 The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1970, for his contributions to medicine.He received the Platinum Jubilee Award of the Indian Medical Association in 1974 and a decade later, the Medical Council of India honoured him with Dr. B. C. Roy Award, the highest Indian medical award, in 1984.He was a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London and a founder fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences.