Awards and
Scholarships/Fellowships
1) Awarded 8 gold medals for academic excellence at the
University
of Agricultural Sciences,
Bangalore,
India.
2) Science
and Technology Post-doctoral Fellowship of Japan
government (l990-l99l).
3)
University of
Massachusetts Lilly Teaching Fellowship to promote
and encourage promising young faculty (l995-l996).
4) University
of Massachusetts -
College
of Food and Natural Resources; Outstanding Teacher Award (l996-l997).
5) Asia-Pacific Clinical Nutrition Society Award (1998-1999)
6) University
of Massachusetts -
College
of Food and Natural Resources; Certificate of Achievement for Outstanding
Outreach Contributions
7)
Jefferson Science Fellow at the US State Department (2004-2005)
8)
University of Massachusetts Outstanding Accomplishments in Research and
Creative Activity (2005-2006)