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• Keynote address on “Recent Developments and Applications of Eco-Friendly Lubricants”, Conference on “Recent Advances in Eco-Friendly Lubricants (RAIEFL-2010)”, at Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India
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• Keynote address in conference on "Frontline of Tribology" organized by JAST, May 23,-25, 2011 Tokyo, Japan
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• Keynote address on "Online Condition Monitoring of High Speed Gears using Vibration and Oil Analysis", in National Conference on Thermal, Fluid and Manufacturing Sciences (TFMS – 2011), January 20 - 21,2012,  Surat, India
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• Keynote address in Advances in Tribology April 22-23, 2013, Manila,  Philippines.
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• Keynote address in Advances in Tribology, 03 - 04 September 2013 at Novotel Accra City Centre, Ghana
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• Keynote address on "MR Fluids and its Applications", National Conference on "Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering (RAME-2013)" 5th October, 2013, Roorkee, India
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• Keynote address on "Lubrication by Molybdenum Disulfide",  "International Conference on Advances in Tribology and Engineering Systems", (ICATES), Gujarat Technological University, 2013, Gujarat, India.
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• Keynote lecture on "Maintenance Free Flywheel using Magnetic Bearings" in International Conference on Advances in Tribology (ICAT14), 2014, National Institute of Technology, Calicut, India.
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INVITED LECTURES

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• Invited lecture on “Fluid Film Lubrication” in TRIBOLOGY: Friction, Wear and Lubrication, A Summer Professional Program, 14 - 18 June 2004, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA
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• Invited lecture on “Tribo-Design” in TRIBOLOGY: Friction, Wear and Lubrication, A Summer Professional Program, 14 - 18 June 2004, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA
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• Invited lecture on “Optimization” at SVNIT, Gujarat, India
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• Invited lecture on “Innovation”, at Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing (IIITDM), Jabalpur India.
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EDITOR

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• Editor, Indian Journal of Tribology, 2006-2010.
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• International Conference on Industrial Tribology, Best paper award, ICIT 2004.
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• International Conference on Industrial Tribology, Best paper award, ICIT 2006
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• International Conference on Industrial Tribology, Best paper award, ICIT 2010
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• Recipient of BOYSCAST Fellowship, 2004 to conduct research at M.I.T. with Prof. Nam P. Suh on Innovative Tribo-Design.
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• District Topper (Ajmer) Scholarship for in Board examination (1985)
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• Merit scholarship in II & III year B.E. (1989-1991).
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OTHER AWARDS:

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• Roll of Honor, Shivalik Hostel, IIT Delhi (1997-98).
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• Best Hostel Resident Award (Shivalik Hostel, IITD) (1997-98)
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