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Year	Award
2001	Invited to serve as an Advisory Board Member by Chalmers University Catalysis Research Center, Gothenburg, Sweden.
2000	Organized and hosted at the University of Florida a major international symposium on Surfactants in Solution (SIS-2000) which was attended by over 500 researchers from all over the world.
1999	Identified among the top one percent of the most frequently cited scientists in the world by the Institute of Scientific Information, U.K.
1998	Plenary Speaker, International Symposium on Surfactants in Solutions, Stockholm,Sweden
1997	Invited Speaker, ICI International Symposium, Oxford, UK
1996	Plenary Speaker, 4th World Surfactants Congress, Barcelona, Spain
1996	Professional Excellence Program (PEP) Award, University of Florida
1995	Organized and hosted an International Symposium on “Micelles, Microemulsions and Monolayers : Quarter Century Progress and New Horizons at the University of Florida, which was attended by 300 researchers from 25 countries.
1995	Invited to present a two-day intensive short course on foam making and foam breaking at the Procter & Gamble Research Centers in Cincinnati (USA), Caracas (Venezuela), Newcastle (UK), Brussels (Belgium), Rome (Italy), Kobe (Japan), and Manila (Philippines)
1993	Pride of India Award, (Swami Narayan Sanstha of USA)
1993	Florida Distinguished Scientist of the Year Award (Medallist Award), Florida Academy of Sciences, Inc.
1992	Received Vishwa Gurjari International Award for Outstanding Achievement, India
1992	Florida Blue Key Distinguished Faculty Award, University of Florida
1988	United Nations (UNIDO) Consultant to India for Pesticide Research Program
1988	Florida Scientist of the Year Award
1985	President’s Medallion for Excellence in Teaching and Scholarship, University of Florida.
1985	Teacher/Scholar of the Year, University of Florida
1984	Keynote Speaker, Meeting of the International Society for Contact Lenses Research, Cambridge, England
1983	Invited to teach a short course on “Surfactants and Their Use in Enhanced Oil Recovery at Imperial College, London
1982	Perry Brothers – Mallinckrodt Award (Best paper presented at the annual scientific meeting), Society of Cosmetic Chemists
1981	Keynote Speaker, European Symposium on Enhanced Oil Recovery, Bournemouth, England
1980	Outstanding Achievement Award, Federation of Asian Indians in North America
1979	Visiting Professorship, Chemical Engineering, Petroleum Engineering and the Institute of Energy Studies, Stanford University.
1978	Best Paper Award Trophy, International congress of chemical Technology.
1976	Outstanding Service Award, University of Florida.
1975	President’s Scholar Award, University of Florida.
1972	Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Florida