He had guided fifty eight Doctor of Philosophy"s and numerous postdoctoral associates, many of the former students have become well known personalities and are doing outstanding work in academic and industrial organizations in India and abroad.
In 1975, he was awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in chemistry by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. After his graduation from the Scottish Church College, he did his post-graduation from the University of Calcutta. He had subsequently earned a doctorate in chemistry from the University of Calcutta.
He had started as a research associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard.
He had also served as professor and head of the department of chemistry at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, and as professor and head of the department of inorganic chemistry at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science at the University of Calcutta, and as a visiting professor at the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University. He was also the Hindustan Lever Research Professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research.
T. R. Creative Commons Fellow Indian National Science Academy. Fellow Indian Academy of Sciences.
Fellow Third World Academy of Sciences.
Honorary Fellow, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. Honorary Fellow, Indian Chemical Society.
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology. Third World Academy of Sciences Prize. Honorary doctorate, Doctor of Science honoris causa, University of Burdwan. Institut National des Sciences Appliquées Golden Jubilee Research Professorship. Nehru Chair, University of Hyderabad. Gold Medal, Chemical Research Society of India. Gold Medal, Indian Chemical Society. T. R. Sheshadri Commemoration Medal(Institut National des Sciences Appliquées), Acharya J. C. Ghosh Medal(International Correspondence Schools ), R. C. Mehrotra Commemoration Medal(International Science Congress Association). Ajit Memorial Lecture, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science Baba Kartar Singh Lecture, Punjab University CV Raman Lectures, Department of Atomic Energy National Lectures, University Grants Commission Platinum Jubilee Lecture, Indian Science Congress Association Sahasrabudhey Lectures, Nagpur University RK Barua and Golden Jubilee Lectures, Gauhati University AVRR Foundation Lecture, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research Foundation Day Lectures, IICT and CLRI Distinguished Lecture Series, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.
Fellow Indian National Science Academy.
Fellow Indian Academy of Sciences.
Fellow Third World Academy of Sciences.
Honorary Fellow, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry.
Honorary Fellow, Indian Chemical Society.
