Dr. Pious Thomas,
CEO & Director of the company is a recipient of prestigious Fellowships, and awards and a member is different professional societies:
Fellowship of Academies/ Academic Societies
- Fellow of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS), New Delhi (2011) (Read More)
- Fellow of the National Academy of Biological Sciences (NABS), Chennai (2012)
- Fellow of the Horticultural Society of India, New Delhi (2010)
- Fellow of the International Society for Noni, Chennai (2018)
- Elected Member, Plant Tissue Culture Association of India, New Delhi (2004)
Awards
- DBT-BIRAC Biotechnology Ignition Grant Award 2018
- B. P. Pal Memorial Best Scientist Award -2015 from NABS, Chennai (2016)
- Hari Krishna Shastri Memorial Award for the year 2011 (XIIth), IARI New Delhi (2012)
- Giridhari Lal Chadha Gold Medal, Horticultural Society of India (2010)
- DBT Overseas Associateship Award at Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia (2007)
- Sukumar Basu Memorial Award for the biennium 1999-2000 from IARI, New Delhi (2002)
- DBT Overseas Associateship Award (Long-term) at Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor (99-2000)
- Commonwealth Fellowship for 1987-88 (British Council), Sheffield 1989-90
- Best Research Paper Award by the Vision Group on Science & Tech., Govt of Karnataka (2014)
Membership in professional societies
- Life Member, National Academy of Sciences (India), Allahabad
- Life Member, National Academy of Biological Sciences (NABS), Chennai. India
- Life Member, Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology Association of India, New Delhi
- Life Member, Indian Science Congress Association, Kolkota (from 10-09-2015)
- Life Member, Horticultural Society of India
- Life Member, Association of Microbiologists of India, New Delhi/ Hissar
- Life Member, Kerala Academy of Sciences, Thiruvananthapuram (from 18.11.2015)
- Life Member, Society for Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology
- Life Member, Association for the Promotion of DNA Fingerprinting and Other DNA Technologies
- Life Member, Society for Promotion of Horticulture, Bangalore
- Life Member, Biotechnology Association of India, Cochin
- Life Member, International Society of Noni Science, Chennai
- Life Member, Asian PGPR Society, Hyderabad