To reward the scientific performance and contributions of the Forum members, IFIBiop shall consider awarding following awards each year to its members.
Members of the Forum having long standing and significant contribution to the field as well as eminent scientists/technologists above the age of 40 years on 31st December of applicable year working in various areas of industrial bioprocesses shall be considered to be elected as Fellow of Forum (FIBA). Fellow award will be conferred to a maximum of four persons each year. Nominations will be evaluated by the members of the CC and final decision will be based on their recommendation. Award will carry a citation, a certificate and memento/medal.
Fellows of IBA
| Year | Name |
| 2011 | Prof Duu-Jong Lee, Taiwan Prof Suresh D. Pillai, USA Prof Athanasios A. Koutinas, Greece |
| 2012 | Prof Jong Moon Park, Korea Prof Guillermo R. Castro, Argentina Prof Rintu Banerjee, India Prof Arun Goyal, India |
| 2013 | Prof Sunil Kumar Khare, India Dr Maria Angeles Sanroman, Spain Dr Robin C Anderson, USA |
| 2014 | Dr Poonam Singh Nigam, UK Prof Mohammed Taherzadeh, Sweden Prof Ramraj Boopathy, USA |
| 2015 | Prof Huu Hao Ngo, Australia Dr S Venkata Mohan, India Dr Suzana Binti Yusup, Malaysia |
| 2016 | Prof Datta Madamwar, India Dr Thallada Bhaskar, India Prof Indu Shekhar Thakur, India Prof Jian Chen, China Dr Jonathan W C Wong, Hong Kong |
| 2017-2018 | Prof Jo-Shu Chang, Taiwan Prof P Gunasekaran, India Prof Rekha Singhal, India Prof Vanete Thomaz-Soccol, Brazil Prof Xin-Hui Xing, China |
| 1019-2020 | Prof C Larroche, France Prof CD Dong, Taiwan Prof CR Soccol, Brazil Prof Q Zhang, China Prof SH Park, South Korea Prof GC Du, China |
| 2021-2022 | Prof ZQ Zhang, China Prof CG Dussap, France Prof M Sauer, Austria Prof Arun Goyal, India |
| 2023-2024 | Prof Sang Jun Sim, South Korea Prof Luciana Porto de Souza Vandenberghe, Brazil Prof Alain Brillard, France Dr K Madhavan Nampoothiri, India |
Honorary Fellows of IBA
| Year | Name |
| 2019-2020 | Prof TP Singh, India Prof J Legrand, France |
| 2021-2022 | Prof Sudhir Sopory, India |
Distinguished Fellows of IBA
| Year | Name |
| 2019-2020 | Prof HH Ngo, Australia |
Any researcher/academician above the age of 60 years of applicable year involved in Biotech R&D for his/her outstanding contribution to the field of Biotechnology –industrial bioprocesses. Award will carry a memento/medal, a citation and a certificate.
Life-Time Achievement Awardees
| Year | Name |
| 2017-2018 | Prof Rajeshwar D Tyagi, Canada Prof AA Koutinas, Greece |
| 2019-2020 | Prof C Webb, UK Prof JS Lee, Korea |
| 2021-2022 | Prof JWC Wong, Hong Kong Prof P Gunasekaran, India Prof R Boopathy, USA |
| 2023-2024 | Prof José António Teixeira, Portugal Prof Christian Larroche, France |
Any researcher/academician above the age of 50 years but below the age of 60 years of applicable year involved in Biotech R&D for his/her outstanding contribution to the field of Biotechnology –industrial bioprocesses. Award will carry a memento/medal, a citation and a certificate.
Distinguished Scientist Awardees
| Year | Name |
| 2016 | Prof Claude-Gilles Dussap France Prof Christian Larroche, France |
| 2017-2018 | Prof Piet Lens, Netherlands Prof Volker Wendisch, Germany Prof Sang Jun Sim, South Korea Prof Zengquiang Zhang, China |
| 2019-2020 | Prof Maria Angeles Sanroman, Spain Prof Mohammad Taherzadeh, Sweden |
| 2021-2022 | Prof Cristóbal N. Aguilar, Mexico Prof Thallada Bhaskar, India Prof In-Seop Chang, South Korea Prof Philippe Michaud, France |
| 2023-2024 | Prof Arun Goyal, India Prof You-Kwan Oh, South Korea |
Any researcher/academician above the age of 40 years but below the age of 50 years of applicable year involved in Biotech R&D for his/her outstanding contribution to the field of Biotechnology –industrial bioprocesses. Award will carry a memento/medal, a citation and a certificate.
Outstanding Scientist Awardees
| Year | Name |
| 2011 | Prof Carlos R Soccol, Brazil |
| 2012 | Prof. Patrick Hallenbeck, Canada |
| 2013 | Prof Guocheng Du, China |
| 2014 | Prof Jo-Shu Chang, Taiwan |
| 2015 | Prof Rajeshwar D Tyagi, Canada |
| 2016 | Prof Akihiko Kondo, Japan |
| 2017-2018 | Dr S Venkata Mohan, India Prof Cristobal N Aguilar, Mexico |
| 2019-2020 | Prof Suzana Yusup, Malaysia Prof Wenshan Guo, Australia Prof Sang Hyoun Kim, South Korea |
| 2021-2022 | Prof Yong Sik Ok, South Korea Prof Long Ngheim, Australia |
| 2023-2024 | Professor Daniel Tsang, Hong Kong Prof Su Shiung Lam, Malaysia Prof Kaustubha Mohanty, India |
Any researcher/academician below the age of 40 years on 31 st December of applicable year involved in Biotech R&D for his/her outstanding contribution would be eligible. Award will carry a memento/medal, a citation and a certificate.
Young Scientist Awardees
| Year | Name |
| 2011 | Dr Parameswaran Binod, India Prof Lee Keat Teong, Malaysia |
| 2012 | Dr Reeta R Singhania, India |
| 2013 | Dr. Anil Kumar Patel, India |
| 2014 | Dr Long Liu, China |
| 2015 | Dr Baskar Gurunathan, India Prof Yonghong Wu, China |
| 2016 | Dr Sudhir Pratap Singh, India |
| 2017-2018 | Prof Daniel CW Tsang, Hong Kong Dr Deepak Pant, Belgium |
| 2019-2020 | Dr Gopalkrishnan Kumar, Norway Dr Sunita Varjani, India Dr Mukesh Kumar Awasthi, China |
| 2021-2022 | Prof Héctor Ruiz, Mexico Dr Siming You, UK Dr Amit Rai, India Prof Zhiping Zhang, China |
| 2023-2024 | Dr Juan Alberto Ascacio-Valdés, Mexico Dr Le Zhang, China Dr Lisandra Meneses, Estonia |
Any researcher/academician below the age of 40 years on 31 st December of applicable year involved in Biotech R&D for his/her outstanding contribution would be eligible. Award will carry a memento/medal, a citation and a certificate.
Pandey Research Excellence Awardees
| Year | Name |
| 2017-2018 | Prof Q Zhang, China Dr P Binod, India |
| 2019-2020 | Prof Duu Jong Lee, Taiwan Prof Samir Khanal, USA Dr Madhavan Nampooothiri, India Dr Bui X Thanh, Viet Nam Ms Y Duan, China |
| 2021-2022 | Dr Ranjna Sirohi, India Dr Reeta Rani Singhania, Taiwan Dr Anil Kumar Patel, Taiwan Dr Robin Anderson, USA |
| 2023-2024 | Dr Ayon Tarafdar, India Dr Mukesh Kumar Awasthi, China Prof Wei Qiao, China |