AWARDS AND RECOGNITION


  1. Joglekar Fellowship - Sanskrit Pracarini Sabha, Pune, 2000.

  2. Maharshi Panini Puraskar - Athalekar Sanskrit Pratishthan, 2000.

  3. Pandit Puraskar - Pandit Parishat, All India Oriental Conference, 2002.

  4. Moraya Puraskar - Chinchwad Deosthan Trust, Chinchwad, Pune, 2008.

  5. Honorary Director - at the Mahamahopadhyaya P. V. Kane Institute of Post Graduate Research, The Asiatic Society of Mumbai, Mumbai, 2006-2008.

  6. Invited to chair a session - in the 11th International Conference on History of Language Sciences, Potsdam, Germany, August 2008.

  7. Invited to chair a session - in the Vyakarana section of the 14th World Sanskrit Conference scheduled to be held at Kyoto, Japan, September 2009.

  8. Maharshi Badarayan Vyasa Award - from the President of India, 2009.

  9. Indo-Swiss Joint Research Award - from the Government of Switzerland, 2009.

  10. Pandit Satavalekar Award - Satavalekar PratishThan, Pune, 2010.

  11. Visiting Professor - University of Pavia, Italy, March 2012.

  12. Indo-Swiss Joint Research Award - from the Government of Switzerland, 2010.

  13. Pandit Latkar Shastri Award - Maharashtra Seva Sangha, Mumbai, 2013.

  14. Excellence in Teaching Award - IIT Bombay, 2017

  15. Institute Chair Professor - IIT Bombay, 2018-2021.

  16. Jnanavanta Award - Brahman Sabha, Mumbai, 2019.

  17. Convenor - for the Vyakarana section, 17th World Sanskrit Conference, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 2018.

  18. Visiting Professor - University of Cagliari, Italy, 2019.

  19. Mahakavi Kalidasa Sammana - from the Government of Maharashtra, 2020.

  20. Convenor - for the Vyakarana section, 18th World Sanskrit Conference, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, 2022.

  21. Sumati and Atmaram Kotwal Sanskrit Acarya Chair - at IIT Bombay from February 2022-

  22. Visiting Professor - at the Winter School on Panini and Vedic Praxis, University of Cagliari, Italy February 2024.

  23. Visiting Professor - Shilpakorn University, Thailand by ICCR, 2024-2026 (offer declined).