Awards:
IICT Gaurav Samman Award (2010); SAB Eminent Bioengineer Award from Society of Applied Biotechnology (2010); Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) Post-doctoral Fellowship for Foreign Researchers, Japan (2003-2005); Post-doctoral Research Fellowship, Inha University, Inchon, South Korea (2001-2003); Post-doctoral Research Fellowship, Bose Institute, Kolkata (1999-2001); Young Scientist Award from Association of Microbiologists of India (1999); Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) Fellowship, Germany (1996); Stifterband für Deutsche Wissenschaft Research Fellowship (from Unilever Research Foundation), Germany (1996)