• Qualified National Eligibility Test (NET) for lectureship in Indian Universities, conducted by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research University Grants Commission (CSIR-UGC). (Year-2003)
  • Pre-doctoral Fellowship (2003-2007), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Government of
  • Post-Doctoral Fellowship Support (2007-2013), National Institute of Health (NIH) funded project (1R01AG025223- 01A1- 03/01/06-01/31/13-NIH/NIA) United States. (PI: Yidong Bai)
  • Training Award to participate in the Twentieth Annual Summer Training Course in Experimental Aging Research, funded by National Institute of Aging (NIA), at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging in Novato, California (USA) June 9th -14th
  • Travel award from the Burroughs Welcome Travel Scholarship to attend the Mitochondrial Medicine 2012 meeting at Bethesda, MD United States.(Not Availed)
  • Barbara H. Bowman Post-Doctoral Research Award (2012) (This award is given to an outstanding postdoctoral fellow for excellence in research at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) United States .
  • Recipient of inaugural Susan L Naylor Award (2013) for Excellence in Postdoctoral Studies at Cellular & Structural Biology at UTHSC San Antonio Texas United States.
  • Fast Track Young Scientist Award (2013) Department of Science & Technology of India
  • Faculty Selectees under University Grants Commission Faculty Recharge Program (UGC-FRP) in 2013 as an UGC- Assistant Professor in Biological Sciences.
  • Receipt of UGC-Startup grant for the year 2015-
  • International Travel grant from SERB-DST to attend 6th world Congress in Berlin Germany 28th -30th Oct 2015. (Not Availed)
  • International Travel support from Centre for International Co-operation in Science (CICS) to attend 6th world Congress in Berlin Germany 28th -30th Oct 2015. (Not Availed)
  • Bharat Gaurav Puraskar for outstanding contribution in the field of Medical sciences from KTK foundation New Delhi 19th Feb 2023.

 

Member of scientific societies

  • Member, United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation (UMDF).
  • Life Member, Indian Society of Cell Biology (ISCB)-(Membership N. 2017030)
  • Life Member, Society of Mitochondrial Research & Medicine (SMRM)-India (LM/207/2017) Life Member, Indian Society of Human Genetics (ISHG): (L/1884/2018)
  • Life Member, Indian Association of Cancer Research (IACR): (LM:10190) Life Member, Indian Academy of Biomedical Sciences (IASB): (LM:393/24)

 

Scientific Services:

Associate Editor: Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences

Editorial Board Member: Oncology letters, Medicine International, American Journal of Biomedical Research (AJBR), Ad-hoc scientific reviewer, Mitochondrion, BBA: Molecular Basis of Disease, Biochemistry, PlosOne, BMC Cancer, Oncology letters, Biomedical Reports, Int. J of Molecular Medicine, Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, J of Neuro-oncology, Peer J, J Food Biochemistry, etc.

Review Editor, Frontiers in Genetics of Aging.

Lead guest Editor: Cell Biology Journal and hosted a special issue on Mitochondria.

 

Administrative/Departmental Responsibilities

  • Member, Postdoctoral committee at Department of Cellular & Structural Biology, UTHSC San Antonio, United States. (2009-2013)
  • Member, Search Committee for the Director, Office of Postdoctoral Affairs, (2012)
  • Member, Employee Appreciation Award Committee, Department of Cellular & Structural Biology, UTHSC San Antonio, United States. (2012-2013)
  • Permanent Invitee of CRDC, Central University of South Bihar CUSB-Patna, India (2014-18)
  • Member, Biosafety Committee, CUSB-Patna, India (2015-18)
  • Member, Research Advisory Committee, Patna University, Bihar, India (2015-18)
  • Organizing Member of 1st International Conference on Human Implications of Biotechnology (ICHIB-2016)
  • Member, Faculty Council, Centre for Biological Science (Biotechnology), CUSB-Patna (2016-18)
  • Member, Time Table & Workload committee, Centre for Biological Science (Biotechnology), CUSB-Patna (2016-18)
  • Chairperson, Infrastructure Maintenance committee, Centre for Biological Science (Biotechnology), CUSB-Patna (2016-18)
  • Member, Seminar committee, Centre for Biological Science (Biotechnology), CUSB-Patna (2016-18)
  • Organizing Secretary, Training cum Workshop on Basic Tools and Techniques in Biotechnology (TWBTTB-2016), Biotechnology Programme, CUSB, Patna 24-30 Nov 2016.
  • Member, Organizing committee of two days national seminar entitled “Current Trends in Life Science (CTLS-2017)” organized by Centre for Biological sciences (Life-Science programme), CUSB, Patna, during 20-21st February 2017
  • Coordinator, International Student Centre, Central University of South (2016-18)
  • Nodal officer, CUSB for Global ranking parameters and foreign faculty (2017-18)
  • Member, Infrastructure & Human Resource Grant Application Committee, CUSB
  • Nominated from CUSB, to attend National Innovation Meet-2017 at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi, 8th March
  • Member, University Academic Teaching & Evaluation (UATEC) Committee, (2017-18)
  • Nominated from CUSB, to attend National Innovation Meet-2018 at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi, March
  • Member, IAQC for NAAC, SGPGIMS-Lucknow (2020-22)
  • Member coordinator, Task force for NAAC,
  • Member, Project Staff Recruitment Committee, SGPGIMS (2023)
  • Nodal Officer of Department for Institutional Website Committee,
  • Nodal Officer of Department for SGPGI Alumni Association,
  • CMT Boys Hostel SGPGIMS (2024)
  • Member, Project Staff Recruitment Committee, SGPGIMS (2025)
  • Nodal Officer, College of Medical Technology, SGPGIMS (April 2025 Onwards).
  • Member: NAAC Task Force Committee, SGPGIMS (2025)