Awards and Honors:

• Ramalingaswamy Fellowship Award, DBT, India: 2016

• National Institute of Health (USA) Pathway to Independence Award: 2009-2014.

• Elected to Columbia University Senate, NY, USA: 2009-2010.

• IBMS Young Investigator Committee, USA, 2009-2013.

• John Haddad Young Investigator Award, American Institute of Mineral Metabolism, USA, 2009.

• Gideon and Sevgi Rodan Fellowship Award, IBMS, USA, 2008-2009.

• Young Investigator Award, American Society of Bone and Mineral Research, USA, 2007.

• Professor G.P. Talwar Award by the Society for the study of reproduction and fertility, India 2003.

• Senior Research Fellow, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India 2003-2005.

• Junior Research Fellow, CSIR, India 2001-2003.

• University topper (M.Sc.), Dept of Biochemistry, University of Lucknow, 1999.

• College topper, Pre-graduation level (XII), RDS Inter College, India, 1994.

• First prize for best essay written in Science, Central Drug Research Institute, India, 1994.

Professional Services:

      Journal Reviewer: 

         American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and       

         Metabolism

        American Journal of Physiology-Regu

        Archive of Biochemistry and Biophysics

        Biofactors

        Bone

        British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research

        Cell Signaling 

        J Bone and Mineral Research

        J Clin Investigation

        Journal of Cell Biology

        Molecular Metabolism

        Nature Medicine

  Nature Communications

        Nutrients

        Plosone

        Personalized Medicine

        Pharmacogenomics

 Editorial Board:  

 Scientific Reports

 Endocrines

        Grant Reviewer: 

       National Institute of Health (USA) 

 Wellcome Trust (UK)

        Medical Research Council (UK)

        Department of Science & Technology (India)

        Israel Foundation for Research (Israel)

        Belgium Research Grants (Belgium)

        The Health Research Council, New Zealand 

        Thrasher Research Fund (USA) 

Patents:

• WO/2010/056992: Methods of diagnosing, preventing and treating low bone mass diseases. 

• P4078PC00/IR2579: Methods of suppressing appetite by the administration of antagonists of the serotonin Htr1a or Htr2b receptors or inhibitors of Tph2.

• P63/633,159: Taurine supplementation to prolong healthy lifespan