Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences 1979 National Environmental Fellow 1979-81 "Padma Shri" awarded by the President of India 1981 Fellow, Indian National Science Academy 1983 Karnataka State Rajyotsava Award 1983 Rabindranath Tagore Award from Vishwa Bharathi 1985 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award for Biological Sciences 1986 Swami Pranavananda Saraswathi Award for HARI Om Ashram Trust 1989 Vikram Sarabhai Award of the Indian Council of Social Science Research 1990 Foreign Associate, U.S. National Academy of Sciences, 1991 Fellow, National Academy of Agricultural Sciences 1991 Fellow, Third World Academy of Sciences, 1992 PEW Scholars Award in Conservation & Environment 1993*******************************************************************
National Science Talent Scholarship-1969 Dr. A. Krishna Murthy Award for the best paper given by the Society of Biological Chemists, India, 1982 Young Associate of the Indian Academy of Sciences, 1984 Young Scientist Award in Biological Sciences given by the Karnataka Association for the Advancement of Science, 1984 Young Scientist Medal of Indian National Science Academy in Animal Sciences for the year 1985 Certificate of appreciation as a young scientist given by Lion's Club International at the Regional meet, Bangalore, India, December, 1987 Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences, 1990 Saraswathi Narayanan award for Biological Sciences, 1990-91 Professor T.N.Ananthakrishnan Award, 1990-1991 B.M.Birla Science Prize in Biology for the year 1991 Homi Bhabha Fellowship, November 1992 - October 1994 Fellow, Indian National Science Academy, 1993 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award, 1993****************************************************************
National Science Talent Award, 1973. Presidential Award of the Chicago Zoological Society, 1989. Fulbright Fellow, Princeton University, Sep 1991 - Mar 1992.****************************************************************