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Awards/Honors

  • Basic Research Award IITD, 2021

  • Vice President, Biotech Research Society of India, 2019

  • President-Elect, Association of Microbiologists of India, 2023  

  • Executive Board Member of Asian Federation of Biotechnology (AFOB), Korea

  • Fellow of Academy of Microbiological Sciences,FAMSc, 2018

  • Fellow of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences India, FNAAS, 2019

  • Fellow of Royal Scociety of Chemistry, FRSC, 2018

  • Fellow of American Chemical Scociety,USA,FACS 2020

  • Honorary member, International Bio-encapsulation Research Group, France, 1996

  • Malaviya Memorial Award for Teaching-Senior Faculty, 2018

  • UNU Kirin Fellow, NFRI, Tsukuba, Japan

  • United Nations Amway award, Japan, 1998

  • DBT Visiting Associate, University of Western Illinois/NRRL, USA

  • Visiting faculty to University Blaise Pascal, France

  • Fellow, International Forum on Industrial Bioprocesses, France

  • Fellow of Biotech Research Society of India

  • Member, National Academy of Sciences India

Other professional responsibilities

A) Administration

  • Dean Corporate Relations, IIT Delhi (2022-2023)

  • Dean R&D, IIT Delhi (2020-2023)

  • Associate Dean R&D, IIT Delhi (2018-20)

  • Chairman, GATE-JAM, IIT Delhi (2016-17)

  • Vice Chairman, GATE-JAM, IIT Delhi (2014-16)

  • Chairman, Executive Committee DST SEED task force

B) Editor/Editorial Board Member

  • Editor of Journal “BMC Biotechnology”

  • Associate Editor of Journal “3Biotech”, Springer

  • Review Editor, Process and Industrial Biotechnology, in  Journal “Frontiers in Biotechnology and Bioengineering”

  • Associate Editor of “The Open Biochemistry Journal”

  • Editorial Member of “Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part B”

  • Editorial Member of “Preparative Biochemistry and Biotechnology”

  • Editorial Member of Journal  “Annals of Phytomedicine”

  • Editorial Member of Journal  "Insights in Enzyme Research"

  • Editorial Member of Journal  " Microbiology”

  • Guest Editor for Journal “Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine”

C) National and International Committee Member

  • Current Vice Chancellor Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Institute of Higher Learning (NSCBIHL) (Andaman & Nicobar Islands)

  • Chairman, Task Force on SUNIL program of Science and Society Division of DST

  • Chairman, EC SEED Division, DST

  • Member of the PAC of Life Sciences and Medical Biology

  • Expert Member, DST delegation to India-Egypt cooperation in Science and Technology, Agriculture and Enzyme Biotechnology

  • UGC Expert Member for Special Assistance Programme (SAP) of Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hissar and Central University, Chattisgarh

  • Expert Member, Indo-Swedish Scientific delegation on Bio-Based economy

  • Member:  

  1. DBT Task Force on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioprocesses

  2. DST Programme Advisory Committee (PAC) for Science for Equity, Empowerment and Development of Science

  3. DBT Committee on Indo-German Projects

  4. Bioenergy and Biofuel group, TIFAC New Delhi

  5. Lab Research Council DIBER (Defence Research and Development Organisation, (DRDO)

  6. DBT Committee of the Twinning Programme for northeastern region (Environmental Biotechnology and allied areas)

  7. Technical Scrutiny Committee (TSC) of Food Testing Laboratory (FTL), MOFPI (Min. of Food Processing Industries)

  8. FSSAI (Food Safety and Standards Authority of India), Committee on pesticides and antibiotics (Govt. of India)

  9. Project Monitoring Committee of TRIFED, Ministry of Tribal Affairs

  10. BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards), Committee for Food Standards

 D) Board of Studies (BoS)

  • VC Nominee of Board of Studies (BoS) of Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University

  • UGP SAP Expert Committee Member for Central University, Bilaspur

  • Board of Studies (BoS) of Bennett University 

  • Academic Council Member, Biotechnology and Microbiology units of AMU, Aligarh

  • Academic Council Member, School of Biotechnology, IP University Delhi

  • Academic Council Member, Central University of Haryana

  • Doctoral Committee Member, Jamia Humdard, Delhi

  • Academic Council Member, JNU, New Delhi

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