Honors and Awards
International Awards
- Japan Prize, Science and Technology Foundation of Japan, 1987
- International Agronomy Award, American Society of Agronomy, 1989
- World Food Prize, World Food Prize Foundation, USA, 1996
- Rank Prize, Rank Prize Foundation, UK, 1998
- Medal for the “Cause of Agriculture and Rural Development” Government of Vietnam, 1998
- Friendship Award, Government of China, 1999
- Wolf Prize in Agriculture, Wolf Prize Foundation, Israel, 2000
- International Scientific and Technological Co-operative Award, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt. of China, 2001
- International Khwarizmi Award, Science and Technology Organization of Iran, 2004
- Golden Sickle Award, Biotech, Thailand, 2007
- Mahathir Science Award, Academy of Sciences, Malaysia, 2009
Fellowships of Science Academies
- Indian National Science Academy, 1977
- U.S. National Academy of Sciences, 1989
- Academy of Sciences for Developing World, 1990
- Indian Academy of Sciences, 1991
- Royal Society of London, 1995
- Russian Academy of Sciences, 1995
- Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2002
- National Academy of Sciences, India, 2003
Honorary Doctorate Degrees
- Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India, 1987
- Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India, 1995
- C.S. Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, India, 1995
- G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pant Nagar, India, 1996
- De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom, 1998
- Assam Agriculture University, Jorhat, India, 2000
- Cambridge University, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2000
- N.D. University of Agriculture and Technology, Faizabad, India, 2003
- Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA, 2006
- Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, India, 2007
- Jawahar Lal Nehru Agricultural University, Jabalpur, India, 2010
- Indira Gandhi Agricultural University, Raipur, India, 2012