Awards and Distinctions
- UGC National Scholarship (1977-1979)
- CSIR Research fellowship (1980-1985)
- UGC Research Associateship (1987-1990); Awarded DST young scientist award/project in 1987
- UGC Research Scientist – National Award (1990)
- Won International Logo Contest of IAEA, Vienna (1990).
- Awarded European Commission Post Doctoral Fellowship at the Univ. of Bath, UK (Sept. 1991-Sept. 1992)
- Awarded four IAEA projects (1993-1999; 1999-2006; 2009-2015; 2009-2015); Awarded EC project in 1995-1998
- Elected Fellow of Royal Entomological Society (FRES-UK) in 1991;
- Elected Fellow of Ind. Society for Nuclear Techniques in Agriculture Sciences (FNAS) in 1995;
- Elected fellow of Entomological Society of India ( FESI) in 2000
- Elected Fellow of National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad (FNASc.) (2010)
- Presented ‘Award of Honour’ at the “International Conference on Entomology” at Punjabi University, Patiala (Feb. 17-19, 2012).
- Chaired the Technical session in Third FAO/IAEA RCM on CRP, “Increasing the Efficiency of Lepidoptera SIT by Enhanced Quality Control” Phoenix, Arizona, USA (Sept. 12-16, 2012)
- Chaired the Plenary session in “National Conference on Application of Natural Products for Human Health & Bioremediation of Pollutants” at Rajasthan University, Jaipur (March 22-23, 2013).
