Rewards/Prizes/Certificates etc.:

(i) Merit Certificate in B. Sc. (1991) from R. Ruia College, Mumbai

(ii) IUC-DAEF fellowship during Ph.D.

(iii) Post Doctoral Fellowship from ICTP, Italy during March 1998 to October 1999.

(iv) Nominee for Swarnjayanti Fellowship Award 2004 by DST, India and presented a talk on 11^th June 2004, DST, New Delhi.

Membership of Scientific/Educational/Industrial Institutions:

1. Indian Physics Association (IPA): Kal/LM/1124
2. Indian Vacuum Society (IVS): LM-581
3. Materials Research Society: LM B403
4. The All Indian Society for Technical Education (AISTE): LM 32017
5. Plasma Society of India: LM 470
6. The Indian Association of Physics Teachers: Life Member: 11717  L7697

Reviewers

1. Corrosion Science
2. International Journal of Applied Ceramics & Technology
3. Advances in Applied Research
4. Physica B
5. African Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry
6. Applied Surface Science
7. Nature Publishing Journal: Scientific Reports
8. Oxidation of Metals

Conference Organized

1. Convener, “Recent Developments in Engineering Materials” held during 12-14^th May 2011.
2. Local organizing committee member in DST-SERC School on “Science and Technology of Processing Plasmas”, during December 15-27, 2008, organized by BIT Mesra in collaboration with Laser & Plasma Technology Division, BARC, Mumbai.
3. Local organizing committee member in “National Symposium on Plasma Science and Technology, PLASMA-2003, Dec. 08-11, 2003”, Organized by Birla Institute of Technology in Collaboration with Plasma Science Society of India.Plasma 2003”, held at the Department of Applied Physics, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, during 8-11 December 2003.

Chairperson/coordinator of Conference/workshop

1.    Chairperson in two of the technical session in an International Conference on Devices and Communications (Theme: Research Directions in Wireless and Mobile Communications) held during 24-25 February, 2011.

2.    Coordinator in “World Year of Physics-2005 (WYP-2005)” at B.I.T., Mesra, Ranchi in collaboration with DST, Govt. of Jharkhand during Nov. 21-23, 2005.