Awards and recognition

• 2019 IEEE Biometrics Council Leadership Award
• 2019 IBM Research Division Award
• 2019 IBM 22nd Invention Plateau achievement award
• 2019 IBM 21st Invention Plateau achievement award
• 2018 IBM Master Inventor
• 2018 IBM 20th Invention Plateau achievement award
• 2018 IBM 19th Invention Plateau achievement award
• 2018 IBM 18th Invention Plateau achievement award
• 2018 IBM 17th Invention Plateau achievement award
• 2018 IBM 16th Invention Plateau achievement award
• 2016 IBM Fifteenth Invention Plateau achievement award
• 2015 IBM Thirteenth Invention Plateau achievement award
• 2014 IBM Ninth Invention Plateau achievement award
• 2010 IBM Outstanding Technical Accomplishment Award
• 2008 IBM Outstanding Innovation Award
• 2008 IBM Eighth Invention Plateu achievement award
• 2008 IBM Outstanding Technical Innovation Award
• 2008 IBM Seventh Invention Plateu achievement award
• 2007 IBM Fifth Invention Plateu achievement award
• 2004 IBM Fourth Invention Plateu achievement award
• 2001 IBM Third Invention Plateau achievement award
• 2000 IBM Second Invention Plateau achievement award
• 1999 IBM First Invention Plateau achievement award
• 1998 IBM Research Division award
• 1997 IBM first patent application invention achievement award
• 1991 CMC Appreciation Award for successful completion of FACTS project
• 1991 First Prize, technical paper contest on chance print fingerprint matching from Ministry of Home Affairs, India (with N. N. Murthy and S. Ramesh)
• 1977-82 National Merit Scholarship, Govt. of India
• 1977 First in order of merit, Intermediate Science, Berhampur University
• 1975-77 National Merit Scholarship, Govt. of India