Dr. Ashok Seth received the Padma Shri National Honor in 2003, the Padma Bhushan National Honor in 2015, and the President of India's B.C. Roy National Award for the Most "Eminent Medical Person" in January 2017. Dr. Seth has been the pioneer of numerous angioplasty techniques for India and the Asia Pacific, including Directional Atherectomy, Angioscopy, Stents, and many more. He has led the field of Interventional Cardiology for the past 32 years and made significant contributions to its growth, scientific progress, and education. Six major national universities—BHU, AMU, Jamia Millia Islamia, Amity, Shiv Nadar, and Teerthankar Mahavir University—have conferred doctorates to Dr. Seth. At J N Medical College, he has been given the title of "Adjunct Professorship of Cardiology."