Awards and Honours

  1. Member, High Energy Physics Advisory Panel, USA, 2018–2020.
  2. Member, Board of Advisory Editors, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Physics, 2018–2020.
  3. APS Outstanding Referee for 2018.
  4. Van der Waals Chair Visiting Professor at the Amsterdam Institute of Physics and Astronomy, Amsterdam, 2018.
  5. Vice President, National Academy of Sciences, India, 2017–2019.
  6. Archana Sharma Memorial Lecture Award 2016, National Academy of Sciences, India.
  7. Devi Award of The New Indian Express Group, August 2015.

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  8. Stree Shakti Award of the Aditya Pratishthan, Pune, India, April 2015.
  9. Invitee for the C. V. Raman Lecture of the Department of Atomic Energy, organized by the Indian Physics Association, Mount Carmel College, Bangalore Chapter, January 2015.
  10. DAE Raja Ramanna Lecture Invitee, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, October 2014.
  11. Awarded D.Litt. (Honoris Causa) by SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai, December 2013.

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  12. Elected Staff Associate of the

    International Centre for Theoretical Physics
    ,
    Trieste, Italy, 2013–2015.
  13. C. V. Raman Mahila Vijnana Puraskara of the Matru Vedike, Swadeshi Vijnana Andolana–Karnataka, 2010.
  14. Elected Fellow of the

    World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
    ,
    2010.
  15. Satyendranath Bose Medal for Theoretical Physics, Indian National Science Academy, 2008.
  16. J. C. Bose Fellowship of the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, 2008–2018.
  17. Meghnad Saha Medal for Theoretical Physics, Asiatic Society, 2007.
  18. Elected Fellow of the

    National Academy of Sciences, India
    ,
    2007.
  19. MSIL Chair for Physical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, October 2006–October 2009.
  20. Rustom Choksi Award for Excellence in Research in Science, Indian Institute of Science, 2006.
  21. Awarded the Jawaharlal Nehru Centenary Visiting Fellowship of the Indian National Science Academy, 2005.
  22. Distinguished Alumnus Award, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, 2004.

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  23. Elected Fellow of the

    Indian National Science Academy
    ,
    New Delhi, 2003.
  24. Invited to present a plenary talk at the International Conference on Women in Physics, organized by IUPAP in Paris, March 2001, as an Asian success story.
  25. Sheel Memorial Award for the Best Woman Scientist Lecture, National Academy of Sciences, India, 2000.
  26. Elected Fellow of the

    Indian Academy of Sciences
    ,
    1992.
  27. Elected Young Associate of the Indian Academy of Sciences, 1985–1988.
  28. Associate Member of the

    International Centre for Theoretical Physics
    ,
    1984–1992 and 1995–2001.