He received the third highest civilian honour, the Padma Bhushan, in 2014 for his services to the field of chemical engineering and nuclear science.

[3] Presently, he is working as emeritus professor in Department of Atomic Energy, Mumbai.

Apart from the academic positions, Joshi has worked on the editorial or advisory board of many known and peer-reviewed scientific journals.

He is reported to have successfully developed multiphase sparged and mechanically agitated reactors.

This has helped in the set up of large number of commercial size reactors in India and abroad.