Junior/Senior Research Fellowship - National Eligibility Test (December 2001), Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and University Grants Commission (CSIR-UGC), Govt. of India.

Foreign Visiting Research Assistant in Indo-Japan Co-operative Science Program (Nov 2005- February 2006 & December 2006 – Mar 2008) with Prof. Ayae Honda, Faculty of Engineering, Hosie University, Tokyo.

Honorable mention award in 2014 Olympus Bioscapes digital imaging competition in 2400 outstanding entries (http://www.olympusbioscapes.com/gallery/year/2014).

Three times winner of IMB-IMU image of the month award between 2015 and 2018 (https://www.a-star.edu.sg/imb/Tech-Platforms/AMP-Light-Microscopy/Gallery/Images)