1. Received 2nd prize for the paper `Screening test to predict scholastic backwardness’ presented at the seminar on child and adolescent psychiatry, organized by Bombay Psychiatric Society, November 89.

2. Received 1st prize for the paper `A study of 100 consecutive patients referred for EEG’ presented at the symposium on neuropsychiatry, organized by Bombay Psychiatric Society, September 90.

3. Received President’s Award for the paper `Serum AchE levels in patients of opioid dependence’ presented at the 21st Annual Zonal Conference of Indian Psychiatric Society (Western Zonal Branch), October 90.

4. Received President’s Award for the paper `A clinical study of psychosocial and psychosexual behaviour of eunuchs’ presented at the Annual conference of Bombay Psychiatric Society, April 92.

5. Received Shantiniketan Mental Health Award for the best research paper `Brief reactive psychosis in class-IV employees of general hospital’ presented at the 7th Annual Conference of Association of Industrial Psychiatry of India, April 93.

6. Spirit of Mumbai Award for exceptional work done during sequential bomb-blasts in trains in Mumbai. By Shi Shanmukhananda Fine Arts and Sangeetha Sabha, 15th August 2006.

7. Dr. P.C.Shashtri award for paper "Pattern and prevalence of internet use in school going population."