- Awarded Senior Research Fellowship by CSIR New Delhi, during Mar.1991- Feb.1993 - Availed
- Awarded Research Associateship by CSIR New Delhi, during Mar. 1994 – Aug. 1997 (In CSIR research Project)- Availed
- Invited by Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (Germany) to work as a guest scientist in the Mineralogisch-Kristallographisches Institut during 1995 -1997– Not availed by the candidate
- Awarded Research Associateship by CSIR , New Delhi, during Oct.1997-Apr.1998 – Availed.
- Awarded the Matsumae International Foundation Fellowship -1998 (Japan) for doing research at a Japanese Research Institute – Not availed by the candidate.
- Awarded a Research fellowship at the Institute of Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan January 1998 – March 1998 – Availed
- Awarded a Lecturership position at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan – April 1998 – March 1999 – Availed
- Awarded a Lecturership position (as visiting Scientist) at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan November 1999 – March 2000 – Availed