2012         : Selected for Marie-Curie International Incoming Fellowship.

2005-2006: Awarded a Research Fellowship by Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore;

2000-2005: Awarded a Junior and Senior Research Fellowships by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR);

2000: Secured 7th rank in Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE, 99.62 percentile, Chemistry) examination at the national level;

2000: Secured second position during my Master of Science (Chemistry, CGPA 8.60/10, 81.33%), Pondicherry University, Puducherry;

1999: Awarded the Gold Medal for academic excellence during B. Sc. (Chemistry, 89.64 %) by Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College (Autonomous, affiliated to Madurai Kamaraj University), Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu.