In 2010, Fellowship of the National Academy of Medical Sciences.[16] In 2012, 'Lifetime Achievement Award for Service on HIV/AIDS' by the state-run Dr MGR Medical University in Chennai. and several other awards, like the 'Mother Teresa Memorial Award' for education and humanitarian services. In 2017 Government of India announced "Padma Shri" award ( posthumous) for her distinguished service in the field of medicine[17]