Grants / Awards / Medals

• ICS-UNIDO Fellow Award – by International Centre for Science and High Technology, Trieste, Italy -2004
• ICTP Fellow Award – by Nobel laureate Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy -2002
• Dr. M.S. Swaminathan Award  – for Best student in Plant Breeding and Genetics – by Centre for Plant Breeding and Genetics, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, India – 1999
• Dr. R. Appadurai Award – Best student in Population Genetics and Biometrics – by Centre for Plant Breeding and Genetics, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, India – 1999
• Dr. K. Ramiah Award – 1999 - for Best student in Plant Breeding and Genetics – by Centre for Plant Breeding and Genetics, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, India – 1999
• Dr. Mercy Ponnaiah Award and B.W.X. Ponnaiah Award – 1999 Best Research Worker in Plant breeding and Genetics – by Centre for Plant Breeding and Genetics, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, India – 1999
• ICFRE-GOI Senior Research Fellow Award – by Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education, India  - 1996
• Outstanding Science Exhibit Award – National Science Day, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, India – 1995
• Junior research Fellow Award – by Indian council of Agricultural Research, India – 1994