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 for Journals:
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
