has a research gate score of 32.40, and an h-index of 18 (excluding self-citations). She is an Indian Science Academy Fellow (FNA-ID: P08-1472) since 2008. Awards and honours Vijayaraghavan has been recognized for her work, and some of her accomplishments are: DBT-Bioscience award International Senior Research Fellowship of The Wellcome Trust, UK J. C. Bose Fellowship Fellowship of Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore in 2007 Fellowship of Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi Fellowship of National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad National Bioscience Award for Career Development, Department of Biotechnology. Govt. of India Sir C. V. Raman Award Rockefeller Foundation Biotechnology Career Fellowship Usha has served on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Biosciences. She has been serving as associate editor for the Journal of Genetics. References Articles created or expanded during Women's History Month (India) - 2014 1961 births Living people Indian women academics Delhi University alumni Scientists from Bangalore Indian microbiologists Indian women microbiologists Academic staff of the Indian Institute of Science Indian women biologists 20th-century Indian biologists N-BIOS Prize recipients 20th-century Indian women