Awards / Honors
- Alexander von Humboldt Fellow (March 1992 – December 1993): Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Wurzburg, Germany
- European Research Fellow (April 1993 – May 1993 and August – September 1993): Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Padova, Italy and Département de Recherche Fondamentale sur la Matière Condensée, CEA, Grenoble, France
- Bronze Medal (2003): Chemical Research Society of India, Bangalore, India
- Professor T. R. Anantharaman Memorial Lecture Award (2005): Union Christian College, Alwaye, Kerala, India
- DST–NSF Visiting Scientist (July–September 2003): School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, U.S.A.
- DST–DAAD Visiting Scientist (Nov.–December 2004; September –October 2005, March 2011): Institute of Pharmacy, University of Mainz, Germany.
- Outstanding Performance Award (2008 & 2009): CSIR-NIIST, Trivandrum.
- Associate Editor (From January 2009): Photochemistry and Photobiology (An International Journal of the American Society for Photobiology)
- MRSI Medal (2010): Materials Research Society of India
- F. A. Sc. (2010), Elected fellow of Indian Academy of Science, Bangalore
- Council Member (2011): Chemical Research Society of India
- Prof. Asokan Memorial Lecture Award (2012): M. G. University, Kottayam
- International Expert, Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (2012): Review of the research proposals submitted for funding by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology under FCT programme.
- Foreign Expert Member (2012): School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Michigan Technological University, USA to evaluate the promotion of faculty members to the rank of Full Professor.
- Member, Subject Expert Committee (2013-2015), Women Scientists Scheme, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.
- F. A. P. Sc. (2013), Elected fellow of Andhra Pradesh Akademi of Sciences
- Subject Expert Committee Member (2013-2015): Women Scientists Scheme, Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India
- Expert Committee Member (2014): Department of Science and Technology, (DST) Govt. of India for the Mega Project “Ethno Medicinal Research Centre (EMRC) of the North Eastern Region” established at Manipur
- State Selection Committee Member for National Awards (2014)- Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Industries and Commerce Departments of Government of Assam, Dispur
- Chairman of the Advisory Committee (2014): Research and Development of North- Eastern Electric Power Corporation Ltd (NEEPCO, A Government of India Enterprise), Shillong, Megalaya (Sept 2014-Nov 2014)
- Governing Body Member of the Jorhat Science Centre & Planetarium, Jorhat
- Scientific Advisory Committee Member (2014) of the Research and Development Centre of M/S Amalgamated Plantations Private Limited (APPL) - A Tata Enterprise, Guwahati
- Governing Council Member (2014) of the Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development (IBSD), Imphal, Manipur
- Senate Council Member of AcSIR (2014-2016) of Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), CSIR, New Delhi
- The AV Rama Rao Foundation Prize Lecture for the Year 2015 of the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore
- Prof. RA Mashelkar Endowment Lecture Award for Advanced Materials Research (2015), CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Pune
- Research Committee Member (2015-2018) of the Organic and Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Human Resource Development Group of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi
- Board of Studies Member for Information Science Cluster (2015-2018) including Interdisciplinary Studies for Law, Humanities, Humanities and management Sciences of Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi
- Editor (From 1st April 2016) Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiiology B: Biology
- Vice-President of CRSI (2017-2020): Chemical Research Society of India