| 1 |
Life Time Achievement Award, Biotechnology Research Society, India |
2014 |
| 2 |
Member, Tamil Nadu State Council for Higher Education |
2013 - 2016 |
| 3 |
Member, Scientific Advisory Committee to Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, India |
NA |
| 4 |
Member, Twelfth Five year Plan Working Group of Higher Education - Government of Tamil Nadu |
2012 - 2017 |
| 5 |
Member, Monitoring Committee of Distance Education Program - Government of Tamil Nadu |
2012 |
| 6 |
Visitors Nominee - Central University of Patiala - Nominated by President of India |
2012 |
| 7 |
Member, Monitoring Committee of Government of Tamil Nadu - Unapproved Institutions offering / awarding degree / diplomoa certificates without the prior approval of UGC, AICTE and DEC |
2011 |
| 8 |
Government of Tamil Nadu Nominee - UGC Expert Committee to evaluate the academic performance of SFR College for women, Sivakasi |
2011 |
| 9 |
Outstanding Service Award - International Board of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) |
2011 |
| 10 |
One Time Grant Award, UGC |
2011 |
| 11 |
President, Biotech Research Society of India - 2011 Invited as Chair Professor of Bio sciences at Indian institute of Technology Madras, Chennai |
2011 - 2013 |
| 12 |
Chair Professor of Biosciences at Indian institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
2011 |
| 13 |
Alagappa Centenary Excellence Award for Pure and Applied Sciences |
2010 |
| 14 |
Fellow of Tamil Nadu Academy of Sciences (FTNAS) |
2010 |
| 15 |
President, Association of Microbiologists of India |
2009 |
| 16 |
76th Indian Science Congress-Madurai Kamaraj University Eminent Scientist Award (Natural Sciences) |
2009 |
| 17 |
International Editor, Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology |
2009 |
| 18 |
Associate Editor, Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology |
2009 |
| 19 |
Editor, Indian Journal of Microbiology |
2009 |
| 20 |
Life Time Achievement Award, Indian Association of Applied Microbiologists |
2009 |
| 21 |
Fellow of the National Academy of Biological Sciences (FNABS) |
2008 |
| 22 |
American Society of Microbiology (ASM) International Professorship |
2007 |
| 23 |
AMI - Prof.S.R.Vyas Award, Association of Microbiologists of India |
2006 |
| 24 |
Fellow of Association of Microbiologists of India (FAMI) |
2006 |
| 25 |
Fellow of Biotechnology Research Society of India (FBRSI) |
2004 |
| 26 |
Tamil Nadu Scientist Award (TANSA) |
1999 |
| 27 |
Louis Pasteur Award, Association of Microbiologists of India |
1998 |
| 28 |
Visiting Professor, Sri Venkateshwara University, Tirupathi, Andhra Pradesh, India |
1998 |
| 29 |
Professor and Divisional Chair, Department of Biotechnology, Division of Biological and Health Sciences, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, México |
Jan 1995 - 1997 |
| 30 |
"Prof. Alfredo Sánchez Marroquin" Cátedra Divisional in Biotechnology at Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana- Iztapalapa, México and Patrimonial excelencia Nivel II fellowship from CONACyT, México |
1995 - 1996 |
| 31 |
Panel member: miembro del jurado calificador, Area de Ciencias Biologicas y de la Salud, Cuarto Concurso Annual al Premio a la Invetigation, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, México |
1995 |
| 32 |
Professor, Faculty of Sciences at Luminy, University of Provence, Marseilles, France |
April - July 1994 |
| 33 |
J.V. Bhat Memorial Award, Association of Microbiologists of India |
1992 |