Awards and Scholarships/Fellowships

1) Awarded 8 gold medals for academic excellence at the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India.

2) Science and Technology Post-doctoral Fellowship of Japan government (l990-l99l).

3) University of Massachusetts Lilly Teaching Fellowship to promote and encourage promising young faculty (l995-l996).

4) University of Massachusetts - College of Food and Natural Resources; Outstanding Teacher Award (l996-l997).

5) Asia-Pacific Clinical Nutrition Society Award (1998-1999)

6) University of Massachusetts - College of Food and Natural Resources; Certificate of Achievement for Outstanding Outreach Contributions

7) Jefferson Science Fellow at the US State Department (2004-2005)

8) University of Massachusetts Outstanding Accomplishments in Research and Creative Activity (2005-2006)