My lab is currently working on understanding the Epigenetic and Genetic regulatory mechanisms of prenatal toxicant exposure and developmental abnormalities including adult onset diseases like cancers of kidney, skin and colon. We are also developing models for developmental and adult Nephrotoxicity for assessing the effects of various toxicants on developing and adult renal system.

• TTS Mentor-Mentee Award: The Transplantation Society, Berlin, Germany.
  
• Young Investigator Award : American Transplant Congress, Boston, USA.
  
• CST FITS Award : Canadian Society of Transplantation. Quebec, Canada.
  
• CAG-CIHR Astrazeneca Research Initiative Award : from Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) for Post doctoral training.
  
• M. M. Dhar Best Thesis Award :  For PhD work at Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India.
  
• SBRI (Seattle Biomedical Research Institute) award : For Poster and abstract at New Frontiers in Tuberculosis Research. New Delhi, India.
  

Fellowship

• CSIR-UGC Senior Research Fellowship (2005): In India. For continuation of PhD studies.
  
• National CSIR-UGC JRF-NET fellowship (2002): In India. For research leading to PhD. Among top 20% who qualified for the prestigious Shyama Prasad Mukherjee (S.P.M) Fellowship.
  
• CSIR-UGC JRF-NET Junior research Fellowship (2001), In India.
  
• MP-SLET (MP State Lecturership Test) 2001. State of M.P, India. Qualified for Lecturership.