Award / Recognition
2000 onwards: Worked as a Consultant in United Nations (United Nations University: UNU, Tokyo, Japan) in a training programme on the coastal ecology, biodiversity, environmental impact on the year 2000 in collaboration with Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Japan.
Own 2000: Awarded DST& CSIR International Travel Fellowship to attend III World Congress on Cellular & Molecular Biology, held at Jena, Germany on Oct. 8-13, 2000.
Own 2000 : JSPS Travel Fellowship (Govt. of Japan) to attend 2nd UNU-ORI Joint International Workshop for Marine Environment - Coastal Ecology, Nutrient Cycles and Pollution”, held at Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan on December 2-8, 2000.
Own 2009 onwards: Listed in the Recognized Environmental Experts, published by MoEF, Govt. of India, New Delhi (please refer publication section of MoEF website for details).
Jointly with Ph.D. Scholar 2014 : BMC Ecology Image Competition: BMC Ecology image competition 2014: the winning images, Image 13. BMC Ecology 2014, 14:24. doi:10.1186/s12898-014-0024-6
Own 2019 - 2022 : UGC-BSR Mid-Career Award: Diversity, distribution and molecular phylogenetic studies on the marine intertidal macrofauna of the south Saurashtra coastline (Gujarat State) with special emphasis on creating a comprehensive museum catalogue