Honours and awards
2010 Lifetime Achievement for “Global leadership and pioneering research excellence in MIRCE Science”, Society for Safety and Reliability, Mumbai, India
1998 Best International Paper in 1998, awarded by Society of Logistics Engineers, USA, for the paper System Operational Effectiveness, presented 14th International Congress, November, Sun City, South Africa.
1996 Eccles Medal presented by Society of Logistics Engineers, USA to recognise the outstanding achievement to the development of logistics education at postgraduate level.
1995 Best International Paper in 1995, awarded by Society of Logistics Engineers, USA, for the paper Extracting More Information From Empirical Maintainability Data, presented at 29th Annual International Logistics Symposium, USA, California, August 22, 1995.
1994 Best International Paper in 1994, awarded by Society of Logistics Engineers, USA, for the paper Linear Programming Based Maintainability Analysis, authored with S. Hunt, presented at the 10th International Logistics Congress, Exeter, UK, 1994.
1994 Prize Paper Proceedings-Honorary Mentioning, for the paper published in U.S.A. in 1994 awarded by the Society of Logistics Engineers, U.S.A. for the paper Methods for Maintainability in Concurrent Engineering, presented at 27th International Logistics Conference, Colorado Springs, USA, 1993.
1994 Certificate of Commendation, for attracting the 1,000th student on short courses, awarded by the Department of Continuing and Adult Education.
1993 Armitage Medal, for outstanding contribution to the Logistics Literature, awarded by the Society of Logistics Engineers, USA, for the book Reliability, Maintainability and Supportability, published by McGraw-Hill, 1992.
1993 Life Membership, of Logistics Education Foundation, of the Society of Logistics Engineers, USA.
1992 Best International Paper in 1992, for paper Time-based Availability, awarded by Society of Logistics Engineers, presented at 8th International Logistics Congress, Madrid, Spain, 1992.
1990 Certificate of Commendation, for the Promotion of Logistics Training in UK, by the Society of Logistics Engineers.