Awards and Recognition

1997-2000	Career Award for Young Teachers, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Government of India
1998	Cited in Marquis' Who's Who in Science and Engineering
1985-86	Sir Dorab Tata Technological Scholarship, The Tata Trusts

Honorary Affiliations

• Government of Gujarat, Member of Anjar Area Development Authority responsible for developing and implementing strategies to rebuild Anjar city following the Bhuj earthquake
• Government of Gujarat, Member of Advisory Committee of Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority
• EERI/IAEE Endowment Project, Member of Project Management Committee for Development of Encyclopedia of Housing Types in Seismically Vulnerable Regions of the World
• Earthquakes and Megacities Initiative, Member of Board of Directors
• Bureau of Indian Standards, Member of Earthquake Engineering Sectional Committee
• Bureau of Indian Standards, Member of Sub-Committee on Earthquake Resistant
  Design of Industrial Structures
• Bureau of Indian Standards, Member of Sub-Committee on Design Response Spectra
• Department of Science and Technology, Member of Structural Dynamics Task Group
• Indian Society of Earthquake Technology, Member of Executive Committee (1997-1999, 1999-2001)
• American Society of Civil Engineers, Secretary of Western India International Group
• Indian Concrete Institute, Member of Executive Committee of Maharashtra Chapter

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