The IDS will institutionalize the following Awards,
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Prof. Dr B. Kiauta Life Time Achievement Award
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Prof. Dr S.K. Sangal Medal
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Col. Dr. F.C. Fraser Oration Lecture
First time in the history of science of Odonatology three prominent Awards were given away with a Citation and a Medal, during First Conference of Indian Dragonfly Society,
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Prof. Dr B. Kiauta Lifetime Achievement Award to Prof. Manu Thomas Mathai, MCC, Chennai
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Col. Dr F.C. Fraser Oration Award to Dr Arun Kumar, Director, DIBMS, Dehra Dun
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Dr S.K. Sangal Young Scientist Award to Ms Kalavanti Mokaria (Entomologist), Gandhinagar, Gujarat
Chief Guest Dr V.R.S. Rawat (second from left) honouring the recipients of the three IDS Awards (from left right: Ms Kalavanti Mokaria, Dr Arun Kumar, and Dr Manu Thomas Mathai), flanked on extreme left by Dr B.K. Tyagi, IDS President, and on extreme right by Dr Vijay Veer, Ex-Director, DRDO & Guest of Honour.