Awards

• Honoured during the Platinum Jubilee Celebration of Kannada Sahitya Parishat, 1977
• Honoured by the Hindi Sahitya Sammelana with the title Vijnaana Saraswati Honour, 1978
• Awarded the Shivarama Kaarantha Prashasthi by Moodabidare Shivarama Karantha Prathishtaana, 1992
• National Award for “The best individual efforts in Science & Technology popularisation” by National Council of Science and Technology Communication, 1992
• The book Paramanu Charitre received the prize as the best manuscript on the story of the atom in Kannada by the Madras University, 1949
• The children’s book Galileo received the award for the best children’s literature from NCERT, 1968
• Vijnaana Vichaara (Collection of Essays) received the award for the best collection of essays from the State Sahitya Academy, 1971
• Archemedes received the award for the best children’s literature from the State Sahitya Academy, 1976
• The play Galileo based on a play by Bertolt Brecht, written along with Shri H. K. Ramachandra Murthy received the State Sahitya Academy, 1976
• “Meghnad Saha”, translation of book by Santimay and Enakshi Chatterjee received the award for best translation from the State Sahitya Academy, 1994
• Chakra (A collection of essays) received the award for the best collection of essays from the State Sahitya Academy, 1996