Distinctions

• Awarded the Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Lecture Award by INSA for the year 2006



• The IBM Innovation and Leadership Forum Award for the year 2006



• Received the Shri Om Prakash Bhasin Foundation Award for Science & Technology for the year 2004



• Awarded the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Award for the year 2002-03 for the significant work in the category of Outstanding Contribution to Knowledge Based Industries by the Honble President of India, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam at FICCI's 76th Annual General Meeting, New Delhi on 7th January 2004.



• Awarded UGC Hari Om Ashram Trust Award Ourstanding Social Scientists: Science and Society for the year 2003 by University Grants Commission on September 1, 2004, New Delhi.



• Awarded the 27th IETE Ram Lal Wadhwa Gold Medal for outstanding contribution in the field of Electronics and Communication Engineering in the broadband sense, during the last ten years by the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers on 26th September 2004 at Ahmedabad.



• Awarded Dataquest IT Pathbreaker Award for the year 2003 on 19th December 2003 at New Delhi.



• Awarded the Outstanding Academician Award 2003 Instituted by Sarsawathi Ammal Educational Trust at Arunai Engineering College, Thiruvannamalai on 26th December 2003



• Awarded Padma Shri Award 2002 for distinguished service in science and engineering, telecommunications.



• Awarded H.K.Firodia Award for excellence in Science and Technology for the year 2002



• Awarded Silicon India Leadership Award 2001 for Excellence and Promise in Business and Technology Academics



• Awarded Dr.P.Sheel Memorial Lecture Award for the year 2001 by The National Academy of Sciences.



• Awarded Rajasthan Shree Award by Rajasthani Association, August 2001



• Awarded Millennium Medal by CSIR during Indian Science Congress held in January 2000 at Pune



• Awarded For the Sake of Honour Award by Rotary Club of Madras Central for the year 1998-99 towards the achievements in the field of Electronics, Telecommunications.



• Awarded Distinguished Alumnus by IIT Kanpur, September 1999



• Awarded Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award for outstanding contributions in the field of Engineering Sciences for the year 1998.



• Awarded Dr.Vikram Sarabhai Research Award for the year 1997 towards the contributions and achievements in the field of Electronics, Informatics, Telematics and Automation



• Awarded the Prize and Trophy for the Best Product on Fibre Optics Educator Kit at Elecrama 1996, Bombay



• Prof.S.N.Mitra Memorial Award, IETE, 1995



• Awarded Finalist Best of the Show for NovaSwitch 2400 Ex, InterOp plus Networld'96, Las Vegas, USA