National Scholarship (1981-1986 and 1986-1988)

Calcutta University Jubilee Prize (1986)

Fellow, Central Institute of Indian Languages, Ministry of HRD, GOI (2003) (Dr. Bandyopadhyay's "total emoluments" were reduced for attending this "non-resdential" fellowship, which was generally offered to the Readers/Associate Professors/Professors)