Awards, Honors and Certificates
Primary School
1977 Certificate of Appreciation, "Bhagawadgeetha Kanthapatha",
Sri Shankara Jayanthi Sabha, Balekuduru Srimatha, Dakshina
Kannada, India.
High School
1979-82 Government of India Merit Scholarship for higher
secondary education.
1980 Second Prize in English Prose Recitation, 27th Annual
College Day Celebrations, Sri Ramakrishna Vidyashala,
Mysore, India.
1980 Senior General Knowledge Certificate, 30th Annual Test by
All India Board of General Knowledge Test, United Schools
Organization of India.
1981 Senior United Nations Information Test Certificate, 24th
Annual United Nations Information Test, Council for UN
Information, United Schools Organization of India.
1981 First Prize in High Jump (Junior Section), 29th College Day
Celebrations, Sri Ramakrishna Vidyashala, Mysore, India.
1982 Ranked 49th in the Karnataka State Secondary School Leaving
Certificate, India.
1982 Second Place for the District, and Certificate of Merit,
for Performance in Secondary School Leaving Certificate
Examination, Inner Wheel Club of Mysore, India.
Pre-University
1982-84 Government of India Merit Scholarship for pre-university
education.
1982 Certificate of Training, Students' Association for Road
Safety, Mysore City Traffic Police, Mysore, India.
1983 Certificate of Merit for Distinction and Prize for General
Proficiency in Secondary School Leaving Certificate
Examination of April 1982, 30th College Day Celebrations of
Sri Ramakrishna Vidyashala, Mysore, India.
Undergraduate
1984-89 Indian Council of Agricultural Research Merit Scholarship
for under-graduate studies.
1986-87 University of Agricultural Sciences Merit Scholarship for
under-graduate studies in Veterinary Sciences.
1987 Second Prize in High Jump, Inter-Class Competitions,
Veterinary College, University of Agricultural Sciences,
Bangalore, India.
1987 Second Prize in Group Song, Inter-Class Competitions,
Veterinary College, University of Agricultural Sciences,
Bangalore, India.
1988 Certificate of Participation in the Orientation Course on
Compound Livestock Feed Industry - Organized by The
Compound Livestock Feed Manufacturers' Association of India.
1989 Graduated with Distinction in Veterinary Sciences,
University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India.
Graduate - Masters
1989-91 University of Agricultural Sciences Merit Scholarship for
Masters Degree Studies.
1991 Silver Medal, Men's Doubles Competitions in Badminton
Shuttle, State Level Kannada Rajyothsava Sports Meet,
Karnataka Veterinary Association, Bangalore, India.
1991 Silver Medal, Men's' Singles Competitions in Badminton
Shuttle, State Level Kannada Rajyothsava Sports Meet,
Karnataka Veterinary Association, Bangalore, India.
1991 First Place, Monoacting, State Level Kannada Rajyothsava
Cultural Meet, Karnataka Veterinary Association,
Bangalore,India.
1993 University of Agricultural Sciences Outstanding Merit
Student Gold Medal for the Department of Veterinary
Microbiology and Public Health.
1992 Dr. Eswaran Memorial Gold Medal for highest Grade Point
Average in the Department of Veterinary Microbiology and
Public Health or the University of Agricultural Sciences,
Bangalore, India.
Graduate - Doctorate
1993-96 Graduate Research Associate, Center for Biotechnology,
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, USA.
1995 Best Student Speaker (II place), American Association of
Veterinary Immunologists, 76th Annual Conference of
Research Workers in Animal Diseases, Chicago, IL, USA.
1995 The Widaman Trust Distinguished Graduate Student,
Agricultural Research Division, University of Nebraska,
Lincoln, NE, USA.
1996 Susan Ann Smith Mills Memorial Outstanding Graduate
Student, Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences,
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, USA.
1997 Joseph J. Garbarino Achievement Award for excellence in
compiling original research relating to animal health or
nutrition, Animal Health Institute Foundation, Alexandria,
VA, USA.
Post-doctoral
Coming soon.