Open Short Story Writing Contest (organized/broadcast over All India Radio, North East Service 1975 [First Prize Winner])

Children's Book Trust, India (1991, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2001,2004)

Tinkle Original Story Award (1992, 1993)

Association of Writers and Illustrators for Children (AWIC-IBBY India 1993, 1994)

Commonwealth Short Story Prize (shortlist), UK (2003)

Communal Harmony Writing Award (2012)

National Story/ Script-writing Contest ( First Prize Winner, 2019) (sponsored by The Children's Magazine, Kerala)

Best of Indian Children's Writing ( Contemporary) Award, (BICW, 2019)