Honors/Awards/Professional Recognition:

  • FNAAS - Fellow of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS), India.

  • FNASc - Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences (NASI), India.

  • FRSC - Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), United Kingdom.

  • FAScT - Fellow of the West Bengal Academy of Science & Technology (WBAST), West Bengal, India.

  • NASI- Reliance Industries Platinum Jubilee Award - National Academy of Sciences, India.

  • TATA Innovation Fellowship - Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India.

  • DIA Outstanding Service Award - Drug Information Association (DIA), USA.

  • TWAS Visiting Expert Award - The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), Italy.

  • Biotechnology Overseas Award - Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India.

  • Acharya P. C. Ray Memorial Gold Medal Award - Indian Pharmaceutical Association (IPA), Bengal Branch, India

  • BOYSCAST Fellowship - Department of Science & Technology (DST), Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India.

  • Col. Ram Nath Chopra Oration Award - Indian Pharmacological Society, India.

  • IASTAM Award - Indian Association for the Study of Traditional Asian Medicine (IASTAM), India.

  • The Fujii Otsuka Award - Tokushima University, Japan

  • Young Pharmacy Teacher Award - Association of Pharmacy Teachers of India (APTI).

  • AICTE Career Award for Young Teachers - All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Government of India, New Delhi.

  • APTI - Best Pharmaceutical Scientist of the Year Award - Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI), India.

  • Prof. M. L. Khorana Memorial Award, Indian Pharmaceutical Association (IPA), India.

  • Guest Editor, Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Elsevier Science - Special Issue on Ayurveda.

  • Guest Editor, Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Elsevier Science - Special Issue on Ashwagandha.

  • Guest Editor, Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge - Special Issue on “Ethnopharmacology and Validation of Traditional Medicine”, NISCAIR, CSIR, New Delhi.

  • Guest Editor, Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge - Special Issue on “Traditional Knowledge of Northeast India”, NISCAIR, CSIR, New Delhi.

  • Guest Editor, Drug Information Journal - Special Issue on “Natural Health Products”, Drug Information Association (DIA), USA.

  • Guest Editor, Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Elsevier Science, The Netherlands -Upcoming Special Issue.

  • Former President, International Society for Ethnopharmacology, Switzerland - www.ethnopharmacology.org

  • Founder & President - Society for Ethnopharmacology, India  (SFE-India) - www.ethnopharmacology.in