| Milestones |
| Discovery of rarest mineral phase -High pressure polymorph of silica-COESITE’ which laid the first platform to interpret the sinking of Indian plate down below up to ~100 km beneath Eurasian plate. |
| Identification of rare species of gaseous phase, which reveals the crust-mantle interaction and their exposure on the face of the Himalaya. |
| Identification and characterization of fluid behavior, figures the major interaction of rock-fluid during India-Eurasia collision. |
| Geochemistry and mineral physics argue powerfully the metasomatized deep portions of oceanic lithosphere are best candidates for OIB. |
| The production of trace elements data sets of high quality on subduction related granite, seafloor basalts, gabbros and peridotites reveals a good manifestation of petrogenesis and chemical differentiation over Earth’s histories. |
| Seeing the phase’s transformation of mineral through set parameter. |
| Fluid -rock study pinpoint the mineralization and mineral exploration. |
| Micron-structural study reveals pre-post-syngenetic classification of granitic rock. |
| Magnetic fabric study says considerable variation in stress regime through geological time. |
| Dr Rajesh Sharma was honored with: |
| Best Paper Award 1998 – Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehra Dun |
| M K Ray Memorial Medal 2000- Awarded by the Geological, Mining and Metallurgical Society of India, Calcutta. |
| Subamma Subba Rao Medal 2007 Awarded by Indian Society of Applied Geochemists, Hyderabad. |
| Best Paper Award 1998 – Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehra Dun |
| M K Ray Memorial Medal 2000- Awarded by the Geological, Mining and Metallurgical Society of India, Calcutta. |
| Dr. D. R. Rao was conferred: |
| Wadia Institute Foundation Day’s Best Paper Award in the Year 2006 for the paper Signatures of rift environment in the production of garnet-amphibolites and eclogites from Tso-Morari region, Ladakh, India: a geochemical study. Gondwana Research, v. 9, pp. 512-523. |
| Dr H.K.Sachan was honored with: |
| M.K.Ray Memorial Medal 1999 was awarded by Geological, Mining and Metallurgical Society of India on 21st June 2000 for best paper published in Economic geology. |
| Best Research Paper award published in 2002 in Journal of Geological Society of India By WIHG on the research paper Islam, R., Ghosh, S. K., Sachan,H.K.,(2002). |
| Geochemical characterization of the Neoproterozoic Nagthat siliciclastics, NW Kumaon Lesser Himalaya: Implications for source rock assessment. Jour.Geol.Soc.India. V.60, 91-105. |
| Second best research paper award during 13th convention, Indian Geological Congress-2003 Silver Jubilee Celebrations. |
| Appreciation Letter from Govt. of India on First Discovery of UHP Mineral Coesite from Himalaya. |
| Dr B.K.Mukherjee was honored with: |
| Appreciation Letter from Govt. of India on First Discovery of UHP Mineral Coesite from Himalaya. |
| Second best paper award during 13th convention, Indian Geological Congress- Silver Jubilee Celebrations. |
| Postdoctoral Fellowship Award from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Year Nov.2004 to Nov.2006 |
| Best paper award (EPSL, 2007) for the year 2007 from Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehra Dun. |
| Dr. Santosh K Rai was awarded |
| 2nd Best Paper Award for his paper presented at the Young Scientist Meet held at VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu on January 17-18, 2008. |