*2024 Sheikh Saud International Prize for Material Science
*2020 John Scott Award & Medal
*2017 Honorary D.Sc., University of St. Andrews, Scotland
*2014 C.V. Raman Chair, The Indian Academy of Sciences
*2013 Medal Lecturer, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
*2011 Boys – Rahman Medal, The Royal Society of Chemistry UK
*2008 Peter Debye Award in Physical Chemistry, The American Chemical Society
*2008 Hinshelwood Lectures, University of Oxford, UK
*2004 CECAM Prize, The European Physical Society
*2003 Schlumberger Visiting Professor, Universities of Oxford & Cambridge UK
*1999 American Physical Society Award in Computational Physics
*1997 Linnett Lectures University of Cambridge UK 
*1997 Miller Visiting Professor, University of California Berkeley
*1995 Humboldt Research Award, MPI Stuttgart Germany
*1988 Néel Visiting Professor, ENS Lyon France
*1982 Visiting Professor, Australian National University, Canberra Australia
*1982 JSPS Visiting Professor, University of Kyoto, Japan
*1975 Visiting Professor, Université Paris VI France