- Elected member of INSA Women in Science Panel, 2022-2024
- Elected member of the Sectional Committee VII of INSA Molecular and Cellular Biology, Cell Biology, Physiology, Development, Genetics, Genomics and other Omics of Plants, Animals, and Microbes including Unicellular Eukaryote 2022-2024
- Awarded and heading a “National Facility Project Proposal “National Centre for Screening of Natural Products for Parasitic diseases” supported by Department of Science and Technology under Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Research Program (DPRP), 2019
- Appointed as Executive council nominee on the Governing Body of Miranda House, Delhi University by the Vice-Chancellor, Delhi University for a period of one year w.e.f 19-5-2019
- Elected as Council Member of the Indian National Science Academy (INSA), 2019-2021
- Dr. A.S. Paintal Distinguished Scientist Chair of ICMR, 2018-2023
- Life Time Achievement Award from the Association of Biotechnology and Pharmacy 2017.
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- Elected as a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) for the advancement of science in developing countries.
- Recipient of the National Women Bioscientist Award (Senior Category) award from the Department of Biotechonology, Government of India, 2016. Given to a to senior women scientist for life time contributions, who has done excellent research in the country and has applied the results for benefit of students and society. The Award carries a cash prize of Rs 5.00 lakhs along with citation and a gold medal.
- President of India, Visitor Group Award 2016 in Research Category for research in Molecular Parasitology
- Nominated as a Council Nominee on the Board of Governors of IIT Roorkee by the Minister of Human Resource Development as Chairperson of the Council of IIT's from 9th March-2016-9th March, 2019
- UGC-Israel Science foundation Research award 2016-2018
- JC Bose National Fellow extension 2016-2021
- Selected as an organizer and speaker at the Annual meeting of American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygeine (ASTMH) in Nov. 2014.
The ASTMH Annual Meeting is the premier International forum for Science related to Global Health.
- Nominated Member Vision Group of Biotechnology, Government of Karnataka, 2013 onwards
- Nominated member of International Scientific committee of World Leish-5 fifth world congress on Leishmania to be held in Brazil from http://www.worldleish.org/Sc.htm 13-17th May 2013
- Elected Fellow of The National Academy of Medical Sciences, India, 2011
- Awarded Nature Publishing Group (NPG) GRC travel award-2011
- JC Bose Fellow 2011-2015
- Elected member of the Indian National Science Academy, 2011
- Elected member of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, 2009.
- Appointed Affiliate Scientist, Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Seattle, USA. www.sbri.org/research/affiliate_scientists.asp 2008-present
- Editorial adviser Biochemical Journal www.biochemj.org/bj/bjedavpanel.htm
- Member Editorial Board Scientific Reports, A Nature Publishing House Group Journal
www.nature.com/srep/eap-ebm/index.html#molecularbiology
- Awarded American Society of Microbiology (ASM) International Professorship, 2007
- Elected Fellow of The National Academy of Sciences, India, 2007
- Awarded Global Health Travel Award from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to attend the Keystone symposium in Tahoe city, California, USA, 28th Jan-1st Feb 2007
- Awarded Hari Om Trust, J. C. Bose award in the field of Life Sciences from the University Grants commission, 2004.
- Elected member of Guha Research conferences, India, 2001
- Career Research Initiative award from Wellcome Trust to work on “Molecular and Biochemical mechanisms of Pentamidine resistance”.
- Awarded Biotechnology Career Fellowship from the Rockefeller Foundation to work in Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Seattle, U.S.A. from 1993-1995 for three months every year for three years.
- Awarded young Scientist travel award from Japanese Biochemical Society and International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB) to attend the congress on Biochemistry of Diseases held in Nagoya, Japan from 1st June-6th June, 1992.
- Awarded young scientist award from International Union of Biochemistry (IUB) to attend the 15th International Congress of Biochemistry held in Jerusalem from 6th Aug-9th Aug. 1991.
- Awarded Wood/Whelan Fellowship from the International Union of Biochemistry (IUB) to work in Human Oncology Centre at Madison, Wisconsin, 1991.
- Awarded National Merit Scholarship for standing third in Delhi University in B.Sc. (Hons.) final examination.
