2021 John B. Scalzi Research Award from The Masonry Society, USA for an outstanding, lifetime contribution to masonry research.

Director, International Association for Earthquake Engineering (IAEE), 2020-2024

Member of the Board, World Seismic Safety Initiative, IAEE, 2010-2016.

R G Drysdale Award for the Best Paper on Masonry Research or Education given at 12th Canadian Masonry Symposium, Vancouver, Canada, 2013.

Fellow, Indian National Academy of Engineering(INAE), January 2010

Shah Family Innovation Prize of Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI), USA, 2000

R G Drysdale Award for the Best Paper on Masonry Research or Education given at 12th Canadian Masonry Symposium, Vancouver, Canada, 2013.

Young Engineer Award of Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), 1999

Young Scientist Research  Award of Dept. of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India, 1998

Technical Textbook Award, All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi, 2004

Speaker, First Indo-US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, 2006

US National Civil Enginering Honour Socity Chi - Epsilon, UM and OU Chapter, 1992 &1996.

Best Outgoing Student award for the Graduating Year 1988-89 at REC, Tiruchirapalli, 1989