In 2013, Aparajita Datta was awarded the Whitley award to continue her decade long work on conservation of hornbills. Aparajita Dutta, a Senior Scientist at NCF was announced as the recipient of "2009 Woman of Discovery Humanity Award" by the New York-based Wings World Quest for a lifetime dedicated to wildlife biology and her work in Namdapha Tiger Reserve. She was also awarded by the National Geographic Society as an "Emerging explorer" for 2010, which recognised ""..14 trailblazers from around the world"".