1) Recipient of National Scholarship for post-graduation studies from Calcutta University (1995).
2) Best presentation award in a session, NSC, conference 2003 in IIT Kharagpur.
3) Recipient of Young Scientist Fast Track Award from Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India (2006-2009).
4) Best Poster Presentation Award in the International Conference on advances in Chemical Engineering (ICACE - 2013), NIT, Raipur, April, 5-6, 2013.
5) Special Jury Award for oral presentation on “Lipase mediated ester synthesis from different lactic acid bacteria through co-culture technique” in the International Conference on Biodiversity, Bioresources and Biotechnology, Mysore, India, Jan 30-31, 2014.
6) Nanotechnology based cheap diagnostic kit for Hepatitis C virus featured in Hindu newspaper on 13.03.2021 (https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/bits-pilani-hyderabad-develops-cheap-kit-to-detect-hepatitis-c-virus/article34055910.ece); highlighted in Times of India newspaper on 24.03.2021 (https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/city-scientists-develop-kit-to-diagnose-hep-c covid/articleshow/81657724.cms); also captured in Eenadu newspaper on 24.03.2021.
(7) ‘New gold nanoparticle-based kit can detect dominant Hepatitis genotypes’ featured in Hindu newspaper on 27.07.2021.
(https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/new-gold-nanoparticle-based-kit-can-detect-dominant-hepatitis-genotypes/article35565675.ece. (published as Outside Back Cover page article in Analyst). (Featured in Hindu Newspaper on 27.07.2021).
(8) Awarded for poster presentation in CCM (Covergence of Chemistry & Materials) conference, 6-7 Jan, 2023, BITS, Hyderabad.
(9) Awarded for poster presentation in NC3 - 2023 (National Conference on Chalcogenide compounds and Applied Chemistry), 16-17 Mar, 2023, DIAT, Pune.
(10) Hemanjali M. R. Ganesan, Jayati Ray Dutta, " Quaternized Polydopamine Coatings Hosting Molecularly Dispersed Broad-Spectrum Antimicrobial Silver Salts ", BITS Dubai, ICES23 Dubai, 27-29 November 2023. Awarded Second prize for poster presentation.
(11) Received recognition from 'Nature' journal for reviewing 2 articles (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03408-3; page 19) and (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07709-1; page 12) in 2021 and 2024.
Reviewer of manuscripts for journals
a. Nature (2 reviewed)
b. Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering Journal
c. Journal of Food, Science and Technology
d. Process Biochemistry
e. Bioresource Technology
f. Waste & Biomass Valorization Journal
g. Medical Sciences
h. BMC Biotechnology
i. JSM Nanotechnology & Nanomedicine
j. Journal of Agriculture & Food Research
k. Enzyme & Microbial Technology
l. Microchimica Acta
m. ACS Applied Polymer materials
n. ChemistrySelect
o. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
p. Materials Today: Proceedings
q. Environmental Science & Pollution Research
r. RSC Advances
s. Discover Nano
Reviewer for:
DST- SERB - EMR (2016),
2 proposals for DST CRG (Oct, 2020),
BIRAC-SITARE-GYTI-2020,
DST-SERB Core in 2021;
4 proposals for DST-SERB CRG Nov-Dec, 2022.
Editorial Board member: Journal for Advanced Research in Applied Sciences, since Nov, 2013.
Membership in Professional Bodies:
1. Member of Biotech Research Society.
2. European Federation of Biotechnology.
3. Life Member of Probiotic Association of India.
An Institute of Eminence
