Awards and Honours

2019

BITSAA Global 30 Under 30 Award

• Issuer: BITS Pilani
• This award is given every three years to recognize and honor outstanding alumni of BITS Pilani under the age of 30 who have demonstrated excellence in one or more of many areas

2018

IET Hudswell International Research Scholarship

• Issuer: The Institution of Engineering and Technology
• This IET award is presented to a doctoral student from around the world for research excellence in engineering and technology

APS GSNP Student Speaker Award Finalist

• Issuer: Topical Group on Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, American Physical Society
• One of the five finalists from around the world

Forbes 30 Under 30 – Europe (Shortlisted)

• Issuer: Forbes
• Identified as a potential candidate for the ‘2018 Forbes 30 Under 30 – Science & Healthcare – Europe’

APL ‘Featured’ Badge

• Issuer: Applied Physics Letters
• For publishing a noteworthy paper in Applied Physics Letters

2017

John Winbolt Prize

• Issuer: University of Cambridge, UK
• A century-old annual prize for the best paper published by a Cambridge PhD student in the field of ‘Engineering’

UK Doctoral Researcher Award

• Issuer: Association of British Turkish Academics
• Ranked 1^st in the UK for research excellence in the field of ‘Engineering Sciences’

PRL Editors’ Suggestion

• Issuer: Physical Review Letters
• For publishing an outstanding paper in Physical Review Letters

2014

Mantra Innovator of the Year

• Issuer: Centre for Entrepreneurial Leadership, BITS Pilani
• For demonstrating an ability to invent or build innovative products or ideas in the labs

The Second UAE Undergraduate Student Research Competition (UGSRC)

• Issuer: Abu Dhabi University, UAE
• Ranked 2^nd in the field of ‘Mathematical Sciences’

2013

ASME Young Engineers Paper (YEP) Contest

• Issuer: Fluids Engineering Division, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
• Ranked 3^rd in the field of ‘Fluids Engineering’

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)

• Issuer: St. Edmunds’ College, Cambridge
• Placed 1^st in Engineering

Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 Research Fellowships in Engineering (Shortlisted)

• Issuer: Royal Commission
• One of the shortlisted candidates from the University of Cambridge

Early Career Research Fellowship (Longlisted)

• Issuer: Colleges of the University of Cambridge
• One of the longlisted candidates from more than 1000 initial applications

2018

Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowship (Shortlisted)

• Issuer: Royal Academy of Engineering
• One of the shortlisted candidates from the University of Cambridge. Applicants are reviewed and ranked by their respective Heads of Division before being put through a University committee who select the most suitable candidates for submitting applications to the Royal Academy of Engineering

Early Career Research Fellowship (Longlisted)

• Issuer: Colleges of the University of Cambridge
• One of the 160+ longlisted candidates from more than 1000 initial applications

 2016

 NIST Seminar Student Sponsorship

• Issuer: IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control (UFFC) Society
• One of the 9 students from around the world who got selected through an open competition, to attend the 2016 Time and Frequency Seminar at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, USA

 2015

Deans’ Forum Lecture Program Scholarship

• Issuer: Deans’ Forum, University of Tokyo, Japan
• One of the 4 students from the Deans’ Forum universities (MIT, UC Berkeley, Imperial College London, ETH Zurich, KTH, Ecole Polytechnique, University of Tokyo and University of Cambridge) who got selected through nomination, to attend the lecture course on ‘Micro and Nanofluidics’ at the University of Tokyo, Japan

BiosCrete Bursary

• Issuer: InnovCrete, Greece
• One of the 25 students from European universities who got selected through an open competition, to attend the lecture course on ‘Acoustic and optical systems for studying biomolecular interactions’ at the University of Crete, Greece

2014

Cambridge Trust Scholarship

• Issuer: Cambridge Trusts
• Purpose: To pursue my PhD study at the University of Cambridge

BITS Pilani Merit Scholarship

• Issuer: BITS Pilani
• For securing a cumulative grade point average of above 9/10 in all the semesters

2013

Mitacs Globalink Internship Award

• Issuer: Mitacs, Canada
• One of the 105 Indian students who got selected through an open national competition, to pursue research in the summer 2013 at a Canadian university

2010

BITS Admission Test (BITSAT) Merit Scholarship

• Issuer: BITS Pilani
• Purpose: To pursue my undergraduate study at BITS

Travel Awards

2018

 IEEE Student Travel Support

• Issuer: IEEE
• Purpose: To attend the 2018 IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium, Olympic Valley, CA, USA

EFTF Student Travel Support

• Issuer: EFTF and Société Française des Microtechniques et de Chronométrie (SFMC)
• Purpose: To attend the 2018 European Frequency and Time Forum, Torino, Italy

IET Travel Award

• Issuer: The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
• One of the 12 IET members from around the world who received this award
• Purpose: To attend the 2018 APS March Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, USA

2017

IEEE Student Travel Support

• Issuer: IEEE
• Purpose: To attend the 2017 Joint Conference of the European Frequency and Time Forum & IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium, Besancon, France

W G Collins Endowment Fund

• Issuer: University of Cambridge, UK
• Purpose: To attend the 2017 Joint Conference of the European Frequency and Time Forum & IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium, Besancon, France

2016

Queens’ College Perry Fund

• Issuer: Queens’ College, Cambridge, UK
• Purpose: To attend the 2016 IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium, New Orleans, LA, USA

W G Collins Endowment Fund

• Issuer: University of Cambridge, UK
• Purpose: To attend the 2016 IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium, New Orleans, LA, USA

IEEE Student Travel Support

• Issuer: IEEE
• Purpose: To attend the 2016 IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium, New Orleans, LA, USA

2015

Queens’ College Graduate Student Fund

• Issuer: Queens’ College, Cambridge, UK
• Purpose: To attend the BiosCrete workshop at the University of Crete, Greece

 2013

 ASME Young Engineers’ Paper Contest – Travel Grant

• Issuer: ASME Fluids Engineering Division
• One of the 5 finalists of ASME Young Engineers’ Paper Contest who received this grant, to attend the 2013 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, San Diego, CA, USA