Honors & Awards
| Year | Name of Award/Prize | Awarding Organization | Achievement for which awarded |
| 1976 | National Merit Scholarship | Government of India | One of top 3 students in the Bachelor of Science Program |
| 1978 | University Gold Medal | Utkal University | First-Class-First in the Masters of Science Program |
| 1978 | Prasant Ku. Memorial Prize | Utkal University | Top Student & established new grade record in the Masters of Science Exam |
| 1988 | Research Excellence Award | Iowa State University | Award Winning Research & Thesis in the Doctoral Program |
| 1988 | Humanitarian Award | Iowa State University | Dedicated contribution to the general welfare of students and being the first international student to be elected to serve as Mayor |
| 1992 | Swebelius Cancer Research Award | Swebelius Foundation | Role of phosphatases in cell secretion |
| 1993 | Swebelius Cancer Research Award | Swebelius Foundation | Role of GTP-binding proteins in cell secretion |
| 1995 | OHSE Award | Yale University School of Medicine | Monomeric GTP-binding proteins on cell secretion |
| 1996 | OHSE Award | Yale Uomniversity School of Medicine | Moneric GTP-binding proteins on cell secretion |
| 2002 | Foreign Member | Korean Academy of Science & Technology, Seoul, S. Korea | “for the discovery of a new cellular structure the porosome and for dedicated service to science and education” |
| 2002 | Hallim Distinguished Award (Shared with Prof. Ahmed H. Zewail) | Korean Academy of Science & Technology, Seoul, S. Korea | “for the discovery of a new cellular structure the porosome” |
| 2003 | Wise & Hellen Burroughs Foundation Distinguished Lecture | Iowa State University | “porosome discovery” |
| 2004 | Distinguished Professor | Wayne State University | “for outstanding contribution to science and education” |
| 2004 | George E. Palade University Professor | Wayne State University | “for the discovery of a new cellular structure the ‘porosome’ and for his pioneering contributions to the understanding of cell secretion and membrane fusion” |
| 2005 | Sir Aaron Klug Distinguished Award | Mississippi State University | “pioneering discoveries on the molecular machinery and mechanism of cell secretion” |
| 2005 | George E. Palade Distinguished Award | Wayne State University | “for his pioneering discovery of the porosome, the universal secretory machinery in cells” |
| 2006 | Award & Felicitation (Chader Presented) | Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science, Pune, India | “for contribution to science, education, and society” |
| 2006 | Foreign Member | Romania Academy of Medical Sciences | “for pioneering contribution to science and education” |
| 2006 | George E. Palade Distinction Gold Medal | Carol Davila University, Romania | Excellence in Medicine |
| 2007 | Academy of Scholars Member | Wayne State University | “for pioneering contribution to science and education” |
| 2007 | Basic Biological Science Award | American Society of Animal Science | “for the monumental and pioneering discovery of a new cellular structure called the porosome, the universal secretory machinery in cells, and elucidation of its structure, chemistry, and function.” |
| 2009 | Ranbaxy Basic Research in Medical Sciences Award | Ranbaxy Science Foundation | “for his pioneering discovery of a new cellular structure -the “porosome”, the universal secretory machinery in cells, and for the general molecular mechanism underlying cell secretion” |
| 2011 | Fellow | AAAS | “You are being honored for your pioneering discovery of the ‘porosome’ –the universal secretory machinery in cells” |
| 2012 | Foreign Member | Georgian National Academy of Science, Tbilisi, Georgia | “Pioneering contribution to science and education” |
| 2014 | Honorary Professor | Târgu Mureș University, Romania | “Pioneering contribution to science” |
| 2015 | Distinguished Scientist Award | Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine | Contribution to science |
| 2017 | Honorary Professor | University of Delhi, India | “remarkable achievements in the area of basic and applied biology” |
| 2017 | Teaching Excellence Award | Wayne State University School of Medicine | “excellence in teaching” |
| 2017 | “Research Warrior” | Wayne State University Undergraduate Student Organization | Support and involvement in Undergraduate Research |
| 2017 | Honorary Scientist Award | Victor Babes National Research Institute, Romania | “for creativity and inventiveness invested in the discovery of the porosome, the universal portal for cell secretion” |
| 2018 | Foreign Member | European Union Academy of Science | “pioneering contributions to Science” |
| 2019 | Fellow | Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine | Scientific contributions |
| 2021 | Teaching Excellence Award | Wayne State University School of Medicine | “excellence in teaching” |
| 2024 | Lipid Science Prize | Camurus Lipid Research Foundation’ Lund, Sweden | for: “… ground breaking discovery of the porosome, the universal secretory machinery in cells and its utilization in drug development…” |
HONORARY DOCTORATE DEGREES
2002 Honorary Doctor of Philosophy, Vasile Goldis University, Romania
2002 Honorary Doctor of Philosophy, Pusan National University, Korea.
2003 Honorary Doctor of Philosophy, “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine & Pharmacy, Romania.
2003 Honorary Doctor of Medicine, 'Babes-Bolyai' University, Romania, May 26, 2003.
Jointly with Professors George E. Palade, and Günter Blobel.
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2005 Honorary Doctorate in Medicine, ‘Carol Davila' University, Bucharest, Romania