- International Award from Journal of Environmental Management (Elsevier) for Most Downloaded Article – March 2022
- National award from Biotech Research Society India (BRSI) – Prof. S. B. Chincholkar Award for the year 2020 for outstanding contributions in the area of Bioenergy.
- Listed among top 2% scientists in the world for the year 2020 and 2019 (World ranking in the area of Biotechnology – 350 and Indian ranking – 27)
- Ph D examiner – Applied Sciences – Durban University of Technology, South Africa – A E Amobonye – June 2021
- Certificate of Excellence in Reviewing – Asian Journal of Chemical Sciences – October 2020
- PhD examiner – Department of Microbiology, Alagappa University, Tamil Nadu – Mr. G. Sivaprakash (4th September 2020)
- Recognized Reviewer Certificate – Science of the Total Environment (Elsevier) – October 2020
- Recognized Reviewer Certificate – Journal of Environmental Management (Elsevier) – July 2020
- Recognized Reviewer Certificate – Process Biochemistry (Elsevier) – June 2020
- Visiting Professor – Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil (Unavailed due to COVID19 Pandemic)
- Bioresource Technology Reports – Editors Choice Paper (Binod et al (2019) 5, 317 – 325)
- IFIBioP Travel Grant for attending and presenting a paper – Eighth International Forum on Industrial Bioprocesses (IBA-IFIBiop 2019), May 1-5, 2019, Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia.
- Travel Grant for attending and presenting a paper – International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Treatment and Management (SWTM 2019), May 6-9, 2019, Yangling, China.
- Recognized Reviewer Certificate – Catalysis Today ((Elsevier) – April 2019
- Recognized Reviewer Certificate – Biochemical Engineering Journal (Elsevier) – April 2019
- Recognized Reviewer Certificate – Bioresource Technology Reports (Elsevier) – April 2019
- Recognized Reviewer Certificate – Heliyon (Elsevier) – February 2019
- Recognized Reviewer Certificate – Ultrasonics – Sonochemistry (Elsevier) – January 2019
- Recognized Reviewer Certificate – Green Energy and Environment (Elsevier) – October 2018
- Recognized Reviewer Certificate – Biomass and Bioenergy (Elsevier) – October 2018
- Outstanding Reviewer Certificate – Fuel (Elsevier) – September 2018
- Recognized Reviewer Certificate – Biochemical Engineering Journal (Elsevier) – September 2018
- Recognized Reviewer Certificate – Bioresource Technology Reports (Elsevier) – July 2018
- Outstanding Reviewer Certificate – Journal of Biotechnology (Elsevier) – April 2018
- Outstanding Reviewer Certificate – Process Biochemistry (Elsevier) – April 2018
- Recognized Reviewer Certificate – American Chemical Society Publications (ACS) – 2018
- The BIORESTEC 2018 Best Poster Award (September 2018)
- The BIORESTEC 2018 Impactful Research Award from Bioresource Technology – Elsevier (September 2018)
- Recognized Reviewer Certificate – Process Biochemistry (Elsevier) – February 2018
- Best Oral Presentation Award – In International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Challenges (SEEC 2018), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 31 December 2017 – 3 January 2018.
- Bioresource Technology Top Reviewer Certificate 2017
- Bioresource Technology Most Valued Reviewer 2017 (https://www.journals.elsevier.com/bioresource-technology/thank-you-reviewers/most-valued-reviewers-of-2017-in-bioresource-technology)
- National award from Biotech Research Society India (BRSI) – Women Scientist Award for the year 2016
- Visiting Fellowship-EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, October- November 2017
- Sanctioned a project under Women Scientist Scheme – B (WOS-B) from Department of Science and Technology on “ Development of a sustainable process for the production of poly-3-hydroxybutyrate using kitchen and food waste” (Rs 30 lakhs) September 2017 – September 2020 (Order No: SR/WOS-B/740/2016 (G) Dated 12/09/2017)
- Outstanding Reviewer Certificate – Journal of Cleaner Production (Elsevier) – October 2017
- Recognized Reviewer Certificate – Journal of Cleaner Production (Elsevier) – October 2017
- Recognized Reviewer Certificate – Journal of Biotechnology (Elsevier) – July 2017
- Recognized Reviewer Certificate – Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology (Wiley) – May 2017
- Outstanding Reviewer Certificate – Applied Energy (Elsevier) – April 2017
- IFIBioP Travel Grant for attending and presenting a paper – Seventh International Forum on Industrial Bioprocesses (IFIBiop 2017), May 21-24, Wuxi, China.
- Outstanding Reviewer Certificate – Bioresource Technology (Elsevier) – November 2016
- Recognized Reviewer Certificate – The Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Research (Elsevier) – November 2016
- Recognized Reviewer Certificate – Industrial Crops and Products (Elsevier) – June 2016, August 2016
- Recognized Reviewer Certificate – Energy Conversion and Management (Elsevier) – May 2016
- Recognized Reviewer Certificate – Renewable Energy (Elsevier) – January 2016
- Visiting Fellowship – EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, November – December 2016
- Marie Curie Fellow – University of Naples, Italy – July 2016
- Marie Curie Fellow – University of Jaen, Spain – June 2016
- Certificate of Appreciation from EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, March 2016.
- Elsevier Best Poster Presentation Award, International Conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology- NHBT 2015, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.
- Recognized Reviewer Certificate – American Chemical Society Publications (ACS)- 2015
- Recognized Reviewer Certificate – Bioresource Technology (Elsevier) – December 2015
- Recognized Reviewer Certificate – Journal of Cleaner Production (Elsevier) – July 2015
- Recognized Reviewer Certificate – Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology (Elsevier) – May 2015
- Recognized Reviewer Certificate – Journal of the Energy Institute (Elsevier) – March 2015
- Best Paper Award , Renewable Energy (Elsevier) – 2014
- Best Reviewer Award, Industrial Crops and Products (Elsevier), May 2014.
- Key Note lecture at ESBES-IFIBiop 2014, Lille, France.
- Visiting Fellowship – EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, September – November 2014
- Recognized Reviewer Certificate – Energy Conversion and Management (Elsevier) – December 2013
- Sanctioned a project under BioCARe scheme of DBT on “Waste to Wealth: Development of green process for the production of second generation biofuel from crop wastes” (Rs. 45 lakhs) October 2013 – July 2017 (NO:BT/Bio-CARe/06/890/2011-2012 dated 24/10/2013)
- DST Travel Grant 2012 (Not Availed) Since airfare was provided by the organizers of International training and research programme 2012 – Sustainable Development on Biofuel and Environmental Technologies for attending the training programme as well as for the 5th International Conference on Industrial Bioprocesses (IFIB 2012)
- CSIR Travel Grant 2012 (Not Availed) Since airfare was provided by the organizers of International training and research programme 2012 – Sustainable Development on Biofuel and Environmental Technologies for attending the training programme as well as for the 5th International Conference on Industrial Bioprocesses (IFIB 2012)
- IFIBioP Travel Grant for attending and presenting a paper – Fifth International Forum on Industrial Bioprocesses (IFIB 2012), October 7-11, Taipei, Taiwan.
- Best Poster Award – International conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology, Varanasi, December 2009
- Kerala Biotechnology Commission Post Doctoral Fellowship (2006 – 2008)
- Mahatma Gandhi University Research Fellowship for Ph. D (1998 – 2002)
- Mahatma Gandhi University Merit Scholarship for M. Phil. Microbiology course (1996 -1997)
- Cochin University of Science & Technology Merit Scholarship for M. Sc. Biotechnology course (1992 – 1994)
- University of Kerala Merit Scholarship for B. Sc. Botany course (1989 – 1992)
- First Rank for M. Phil. Microbiology course
- Third Rank for B.Sc. Botany course
- USS Scholarship
- LSS Scholarship
