2023:   Received research grant of USD 5000 from Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund for research on the critically endangered Rameswaram Parachute Spider

2023:   Organized (Convenor – Organizing Committee) International Short-term Workshop on “Arachnid Diversity: Hands-on Training in Molecular Phylogenetics and Basic Taxonomy’ from 31^st July to 3^rd August 2023 at Sacred Heart College, Thevara in association with Museum of Nature-Zoology, Hamburg, Germany and Society for the Study of Evolution, St. Louis, USA

2023:   Elected as the organizer of the 23^rd International Congress of Arachnology for the International Society of Arachnology  to be held in Kochi, India in 2026.

2023:   Participation and paper presentation (oral) in the 22^nd International Congress of Arachnology held at Montevideo, Uruguay from 5^th to 11^th March 2023.

2022:   Received travel grant from SERB-DST to participate in the 7^th Meeting of Asian Society for Arachnology held at Hanoi, Vietnam from 17^th to 22^nd October, 2022

2023:   Received Registration Fee Waiver from International Society of Arachnology to participate in the 22^nd International Congress of Arachnology held at Montevideo, Uruguay from 5^th to 11^th March 2023.

2023:   Participation and paper presentation (oral) in the 22^nd International Congress of Arachnology held at Montevideo, Uruguay from 5^th to 11^th March 2023.

2023:   Received travel grant from SERB-DST to participate in the 22^nd International Congress of Arachnology held at Montevideo, Uruguay from 5^th to 11^th March 2023.

2023:   Received Registration Fee Waiver from International Society of Arachnology to participate in the 22^nd International Congress of Arachnology held at Montevideo, Uruguay from 5^th to 11^th March 2023.

2022:   Participation and paper presentation (oral) in the 7^th Meeting of Asian Society for Arachnology held at Hanoi, Vietnam from 17^th to 22^nd October, 2022.

2022:   Chaired Scientific session in the 7^th Meeting of Asian Society for Arachnology held at Hanoi, Vietnam from 17^th to 22^nd October, 2022.

2022:   Received travel grant from SERB-DST to participate in the 7^th Meeting of Asian Society for Arachnology held at Hanoi, Vietnam from 17^th to 22^nd October, 2022

2021:   Hosted the 6^th Meeting and Conference of Asian Society for Arachnology at Kochi.

2021:   Re-elected to the Council of the Asian Society of Arachnology

2021:   Received full travel assistance from German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) to visit Germany as Visiting Supervisor as part of DAAD-DST Sandwich Scholarship Programme

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 5^th Meeting of Asian Society for Arachnology held at Bangkok, Thailand 19^th to 22^nd November, 2018.

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

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

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

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

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

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

2014:   Participation and paper (oral) presentation in the 2^nd Meeting of Asian Society for Arachnology held at Chiang Mai, Thailand 1^st to 4^th 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 19^th International Congress of Arachnology held at Kenting, Taiwan from 23^rd to 28^th 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 24^th European Congress of Arachnology held at Bern, Switzerland from 25^th to 29^th August, 2008 (with partial travel grant from the organizers).

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

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