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Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (1975);
The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) prize (1993); Lifetime Achievement Gold Medals of
Chemical Research Society of India (2003) and of
Indian Chemical Society (2005); P.C Rây Memorial Award of National Academy of Sciences, India (2018); Golden Jubilee Research Professorship (1996-2001) of Indian National Science Academy; Tata Chemical Platinum Jubilee Distinguished Emeritus Professorship (2014–16). DSc (
Honoris Cause) of
Burdwan University (2008). •
Fellow of Indian Academy of Sciences (FASc, 1975), of
Indian National Science Academy (FNA,1978), of
The World Academy of Sciences (FTWAS, 1995). Bureau Member (1991-99) thereafter Fellow of IUPAC, Honorary Fellow of
Indian Chemical Society (1999) and President of the
Chemical Research Society of India (2006–09). • Member Editorial Boards of
Inorganic Chemica Acta (1975–80),
Dalton Transactions (1992–96),
Inorganic Chemistry (1997–99),
Indian Journal of Chemistry Sect.A(1992–98, 2002–07) and Comprehensive Coordination Chemistry-II (CCCII), 10 Volumes, Elsevier (1987). • Honored via dedicated Issues:
Indian Academy of Sciences,
Proceedings Chemical Science (August, 1995)
Inorganica Chimica Acta (October,2010) and
Journal of Indian Chemical Society (December, 2015). • Honorary Professor (1990–95) and Hindustan Lever Research Professor (2001–06) of
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research;
Jawaharlal Nehru Professor of Hyderabad University (1994); Ramanna Fellow of the
Department of Science and Technology (2010–13); Visiting Professor
Texas A&M University (1983). • In 2006 the
Chemical Research Society of India established the biennale Prof. Animesh Chakravorty Endowment Lecture to be delivered as part the Society's Conference by a very distinguished inorganic chemist of the world. The 10th Lecture was held in 2024. The endowment fund for this Lecture was donated by students and admirers of Chakravorty. • Delivered numerous plenary, endowed, anniversary, commemorative, foundation day and other categories of invited lectures in conferences and in academic and industrial institutions in India and abroad. These include Special
Harvard/MIT Inorganic Chemistry Colloquium at MIT (1983),
Gordon Research Conference on Inorganic Chemistry at Wolfeboro, NH, USA (1987); 9th National Convention,
Royal Australian Chemical Institution,
Monash University,
Melbourne, Australia (1992) and the Third International Symposium on the Chemistry and Biological Chemistry of Vanadium in
Osaka University, Japan (2001). • Leader of the Indian delegation to the Indo-Russian Symposium on Inorganic and
Organometallic Chemistry jointly organized by
Indian National Science Academy and
Russian Academy of Sciences and held at Nizhnni Navogorad, the leader on the Russian side being M.V.Vol'pin (1993). • In 1985 convened a conference titled "Recent Trends in Inorganic Chemistry" at
IACS as part of the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of Indian National Science Academy (1985). This was the seed of the premier international conference, "Modern Trends in Inorganic Chemistry" (MTIC), now a major yearly event that moves from one institution to another within India with participants from India and abroad. • Has served as Chairman/Advisor/Member of Governing Councils/ Committees of numerous Academic Institutions and Governmental Departments supporting planning and research in science in India. == Personal life ==