Rohilkhand University, Bareilly in 1994

• Felicitated and awarded a Citation Plaque by the Hon’ble Vice President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, in the function organised by the Embassy of I.R. Iran and Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) in New Delhi, 1st May 2008.
• The World Prize for the Best Book on Iran, 2006, awarded by H.E. President of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Tehran (8.2. 2007).
• President of the Ancient History section of the XXI Session of the U.P. History Congress, October 2010.
• Awarded the Professor I. G. Khan Memorial Prize, 2006 for the best research paper on History of Science and Technology at the Indian History Congress, Calicut, February 2007.

• “Asoka’s Perception of Nature and Man: A Study in Art and Attitude”; in the Proceedings of the Indian History Congress (65th Session, 2004), New Delhi, 2005-06; pp. 131—138.
• “Tackling Heterogeneity: Critique of the Achaemenid Policy of Assimilation” in the Proceedings of the Indian History Congress (65th Session, 2004), New Delhi, 2005-06; pp. 1009—1024.
• History of Greeks of the Ancient Indian North-West: Looking Ahead of Controversies to Major Issues”, in The Indian Historical Review, Special Issue on the theme ‘India and the Graeco-Roman World’, Vol. xxxii, No. 1, January 2005, ICHR, New Delhi, March, 2005, pp. 1-34.
• “The Economy of Hellene Afghanistan”, in Yavanika, No. 9 (1999), ISGARS, 2004, pp. 86—110, (ISSN. 0971-5681).
• “Determining the Indo-Greek Domains in Afghanistan. The Monogram: Mint: Territory Formula” in Proceedings of Indian History Congress, (63rd Session, Amritsar, 2003).