Honors and Awards

Community Awards and Honors

  • 2019-Honored with Sarvabhouma Award by Shri Samsthana Mahabaleshwara Deva, Gokarna. 2018-Honored with the Dedicated Special Issue of Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 2017-Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Samman Award, Global Indian Summit at House of Lords, London. 2015-Distinguished Faculty Award from Northern Illinois University 2013-Elected Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences. 2013-Elected Member of Zeta Gamma Chapter of Phi Beta Delta – Honor Society for International Scholars. 2013-High-End Foreign Expert of the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs (SAFEA), China. 2012-Distinguished Consulting Research Professor at Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, India. 2012-Visiting Professorship of the Chinese Academy of Sciences for International Senior Scientists. 2009-2010 Inaugural Recipient of NIU Faculty Mentor Award, May 2010. 2008 NIU Inaugural Board of Trustees Professorship Award (July 2008) 2007 Lifetime Achievement Pravasi Award from NRI Institute, New Delhi, India (January 2008) 2007 Re-Invitation of Humboldt Research Prize for Senior US Scientists from Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, Bonn, Germany 2007 “Pride of India Gold Award” from NRI Institute, Washington, D.C. Chapter, USA 2005 Gauss Professorship of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences, Germany. 2003 Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Distinguished Chair of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, India. 2001 Humboldt Research Award for Senior US Scientists from Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, Bonn, Germany. 2001 Outstanding Grant Acquisition Award from Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois. 2001 Presidential Research Professorship Award, for significant and sustained scholarly or creative work, including the achievement of national and international reputation in the chosen field of research, from Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois. 1996 BUSA Award for Distinguished Achievements in Boron Science from the Awards Committee of Boron in the USA (BUSA) Workshop held in Guanajuato, Mexico. 1994 India International Gold Award, India International Gold Medal & Mother India International Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Field of Education (Chemistry) from NRI Institute, New Delhi, India. 1994 Camille and Henry Dreyfus Scholar/Fellow Award from The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc, New York. Certificate of Recognition and Listed in the 11th-19th editions of Marquis Who’s Who in the World. Certificate of Recognition and Listed in the 1st-8th editions of Marquis Who’s Who in Science and Engineering. 1987 Sigma Xi Outstanding Research Award from the Society of Sigma Xi, SMU Chapter. Certificate of Merit, Bronze Plaque Award, and Listed in 13th edition of Men of Achievement by the International Biographical Center, Cambridge, England. Certificate of Achievement in Science presented by the publisher and editors of American Men and Women of Science in 1986. Listed in 16th-22nd editions of American Men and Women of Science, edited by Jaques Cattell Press and published by R. R. Bowker Co., New York. 1981 Teaching Excellence Award, by the Virginia Tech Academy of Teaching Excellence, and Co-recipient of the Sigma Xi President’s and Visitors’ Research Prize awarded by the Society of Sigma Xi, University of Virginia Chapter. (05/2022)