Awards

  1. Award of the Commonwealth Scholarship in September 1974 to do Post-Doctoral Research at Imperial College of Science & Technology, London, U.K.

  2. Award of the JSPS Fellowship between July 1986 and May 1987 and was invited by the Japan Society for Promotion of Science to pursue  research at Kyoto University.    

  3. Best Presentation Award in the Tenth National Conference on I.C. Engines and Combustion, Rajkot, in December 1987 for paper entitled, `Fuel Saving in Two-Stroke Spark Ignition Engines - A New Approach in the Scavenging Process'.

  4. The Babcock Power Award for the Best Fundamental Scientific Paper was awarded for paper entitled, `Numerical Prediction of Flow and Combustion in Three Dimensional Gas Turbine Combustors' published in the issue of March 1987 of Journal of Energy.

  5. The Institution of Engineers Merit Prize and a Citation was awarded for paper entitled, `Theoretical Investigations in Annular Diffusers of Two Different Configurations - A Comparative Study', published in the Journal of Institution of Engineers, 1993.

  6. The Certificate of Merit was awarded for paper entitled, `Experimental investigations of turbulence scales in an open and swirl combustion chambers of a diesel engine', published in the Journal of Institution of Engineers, 1994.

  7. SVRCET Surat Prize was awarded for Best Paper presented in the 22nd National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power held at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, in December 1995 for paper entitled, `Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of Carburetor Metering' in connection with the industry-institute collaborative research.  

  8. Sir Rajendra Nath Mookerjee Memorial Medal for 1995-96 was awarded for paper entitled, New Methodologies in Numerical Simulation of Gas Turbine Combustor Flows  published in the Journal of Institution of Engineers, India, 1996

  9. Best M.Tech. Thesis National Award in Mechanical Engineering instituted by Gujarat State Fertlizers Company Ltd, Vododara for the M.Tech thesis entitled, “Modelling of combustion in a four-stroke direct injection diesel engine”, submitted by Mr. P. Anand of 1997 batch has been awarded the Second Prize. The award carries Rs.6000/- cash prize, a medallion and a certificate. The award was presented in the ISTE National Convention on 19th December 1997 at Bhopal.

  10. Anna University National Award for Outstanding Academic for the Year 1997 –at ISTE Convention in December 1998.

  11. Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering, 1999

  12. DAAD Fellowship – for a three months study visit at the Institut fur Kolbenmaschinen, Universitat of Karslruhe, Germany, October to December 2000.

  13. Distinguished standing and has been conferred with an honorary appointment to the Research Board of Advisors of The American Biographical Institute, USA from 2001.

  14. Man of the Year – 2001 by The American Biographical Institute, USA.

  15. Automobile Engineer of the Year by Institution of Automobile Engineers (India), Dec. 2001

  16. Fellowship Award of the National Environmental Science Academy, India, 2002.

  17. UP Government National Award for outstanding work done in specified areas of Engineering and Technology for the year 2003 by Indian Society for Technical Education.

  18. ISTE Periyar Award for Best Engineering College Teacher by Indian Society for Technical Education (Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry Section) during 2004 convention of ISTE.

  19. Tamilnadu Scientist Award (TANSA) – 2003 awarded by the Tamilnadu State Council for Science and Technology in September 2004.

  20. N K Iyengar Memorial Prize for the paper entitled, “Flow field studies in an afterburner” published in the issue of Vol.84 of the Journal of Institution of Engineers (India) in October 2003 at the Nineteenth Indian Engineering Congress held in December 2004.

  21. SVRCET Surat Prize was awarded for Best Paper presented in the 31st National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power held at Jadavpur University, Kolkata in December 2004 for paper entitled, Two Phase Flow Analysis of a Side Draught Carburettor Using CFD in connection with the industry-institute collaborative research.

  22. Khosla National Award – 2004, by Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee.

  23. Bharat Jyoti Award along with Certificate of Excellence by India International Friendship Society, 2006.

  24. Fellowship Award of SAE International, USA, 2006

  25. Certificate of Appreciation by American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin – MI Chapter, 3rd ASEI Annual Indian Delegation Banquet held at Michigan, USA, 2006.