Samanta Chandra Shekhar Award by Orissa State Bigyan Academy, Govt. of Odisha for Lifetime contributions to Life Sciences. 2005.
Awarded Dr.Mopuri Brahmam Memorial Award for Plant Diversity and Conservation by Orissa Botanical Society, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, 2020.
Awarded Adarsh Vidya Saraswati Rashtriya Puraskar for valuable contribution and noble research by Global Management Council, Clacier Journal Research Foundation, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, 2021
Awarded Adarsh Vidya Saraswati Rashtriya Puraskar for valuable contribution and noble research by Global Management Council, Clacier Journal Research Foundation, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, 2021
Fellow, National Academy of Sciences, India (FNASc) in the field of Plant Biotechnology and Molecular Biology., 1999.
Fellow, National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (FNAAS), ICAR, New Delhi for contribution in Horticultural Sciences, 2015.
Fellow, Indian Society of Plant Genetic Resources, NBPGR, New Delhi for the lifetime contribution in conservation & propagation of Plant Genetic Resources, 2014.
Fellow, Indian Society of Plant Genetic Resources, NBPGR, New Delhi for the lifetime contribution in conservation & propagation of Plant Genetic Resources, 2014.