Honors (April'01-March'03)

V.S. Anil was awarded the INSA Young Scientist Medal for the year 2003.
V.S. Anil received financial assistance for a DST research project under SERC FAST Track Scheme, 2001–2002 for young scientists in 2002.

S. Chattarji was awarded a Senior Research Fellowship by the Wellcome Trust in the year 2003.

S. Mayor became a member of Asia-Pacific International Molecular Biology Network in the year 2001.
S. Mayor was elected Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences in the year 2002.
S. Mayor was awarded a Swarnajayanti Fellowship by the Government of India in the year 2003.
S. Mayor was awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for the year 2003.

P. Nair received financial assistance for a DST research project under SERC FAST Track Scheme, 2001–2002 for young scientists in 2002.

Q.S. Padiath was selected as an Associate of the Indian Academy of Sciences for the period 2002–2006.
Q.S. Padiath was awarded the INSA Young Scientist Medal for the year 2003.

G. Ratnaparkhi was awarded the INSA Young Scientist Medal for the year 2001.

A. Sarin was awarded a Swarnajayanti Fellowship by the Government of India in the year 2002.
A. Sarin was awarded a Senior Research Fellowship by the Wellcome Trust in the year 2002.

O. Siddiqi received the G.M. Modi Science Foundation award for the year 2001.
O. Siddiqi received the Indian Science Congress, Plaque of Honor in the year 2003.
O. Siddiqi received the B.C. Roy Award for Biomedical Research in the year 2003.
O. Siddiqi was elected Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Sciences, Washington, U.S.A. in the year 2003.

J.B. Udgaonkar became a member of Asia-Pacific International Molecular Biology Network in the year 2001.
J.B. Udgaonkar became a Fellow of Indian National Science Academy in the year 2001.
J.B. Udgaonkar became a member of the Editorial Board of Protein Engineering, Design and Selection in the year 2003.

K. VijayRaghavan became a member of Asia-Pacific International Molecular Biology Network in the year 2001.

S. Banerjee Journal of Cell Science Travel Fellowship Award and Travel Fellowship from IBRO for collaborative
research work in Dr. Chun-Fang Wu’s laboratory, University of Iowa, U.S.A. (November, 2001).

S. Bhattacharya Fellowship to attend ISN-APSN Joint Neurochemistry Workshop on Signal Transduction, Apoptosis,
Aging and Cell Therapy, Nakornpathom, Thailand (November, 2002).

O. Chakrabarti ICGEB Fellowship for attending 19th International Papillomavirus Conference, Florianopolis, Brazil
(September, 2001).

S. Chakrabarti Travel Fellowship to attend the Second International Conference on Structural Biology and Functional
Genomics, Singapore (December, 2002).

• D. Dutta S.O. Mast Memorial Fellowship to attend the Neurobiology Course at Marine Biological Laboratories, U.S.A. (June–August, 2001)
• Howard A. Schneiderman Endowed Scholarship to attend the Neurobiology course at Marine Biological Laboratories, U.S.A. (June–August, 2001)
• Sarojini Damodaran International Travel Fellowship for collaborative research work in Edward Lewis’s laboratory, California Institute of Technology, U.S.A. and
• Daniel Kiehart’s laboratory, Duke University, U.S.A. (August–October, 2001).

• Kavitha, S.  COSTED Travel Fellowship to attend International training course on “The use of expression systems for studying structure, function and regulation of membrane proteins”, Shanghai, China (April, 2001)
• Sarojini Damodaran International Travel Fellowship to attend the Biophysical Society meeting in San Antonio, U.S.A. (March, 2003)
• Journal of Experimental Biology International Travel Grant from Company of Biologists, U.K. to attend the Biophysical Society meeting in San Antonio, and also to visit Francisco Bezanilla’s lab in the University of California, Los Angeles (March–April, 2003)
• International Travel Grant from the Biophysical Society to attend the Biophysical Society meeting in San Antonio, U.S.A. (March, 2003).

• R. Mitra Travel Fellowship from DBT and CSIR, Journal of Cell Science and Journal of Experimental Biology, Company of Biologists, U.K. for attending SFN-Annual meeting and also to participate in a collaborative project in McEwen’s laboratory, Rockefeller University, U.S.A. (September–November, 2002)
• IBRO Travel Award for collaborative project in McEwen’s laboratory, Rockefeller University, U.S.A. (March–May, 2003).

S. Patel Journal of Cell Science Award to visit Ilya Bezprozvanny’s laboratory, University of Texas, U.S.A. (August, 2002).

• D. Subramanyam EMBO Fellowship to attend the EMBO workshop at Torino, Italy (February, 2002)
• ICRETT Fellowship from Union Internationale Centre le Cancer to visit and work in Margaret Stanley’s laboratory, University of Cambridge, U.K. (July, 2002).

• D. Trivedi Journal of Experimental Biology Travel Fellowship to carry out research at SUNY, Buffalo, U.S.A. (July, 2002).

• J. Varghese Sonderforschungsbereich (SFB) Award, Albert-Ludwigs University of Freiburg for an invited talk at the Institute for Biologie, University of Freiburg, Germany (September, 2001)
• Wood-Whelan Research Award; International Union for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Travelling Fellowship; Development Journal; Company of Biologists, U.K.; Boehringer-Ingelheim fonds Travel Grant, Germany for working with Peter Vandenabeele, University of Gent, Belgium. (September–December, 2001)
• Sarojini Damodaran International Fellowship for attending the EMBO workshop on Cell Death Across Species, Roscoff, France (May, 2002).

A. Varshney Young Investigator Award from the organizers of the 34th World Congress of the International Union of Physiological Sciences to participate in the congress held at Christchurch, New Zealand (August, 2001)
• American Physiological Society Travel Award and IBRO Travel Fellowship to attend 34th World Congress of the IUPS held in Christchurch, New Zealand (August, 2001)