text: *2024 Sheikh Saud International Prize for Material Science
  *2020 John Scott Award & Medal
  *2017 Honorary D.Sc., University of St. Andrews, Scotland
  *2014 C.V. Raman Chair, The Indian Academy of Sciences
  *2013 Medal Lecturer, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
  *2011 Boys – Rahman Medal, The Royal Society of Chemistry UK
  *2008 Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistry, The American Chemical Society
  *2008 Hinshelwood Lectures, University of Oxford, UK
  *2004 CECAM Prize, The European Physical Society
  *2003 Schlumberger Visiting Professor, Universities of Oxford & Cambridge UK
  *1999 American Physical Society Award in Computational Physics
  *1997 Linnett Lectures University of Cambridge UK 
  *1997 Miller Visiting Professor, University of California Berkeley
  *1995 Humboldt Research Award, MPI Stuttgart Germany
  *1988 Néel Visiting Professor, ENS Lyon France
  *1982 Visiting Professor, Australian National University, Canberra Australia
  *1982 JSPS Visiting Professor, University of Kyoto, Japan
  *1975 Visiting Professor, Université Paris VI France