He has been a technical advisor, board member and consultant to several industrial organizations in USA, Asia and Europe. He has also advised several academic and government organizations world wide.

Professor Saraswat's research interests are in new and innovative materials, structures, and process technology of semiconductor devices and interconnects for nanoelectronics and solar cells.

Prof. Saraswat has supervised close to 100 doctoral students, 50 research scholars and has authored or co-authored 15 patents and over 850 technical papers, of which 10 have received Best Paper Award. He is a Life Fellow of the IEEE. He received the Thomas Callinan Award from The Electrochemical Society in 2000 for his contributions to the dielectric science and technology, the 2004 IEEE Andrew Grove Award for seminal contributions to silicon process technology, Inventor Recognition Award from MARCO/FCRP in 2007, the Technovisionary Award from the India Semiconductor Association in 2007, BITS Pilani Distinguished Alumnus Awards in 2012, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) Researcher of the Year Award in 2012, and the Semiconductor Research Corporatin (SRC) Aristotle Award in 2021. He is listed by ISI as one of the Highly Cited Authors in his field.