Elected as the Postdoctoral Representative for the Intrinsically Disordered Proteins Subgroup Council of Biophysical Society (2013).
Postdoctoral Research Award, 5th annual symposium of the Intrinsically Disordered Proteins Subgroup Meeting in 55th Annual Biophysical Society Meeting, Baltimore, MD (2011).
Recipient of the Excellence in Science Program of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Program (2009).
National:
The Harry B. Weiser Award for the Best Graduate Research, Department of Chemistry, Rice University (2008).
Robert A. Welch Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowship, Department of Chemistry, Rice University (2008).
Merit Scholarship from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India (2003-2004).
Qualified National Entrance Test (NET) conducted jointly by UGC-CSIR under Ministry of Human Resources and Development, India for Junior Research Fellowship and Eligibility for Lectureship (2004).
Ranked 3rd in the all India-based Joint Admission Test for admission to the M.Sc. program in Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) (2003).
Award under the National Scholarship Scheme of Government of India for outstanding result of B.Sc. (Honors) in Chemistry (2003).
Travel Awards:
Graduate Student Travel Award from Office of Dean, Rice University (2007, 2008).
Edgar O’ Rear Travel Grant, Institute of Biosciences & Bioengineering, Rice University (2007).