2023 Prof. G. Jayaraman Endowment Lecture Award, University of Madras
2023 Dr. L.D. Sanghvi Oration Award, Indian Society of Human Genetics
2022 Fellow, Indian National Science Academy
2022 J C Bose Fellowship (Dept. of Science & Technology, Govt. of India)
2021 Excellence-in-Teaching Award (IIT Kanpur)
2019 Prof. J. Das Memorial Award Lecture of the Indian Society of Cell Biology
2017 Tata Innovation Fellowship (Dept. of Biotechnology, Govt. of India)
2017 P.K. Kelkar Chair Professor (IIT Kanpur)
2016 Basanti Devi Amir Chand Prize (Indian Council of Medical Research, Govt. of India)
2016 OPPI Scientist Award (Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of India)
2016 Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences
2015 Editorial Board Member, Meta Gene
2015 Editorial Board Member, Gene Report
2015 KT Shetty Memorial Oration Award of the Indian Academy of Neurosciences
2015 Associate Editor, Journal of Genetics
2012 Fellow, National Academy of Sciences, India.
2012 Ramanna Fellowship (Dept. of Science & Technology)
2012 CDRI Award for Excellence in Drug Research (CDRI, Lucknow).
2012 Included in the list of top 25 Indian scientists by India Today
2011 Rajib Goyal Prize in Life Sciences (Goyal Foundation, Kurukshetra University).
2011 Gill-Joy Chair Professor (IIT Kanpur).
2010 DAE-SRC Outstanding Research Investigator Award (Dept. of Atomic Energy, Govt. of India).
2009 Associate Editor, Annals of Neuroscience
2008 B.M. Birla Science Prize in Biology (BM Birla Science Centre, Hyderabad).
2008 National Bioscience Award for Career Development (Dept. of Biotechnology, Govt. of India).
2008 Scopus Young Scientist Award in Biological Sciences (Elsevier India).
1998 Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship (Humboldt Foundation; not availed).