text: * 2018 Elected Foreign Member: Chemical Sciences, Academia Europaea (MAE)
  * 2015 Honorary Fellowship, JNCASR Bangalore India
  * 2015 Elected Fellow, The American Association for Advancement of Science
  * 2013 Honorary Fellow, Trinity College Cambridge UK
  * 2009 International Review UK Chemistry Research Panel Chair
  * 2008 Elected Fellow, The Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI)
  * 2008 Fellow, The Mongolian National Academy of Sciences
  * 2008 BESAC Sub-committee Member 
  * 2006 Elected Honorary Fellow, The Indian Academy of Sciences (IAS)
  * 2006 Elected Honorary Member, The Materials Research Society of India (MRSI)
  * 2004 Elected Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
  * 2003 Elected Fellow, The Royal Society of Chemistry UK (FRSC)
  * 2003 Elected Fellow, The Institute of Physics, UK
  * 2003 Elected Fellow, The Royal Society of London (FRS)
  * 2003 Elected Member, The American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  * 2002 International Review UK Chemical Sciences Panel Member
  * 2001-2003 NSF Blue Ribbon Panel on Cyberinfrastructure Panel Member
  * 1997 Honorary Fellow Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge UK
  * 1991 Elected Fellow, The American Physical Society
  * 1989 Guggenheim Fellow, University of Florence
  * 1985 Fellow Commoner, Trinity College Cambridge UK
  * 1984 Elected Fellow, The Royal Society of Canada (FRSC)
  * 1979 Elected Fellow, The Chemical Institute of Canada
  * 1970 IBM World Trade Fellow, San Jose, CA