Honors, Awards, and Professional Memberships
- Distinguished Adjunct Professor, ICT, Mumbai, 2019
- Outstanding Faculty Mentor of Engineering Graduate Students, 2019
- AIChE Separations Division in recognition of career contributions, 2018
- Western University, London, Ontario, Distinguished Lecture, 2018
- Balwant S. Joshi Distinguished Professorship, ICT, Mumbai, 2017-2018
- B. D. Tilak Fellow, ICT, 2015-2016
- Purdue Sigma Xi Chapter Faculty Research Award, April 2013
- Purdue College of Science, Team Award, March 2012
- Foreign Fellow of the Indian National Acedamy of Engineering, September 2011
- Purdue College of Engineering Faculty Awards of Excellence (Mentoring), 2010
- M. M. Sharma Distinguished Professor, Institute of Technology, Mumbai U, 2010- (This is a continuing appointment)
- Platinum Award from Mumbai University Institute of Chemical Technology, May 21, 2009
- Member, National Academy of Engineering, 2009
- Fellow, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2008
- Jewel of Ruia Award (Outstanding Alumnus Award from Undergraduate Alma Mater), December 2006
- Purdue Engineering Research Excellence Award, May 2005
- Fredrickson Lecture, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 2004
- AIChE Thomas Baron Award, November 2004
- Honorary Doctor of Science, University of Minnesota, Spring 2004
- Kvaerner Powergas, N. R. Kamath Memorial Lecturer at Chemcon 2001, Chennai, India, December 19, 2001
- Honorary Fellow of the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, December 2001
- 2001 Fulbright Award to visit Germany (declined).
- 2001 Senior Humboldt Award to visit the Max Planck Institute, Magdeburg, Germany.
- 1999 Dow-Professor Sharma Distinguished Fellow in Chemical Engineering at Bombay University
- 1998 AIChE R. H. Wilhelm Award in Chemical Reaction Engineering
- Distinguished Lecturer, The State University of New Jersey, Rutgers, Piscataway, NJ, April 16, 1998.
- Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, January 1, 1996
- Melchor Visiting Professor, University of Notre Dame, Fall 1994.
- ‘UDCT DIAMOND’ Award; Bombay University, Department of Chemical Technology, August 4, 1994.
- Harry Creighton Peffer Distinguished Professor, Purdue University, July 1994.
- George T. Piercy Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Minnesota 9/16-12/15, 1988.
- 1987 AIChE Alpha Chi Sigma Award in Chemical Engineering.
- Dr. G.P. Kane Professor, 3/83-4/83, Bombay University.
- University Grants Commission Visiting Professor, 1982-83, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
- Member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
- Member of the American Chemical Society