University of Delaware Fellowship holder during the entire Ph.D program (1981-1985). Awarded Institute Medal and Dr Sengupto Prize for standing First in Master's program at IIT Madras (1981). University rank holder and degree with distinction in undergraduate program (1974-1979). Awarded the Institution Prize of Institution of Engineers (India) for paper on enhanced oil recovery (1995). Awarded the M.G. Deshpande Best Paper Prize in the National Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power Conference held at IIT Kharagpur, (1999). Fellow of Indian Academy of Engineering (2007).