Awards: Recipient of the 1st Prof. S. N. Mitra Memorial Award, IETE, 1995 Finalist Best of the Show for NovaSwitch 2400 Ex, InterOp + Networld'96, Las Vegas, USA Prize and Trophy for the Best Product on Fibre Optics Educator Kit at Elecrama 1996, Bangalore Dr. Vikram Sarabhai Research Award for the year 1997 towards the contributions and achievements in the field of Electronics, Informatics, Telematics Automation For the Sake of Honour Award by Rotary Club of Madras Central for the year 1998-99 towards the achievements in the field of Electronics, Telecommunications Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award for outstanding contributions in the field of Engineering Sciences for the year 1998 Distinguished Alumnus by IIT Kanpur, September 1999 Millennium Medal by CSIR during Indian Science Congress held in January 2000 at Pune Dr. P. Sheel Memorial Lecture for the year 2001 by The National Academy of Sciences, India Received Rajasthan Shree Award from Rajasthani Association Tamilnadu, August 2001 Received Silicon Indian Leadership Award for \"Academic of the year 2001\", California Padma Shri Award 2002 for distinguished service in science and engineering, telecommunications H. K. Firodia Award for excellence in Science Technology for the year 2002 Dataquest IT Pathbreaker Award for the year 2003 on 19 December 2003 at New Delhi Outstanding Academician Award 2003 Instituted by Sarsawathi Ammal Educational Trust at Arunai Engineering College, Thiruvannamalai on 26 December 2003 \"Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry\" (FICCI) Award for the year 2002-03 for the significant work in the category of \"Outstanding Contribution to Knowledge Based Industries\" by the Hon'ble President of India, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam at FICCI's 76th Annual General Meeting, New Delhi on 7 January 2004 Fellowships: Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering, India since 1994 Fellow of Indian National Science Academy (INSA), New Delhi since 1999 Fellow of The National Academy of Science, Allahabad since 1999 Governor, International Council for Computer Communication Inc., (ICCC), 1999 - 2005