Academic Distinctions
- Roll-of-Honours, Government Superior Science College, Lahore 1970
- Roll-of-Honours, Government Superior Science College, Lahore 1971
- I stood first in F.Sc. in aggregate, second in Chemistry, second in Physics, second in Urdu at Government College of Science, Wahdat Road Lahore.
- ‘Research Productivity Award’, June2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of Pakistan.
Select Awards and Grants for the Khwarizmi Science Society
- From Conflict-Independence to Dialogue-Integration: Discovering and Designing Resources for Rethinking the Religion-Science Relationship in Pakistan; awarded USD 210,000 from the John Templeton Foundation, United States.
- National Science Movement 2016 funded by Alif Ailaan, Pakistan. Amount of funding received was Rs. 2.4 million.
- The Lahore Science Mela received a funding of Rs. 4 million from the Ali Institute of Education.
- Emerging Nations Science Foundation’s donation of USD 3500 for the celebrations in connection with the laser’s 50’th birthday (2010).
- Pakistan Science Foundation’s grant of Rs. 50,000 for the celebrations in connection with the laser’s 50’th birthday (2010).
- Recognition certificate from the International Astronomical Union for highlighting astronomy in Pakistan in the International Year of Astronomy (2009).
- Grant of USD 1000 from Developing Astronomy Globally, a cornerstone project of the International Astronomical Union (2010).
- Won an international competition organized by the International Astronomical Union receiving 100Galileoscopes.
- Grant of GBP 300 from the Canon Foundation, UK (2009) for the purchase of astronomical camera.
- Emerging Nations Science Foundation’s donation of USD 3500 for the celebrations in connection with the International Year of astronomy 2009 (received in 2008).