MEMBER of

SANGEET NATAK AKADEMI (New Delhi) Music Advisory Group & General Council

VISVA BHARATI MUSIC BOARD

CALCUTTA UNIVERSITY FACULTY COUNCIL For post graduate students in fine arts, music and home science

ASIATIC SOCIETY ADVISORY BOARD For Award of the Medals/Plaques/Lectureships

VICE CHAIRMAN:  WEST BENGAL STATE MUSIC ACADEMY

1988  SRA FELLOWSHIP  ITC Sangeet Research Academy

1989  SHIROMONI PURASKAR   Asian Paints

1989  NATIONAL FILM AWARD     Government of West Bengal

1990  BEST PLAYBACK SINGER      Govt. of Orissa for the film "SCHOOL MASTER"

1990  BEST MALE PLAYBACK SINGER PRESIDENT AWARD  At 37th National Film Festival for the film "CHHANDANEER"

1992 PRAMATHESH BARUA AWARD & MAHANAYAK UTTAM KUMAR AWARD                   

1992-93 KUMAR GANDHARVA NATIONAL AWARD (1ST. RECIPIENT)  Govt. of Madhya Pradesh

1995 BFJA AWARD FOR BEST SINGER FOR "ABBAJAN" FILM      

1997 BEST VOCALIST AWARD   All India Critics' Association  

1999 BEST MUSIC DIRECTOR & BEST PLAYBACK SINGER AWARD  BFJA for the film "SAPNO NIYE'

2000 SANGEET NATAK AKADEMI AWARD   The President of India (1st recipient at the age of 47 as a North Indian Classical vocalist)

2005 "FELLOWSHIP" FOR THE PATIALA GHARANA SURVIVAL    Conferred by the Punjabi University