- Dr. Sib Sankar Mal has received Young Scientist Project Grant from SERB-DST, INDIA in the year 2015.
- FIST project has been sanctioned to the Department by DST, India in the year 2010. Sanctioned amount: 138 lakhs for the augmentation of research facility (Single Crystal X-ray Diffractometer).
- Dr. Udaya Kumar D received young scientist project grant from SERB, DST India in the year 2014.
- Dr. Darshak R Trivedi received young scientist project grant from SERB, DST India in the year 2014.
- Prof. A. C. Hegde was invited by University of Washington (UW), Seattle (USA) and ‘Modumetal Inc.’ to deliver a Lecture on multilayer alloy coatings during July 2013. His travel to Seattle, USA was sponsored by UW and Modumetal (USA)
- Gold medal and Korea Special Award for outstanding invention: “Photo-alignment based plastic displays for future generation using thiophene derivatives”, International Conference and Exposition on Invention of Institutions of Higher Learning (PECIPTA 2013), KLCC, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Nov. 7-9, 2013. Authors: G. Hedge, A. R. Yuvaraj, M. M. Yusop, L. Komitov and Airody Vasudeva Adhikari.
- Dr. Arun M Isloor received Best Research Paper award from Vision group on Science and Technology, Government of Karnataka in the year 2012.
- Dr. Arun M Isloor received BRNS young scientist award in the year 2009.
- Prof. Krishna Bhat received young scientist project grant from SERC, DST, India in the year 2006.
- Prof. Krishna Bhat received SERC Visiting Fellowship for a period of three months (June-August 2006) from DST, India.
- Prof. B. Ramachandra Bhat received Brain Pool Post-Doctoral Fellowship from Republic of South Korea during July 2003-June 2005.