2019: Honored with Sarvabhouma Award by Shri Samsthana Mahabaleshwara Deva, Gokarna
2018: Honored with the Dedicated Special Issue of Journal of Organometallic Chemistry
2018: Narayan Hosmane honored with a Special Dedicated Issue of Journal of Organometallic Chemistry
2017: Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Samman Award, Global Indian Summit at House of Lords, London.
2015: Who's Who of Distinguished Alumni Honors
2015: Distinguished Faculty Award from Northern Illinois University
2013-2014: Executive Professional of the Year Award from Social Book Global Who's Who
2013: Elected Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences
2013: Elected Member of Zeta Gamma chapter of Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for International Scholars
2013: High‐End Foreign Expert of State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs (SAFEA), China
2012: Distinguished Consulting Research Professor at Mahatma Ghandi University, Kottayam, India
2012: Visiting Professorship for International Senior Scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences
2009-2010: Inaugural Recipient of NIU Faculty Mentor Award, May 2010
2008: Inaugural Board of Trustees Professorship Award for Excellence in Teaching, Scholarship, Service, Outreach and Academic Leadership from Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois
2007: Lifetime Achievement Pravasi Award from NRI Institute, New Delhi, India
2007: Re‐Invitation of Humboldt Research Prize for Senior US Scientists from Alexander von Humboldt–Stiftung, Bonn, Germany
2007: Pride of India Gold Awardfrom NRI Institute, Washington, D.C. Chapter, USA
2005: Gauss Professor, Göttingen Academy of Sciences, Germany
2004: Honored Member of the WHO'S WHO Historical Society
2003: Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Distinguished Chair of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, India
2002: Subject of Biographical Record in Who's Who in the World
2001: Humboldt Research Award for US Senior Scientists from Alexander von Humboldt–Stiftung, Bonn, Germany
2001: Outstanding Grant Acquisition Award from Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois
2001: Presidential Research Professorship Award, for significant and sustained scholarly or creative work, including the achievement of national and international reputation in the chosen field of research, from Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois
1996: BUSA Award for Distinguished Achievements in Boron Science from the Awards Committee of Boron in the USA (BUSA) Workshop held in Guanajuato, Mexico
1994: >Camille and Henry Dreyfus Scholar / Fellow Award from The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc., New York
1994: India International Gold Award, India International Gold Medal and Mother India International Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Field of Education (Chemistry) from NRI Institute, New Delhi, India
1992-1993: Listed in the Marquis Who's Who in Science and Engineering
1987: Certificate of Merit, Bronze Plaque Award and Listed in Men of Achievement, International Biographical Center, Cambridge, England
1987: Sigma XI Outstanding Research Award from the Society of Sigma Xi, Southern Methodist University Chapter
1986: Certificate of Achievement in Science, presented by the publisher and editors of American Men and Women of Science
Listed in the American Men and Women of Science, edited by Jaques Cattell Press and published by R. R. Bowker Co., New York.
Teaching Excellence Award, Virginia Tech Academy of Teaching Excellence, 1981
Co‐recipient of the Sigma XI President's and Visitors' Research Prize, University of Virginia Chapter, Sigma XI, 1981