Director of Studies, Trinity College (2011-2015) – Trinity College, University of Cambridge, UK
Molecular BioSystems Award Lecture (2011) – Royal Society of Chemistry, UK and American Chemical Society, USA
Balfour Prize (2011) – British Genetics Society, UK
EMBO Young Investigator (2010) – European Molecular Biology Organization, Germany
Biochemical Society Early Career Award (2009) – Biochemical Society, UK
Genomics Pioneers Special Award (2008) – Awarded by HUGO, UK, GeneLogic and Ocimum Biosolutions, USA
Schlumberger Interdisciplinary Research Fellow (2007) – Fellow of Darwin College, University of Cambridge, UK
Max Perutz Prize (2004) – For outstanding research carried out at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, UK
University Gold Medal (2001) – For securing the first position in Anna University, India (CGPA: 9.8/10)