Dr Ambika Bipin Patel was awarded a Small Study and Research Grant (India) 2002-03, when Temporary Curator, Dept of Archaeology, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (MSU) , to study and document collections in archaeological museums in Kerala.
Dr Patel is now Professor and Head of the Department of Museology, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara.