- A.C. Banerji Memorial Lecture, National Academy of Sciences(India), 2019
- Gujar Mal Modi Award for Innovative Science and Technology 2018
- IEI-IEEE Award for Engineering Excellence, 2017
- Distinguished Alumnus Award, IIT Kanpur, 2016
- Lifetime Achievement Award, Systems Society of India, 2016
- VASVIK Award for Information Technology, 2015
- Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences(TWAS) (since 2013)
- COMSNETS 2013, Best Paper Award (joint with Abhijit Bhattacharya, Akhila Rao, Deeksha G. Rao Sahub, Aniruddha Mallya, Rachit Srivastava, Sanjay M. Ladwa, S. V. R. Anand)
- WiOpt 2012, Best Student Paper Award (with Ph.D. student K.P. Naveen)
- J.C. Bose National Fellowship (Dept. of Science and Technology) 2011-2021
- Fellow of the Indian Academy of Science (FASc) (since 2010)
- COMSNETS 2010, Best Paper Award (joint with Pranav Agrawal, Anurag Kumar, Joy Kuri, Manoj Panda, Ramchandra Ramjee, Vishnu Navda, and Venkat Padmanabhan)
- WISARD 2010 (a COMSNETS 2010 workshop), Best Demo Award
- CDAC-ACCS Foundation Award 2009 (Award lecture delivered in the ADCOM 2009 conference, in Bangalore, on 16 December 2009)
- WISARD 2009 (a COMSNETS 2009 workshop) Best Paper Award (jointly with K.R. Vasudev, Pavan Kumar, Malati Hegde, S.V.R. Anand, and Joy Kuri)
- COMSNETS 2009 Best Student Paper Award (jointly with students Onkar Bhardwaj, Manoj Panda, and G.V.V. Sharma)
- The IISc Alumi Award for Excellence in Research in Engineering 2008
- COMSWARE 2008 Best Paper Award (jointly with Samuel David)
- Fellow of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) (since 2005)
- Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy (FNA) (since 2005)
- IETE Pune Centre’s S.V.C. Aiya Award for Telecom Education, 2001
- Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (FNAE) (since 1999)
- IETE’s CDIL Best Paper Award, 1993 for the paper: Anurag Kumar, B. Hareesh Kumar, and B. Madhavi, “Modelling and Performance Analysis of a Digital Switching System – Case Study of the C-DoT DSS”, Special Issue on Telematics of the Journal of the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunications Engineers, India, Vol. 39, No. 2, pp 77-97, March – April 1993.
- Fellow of the Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE), India (FIETE) (since 1992)
- Senior Member IEEE
- President’s Gold Medal, L.N. Das Memorial Gold Medal, and Proficiency Prize, respectively for the best outgoing undergraduate student, the best undergraduate student in Electrical Engineering, and best project work in Electrical Engineering, 1977, IIT Kanpur, India .