- Certificate of Appreciation on International Projects, 2017, by Vice Chancellor of Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan
- The Whitley Award 2016 (Green Oscar), Whitley Fund for Nature, received from HRH The Princess Royal at the annual Whitley Awards Ceremony in London, on April 27, 2016.
- Nominated for the Civil Award in 2017 by the Ministry of Climate Change, Pakistan
- Shield of Appreciation, 2016, received by Minister of Climate Change, Government of Pakistan.
- Post-doctoral Fellowship, Embassy of France, May 2010-February 2011
- Quota Scholarship from Ministry of Education and Research, Norway for PhD Studies, 2004-2007.
- Best Oral Presentation Award at 17th International Conference on Bear Research and Management, October 2nd -6th, 2006 Karuizawa Town, Nagano, Japan. Title of the presentation “Genetic tracking of the brown bear in northern Pakistan and implications for conservation”.
- Special Award on Poster Presentation at 14th IBA Conference on Bear Research and Management, Steinkjer (Norway), 2002.
