National Honors and Awards

  • Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore
  • National Mineral Award 2001 by the Ministry of Coal & Mines, Govt. of India
  • Prof. M. R. Srinivasa Rao Award 2008 by the Geological Society of India, Bangalore.
  • ISCA Young Scientist Award 1989 by the Indian Science Congress Association.

International Fellowships

  • Commonwealth Fellowship 1990 by UGC New Zealand.
  • Awarded BOYSCAST fellowship in 1994 by Department of Science and Technology for six months to visit Department of Geology, Portsmouth University, United Kingdom.
  • INSA bilateral exchange program Award to visit Brazil for three months 2004-2005.

Other important recognitions/achievements

  • Editor-in-Chief, Indian Journal of Geochemistry from 1992-2007.
  • Co-opted member of Geological, Mining and Metallurgical Society of India for 1993-1995.
  • Council Member of the Geological Society of India, Bangalore since 2005.
  • Council Member of the Geological, Mining and Metallurgical Society of India, Kolkata since 2006.
  • Council Member of the Indian Society of Applied Geochemists (ISAG), Hyderabad since 2011.
  • Member, IGCP-510: Global correlation of A-type granite
  • Member, Editorial Board of the following Journals:
    • Journal of Applied Geochemistry 2005-2010
    • International Open Mineralogy Journal since 2007
    • DCS News Letter since 2007
  • Guest Editor in the following issues:
    • Journal of the Geological Society of India on “Precambrian Mafic Magmatism in the Indian Shield – Part I, July 2008.
    • Journal of the Geological Society of India on “Precambrian Mafic Magmatism in the Indian Shield – Part II, January 2009.
    • Precambrian Research on “Precambrian large igneous provinces (LIPs) and their dyke swarms: new insights from high-precision geochronology, paleomagnetism and geochemistry”, 2010 (in press)
  • Members of following Scientific Organizations:
    • Life Member, Geological Society of India.
    • Life Member, Indian Science Congress Association.
    • Life Member, Geological, Mining and Metallurgical Society of India.
    • Life Member, Indian Association of Geochemists.
    • Life Member, Indian Society of Applied Geochemists (ISAG).
  • The Indian Member of the Global Reconstruction Project using the Large Igneous Province Record that will yield (A) robust reconstructions back to 2.6 Ga and (B) reconstructed LIPs through time.

Conferences/Seminars/Meetings organized

  • Convener, DST sponsored Group Discussion Meeting on “Indian Dykes”, 18th and 19th March 2006, Department of Geology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.
  • Co-Convener, DST sponsored Field Workshop on “Mafic dyke swarms of the Dharwar craton”, 15th to 18th July 2008, Department of Geology, Bangalore University, Bangalore.
  • Convener, Symposium on “Mafic Dyke Swarms: Global Perspectives”, 6th to 9th August 2008, held at Oslo, Norway during 33rd International Geological Congress.
  • Coordinator, 8th Programme Advisory Committee Meeting on Earth Sciences(PAC-ES), 28th and 29th August 2009, Department of Geology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.
  • Convener, 6th International Dyke Conference, 4th to 7th February 2010, held at Varanasi, India.

Visits Abroad

  • Adelaide and Canberra, Australia in September 1990 to attend 2nd International Dyke Conference and 7th Isotope Geology Conference respectively.
  • Sao Paulo, Brazil in September-October 1991 to attend Mafic Dyke Symposium.
  • Portsmouth, England between June and November 1994 to avail BOYSCAST Fellowship.
  • Jerusalem, Israel in September 1995 to attend 3rd International Dyke Conference.
  • Beijing, China in August 1996 to attend 30th IGC.
  • Kathmandu, Nepal in November 1997 to attend 2nd Nepal Geological Congress.
  • Perth, Australia in September 2001 to attend 4th International Archaean Symposium.
  • Florence, Italy in August 2004 to attend 32nd International Geological Congress.
  • Rovaneimi, Finland in August-September 2005 to attend 5th International Dyke Conference.
  • Oslo, Norway in August 2008 to attend 33rd International Geological Congress.
  • Frankfurt, Germany in August 2008 to attend 9th International Kimberlite Conference.