Awards & Honours
TWAS-CASAREP Award for Building Scientific Institutions (2020)
Rahula and Namita Gautam Chair, IIT Kanpur (01.09.2019 - Present)
Adjunct Professor, NIPER Hyderabad (12.10.2019 - Present)
Director's Chair Professor, IISER Bhopal (01.01.2019 - Present)
S. Ranganathan Memorial Medal by INSA (2018)
CRSI Silver Medal (2014)
Distinguihsed Alumnus Award from BHU (2012)
J.C. Bose Award (2011)
Goyal Prize (2011)
Pt Jawahar Lal Nehru National Award (2010)
J. C. Bose Fellowship (2009-23)
Vigyan Ratna Award of U.P. (2006-2007)
Ramanna Fellowship (2006)
Bhagyatara Award (2006)
Academy Fellowship
Fellow, Indian National Science Academy (FNA)
Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences (FASc)
Fellow, National Academy of Sciences (FNASc)
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Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences (FTWAS)
Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)
Distinguished Lectures
Talk on 150 years of IACS, NCERT, New Delhi (July 31, 2026)
Prof Khetrapal Memorial Oration at CBMR Lucknow (July 24, 2026)
KKB Endowment Lecture at IIT Madras (April 1, 2026)
Acharya PC Ray Endowment lecture at JNCASR Bangalore (July 25, 2025)
Foundation Day Lecture at CSIR-NEIST (September 2024)
J.C. Ray Memorial Oration lecture (2024)
Distinguished Scientist Lecture at CSIR-CGCRI Kolkata (April 2024)
Foundation Day Lecture at CSIR-AMPRI Bhopal (2023)
Foundation Day Lecture at CSIR-IIIM Jammu (2023)
Science Day Lecture at IICT Hyderabad (2022)
Science Day Lecture at Lupin, Pune (2021)
CNR Rao Lecture, IIT Kanpur (2021)
Prof. Asima Chatterjee Life Time Achievement Award Lecture-2020
P.C. Dutta Memorial Lecture at IACS Kolkata (22.08.2019)
S. Ranganathan Memorial Medal Lecture at CBMR Lucknow (21.6.2018)
T.R. Seshadri Memorial Lecture at Delhi University (14.01.2018)
1st Convocation Address as a Chief Guest of ITI Berhampur (28.12.2016)
1st Foundation Day Lecture of Institute of Science, BHU (16.12.2016)
CSIR-CDRI Foundation Day Lecture (24.09.2014)
Convocation address as a Chief Guest at Jabalpur University (2012)
Dr. G.P. Chatterjee Memorial Lecture at ISCA (2011)
Dr. A.V. Rama Rao Foundation Lecture at JNCASR Bangalore (2009)
Prof. N. S. Narsimhan Endowment Lecture at Pune University (2002)