| 1 | 2000 | IMTECH Foundation Day Lecture | Institute of Microbial Tech-nology, Chandigarh |
| 2 | 1999 | II Mansi Ram Memorial Lecture | University of Delhi, Delhi |
| 3 | 1999 | Professional Excellence Award in Science & Technology - for Expertise in DNA Fingerprinting | Viswabharathy Academy, Hyderabad |
| 4 | 1999 | IV Endowment Lecture | The Indian Instrumen-tation Society, Hyderabad Chapter, Hyderabad |
| 5 | 1998 | Scroll of Honour: Outstanding Forensic Expert Award - for Indianization of DNA Fingerprinting Technology | The Medico Legal Society, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. |
| 6 | 1998 | Honorary Professor | School of Animal Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad |
| 7 | 1998 | Indian Academy of Neurology Oration | Indian Academy of Neurology, Bangalore |
| 8 | 1998 | Dr Yellapragada Subbarow Memorial Oration | The Indian Medical Association, Vijayawada |
| 9 | 1997 | Joy Govind Law Memorial Medal | The Asiatic Society, Calcutta |
| 10 | 1997 | Padma Bhushan Dr P S Siva Reddy Endowment Award | Dr P Siva Reddy Founda-tion, Hyderabad |
| 11 | 1996 | Shri Om Prakash Bhasin Award - in the field of Biotechnology | Shri Om Prakash Bhasin Foundation for Science & Technology, Delhi |
| 12 | 1996 | Haldane Oration Medal | Society for Bionaturalists, India |
| 13 | 1995 | The VASVIK Research Award - for Biological Sciences & Technology for the year 1992 | Vividhlaxi Audyogik Samshodhan Vikas Kendra, Bombay |
| 14 | 1995 | Professor Vishwanath Memorial Lecture Award | Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi. |
| 15 | 1995 | Jagdish Chandra Bose Award - for Research in Life Sciences | Hari Om Ashram Trust, Delhi |
| 16 | 1994 | Ranbaxy Research Award - in the field of basic medical sciences | Ranbaxy Research Founda-tion, Ranbaxy, New Delhi |
| 17 | 1994 | Prof S P Ray-Chaudhuri 75th Birthday Endowment Lecture Award | Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi |
| 18 | 1992 | CSIR Technology Award - for biological sciences | Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, New Delhi |
| 19 | 1974-76 | Commonwealth Scholarship - for Postdoctoral Research in Molecular Biology | Edinburgh University, UK |
| 20 | 1974 | INSA Medal for Young Scientists | Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi |
| 21 | 1973 | Dr S P Basu Memorial Medical - for outstanding contribution in the field of Cytogenetics | Zoological Society, Calcutta |
| 22 | 1966 | Banaras Hindu University Gold Medal - for standing first in order of merit in M.Sc (Zoology) | Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi |