• Dr. R.N. Tandon Memorial Lecture award by NASI for the year 2018 for Outstanding Research Contributions in the area of Functional Genomics, Plant Reproduction,  and Seed Development.
• Member, Guha Research Conference (from 2014)
• Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India (December 7, 2013)
• Member, Editorial board, Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology (2010 ~)
• Fellow: Science and Technology Agency (STA) Japan - Foreign Scientist (1997-1999)
• Fellow: JSPS (Japan society for the Promotion of Science) long-term Post-doctoral fellowship (1995-1997).
• Fellow: Monbusho (Ministry of Education and Culture) (1992-94).

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