Honors and Awards
- 2013 – Outstanding Research Poster Award, BCB Research Symposium, Rice University, Houston
- 2006 – Prof. S. P. Agarkar Gold Medal for the best research paper of the year, Agharkar Research Institute, Pune, India
- 2004 – 2nd best poster award at VIIth Annual conference of the Indian Environmental Association, Pune, India
- 2001 – Best oral presentation at National conference on Microbial Technology, Coimbatore, India