2019:   Received a research grant of Rs. 35.19 Lakhs from Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Govt. of India, for a study on the Opiliones of Western Ghats.

2019:   Completed a collaborative research on spiders of Malaysia in association with Malaysian Nature Society.

2018:   Participation and paper presentation (oral) in the 5th Meeting of Asian Society for Arachnology held at Bangkok, Thailand 19th to 22nd November, 2018.

2018:   Chaired Technical Session in the 5th Meeting of Asian Society for Arachnology held at Bangkok, Thailand 19th to 22nd November, 2018.

2018:   Elected to the Council of the Asian Society of Arachnology.

2018:   Received travel grant from BioPat, Germany for participation in the 5th Meeting of Asian Society for Arachnology held at Bangkok, Thailand 19th to 22nd November, 2018.

2017:   Obtained membership in IUCN Species Survival Commission (Spider & Scorpion Specialist Group)

2017:   Participation and paper presentation (oral) in the 4th Meeting of Asian Society for Arachnology held at Chongqing, China from 9th to 14th October, 2017.

2016:   Participation and paper (oral) presentation in the 20th International Congress of Arachnology held at Golden, Colorado, USA from July 2 to 9, 2016.

2016:   Received full travel assistance from University Grants Commission, Govt. of India, New Delhi for participation and paper (oral) presentation in the 20th International Congress of Arachnology held at Golden, Colorado, USA from July 2 to 9, 2016.

2014:   Participation and paper (oral) presentation in the 2nd Meeting of Asian Society for Arachnology held at Chiang Mai, Thailand 1st to 4th July, 2014 (with partial travel grant from the organizers).

2014:  Organized a National Seminar on “Urban Environmental Issues with Special Focus on Cochin” at Sacred Heart College, Kochi, sponsored by University Grants Commission, New Delhi.

2014:   Received a research grant of Rs. 42.49 Lakhs from Dept. of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, for the study of spiders in sky island tropical montane cloud forests of  Western Ghats,

2013:   Participation and paper (oral) presentation in the 19th International Congress of Arachnology held at Kenting, Taiwan from 23rd to 28th June 2013 (with partial travel grant from the organizers).

2010:   Conferred with the prestigious Endeavour Award for postdoctoral research instituted by the Government of Australia and jointly hosted by University of Western Australia and Western Australian Museum.

2008:   Research Grant by International Foundation for Science (IFS), Stockholm, Sweden for the research project entitled “Diversity and abundance of spiders (Order: Araneae) in different habitat types of Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve in Southern Western Ghats of  Kerala, India”.

2008:   Participation and paper (oral) presentation in the 24th European Congress of Arachnology held at Bern, Switzerland from 25th to 29th August, 2008 (with partial travel grant from the organizers).

2007:   Participation and paper (oral) presentation in the 17th International Congress of Arachnology held at Sao Pedro, Sao Paulo, Brazil from 5th to 10th August, 2007.

2007:   Foreign travel grant awarded by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR),  Govt. of India, New Delhi to participate in the 17th International Congress of Arachnology held at Sao Pedro, Sao Paulo, Brazil from 5th to 10th August, 2007.

2006:   Senior Research Fellowship, Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), New Delhi.

2004:   Senior Research Fellowship, ICAR, New Delhi.

1996:   Research Associateship (Entomology), ICAR, New Delhi.

1991:   University Merit Scholarship, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala.