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 the Matsumae International Foundation Fellowship -1998 (Japan) for doing research at a Japanese Research Institute – Not availed by the candidate.