Ramanujan Fellow, Department of Chemistry
Head of the Max Planck Partner Group at Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, appointed by Max Planck Society, Germany, 2024.
Selected for oral presentation by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at the “Networking Meeting of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation” Leipzig, Germany 3-5th April 2019.
Humboldt Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers from Alexander von Humboldt foundation, Germany, 2018.
Postdoctoral fellowship, Max Planck Society, Germany, 2017.
GRC Carl Storm International Diversity Award from Gordon Research Conference on “Solid State Chemistry” New London, NH, United States, 2016.
International travel support from Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Government of India, to attend Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on “Solid State Chemistry” 2016.
Best poster award in Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI) “17th CRSI National Symposium in Chemistry” in CSIR- National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune, 6-8th February 2015.
Best oral presentation award in “ICMS-JNCASR-University of Cambridge- Sheikh Saqr Laboratory Winter School on Frontiers of Materials Science”, Bangalore, India, 1-5th December 2014.
Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), Chemistry, 2012 (All India Rank 16).
Qualified joint CSIR-UGC National Eligibility Test (NET) for JRF, December 2011 & June 2012 examination.
2023, Awarded as EAI Senior Member Class of 2022.
2022; Received SERB SIRE research grant to visit University of Essex, UK
to pursue research on project entitled "Implementation of IRS-based NOMA-aided
Cooperative D2D Communications System".
2021; Delivered a Faculty Research Seminar on "D2D Communications: A path towards 5G and beyond
cellular networks", at BITS Goa Campus
2020; Delivered a Seminar on "Device to device communications: A paradigm for 5G and next-generation
cellular networks", at VIT Bhopal University.
2020; Sponsorship Committee Co-chair, IEEE ANTS Conference, Delhi
2019; Sponsorship Committee Co-chair, IEEE ANTS Conference, Goa
2017; Awarded DST SERB Travel grant, IEEE GLOBECOM Singapore.
2016; 3 Days Workshop on Cooperative Communications for 5G, IIT-Kanpur, Kanpur, India
2014; 10 days Summer School on Wireless Networks, Microsoft Research India, IISc-Bangalore
2014; GATE qualified, AIR-474
2012; Conducted a Matlab Workshop for 300 Students, ITM University Gwalior, Gwalior, India
2010; Secured Rank-I (M.Tech, 2nd Semester), NIT-Warangal, Warangal, India
2010; Worked as a Placement Coordinator, NIT-Warangal, Warangal, India
2009; GATE Qualified, AIR-743
Project Director for BITS BioCyTiH Foundation a Technology Innovation Hub under National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber Physical Systems NM-ICPS DST Govt of India (Funding Rs 125 Crore) .
Coordinator for DBT BUILDER Level III (2022- 2024) project total funding Rs 8.73 crore.
He has been appointed in various national/international committees (Research advisory Committee of ICAR, CIPHET Ludhiana Min of Agriculture for 3 year 2021-2024,
Appointed expert by Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council BIRAC New Delhi for the panel Devices and Diagnostics for BIPP, SIBRI and PACE schemes (June 2023 to May 2026).
Appointed member of the Scientific Panel SP -07 of Food Safety Standards Authority of India FSSAI Min. of Health and Family Welfare GOI (March 2026 to Feb 2026).
Nominated member from India for CODEX Electronic Working Group CCFT18 for 2023 and 2024.
Appointed PRISM Impact Review Committee of DSIR GOI.
Appointed expert member of Indo -Russian Project Committee by DBT GOI.
Appointed expert for Indo French Project Committee of French Embassy for Red Biotechnology program.
Elected Vice President of BITS Goa Innovation Incubation and entrepreneurship Society BGIIES (2021-2025)
Founding Secretary and subsequently elected Chairman of Indian Institute of Metals Goa Chapter 2016-17.
Appointed Member Goa State Innovation Council IP Committee since 2021
Appointed expert for SPMVV Tirupati Incubator of DSIR and member 2020-22
Appointed member of Education Committee (Academic representative) by Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Best Poster Award in “JNCASR In-house Symposium”, JNCASR, India. (2013)
CSIR Senior Research Fellowship (SRF, 2012).
Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE). I had scored 99.96 percentile (All India Rank= 44) (2009).
National Eligibility Test (NET) and CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) Research Fellowship (2009).
Integrated Ph. D fellowship from Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS) and S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences (SNBNCBS), Kolkata, India (2007-2009)
Till 2024 Citations: 2742, h-index: 26, i10 index: 49
2018 ACM-India Test of the Time Award for a 2008 publication
2014 onward Recipient of Outstanding Potential for Excellence in Research and Academics award from BITS Pilani 2007 Key contributor to form global internship program at Infosys, won best mentor award
2006 Recipient, Infosys excellence award for innovation
1) I am the "Teaching Excellence Award 2024" winner at the level of Associate Professor and above at BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus, Goa.
2) I got an International Travel Support grant from SERB, DST, New Delhi, for participating in an international conference in Italy in the year 2023.
3) I was awarded "AHLFORS SEMINAR AWARD 2018" from the Department of Mathematics, BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus, Goa.
4) I was awarded the prestigious "INDO USA Raman Postdoctoral fellowship" in 2013.
5) I qualified NET for LS + JRF exam in 2003.
6) I got JRF from CSIR, New Delhi, during my Ph. D. at IIT Roorkee.
7) I got an SRF from CSIR, New Delhi, during my Ph. D. at IIT Roorkee.
Served as a Reviewer for the Following Journals: (https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4122-3174)
Leadership positions in scientific bodies:
Awards, Honours, Fellowships:
Editorial positions in international scientific journals
Designation |
Duration |
Name of the Institute/University |
Professor |
Since June 2021 |
BITS-Pilani Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad, Telangana State |
Associate Professor |
Jan 2015 – May 2021 |
BITS-Pilani Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad, Telangana State |
Assistant Professor |
May 2010 – Jan 2015 |
BITS-Pilani Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad, Telangana State |
Assistant Professor |
Nov –2005 to May 2010 |
IIT-Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi |
Reader |
Aug-2005 to Nov-2005 |
Institute of Foreign Trade & Management, U.P. Technical University, Moradabad, U.P. |
Best Poster Award at 26th International Symposium on VLSI Design and Test (VDAT-2022)
DGRAV Student Travel Grants for April 2019 Meeting by American Physical Society (2019)
Best Paper Award, Awarded Medal for the Best Paper on ‘Road Research’ by the Indian Roads Congress (P.W.D Bihar, India).
Gold Medal, Awarded for securing the first rank in M.Tech., NITC.
Our Brain tumor Research featured in Times of India year book Higher Education in India in 2017
Nominated for USERN Prize in 2021
Based on my Publications records MDPI invited and offered a complete fee waiver of 3800 Swiss Francs to publish two articles in their Journal Diagnostics during the year 2022 and 2023
VinFuture Pize Award committee invited me as nominator in 2024
Nominated for Full Membership in Sigma Xi in 2024 in recognition of my scholarly achievements and contributions to the advancement of knowledge in my field
Invited by the National Science Center, Poland to review a grant proposal as an external expert
To be updated.
Served as a member of the subcommittee for recommending the ICIAM ( International Congress on Industrial and
Applied Mathematics) 2023 Su Buchin Prize.:
Lois Curfman McInnes (Argonne National Laboratory, US), Chair.
Tanniemola Liverpool (University of Bristol, UK).
Amiya Kumar Pani (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India).
Precious Sibanda (University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa).
Pingwen Zhang (Peking University, China).
This prestigious prize was awarded to Jose Mario Martinez Perez (University of Campinas, Brazil)
in ICIAM 2023 in Tokyo.
Institute Committees:
*Convenor of the Committee for Best Thesis Award, BITS-Pilani, Goa Campus.
* Chairman of the Committee for designing and developing New four year B.E. programme on Mathematics and Computing, which was approved by Senate in December, 2023.
– One of the Panel member representing South Asia in the Round Table discussion on ‘Devel-
oping Mathematics in the Developing World’ held on 19th July, 2007 in the 6th International
Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM 07) held in Zurich during July 16-
20,07.
(see, https://www2.math.ethz.ch/iciam07/scientific program/round tables )
– One hour invited talk on Particle Size Distribution in Emulsion Polymerizations : Some
Computational Issues, in the session on Applied Analysis and Industrial Mathematics in the
Third World Congress on Nonlinear Analysts 2000, held in Univ. Catania (Italy), during 19-
26th July’2000.
– Plenary talk on ‘Discontinuous Galerkin Method: An old Wine in a New Bottle’ in the inter-
national conference on Recent development in Applied and Computational Mathematics held in
Chiangmai Univ. during January 4-7, 2011.
– Plenary Talk in the International Conference on ‘Computational Methods in Applied Mathe-
matics (CMAM-5)’ held in Humboldt University, Berlin during July 30 - August 3, 2012.
– One hour Invited Bama Charan Das Memorial talk on ‘Industrial Mathematics : Key to
Key Technologies and its Impact on Research and Education in Mathematics’ in the National
Conference on ‘Recent Trends in Mathematics & Computing’ and 27th Annual Conference of
Orissa Mathematical Society (March 11-12th ’2000), held in Utkal University, Bhubaneswar.
– Key Note Address on Role of Mathematics in Engineering and Technology in the 30th
Orissa Mathematical Society and National Conference on Role of Mathematics in Engineering
and Technology (Orissa) during 22nd to 23rd February’ 03.
– Professor Rama Nath Mohanty Memorial Lecture entitled ‘Navier-Stokes Equations: A
Million Dollar Open Problem’ in the 30th Orissa Mathematical Society and National Conference
on Role of Mathematics in Engineering and Technology (Orissa) during 22nd to 23rd February’
03.
– Professor Sankar Prasad Mishra Memorial Lecture on ‘How to Compute a Fair Price
for an Option Derivative in Financial Market: A Case Study and Its Mathematical
Implications’ in the 31st OMS Conference held in the Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar during
7th to 8th February’ 04.
– Inaugurated the UGC sponsored Conference on ‘Surprises in Mathematics and Their
Applications’ held in Vivekanand College, Chembur during January 17, 2005 and September, 06.
– B. C. Das Memorial Invited Talk on ‘Can Mathemaicians help to extract more oil from the
oil field’ in OMS Conference held in Vyasanagar College, Jajpur Road during January 26-29,07.
– Inaugurated the workshop and gave 14th Professor P.D. Sharma Memorial Lecture
entitled ‘Navier-Stokes Equations: A Million Dollar Open Problem’ in the workshop on Fluid
Dynamics helpd in Jaipur University, Jaipur during August 07-08,2011.
– 45 minutes invited talk on ‘Semigroup theoretic approach to partial differential equations’ in
the Indian Science Congress held in Baroda (3-8 January’92).
– One hour invited talk on Particle Size Distribution in Emulsion Polymerizations : Some
Computational Issues, in the session on Applied Analysis and Industrial Mathematics in the
Third World Congress on Nonlinear Analysts 2000, held in Univ. Catania (Italy), during 19-
26th July’2000.
– Invited as a Resource person in the International Workshop on ‘Analysis and Applications’,
held during 15-17th May’2000 in the Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Sciences, Chiangmai
University, Chiangmai (Thailand).
– Invited as a Resource person and gave 10 hour lectures on ‘Scientific Computing’ in the
National Training Programme and Workshop on Industrial Mathematics at Kelaniya University,
Colombo ( Sri Lanka) during 26–30th December’01.
– 45 minutes invited talk on ‘Finite Element Analysis of PDEs: A Bird’s Eye View’in the
Symposium on ‘PDE, Scientific Computing and Applications’ in the 75th Annual Conference
of Indian Mathematical Society held in Kalasalingam University, Krishnankoil during ec. 27-
30,2009.
– Plenary Talk in the International Conference on ‘Computational Methods in Applied Mathe-
matics (CMAM-5)’ held in Humboldt University, Berlin during July 30 - August 3, 2012.
– One of the Conveners of four workshops for industry participants; three Industry-IIT Meets;
seven study group meetings on industrial problems out of which three are in collaboration with
Oxford Centre for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (OCIAM); five study group meetings
on industrial problems under NPDE-TCA programme; seven international workshops (one in
University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka in 2001, one in Chiangmai University, Chiangmai ( Thailand),
one with Brunel Univ. (UK),4th with Humboldt University, Berlin (Germany) and recent one
called Indo-German Advanced Workshop in IMA, Bhubaneswar during Feb 22-March 02, 2013).
three advanced level instructional schools on modern PDEs, four international conferences in
IITB and another two international conferences : one in MS University, Vadodara and other in
IIT Kanpur, etc.
– One of the members of organising committees of several international conferences in India and
abroad with more recent one is in UFPR, Curitiba(Brazil) during December 4-10,2010 and other
in Chiangmai University, Chiangmai ( Thailand) during January 06-07, 2011, and etc.
– In honor of my 60th birthday, a conference on Recent Advances in PDE: Theory, Computa-
tions and Applications was organized from June 8–10, 2017 at the IIT Bombay to acknowledge
his outstanding contribution for the growth of applied mathematics in India. The conference
brought together national and international experts in the area and paved a way for discussion
on theoretical as well as computational aspects of PDEs with emphasis on challenging scientific
and industrial applications.
– In honor of my 65th Birthday and 60th Birthday of Professor Carsten Carstensen an International
Conference on Computational Partial Differential Equations and Applications (ICCPDEA-2022)
was organised in BML Munjal University, Noida during September 6-8,2022.
I have established and managed several initiatives and programs that support start-up creation and growth, such as the BITS Goa Innovation Incubation & Entrepreneurship Society (BGIIES), the BITS BIRAC BioNEST, the Startup India Seed Fund Scheme, and the Idea to Start-up course. I have supported over 100 start-ups to receive funding, mentoring, incubation, and/or networking opportunities, and have created a pool of mentors and speakers from the BITS alumni network and the Indian start-up ecosystem. I have set up tech focused incubators and attracted startups from across the country , with young innovators and reputed scientists.
Establishing: Two incubators (TIDE 2013 and BioNEST 2017-recognised as in top 10 bio incubators in India by Biospectrum) a fund of Rs 3.15 cr (SISFS 2022), the incubation Society (BGIIES 2020). Last but with the biggest reach, running the flagship New Venture Creation (NVC) course across our four campuses since 2012 with pro bono support of alumni from across the world. As speakers, evaluators and mentors. And sometimes as investors.
Reviewer for the following journals:
Qualitative Research in Financial Markets
Journal of Financial Economic Policy
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2023, 24: TCS Affiliate Professor
2022: Visiting Professor, Australian Centre for Health Informatics, Macquarie University,
Visiting Professorial Fellow, University of New South Wales
2021: Google “Impact Scholar” (AI for Social Good Program),
TCS Affiliate Professor, BITS-Pilani
2020: Top 2% of AI Scientists in a worldwide survey by Elsevier and Stanford University
2015: Class of 1981 Chaired Professorship, BITS-Pilani
2012: Distinguished Visiting Fellow, British Royal Academy of Engineering.
2012: Visiting Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford
2011: Visiting Professorial Fellow, University of New South Wales
2009: Ramanujan Fellowship
1998: Nuffield Trust Research Fellowship in Medical Mathematics
Research Fellow, Green College, Oxford
1992: Pacific Diagnostics Prize
1987: Harold G. Conde Memorial Fellow
Australian Post Graduate Research Award
Australian Government Higher Education Scholarship
University of New South Wales Dean’s Scholarship
1983: Tyree–Westinghouse Scholar for Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Distinguished faculty award at the BITSAA first global meet held at New Delhi in 2011, at the hands of the C.M. of Maharashtra
Recognitions and Participations:
Awards, Honours, Recognitions:
Membership of Professional Societies:
Member of Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC). [membership no. 574182]
Member of American Chemical Society. [membership no. 30064322]
Life member of Indian Association of Cultivation of Sciences.
Life member of Chemical Research Society, India. (life member, LM1610)
Life member of Association of Carbohydrate Chemists and Technologists, India (ACCTI) [LM/234/2014].
Life member of Association of Separation Scientists and Technologists (ASSET)
Editorial board member of the following international journals: 1) Frontiers in Chemistry (from 2019); 2) General Chemistry (from 2019); 3) Oriental Journal of Chemistry (from 2016); 4) Transstellar Journal Publications and Research Consultancy Private Limited (TJPRC, from 2015).
Associate Editor of Frontiers in Chemistry (from 2022).
NBHM (national) scholarship for M.Sc. awarded by National Board for Higher Mathematics from
2003 to 2005.
Selection for NBHM (departmental) scholarship for M.Sc. awarded by National Board for Higher Mathematics from 2003 to 2005.
Qualified the UGC-CSIR National Eligibility Test (NET) for Junior Research Fellowship conducted by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Human resource Development group, Examination Unit in 2005.
Selection for VSRP program at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, summer 2005.
VATAT postdoctoral fellowship at University of Haifa, Israel from 2013 to 2016.
METRIC Grant, Project title: A study of homotopy invariants of a model category. Sponsored by SERB, India, 2018-2021.
Teaching Excellence Award, 2023
OPERA (Outstanding Potential for Excellence in Research and Academics) Award, BITS Pilani 2018
Multiple Divisional Awards at Intel Corporation for improving circuit performance and yield on 22nm and 10nm technologies
J.N. Tata Endowment Fund for Engineers. 2001
Young Engineering Fellowship, 2000
Merit Scholarship for all semesters in BITS Pilani, 1997-2001
The article “Viscous diffusion induced evolution of a vortex ring” has been selected by Editors of Physic of Fluids as an Editor’s Pick
Professional Recognition:
Professional Awards
► Nominated as 'Fellow of Royal Society of Biological Science' (FRSB), UK in 2024.
►Received Educationist Per Excellence Award: 2023 by IIHT, India.
► Awarded ‘Young Investigator’ Pilot Project Grant by DBT ‘Cancer Biology Mission’ in 2016-2020.
►Awarded “Appreciation Certificate” by Memorial Sloan Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, USA, in 2008 for outstanding leadership and commitment in the Cancer Research in 2009.
►Awarded Research Associateship by Department of Cell and Molecular Biology [CWRU, Cleveland, USA in 2007.
►Offered a Fellowship by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), New York, USA for Post-Doctoral Training in 2004.
►Published a paper in one of the high-ranking Cell Press Journal about the role of some proteins in maintaining germ line stem cells niche in 2007, this paper was subsequently selected as top 20 cited papers in USA for the year 2007.
►Received CSIR, SRF by Govt. of India, New Delhi in 2002.
Scientific leadership [e.g., any significant roles in the greater academic community]. Major editorial responsibilities, service on external committees, conference organization, technology licensing (or company start-up), public outreach activities, and institutional administrative responsibilities (e.g., departmental or student committees)
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/ebook/978-1-83916-501-6
5. Conference organized: Co-Convener, BITS Conference on Gene and Genome Regulations (BCGGR-2016), February 18-20, 2016, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, India
6. Reviewed Research articles for
Frontiers in Plant Sciences, Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, Journal of Phycology, Reviewer of journal genes and genomics (Springer), Reviewer of International Journal of Biotechnology & Bioengineering
7. Evaluated international collaborative research project from IC/IMAPCTS Canada and DBT, India
8. PAC member for OEC PAC 2021, Evaluated projects for SERB, India
9. Delivered talk in Bilateral BITS-TAU Workshop on Food Safety and Security, November 21-22, 2016
10. External examiner at IIS University, Jaipur in October 2017.
11. Invited/selected as examiner of PhD thesis from Punjab University and VNSGU, Surat.
Achievements
Prof. Subhadeep Banerjee is the founder director of the startup firm FLUORESIGHT BIOPROBES PVT. LTD. incubated at BGIIES bioincubator, dealing with manufacturing of novel fluorophores for bioimaging.
FLUORESIGHT BIORPBES PVT. LTD is the proud recipient of the prestigious Biotechnology Ignition Grant (BIG) of DBT-BIRAC in their 21st call.
Delegated as Session Chair for the “International Conference on Applied Economics and Finance”, organized by BITS Pilani, November 3-4, 2023.
Delegated as Session Chair (Track - Investment Management) for the International Conference, “FORE International Finance Conference 2022” organized by FORE School of Management, New Delhi on 25-26th November, 2022.
Delegated as Session Chair in the International Conferences: “Asia-Pacific Conference on Economics & Finance, Singapore”.
Awarded “Certificate of Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing” by the Journal of the Operational Research Society for the year 2021.
Founder and In-charge of “Behavioral & Economic Lab” at the Department of Economics & Finance, BITS Pilani, K.K. Birla Goa Campus.
Ad-hoc reviewer for, “Journal of Global Operations and Strategic Sourcing”, “Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance”, “Journal of Operational Research Society”, “Review of Behavioral Finance”, “VILAKSHAN - XIMB Journal of Management”, “Decision”, “Finance Research Letters”, “Financial Innovation”, and “Economic Systems”.
· Journal of Medicinal Chemistry (ACS, USA)
· Journal of Chemical Information & Modeling (ACS, USA)
· European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry (Elsevier)
· Bioorganic Medicinal Chemistry (Elsevier)
· Drug Discovery Today (Elsevier)
· Recent Patents on CNS Drug Discovery (Bentham)
· Current Enzyme Inhibition (Bentham)
· Acta Pharmacologica Sinica (Blackwell Publishing)
· Brain Research (Elsevier)
· International Journal of Biomedical Science (Master Publishing group, USA)
· Archive der Pharmazie (Wiley VCH)
· European Journal of Pain (Elsevier)
· Brain Research (Elsevier)
· Medicinal Research Reviews (Wiley)
· Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery (Informa Health)
· Expert Opinion on Drug Safety (Informa Health)
· Archive der Pharmazie (Wiley)
Received International Recognition, "World’s top 2% Scientists”, list based on Elsevier/Stanford University 2021 data.
Certified Senior Data Scientist, United States Data Science Institute (USDSI™), 2021
Received 120$ as Honorarium from Elsevier for reviewing a book proposal.
Recognition for the Contribution to the International Conference (ROPEC 2017, Ixtapa, Mexico) as Special Session Organizer.
Awarded Certificate for the second position in M.Tech Examination.
Outstanding reviewer award by Biomedical Signal processing and Control Journal, Elsevier, 2016.
Outstanding reviewer award by Knowledge-based system Journal, Elsevier, 2017.
Outstanding reviewer award by IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 2017.
MHRD Ph.D. Fellowship (2013-2017)
GATE M.Tech Fellowship (2011-2013).
Awarded for achievement in the project "Indicators for Disaster Preparedness" by the Provention Consortium and the World Bank, at Washington, D.C. July 28, 2006, for achievements in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
S.No |
Name of Award |
Awarding Agency |
Year |
1 |
Dr. Anji Reddy award for Best Scientist |
Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories |
2020 |
2 |
Dr. J.M. Khanna Memorial Distinguished Career Achievement Award |
CSIR-CDRI |
2018 |
4 |
GPAT-2010 |
Secured AIR- 2 out of 40000 candidates |
2010 |
5 |
Gold Medalist (Post graduation) |
IIT BHU
|
2013 |
6 |
University topper (graduation)
|
Kumaon University |
2010 |
7 |
CSIR- CDRI Incentive Award for Publications |
CSIR-CDRI |
2015 |
8 |
GATE-CSIR JRF and SRF from 2012 onwards
|
CSIR |
2012-2017 |
9 |
Postgraduate GATE Fellowship
|
AICTE |
2010-2012 |
10 |
International Travel grant
|
DST |
2015 |
Honours:
EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER
Transportation in Developing Economies (TiDE)
SUB-EDITOR (AT015)
Transportation Research Board, USA (Freight Demand Modelling)
CO-CHAIR, SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
7th Conference of Transportation Research Group of India, 2023
HANDLING EDITOR
Transportation Research Record, USA, 2021 – Present
STANDING COMMITTEE MEMBER (AT015)
Transportation Research Board, USA, 2021 – Present
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, 2020 – Present
ASSOCIATE RESEARCH PARTNER
CoE-SUFS, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA, 2019 – Present
EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER
Transportation Research Group India 2016 – Present
POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW
University of Regina, Regina, Canada, 2015
1. Doctoral Studies under GLOBAL COE (GCOE) program funding from Japan Govt 2009-2012
2. 1st Rank holder in M.Tech Power Electronics
3. DST International Travel Grant for attending and presenting research paper at IGARSS2016, IEEE conference by Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society, 2016, Beijing, China
Received National Level Commendation Certificate Award from the Indian Roads Congress, New Delhi for a research paper published in the Highway Research Bulletin (Traffic), Highway Research Board, Indian Roads Congress during 59th Annual Session of IRC
Appointed as a technical committee member the following BIS code of Practice
Method for testing tar and bituminous materials: Determination of saturates Naphthene aromatics polar aromatics and Asphaltenes (New Indian Standard Code)
Advisory Board Member of Indian Road Safety Campaign, run by IIT, Delhi under the Government of India's “Transport Research Injury Prevention (TRIPP) Programme”
Advisory Board Member Link: http://road-safety.co.in/advisory.html
MIT World Peace University, Pune for all the examinations conducted by the university
.
(A joint initiative of Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India
and IIT Roorkee, under National mission on interdisciplinary Cyber Physical
systems- NMICPS)
(A joint initiative of Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India
and IIT Roorkee, under National mission on interdisciplinary Cyber Physical
systems- NMICPS)
(A joint initiative of Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India
and IIT Roorkee, under National mission on interdisciplinary Cyber Physical
systems- NMICPS)
(A joint initiative of Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India
and IIT Roorkee, under National mission on interdisciplinary Cyber Physical
systems- NMICPS)
DIVYASAMPARK IHUB ROORKEE FOR DEVICES MATERIALS
AND TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION
DIVYASAMPARK IHUB ROORKEE FOR DEVICES MATERIALS
AND TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION
Conducted an Invited talk on Quantum Computing and Quantum Machine Learning in the EEE Department on 25th April 2024
2024: Principle investigator in FCT, Portugal Project EAGER (Budget: 49,907.35 €)
2023: Principle investigator in PRR, Portugal Project PRODUTECH (Budget: 277,789.28 €)
2023: Principle investigator in PRR, Portugal Project VIAFOOD (Budget: 84,999.00 €)
2022: “Topical Advisory Panel” MDPI electronics journal
2022: INL-BINA, Israel research grant for the collaborative project (€15,000.00 for INL)
2021: Global Faculty Research Seed Grant, UT Austin, USA ($10,000.00 US dollar)
2019: IDEA2 Global contestant, MIT, USA. Title: Microneedle for biomedical application
2018: IEEE MEMS Conference travel grant ($1000.00 US dollars)
2018 & 2019: Outstanding contribution in reviewing, Elsevier Microelectronics Engineering
2017: R&D100 Award Finalist, USA. Project Title: “MEMS-Particle accelerator”
2017: Journal cover page “AIP Review of Scientific Instruments Journal”, Vol 88 no. 6,
2016: Journal cover page “IOP Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering” 26, no. 6,
2015: Best Ph.D. Thesis award: Institute for Smart Structures and Systems (ISSS), India
2015: Travel Grant from DST, CICS, ICMR, to participate in international conferences
Professional accomplishments:
My CV (click)
Awards
2022: Awarded OPERA (Outstanding Potential for Excellence in Research and Academics) award by BITS-Pilani
2014: Awarded Nanyang Assistant Professorship by Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore
2014: Awarded Wellcome Trust/ DBT India Alliance Intermediate Fellowship equally funded by The Wellcome Trust, UK and Department of Biotechnology, India (not availed)
2004-2007: Senior Research Fellowship
2002: Junior Research Fellowship and eligibility for Lectureship through Joint CSIR-UGC National Eligibility Test (NET, December 2001) in Life Sciences.
2002: Lectureship in Life Sciences through State Level Eligibility Test for Lectureship (accredited by UGC) - West Bengal College Service Commission
2002: Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE 2002) in Life Sciences with 99.16 percentile. All India Rank- 22.
2023 - present: Department-Level Shortlisting Committee for Faculty Selection
2024 - 2026: Department Research Committee Convener
2022 - 2023: Awarded Fulbright-Nehru Academic & Professional Excellence Award (Research & Teaching) to teach and research at Western Washington University, USA.
2021: Nucleus member of Teaching Learning Centre, BITS Pilani, Goa
2019: Visiting Faculty at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT, Goa. The courses taught are “Understanding Films” and “Environmental Literature” (Semester 1)
2019: Faculty Coordinator of the Website of The Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, BITS Pilani, K. K. Birla Goa Campus
2016 to 2017: Faculty Coordinator of the Film Club, BITS Pilani, K.K. Birla Goa Campus
2016 to present: Faculty Coordinator of the Environment Protection and Awareness Club, BITS Pilani, K.K. Birla Goa Campus
2016 to present: Nucleus Member of the Community Welfare Department, BITS Pilani, K.K. Birla Goa Campus
2017 to 2022: Nucleus Member of the Media and Publication Department, BITS Pilani, K.K. Birla Goa Campus
2017 to 2023: Member of the Editorial Board of BITScan, a semester magazine published by BITS Pilani, K.K. Birla Goa Campus
2016 to 2021: Member of the Exhibition Committee of Convocation at BITS Pilani, K. K. Birla Goa Campus
2017 (June to July): Awarded University Immersion Grant to visit University of Los Angeles, California, from Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani (under the guidance of Prof. Ursula K. Heise).
2016: Instructor at Practice School (a unique feature of BITS Pilani in providing industrial experience to students) at two stations namely, FACT, Aluva, Kochi and Helpage India, Kerala, Kochi.
2016: Organized tiNai Ecofilm Festival (Edition 3) at Dr. K.N. Modi University, Newai, Jaipur, Rajasthan on 17, 18 March 2016
2015: Organized tiNai Ecofilm Festival (Edition 2) at Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, K.K. Birla Goa Campus, Goa on 08, 09, 10 October (www.teff.in)
2015: Nomination Jury Member of CMS Vatavaran 2015, New Delhi. CMS Vatavaran is the premier International Environment and Wildlife Film Festival in India.
2015: Organized tiNai Ecofilm Festival at Carmel College, Mala, Thrissur, Kerala, on 06 and 07 March. (Ms. Pretty John and Ms. Mary John were the coordinators)
2015: Organized tiNai Ecofilm Festival at Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, on 06 and 07 February. (Mr. K. Samuel Moses Srinivas and Mr. Joseph Thiyagarajan were the coordinators)
2014: Received ASLE, USA, grant of $1000 for creating an interactive video space in tiNai Ecofilm Festival 2015 website and to publish a book on Ecodocumentaries (http://www.asle.org/stay-informed/asle-grants-awarded/)
2014-2016: Member of the Technical Advisory Committee of Science and Technology Communication Programme, "Jal Sutra: Eco & WaSH Futures" of National Council for Science and Technology Communication (NCSTC) of Department of Science and Technology under Ministry of Science and Technology, New Delhi (2014 - 2016)
2014: Founder and Founder-Director of tiNai Ecofilm Festival (www.teff.in)
2013: Member of the Organizing Committee of the Photo and Video competitions held at part of the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus
2011-2012: Convened 24, The Film Club of Central University of Tamil Nadu
2010-2012: Director, Mudugar-Kurumbar Research Centre, Attappady, funded by World Oral Literature Project, University of Cambridge, London and Firebird Anthropological Foundation, U. S.A.
2010: Received British Prime Minister’s International (PMI - II) award to research at Queen’s University Belfast, UK
2008 – Present: Member of the Editorial team of Indian Journal of Ecocriticism - An annual journal of Organization for Studies in Literature and Environment-India (OSLE-India)
2006 – Present: Secretary, Organization for Studies in Literature and Environment-India (OSLE-India)
2001 – 2008: Directed music for more than five musical albums in Malayalam 2006 – Present Co-editor of OSLE-India Newsletter
2005: Associate Editor of ASLE-India Newsletter
2002: Served as the associate editor of Our Zone, a students’ periodical of the Department of English, Madras Christian College, Chennai
2001: Won the First Prize for wind instrument (western) in the University Youth Festival (Sopanam) held by the Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala
2001: Visited France for a cultural Transmission Programme for three months
2001: Served the President of Student Christian Movement of Mar Thoma College, Tiruvalla, Kerala
Hareesh A. G., along with Sreekumar Jayadevan (IIT Ropar) & Manjari Chakrabarty (Visva-Bharati), have been awarded $1000 by the Society for Philosophy and Technology (SPT) in 2024 for conducting a workshop on “Theorizing the Future of Ethics of Technology: Can Morals be Determined?”
Fellowships & Awards
Short-term Visiting Fellowship, University of Bonn, Germany (May-June, 2024)
Short-term Visiting Fellowship, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, June-August 2022.
JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science), Grant-in-aid for Scientific Research on 'Language, Culture and Critical Thinking: The possibilities of measuring objectives with task,' Role: Co-investigator, 2019 (Principal Investigators: Prof. Hideki Ohno, Daitobunka University, Prof. Chris Sheppard, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan).
Data Collection Abroad fellowship, ICSSR, on 'Meta-moral Cognition and Critical Thinking,' University of Kyoto, Japan, 2019.
Visiting Research Scholar, School of Creative Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Japan (2019).
Visiting Research Scholar, Graduate School of Education, Kyoto University, Japan (2019).
Visiting Research Scholar, Graduate School of Education, University of Tokyo, Japan (May- July 2018).
Post-doctoral Research Fellowship for Women, UGC, 2005
One of the organizers of the 3rd Group Monitoring Workshop cum 6th meeting of the re-constituted expert panel on Fast Track Proposals for Young Scientists in Physical and Mathematical Sciences held at BITS Pilani K.K. Birla Goa campus, Goa, during January 11-12, 2007.
Co-convener of the International Workshop on Advances in Computational Partial Differential Equations held at BITS Pilani K.K. Birla Goa campus, Goa, from February 7 to March 5, 2011.
Co-convener of Advanced School on Graph Algorithms jointly organized by the Department of Mathematics and Department of Computer Science and Information Systems, BITS Pilani K.K. Birla Goa campus, Goa, from July 23 to July 27, 2012.
Co-organiser of the research promotion workshop on Introduction to Graph and Geometric Algorithms jointly organized by the Department of Mathematics, BITS Pilani K.K. Birla Goa Campus, Goa and School of Technology and Computer Science, Mumbai, held at BITS Pilani K.K. Birla Goa campus, Goa, during January 17-19, 2013.
Co-convener of an advanced workshop on Mathematical Foundations of Advanced Finite Element Methods Jointly organized by NMI Bangalore and NPDE-TCA, IIT Bombay, held at BITS Pilani K.K. Birla Goa campus, Goa, from December 26, 2013, to January 3, 2014.
The organizer of the Advanced Level Training Program on Differential Equations jointly organized by the National Programme on Differential Equations: Theory, Computation, and Applications (NPDE-TCA), IIT Bombay, held at BITS Pilani K.K. Birla Goa campus, Goa, from May 25 to June 14, 2015.
One of the organizers of Indo-German Pre-Conference School on Algorithms and Combinatorics and the 3rd International Conference on Algorithms and Discrete Applied Mathematics (CALDAM-2017) held at the Department of Mathematics, BITS Pilani K.K. Birla Goa Campus, Goa, from February 13 to February 18, 2017.
One of the organizers of the International Conference on Discrete Mathematics and its Applications to Network Science (ICDMANS-2018) held at the Department of Mathematics, BITS Pilani K.K. Birla Goa Campus, Goa, from July 7 to July 10, 2018. I also acted as the Treasurer of the conference.
Organized a Workshop on Analysis, Differential Equations and Computation at the Department of Mathematics in BITS Pilani K.K. Birla Goa Campus, Goa, from November 12 to November 13, 2022.
Co-organizer of the 9th International Conference on Mathematics and Computing (ICMC-2023) held at the Department of Mathematics, BITS Pilani K.K. Birla Goa Campus, Goa, from January 06 to January 08, 2023.
One of the organizers of the 89th Annual Meeting of the Indian Academy of Sciences held at BITS Pilani K.K. Birla Goa Campus in association with National Center for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR), Goa from November 03 to November 05, 2023.
2019 Awarded Best Poster at the School of Pharmacy Research Retreat, Breckenridge, Colorado, USA
2019 Awarded 3rd prize in Poster presentation competition at Postdoc Research Day, University of Colorado Denver, USA
2015 Awarded 1st prize in Poster presentation competition at Research Scholar’s day celebration, IIT Bhubaneswar
2014 Awarded “Royal Society of Chemistry Best Poster Award”, at ACBIR 2014, organized by Department of Chemistry, NIT Rourkela
2013 Awarded 3rd prize in Poster presentation competition at Research Scholar’s day celebration, IIT Bhubaneswar
2012 Awarded “Dr. D. S. Bhakuni Award” for best oral presentation at 49th Annual Convention of Chemists – 2012 of Indian Chemical Society held at NITTTR, Bhopal
2011 Awarded 2nd prize in Poster presentation competition at Research Scholar’s day celebration, IIT Bhubaneswar
ACHIEVEMENTS/ AWARDS/ PRIZES:
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Awards and Honours
2019
BITSAA Global 30 Under 30 Award
2018
IET Hudswell International Research Scholarship
APS GSNP Student Speaker Award Finalist
Forbes 30 Under 30 – Europe (Shortlisted)
APL ‘Featured’ Badge
2017
John Winbolt Prize
UK Doctoral Researcher Award
PRL Editors’ Suggestion
2014
Mantra Innovator of the Year
The Second UAE Undergraduate Student Research Competition (UGSRC)
2013
ASME Young Engineers Paper (YEP) Contest
Finalist, the All IEEE-R10 Young Engineers’ Humanitarian Challenge
Semifinalist, the SIEMENS Middle East Student Award
Finalist, the Old Guard Technical Oral Presentation Competition, ASME Student Professional Development Conference (SPDC) District J
Finalist, the Rapid Design Competition, ASME Student Professional Development Conference (SPDC) District J
Fellowships and Scholarships
2019
Henslow Research Fellowship (Shortlisted)
Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 Research Fellowships in Engineering (Shortlisted)
Early Career Research Fellowship (Longlisted)
2018
Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowship (Shortlisted)
Early Career Research Fellowship (Longlisted)
2016
NIST Seminar Student Sponsorship
2015
Deans’ Forum Lecture Program Scholarship
BiosCrete Bursary
2014
Cambridge Trust Scholarship
BITS Pilani Merit Scholarship
2013
Mitacs Globalink Internship Award
2010
BITS Admission Test (BITSAT) Merit Scholarship
Travel Awards
2018
IEEE Student Travel Support
EFTF Student Travel Support
IET Travel Award
2017
IEEE Student Travel Support
W G Collins Endowment Fund
2016
Queens’ College Perry Fund
W G Collins Endowment Fund
IEEE Student Travel Support
2015
Queens’ College Graduate Student Fund
2013
ASME Young Engineers’ Paper Contest – Travel Grant
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AWARDS
MEMBERSHIP
RESEARCH GRANTS
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1. EMBO Short-Term Fellowship to visit Prof. Nanagaku’s Lab, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan 2020-2021 (declined due to COVID-19 pandemic)
2. Banting & Best Diabetes Center (BBDC) Trainee Travel Award from BBDC, Canada (Declined, 2016)
3. Post Doctoral Fellowship from Canadian Diabetes Association (Diabetes Canada), Canada (Awarded for 2015-2018, Availed until June, 2017)
4. Post Doctoral Fellowship from BBDC, Canada (Declined, 2015-2016)
5. Won a prize for presenting a poster at Scientific Advisory Board Meeting, Aab-CVRI, University of Rochester, USA (2012)
6. ATVB 2012 Travel Award for Young Investigators from American Heart Association, USA (2012)
7. Wood-Whelan Research Fellowship from IUBMB (2010)
8. The Best Poster Award at The Society of Free Radical Research (SFRR), Hyderabad, India (2010)
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1) Faculty Advisor for the Regional Student Group-India of International Society of Computational Biology.
2) Genome Engineering/Editing Technology (GETin) Fellowship through IUSSTF and DBT to work at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and UC Berkeley (Feb 2018-Feb 2019).
3) Ramalingaswami Re-entry fellowship 2014-2019, by the Department of Biotechnology, India.
4) Associate Editor, Plant Biotechnology (speciality section of Frontiers in Plant Sciences and, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology).
5) Founding Member, Asia Pacific Bioinformatics Interaction and Networking Society.
6) Lifetime Member, Indian Society for Plant Physiology.
7) Certificate of appreciation for witnessing the Republic Day Parade, 2005 as a guest of Honourable Prime Minister of India in recognition of academic performance in post-graduation.
8) National Eligibility Test (CSIR-NET) qualified in 2003 among top 20%.
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Academic Editor/ Reviewer for the journals
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Life member of
1. Ramanujan Mathematical Society
2. Indian Mathematical Society
3. Forum for Interdisciplinary Mathematics
4. Academy of Discrete Mathematics and Applications (founder member)
Designation | Place | Period |
Associate Professor of Chemistry | Department of Chemistry, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus | June 2021 onwards |
Assistant Professor of Chemistry | Department of Chemistry, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus | August 2009-May 2021 |
Postdoctoral Research Associate | Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA | October 2007-June 2009 |
Project Assistant | Physical and Materials Chemistry Division, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune | January 2007-September 2007 |
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Junior Research Fellow (CSIR) | Physical and Materials Chemistry Division, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune | July 2001-July 2003 |
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a. Selected by the Bureau of the IPCC Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories to participate to the "IPCC Expert Meeting on Reconciling Land Use Emissions" was held on 9th -11th July 2024 in Ispra (Varese), Italy (https://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp)
b. Nominated as a member of Indian official delegation to the UN Climate Panel’s (IPCC) 55th session held in Feb 2022, where IPCC AR6 Working Group Report 2 was adopted (https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/2022/04/FINAL-REPT-P-55.pdf; page 19)
c. Nominated to the Roster of expert of the United Nation’s Framework Convention on Climate Change with the specialization in the Land use Change and Forestry sector (https://www4.unfccc.int/sites/roestaging/Pages/RosterOfExperts.aspx)
d. Co-Chair to the Forest Ecosystems Group of the Commission on Ecosystem Management' in ‘The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN); For a period of 2021-2025 (https://www.iucn.org/our-union/commissions/group/iucncem-forest-ecosystems-specialist-group)
e. Co-Chair to the Forest Ecosystems Group of the Commission on Ecosystem Management' in ‘The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
f. Member of global 'Commission on Ecosystem Management' in ‘The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)’ for the Quadrennial Period 2017-2020
g. Appointed as a member for the ‘Thematic Task Group 6’ (to Promote the quality and coverage of forests consistent with social usages and ecological attributes of forests) constituted by Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Govt. of India) to facilitate the preparation of India's Long-Term Low Greenhouse Gas Emissions Development Strategy.
h. Appointed as a Team Leader of the ‘Sub-Committee of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Budgetary Aspects’ for preparation of Goa State Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan.
i. Nominated as an expert member to Goa Government’s Landslide Committee
j. Selected as an expert member for the State (Goa State) Governing Council of the State Level Steering Committee for National Adaptation Funds for Climate Change (SLSC for NAFCC) for a period of 03 years, the council is chaired by Chief Minister (Reference: Official Gazette, Govt. of Goa Sept 2021 series II No. 25)
k. Member, Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) for India's Third National Communication and BURs to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
l. Nominated as an experts to the Editorial Board of the IPCC Emission Factor Database (EFDB)
m. Joined the editorial board of the international journal "Tropical Ecology" in 2018 as an Associate Editor. "Tropical Ecology" is being published by the prestigious publishers Springer-Nature, and currently it has an impact factor of 1.333.
n. Our online climate policy tool ‘Financial Times climate change calculator’, won Statistical Excellence Award from Royal Statistical Society, London, 2016
o. Guest editor’ for the special issue "Restoring Degraded Lands to Attain UN-SDGs” for the international journal "LAND" (Impact Factor 4)
p. Nominated as a lead author to the regional assessment (Asia-Pacific) of Intergovernmental Panel on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) – 2015
q. Nominated as lead author to the regional environmental outlook (Asia-Pacific) of United Nations Environment Programme – 2014
r. Nominated as an author to the global environmental outlook of the United Nations Environment Programme - 2017
s. Expert Member Sustainable Development Goals Committee, Govt. of Karnataka
t. Expert Member WRI, land restoration thematic group
u. Awarded the prestigious National Environmental Sciences Fellowship, by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India - 2011
v. Selected and sponsored by Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India for students and Nobel laureate meet in New Delhi - 2007
w. Awarded Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) by CSIR, India - 2006
x. Awarded Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) by the Council for Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), India in the field of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, secured position among top 20% of top CSIR-JRF awardees and invited for prestigious SPM fellowship examinations (2004)
y. Appointed as an Associate Head (In-charge), School of Interdisciplinary Research and Entrepreneurship (SIRE) BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus, from January 2024.
POLICY OUTREACH TO GOVT. OF INDIA, STATE GOVTs. AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
1. Supported Govt. of Goa and NABARD in development of SAPCC for Goa state (https://gsbb.goa.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/SAPCC%207.pdf)
2. Contributed to India's National GHG Inventory in form of its most recent Third National Contribution to UNFCCC (https://unfccc.int/documents/636235)
3. Contributed to Chapter 11 in ISFR, 2021 published by FSI, MoEFCC, Govt of India (https://fsi.nic.in/forest-report-2021-details)
4. Member to global 'Commission on Ecosystem Management' in ‘The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)’ for the Quadrennial Period 2017-2020 and again for the period of 2021-2025
5. Co-editing a special issue titled "Restoring Degraded Lands to Attain UN-SDGs” for the international journal "LAND" (Scopus citation index = 1.4): https://www.mdpi.com/journal/land/special_issues/degraded_land_UN-SDGs
6. Organised a workshop titled “Data and Tool for Climate Resilience Planning in South Asia” on 13-14 August, 2018 at Future Earth South Asia Regional Office, IISc, Bangalore. The workshop was attended by Policy makers, Govt. officers, scientists, NGOs, Corporates and other stakeholders
7. National Inventory Systems & International Reporting (NISIR), Department of Environment, Govt. of Australia (India-Australia collaboration on the FullCAM GHG inventory model)
8. Ministry of Environment and Forests & Climate Change, Govt. of India Contributed to preparation of BUR-1 and BUR-2
9. Meghalaya Basin Development Authority, Govt. of Meghalaya, India
10. Environment and Policy Research Institute, Bangalore, Karnataka (Training and capacity building of Govt. officials)
11. Centre for Environment Education (CEE), Ahmedabad (Visitor)
12. State Academy of Training, Takyel, Imphal (Training and capacity building of Manipur state government officials)
13. Myanmar Department of Hydrology and Disaster Management, Nay Pi Taw, Myanmar (Expert visitor)
14. University of Brunei, Brunei (Academic visitor)
15. Financial Times, London (Collaborated on preparation of climate change calculator)
16. Intergovernmental Panel on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, UN (Lead Author)
17. United Nations Environment Programme, UN (Lead Author)
18. Global Environment Facility, UN (Author)
19. Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy, Govt. of India, Dehradun (Training of IFS officers)
20. Forest Survey of India, Dehradun (Collaborator in preparation of India’s national GHG inventory)
21. National Remote Sensing Centre, Hyderabad (Collaborator in preparation of India’s national GHG inventory)
22. Administrative Training Institute, Mysore, Karnataka (For training the officers of the Karnataka Govt.)
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2012 | ‘Prof. S. Venkateswaran Faculty Excellence Award 2012’ | for academic excellence (in Teaching, Research) and Contribution to Institution Development | By Dr. Kumar Magnalam Birla (Citation, Rolling Plaque & INR 1.00 Lakh) | On 12-August-2012 at BITS Hyderabad Campus during 1st Convocation.
2011 | ‘Distinguished Faculty Award’ | Reconginition and Appreciation of dedication, interest, enthusiasm and attitude in accomplishing the assigned mission of teaching | By Mr. Prithviraj Chauhan, Chief Minister of Maharashtra in New Delhi during BITSAA Global Meet, 7-9-Jan-2011
2010 | ‘Kris Ramchandran Faculty Excellence Award’ (Certificate of Excellence) for the Achievements in Research, Teaching & Administration | By Prof. R K Mittal, Director BITS Dubai Campus | 21-October-2010 at BITS Goa Campus
2010 | ASME Certified instructor | Authorized Training Instructor, certified by American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME) for training the Industrial professionals on:
Advanced FE Analysis (June-2010) | Computer Aided Design (Aug-2011) | Comp Aided Modelling & Advanced FEA (Dec-2011)
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Grants
Grant under OPERA (Outstanding Potential for Excellence in Research and Academics) Award, BITS Pilani, 2019-
Research Inititation Grant, BITS Pilani (2019-21)
Review work
Reviewer for Mathematical Reviews, MathSciNet Reviewer Number: 117851. Link to reviews: https://mathscinet.ams.org/mathscinet/search/publications.html?pg1=RVRI&s1=1070261&pg3=authreviews
Referee work for
Czechoslovak Mathematical Journal,
Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics,
The Journal of the Indian Mathematical Society
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· Awarded Outstanding Potential for Excellence in Research and Academics (OPERA) grant, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India, 2021
· Selected for Travel Fellowship Award in ICBIC-XVII conference, China, 2015.
· Selected for Student Bursary Award in ICCC-41 conference, Singapore, 2014.
· Awarded Travel Fellowships from DST, CSIR and CICS for attending international conferences.
· Qualified National level competitive tests: Joint Admission Test for M. Sc. (IIT-JAM) in 2009, GATE in 2010 and CSIR-NET in 2010.
· Awarded ‘Merit-Cum-Means’ scholarship in B.Sc. and M.Sc. from Govt. of WB, India.
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Achievements & Awards
2024 Member of the American Mathematical Society
2023 SERB-Startup Research Grant, funded by Science and Engineering Research Board, India.
2022 OPERA, funded by Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani.
2018 INSPIRE Faculty Fellowship, funded by Department of Science and Technology, India.
2017 National Postdoctoral Fellowship, funded by Science and Engineering Research Board, India.
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Received "Best Researcher" award at the 3rd Edition of International Research Awards on statistical methods for analyzing the engineering data for the contribution and honourable achievement in innovative research on 25th May 2023.
Nominated as a member in the Board of Studies of Mechanical Engineering at Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Amravati.
Nominated as a member, Research Recognition Committee of Mechanical Engineering of Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Amravati
Received "Excellence & Dedicated Professional Achievement Award-2023", at International Award Convention in International Conference on Advanced and Applied Research(ICAAR-2023) organized by HLM Group of Institutions and SVDES Society Delhi on 1st April 2023.
Invited as a Guest of Honour for the Inauguration of AICTE-ISTE sponsored one week Induction programme on Advances in Engineering organized by All India Shree Shivaji Memorial Society College of Engineering (AISSMSCOE) Pune on 8th Dec 2021.
Invited as a Chief Guest for 2-day e-International conference on Recent Innovations in Science, Engineering and Technology organized by Govindrao Wanjari College of Engineering and Technology Nagpur on 13th July 2020.
Appointed as a member of the consultancy cell for the development of Academic Programmes in Chaudhary Devilal University Sirsa.
Invited as a Guest of Honour for the Inaguration of AICTE sponsored STTP on Renewable Energy Sources held at St. Vincent Pallotti College of Engineering and Technology Nagpur during 18-23 Nov 2019.
Invited as a Guest of Honour for the Inaguration of International Conference on Advancements in Computing and Management (ICACM-2019) held during April 13-14 2019 at Jagan Nath University Jaipur.
Felicitated by Decision Sciences Institute, USA for the contribution in Indian Subcontinent Region Decision Sciences Institute (ISDSI) during 12th ISDSI International conference held at SPJIMR during 27-30 Dec. 2018.
Worked as a President, ISDSI for 2 years (Dec 2016 to Dec 2018)
Organized 12th ISDSI International conference in association with SPJIMR Mumbai during 27-30 2018 at SPJIMR Mumbai
Organized 11th ISDSI International Conference in Association with IIM Trichy during 27-30 December 2017 at IIM Trichy.
Organized 10th ISDSI International Conference in association with MET Institute of Management Nasik during 28-30 Dec. 2016 at Nasik.
Elected as a President, Indian Subcontinent Region Decision Sciences Institute (ISDSI) Regional body of DSI, Houston, Texas, USA for the period of two years (2017-2018).
Working as a external member of Board of Studies in Deptt. of Mechanical Engineering, Shridhar University, Pilani
Elected as a Secretary General of Indian Subcontinent Decision Sciences Institute (ISDSI) USA for two years (2012-2014)
Engage as Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Manufacturing Systems publishing by Science Alert, USA.
Served as Reviewer for many reputed journals and conferences
Executed confidential work of Punjab Public Service Commission and Jharkhand Public Service Commission
Served as a Referee / Examiner for some PhD Theses, M. Tech, M.E. and M.S. Theses in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering and Management in certain universities and Institutions of Higher Learning
Served as a Member, Board of Examiners in Amravati University
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SELECTED AWARDS
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Received Best Poster Award for the poster titled “Design of a programmable delay line with on-chip calibration to achieve immunity against process variation” presented at “The 26th International Symposium on VLSI Design and Test (VDAT-2022)” organized by Indian institute of Technology Jammu, 17-19 July 2022.
External Expert for Project Fellow (PF), JRF, SRF Selection at CEERI, Pilani for different sponsored projects in Smart System Group & AI Group, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020.
Chaired Session on “International Symposium on Nanoelectronics and Information System, IEEE-INIS on 19-21 December 2016 at IITM Gwalior.
Delivered a talk on “Energy Efficient Circuit Design for Energy Autonomous IoT Systems using Emerging Non-Volatile Memories” The 121st TAOYAKA Program Seminar/HiSENS Seminar, on December 22, 2017 at Hiroshima University, Japan.
Co-Coordinator of “ATAL Sponsored One Week Online FDP on Intelligent and Collaborative Robotics” at BITS-Pilani Campus during 13th – 17th September 2021.
Attended Faculty Development (FDP) Programme on “VLSI Chip Design Hands-on using open source EDA” jointed organized by IITG, IITR, IITB at MNIT Jaipur, India during July 8-12, 2019.
Attended Faculty Development (FDP) Programme on “Methodologies and Challenges in Digital IC and Memory Design” jointed organized by SCL Mohali, MNIT at MNIT Jaipur, India during Dec 11-15, 2019.
Attended Faculty Development (FDP) Programme on “Mixed Signal CMOS ICs, Methodology of Circuit to Chip Design” at MNIT Jaipur, India during March 6-10, 2019.
Involved in International linkage development program (ILDP) from 16 -25 December, 2017 at Hiroshima University, Japan (Visited HU, Japan)
Involved in International linkage development program (ILDP) March 2018 at BITS, Pilani
Active member of the Organizing committee of 8th International Conference on Human Computer Interface (IHCI), jointly organized by BITS-CEERI Pilani, 12-13 December, 2016.
Involved in setting-up question paper for BITS-HD(Microprocessor), March-2017
Involved in developed of Handout of M.E(Microelectronics), Analog IC Design for WILP, 2016.
Involved in development of course content & lab assignments with Asst Prof. Pawan Sharma WILP, 2016.
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Symposium on Frontiers of Development in Kigali, Rwanda (Feb 2018) fully funded (Rs. 1.5 Lakhs) by Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng), UK.
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Invited as the only researcher from University of Minnesota at Michigan Data Science Symposium, University of Michigan, USA |
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Recipient of NVIDIA Academic GPU grant for applying deep learning in Hydrology |
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Awarded “Best Paper Award at International Conference on Trends and Recent Advances in Civil Engineering (TRACE-2018), Amity University, Uttar Pradesh |
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Awarded “Best Paper Award of ICWRCOE’15” at International Conference on Water resources, coastal and Ocean Engineering, National Institute of Technology Karnataka |
2015 |
Date: Oct 16-Nov 7, 2020. Selected papers were published in Springer book: Advances in Computational Modeling and Simulation.(2022). (https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-16-7857-8)
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NAWA-ULAM Fellowship |
The Polish National Agency For Academic Exchange |
2022 |
2 |
SERB-POWER Fellowship |
SERB |
2021 |
3 |
Indian Scientists Abroad Under Bilateral Exchange Programme |
Indian National Science Academy (INSA) |
2017 |
4 |
Outstanding Potential for Excellence in Research and Academics (OPERA) |
BITS-Pilani |
2015 |
5 |
Visiting Scientist Fellowship |
Indian National Science Academy (INSA) |
2013-14 |
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2013 |
Raman Post-doctoral Fellowship (previously known as 'Singh Obama' fellowship' tenable in USA for 2013 under India-US 21st century knowledge initiative. |
2013 (March 14-20) |
Visiting Fellow in Department of Botany and Department of Zoology, Rajiv Gandhi University, Rono Hills, Doimukh, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, India |
2011 |
DST (Government of India) Travel Award for attending International Conference Abroad. |
2009 |
Awarded DST Young Scientist Fellowship Project by DST, New Delhi under SERC Fast Track Scheme for Young Scientist. |
2006 |
Awarded DBT Postdoctoral Fellowship by Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (India), (July 2, 2006 to July24, 2007). |
2006 |
K. C Bose Young Scientist Award (Gold Medal) at a national symposium. |
2003 |
Awarded Senior Research Fellowship by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India (April 1, 2003 to March 31, 2006). |
2001 |
Research Assistant funded by Council of Science and Technology, UP in School of Biotechnology at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India (Jan 10, 2001 to Jan 9, 2003). |
2000 |
Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test of Engineering (GATE) conducted by Indian Institute of Technology. |
Awards and Recognition
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Administrative Responsibilities
Current Position:
Coordinator, Global Sanitation Graduate School (From September, 2019).
Member, WILP & Industry Connect, Project Lakshya (From October, 2018)
Past Positions:
Nucleus Member, Instruction Division (August, 2009 to December, 2012).
Member, Curriculum Bench marking for MSc Bio Sc, BE Biotech & ME Biotech programs (March, 2010).
Faculty Member, Academic Counseling Cell (August, 2010).
Member, Curriculum Restructuring: Ecology & Environmental Science and Plant Physiology (July, 2011).
Member, Departmental Research Committee, Dept. of Biological Sciences (July, 2011 to February, 2013).
Program Coordinator, National Service Scheme (February, 2011 to September, 2012).
In-charge, Timetable, Instruction Division (August, 2011 to September, 2012).
Convener, Prof. V. S. Rao Prize for Innovation in Education (December, 2011).
In-charge, Course Management System (January 2012 to December, 2012).
Campus Coordinator, French courses, Alliance Francaise of Hyderabad (February, 2012 to September, 2012).
Invited Faculty Member, Student Faculty Committee (March, 2012).
Process Owner, Learning Management System, Enterprise Resource Planning (May, 2012).
Lead Faculty Innovator, Centre for Innovation (August, 2012 to February, 2015).
Faculty In-charge, Placement Unit (September, 2012 to February, 2014).
In-charge, Student Feedback & Monitoring, Instruction Division (September, 2012 to December, 2012).
Faculty In-charge, Centre for Innovation, Incubation & Entrepreneurship (June, 2013 to February, 2015).
Leader, Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Mission 2015 (June, 2013 to March, 2016).
Associate Dean, International Programmes and Collaboration Division (January, 2014 to July, 2018).
Convener, Departmental Committee for Academics (November, 2016 to October, 2018).
Campus Coordinator, Project Management Office, Project Lakshya (August, 2017 to December, 2017).
Member, Departmental Research Committee (September, 2019 to November, 2020)
Associate Dean, Practice School Division (July, 2018 to September, 2021).
Other Positions:
President, Tamil Sangam, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus (August 2010).
In-charge, Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences (October 2011).
Faculty Member, URJA, (November 2011).
Committee Member, Steering Committee Meeting & visit of the Governor of Andhra Pradesh (December 2011).
Transport Coordinator, Chancellor’s Visit (December 2011).
Member, Committee for mid semester test pattern (March 2012).
Coordinator, Transportation & Stay Arrangements, Convocation Committee (May 2012).
Coordinator, Workshop for researchers in infectious diseases from Canada and India. (June 2012).
In-charge, Pre-Convocation Events (August 2012).
Coordinator, Transportation & Stay Arrangements, Alumni Advisory Committee (August 2012).
Event In-charge, Srimad Bhagavad Gita by Swami Anubhavananda Saraswati, (August 2012 & January 2013).
Coordinator, Jeevan Vidya Introductory Talk by Prof. Rajeev Singhal (November 2012).
Coordinator, Farewell for outgoing students (November 2012).
Member, UGC Innovation Project proposal submission team (February 2013).
Event In-charge, Srimad Bhagavad Gita by Swami Anubhavananda Saraswati, (August 2012 & January 2013).
Member, Quality Assessment & Assurance, Mission 2015 Workshop (March 2013).
Coordinator, Convocation Documentation Sub Committee, Convocation 2013 (May 2013).
Coordinator, Convocation Documentation Sub Committee, Convocation 2014 ( June 2014).
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1. First rank of merit at Intermediate of Science (I. Sc.) in Bhagalpur University.
2. Third rank of merit at Bechelor of Science (B. Sc.) pass course in Bhagalpur University.
3. First rank of merit at B. Sc. Honours course in Bhagalpur University and broken all the previous records of the University.
4. State merit scholarship 1980-82.
5. Merit-cum-means scholarship 1988-90 by IIT Kanpur.
6. Qualified GATE (Graduate Aptitute Test in Engineering) 1990.
7. CSIR Research Associateship Award 1994.
8. Best Teaching Award for Tuitorship in MATH 102 by IIT Kanpur in 2001
9. Conferred the Fellow of ISMMACS awarded by the Indian Society of Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulations with Head Quarter at IIT Kanpur for his outstanding contributions in the field of Mathematical Modelling and Simulation.
10. Awarded JBS medal by the Indian Society of Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulations with Head Quarter at IIT Kanpur for his outstanding contributions in the field of Mathematical Modelling and Simulation.
Jan. 2007 - June 2012, I worked as Dean of Engineering Services Division responsible for complete planning, development, maintenance and new construction at institute, and campus area. I handled the Engineering Services including Workshop unit, Transportation section, and Reprography section. Dean has number of responsibilities like leading the team of faculty members, non teaching staff and helping staff of more than 300 personnel, involved in number of regular and other committees, planning and execution of new projects, getting the grants, networking with outside agencies and government officials, etc. and My work also included development of BITS, Pilani Hyderabad Campuses (~370 crores) which required regular monitoring of the construction work and working with Architect and Contractor for development of campus. Implemented Rainwater Harvesting and Green Architecture in new buildings.
I was primarily responsible for purchase of all equipment, hardware & software, across the Institute. As Dean, EHD, I designed new procedural manual and implemented new purchase processes and systems to bring transparency and efficiency. These systems are being practiced now also. Simultaneously, My work also included development of BITS, Pilani Goa Campus (~150 crores) which required regular monitoring of the construction work and working with Architect and Contractor for development of campus. Got material at discouted rate (upto 40% reduction) after negotiation.
Best Inspirational Teacher Award, Department of Chemistry received from BITS Pilani, Hyderabad campus on 5th september, 2024.
"Distinguished Woman in Science" award received from “Venus International Foundation by Centre for Advanced Research and Design”, on 02-03-2019.
RSC Best Poster Award achieved at the DAE-Second Symposium held on “Current Trends in Analytical Chemistry”-October 20-23, 2021, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai.
Best Poster award received at the 19th ISCBC International Conference, March 2-5, 2013, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.
Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences (JSPS) during 2004 MAY-DECEMBER 2005(RIES), As a visiting Professor at The Research Institute of electronic sciences Hokkaido University, Sapporo, JAPAN.
Recipient of Third Annual Dr. K. V. Rao Research Award-2003.Best Research work, Hyderabad, March, 2003.
Awards/Honors:
• Among the World's Top 2% Scientists as ranked by Stanford University of single year category in 2021 and 2022.
• Recipient of Research Excellence Award 2020 from Institute of Scholar
• Outstanding Scientist Award 2016 for the contribution and achievement in the field of Pharmaceutical Science: Venus
International Foundation – Center for Advanced Research and Design.
• “Frank O. Taylor” BEST GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD 2008, awarded by the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
Wayne State University for the outstanding performance in research and graduate studies.
• Graduate Research Assistantship, Wayne State University (2005-2009)
• Junior Research Fellowship, University Grants Commissions, New Delhi, India for MS studies (1998-2000)ples of SDN and Network Virtualization
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Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani - Hyderabad campus is one of the premier technical and science institutes of higher learning in India.
The sprawling campus is built amidst lush greenery spreading over 200 acres of land at Jawahar Nagar, Shameerpet, Hyderabad. Surrounded by natural beauty, the campus is about 70 kilometers away from Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Shamshabad and 27 kilometers from Secunderabad railway station.
Technical Institute in non-Govt. category by India Today
In Pharmacy Category by the QS India Ranking
completing in the service of nation
University Graduate QS India Employability Ranking 2022 by
startups 14 Unicorn & 01 Decacorn
of DST Grant on NMICPS
Engaged to create vibrant Entrepreneurship & Innovation eco-system
The newest of the four BITS Pilani campuses, the Hyderabad campus currently houses 12 departments spanning the gamut of pure science and applied science. Each of these departments is notable for their excellent faculty, the curriculum offered, the research it conducts and the number of sponsored projects the department has won.
In any higher education system, research plays a crucial and integral role. Here at BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, we actively encourage research among both staff and students. The Institute accords adequate importance and support to applied research besides basic research, which forms the basis of all applied research.
Our centers are involved in varied activities ranging from Software Development and Robotics to Women's studies and Desert Development Technologies.
Major cleanroom facilities. BITS Pilani Hyderabad campus established state of the art facilities for
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"The E-CELL at BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus is aimed at fostering entrepreneurial skills among the
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BITS Pilani WILP Convocation 2024
24 August, 2024International Symposium cum Workshop
11 July, 2024An International Conference on Sustainable Urban Water Management for Fast Growing Cities
6 April, 2024National Symposium on Current
Trends in Pharmaceutical Sciences
(CTPS) – 2024
International Women’s Day Celebrations – 2024
6 March, 20242024 Batch Reunion for Batches of 2012 & 2013
11 January, 2024Overseas Student Doctoral Programme Academic Year 2023-24
30 November, 2023The Indian Mathematical Society (IMS)-2023
19 July, 2023Learn more about BITS-RMIT Higher Education Academy
9 June, 2023BITS Pilani invites applications to register for PhD First Semester, 2023–2024.
11 May, 2023Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
20 April, 2023About or Nearly 600 students from the Hyderabad campus sit for placements every semester, of these almost 100% succeed in securing a job.
Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani
Hyderabad Campus
Jawahar Nagar, Kapra Mandal
Medchal District - 500 078
Telangana, India
ASCE J. James Croes Medal Award (2024) for the paper, “Geotechnical Visualization and Three- Dimensional Geostatistics Modeling of Highly Variable Soils of a Hydraulic Fill Dam,” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
AWARDS:
Prof. S. Venkateswaran Faculty Excellence Award, 2019 by BITSAA International.
Bharat Shiksha Gaurav Puraskar, 2021 by KTK Outstanding Achievers and Education Foundation, New Delhi.
HONOURS AND RECOGNITIONS:
Editorial Board Member as Review Editor (June 2022 - till date): Frontiers in Chemistry – Chemical Biology
Received recognition in the form of an editorial in ACS Omega for reviewing articles for the journal in the year 2017 and 2018. Name as reviewer cited in ACS Omega, 3, 595 (2018); ACS Omega, 4, 1700 (2019).
Received author rewards from American Chemical Society for publishing two articles in the journals published by ACS in the year 2014 (J. Phys. Chem. C, 118, 2735 (2014); J. Phys. Chem. B, 118, 3582 (2014)).
Invited Speaker in the Satellite SIS-2024 organized by the Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune on June 21, 2024.
Invited Speaker in the 24th International Symposium on Surfactants in Solutions-2024 organized by the Department of Chemical Engineering, BITS Pilani, Goa Campus in association with the Society for Industrial Chemistry & Indian Society for Surface Science and Technology from June 16-20, 2024. Chaired a technical session.
Invited Speaker in in the 21st. National Conference on Surfactants, Emulsions & Biocolloids (NATCOSEB XXI) Organized by the School of Studies in Chemistry, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur Chhattisgarh, under the auspices of the Indian Society for Surface Science and Technology, Kolkata, from November 23-25, 2023. Chaired a technical session.
Invited Speaker in the Two Days’ National Symposium On “The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023: Discovery and Synthesis of Quantum Dots” Organized by the Department of Chemistry, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh during November 21-22, 2023. Chaired a technical session.
Invited speaker in the Physical Chemistry Section of 58th Annual Convention of Chemists and International Conference on Recent Trends in Chemical Sciences held online at the Department of Chemistry, University of Calcutta on December 22, 2021
Invited Speaker in XIXth National Conference on Surfactants, Emulsions and Biocolloids (NATCOSEB-XIX) organized by the Department of Chemistry, Amity University, Kolkata under the aegis of Indian Society for Surface Science & Technology (ISSST), Department of Chemistry, Jadavpur University, Kolkata held during October 18-20, 2019. Chaired a technical session.
Chairperson in one of the Technical Session of the Physical Chemistry Section of the Indian Chemical Society in 57th Annual Convention of Chemists held at the Department of Chemistry, IIT Bombay during 26-29th December 2020.
Invited Speaker in 4th International Conference on Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications (ICN 2019) organized by International and Inter University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala and Institut Jean Lamour, UMR CNRS 7198-Unversite de Lorraine, Nancy Cedex, France during 12-14 April 2019. Co-Chaired a technical session in the same conference.
Invited Speaker in the Department of Chemistry, Manipal University, Jaipur on April 14, 2018.
Invited Speaker in XVIIIth National Conference on Surfactants, Emulsions & Biocolloids (NATCOSEB 2017) during 10-12 November 2017 organized by School of Chemistry, Sambalpur University, Sambulpur, Odisha under the aegis of Indian Society for Surface Science and Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.
Invited Speaker in XVIIth National Conference on Surfactants, Emulsions & Biocolloids (NATCOSEB 2015) organized by School of Studies in Chemistry, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University Raipur, Chhattisgarh under the auspicious of the Indian Society for Surface Science & Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata during November 4-6, 2015.
Invited Speaker in XVIth National Conference on Surfactants, Emulsions and Biocolloids (NATCOSEB) organized jointly by the Indian Society for Surface Science and Technology, Kolkata and Central Leather Research Institute, Adyar, Chennai during November 28—30, 2013.
Invited Speaker in the National Conference on Condensed Matter Physics (NCCMP), Department of Physics, BITS Pilani during February 24-25, 2012.
Invited Speaker in the Conference on Photochemistry and Luminescence (CPL-2012) held at Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati during March 9-10, 2012. Co-chaired a technical session in the same conference.
Invited Speaker in the National Seminar on Membranes, Microemulsions, and Self-Assembled Systems (MMSAS) held at Department of Chemistry, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, Majitar, Rangpo, Sikkim during September 28-30, 2010. Chaired a technical session in the same seminar.
Invited Speaker in the National Conference on Disperse Systems held at Assam University, Silchar, Assam during November, 23-25, 2006.
Resource Person in the UGC Refresher Course in the subject “Theoretical and Computational Chemistry” held in BITS, Pilani.
Resource Person in the Academic Refresher Course for the Employees of Hindustan Zinc Limited, Udaypur held in BITS, Pilani.
Reviewed research articles for the journals, Langmuir, Energy & Fuels, Soft Matter, RSC Advances, Journal of Materials Chemistry, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, European Journal of Chemistry, Journal of Surface Science and Technology, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Journal of Physical Chemistry, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, Dalton Transactions, Advances in Physical Chemistry, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, Journal of Molecular Liquids, ACS Omega, ChemistrySelect, Analyst, Carbohydrate Polymers, Journal of Luminescence, Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, Journal of Solution Chemistry, Journal of Surfactants and Detergents, Separation Science and Technology.
Associate Editor (2011-2012), Global Journal of Physical Chemistry.