 In 2018, he was elected as a fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science and an academician of the world academy of ceramics.In 2019, he was elected as an academician of the Asia-pacific Academy of Materials.During his tenure at NIMS, he was appointed as the NIMS Ambassador to India, and was instrumental in setting up the NIMS-India research centre at Indian Institute of Chemical Technology and appointed to serve as a Research Director for this Center.