercialization" to Unilever Global R&D Project Leaders at the invitation of the President of Corporate Research at Unilever (1994).
- Published cutting-edge research work on the Mn-catalyst technology from Unilever in the highly acclaimed journal, Nature (1994).
- Published independent research work from the National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), India, in the prestigious journal, J. Amer. Chem. Soc. (1989).
- Delivered invited research lectures at PepsiCo (2010), S. C. Johnson (2006), Nu Skin (2004), Unilever (2002, 1999, 1994), Florida State University, FL (1994), Andhra University (India, 1987), I.I.T.-Madras (India, 1983), I.I.Sc.-Bangalore (India, 1983).