Professor Sur studies the development, plasticity and function of the cerebral cortex of the brain, using experimental and computational approaches. His laboratory has discovered fundamental principles by which neurons of the cerebral cortex are wired during development and change dynamically in adulthood as they process information. He is the author of over 160 publications, serves on the board of major journals, and has delivered over 300 lectures world-wide. His awards and honors include the Meghnad Saha Award of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, India; the Charles Judson Herrick Award of the American Association of Anatomists; the Sloan Fellowship from the A.P. Sloan Foundation; the McKnight Development Award from the McKnight Foundation; the Sigma Xi Distinguished Lectureship; the Distinguished Lectureship of the Australian Neuroscience Society; and the Distinguished Alumnus Award of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. At MIT, he has received awards for outstanding teaching, and been honored with the Teuber Scholar Award and the Fairchild Chair. He has been elected to the membership of the National Academy of Sciences, India; the Neurosciences Research Program, USA ; the Rodin Academy, Sweden; and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He serves on several national and international panels, including the Advisory Council of the National Eye Institute, NIH, and the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Department of Biotechnology, India .