• Eunice and James L. West Endowed Chair, September 2021.
  • President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching – Tenured Faculty, University of Texas at Arlington, 2021.
  • Nominated by the College of Business, University of Texas at Arlington, for the 2019–20 Outstanding Research Achievement or Creative Accomplishment Award.
  • Nominated by the College of Business, University of Texas at Arlington, for the 2019–20 Piper Professor Award.
  • Goolsby-Fouse Endowed Chair, June 2019.
  • Initiated as a faculty member into Phi Kappa Phi, 2018.
  • Inducted as a faculty member into Beta Gamma Sigma, 2018.
  • Best paper award, Financial Management, Spring 2017.
  • University of Texas System Board of Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award, 2015.
  • Research Award, College of Business, University of Texas at Arlington, 2013–14.
  • Distinguished Research Publication Award, College of Business, University of Texas at Arlington, 2013.
  • Nominated by the College of Business, University of Texas at Arlington, for the 2013–14 Piper Professor Award.
  • Nominated by the University of Texas at Arlington for the 2013 University of Texas System Board of Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award.
  • Dean’s Research Fellowship, College of Business, University of Texas at Arlington, 2012 & 2013.
  • Inducted into the Academy of Distinguished Teachers, University of Texas at Arlington in 2012.
  • Research Award, University of Texas at Arlington, 2009–10.
  • Selected as a semifinalist for one of five best paper awards at the 2009 FMA Annual Meeting in Reno, NV.
  • Selected as a finalist for the Corporate Governance: An International Review Best Article Award for 2008.
  • Outstanding undergraduate teaching award, 2007–08, College of Business, University of Texas at Arlington.
  • Billy W. Turner Memorial Award for excellence in undergraduate teaching, 2006–07, Department of Finance and Real Estate, University of Texas at Arlington.
  • Travel and Professional Development Awards, University of Texas at Arlington, 2005 through 2009.
  • Summer Grant, University of Texas at Arlington, 2005 and 2006.
  • Selected as a finalist for the Decision Sciences Best Article Award for 2005.
  • Index listings: Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award, 2017; Included in Who’s Who in the World, 2018, 2007; Who’s Who in America, 2006–2012; Who’s Who in American Education, 2006; Who’s Who among Executives and Professionals, 2010; and Who’s Who in Academia.
  • Nominated for the College of Business Administration Dean’s Award in Research at the University of Rhode Island, 2004.
  • Summer Grant, University of Rhode Island, 2001, 2002.
  • Dissertation award, Center for International Business Education & Research, Georgia Tech, 1998–99.
  • Certificate of academic excellence, University of Miami, 1990.
  • Academic merit award, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, 1987.
  • National scholarship, India, 1983–87.