Awards and Recognitions

Group Leader (Dr. Chandra Shekhar Sharma)

Diamond Jubilee Research Intern Award (2004), National Metallurgical Laboratory, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, India

Graduate Research Assistantship, Ministry of HRD (2005-2010)

Best Poster Award at ICONSAT-2008, February 26-28, 2008, Chennai, India.

Best AFM Micrograph in Micrography Contest 2009 organized by Materials and Metallurgical Department, IITK

3rd Prize in Best SEM Micrograph in Micrography Contest 2009 organized by Materials and Metallurgical Department, IITK.

Best Poster Award in an International Symposium on “Hydrogen and Energy Storage” as a part of Energy Conclave-2010, Jan. 14th, 2010, IIT Kanpur

IITK Excellence Award for Community Services-2011

Indian National Academy of Engineers (INAE)’s Innovative Students Project award for Best Doctoral Thesis, 2011

DST-INSPIRE Faculty Award 2014

Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Award (Technological edge category) 2014

DST Young Scientist Award 2015

Gandhian Young Technological Innovation (GYTI) Award 2015

SERB Indo-US Fellowship 2016 by Indo-US Science & Technology Forum (IUSSTF), New Delhi

Institute of Engineers (India) Young Engineer Award 2016 in Chemical Engineering Division

Member, Indian National Young Academy of Sciences (INYAS) (2017-22)

NASI Young Scientist Platinum Jubilee Award 2017

Member, National Core Committee, INYAS (2018-20)

Guest Editor, Special Issue on Carbon-MEMS in Nature’s Microsystems and Nanoengineering Journal (To be published in July 2019)

Member, National Academy of sciences, India (NASI), 2019

DST-TSDP Project on Direct Recycling of Polystyrene Waste is highlighted as a success story in DST Annual report 2017-18. Special coverage on National and International print and electronic media

Founding Director, M/s. Restyro Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (A Start-up incubated at IITH).

Member, Expert Advisory Committee on Waste Management, DST-TSDP (2019-22)

Associate Editor, Special Issue on Carbon-MEMS in Nature’s Microsystems and Nanoengineering Journal (December 2019)

DAE Young Achiever Award for the contribution in the area of Condensed Matter Physics, Dec. 2019

Member, SERB-SUPRA Screening Committee, Engineering Sciences, Jan. 2020, Jan. 2021

Special Invitee of Project Advisory Committee (PAC) – ‘Materials & Engineering Sciences’ of International Bilateral Cooperation Division (IBCD), Department of Science & Technology, GoI, Feb. 2020

Elected as Chairperson, Indian National Young Academy of Sciences (INYAS), 2020-22. INYAS is only recognized young scientist’s academy of India working towards scientific capacity building, science communication and popularization especially among young students. As a Chair, INYAS, taken several initiatives for women in STEM, women leadership in Science, science communication in local languages and international collaboration with other National Young academies for Science promotion.

Member, Global Young Academy (GYA), (2020-25)

Co-Lead, GYA Young Scientists Ambassador Program (YSAP); Organized a virtual mission between India and Netherland for Scientific knowledge exchange between research scholars

DST-SwarnaJayanti Fellowship in Engineering Sciences, 2020

Member, Executive Committee, FUTURISTIC AND ADVANCED MANUFACTURING FORUM OF INDIA (FAMFI), NIFFT, Ranchi

PAC Member, Technology Development Programme under Technology Development & Transfer Division, DST

For group members

Alok Kumar Pandey wins First Prize in HPCL New Generation Ideation Contest 2020 at Undergraduate level (Feb. 2021).

Alok Kumar Pandey INAE Innovative Student Projects Award 2020 for Bachelor's Project (Dec. 2020 ).

Akash Nathani wins the IITH Excellence in Research (PhD Students) Award (Aug 2020).

Ankeet Krishnaa wins the IITH Excellence in Academics (Students) Award (Aug 2020).

Mamidi Suresh wins the Best Poster Award in 2nd KPIT shodh Awards at IISER-Pune (Jan 2020).

Vikram wins INAE Best M.Tech. Thesis Award.

Mamidi Suresh wins First Prize in NanoArtography International competition.

Poonam Rani wins Best Poster Presentation Award in National Conference on Carbon Materials.

Poonam Rani wins Best Poster Presentation Award in National conference on Solid State Ionics.

Mayur Gaikwad wins Best Poster Presentation Award in CMEMS - 2018 Conference.

Suresh Mamidi wins Best Oral Presentation Award in Chemference - 2018 held at IIT Bombay.

INAE innovative student project award for 2015, for M. Tech thesis (Shital Yadav).

Shital Yadav wins Institute Silver Medal For Academic Excellence in 2015.

Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Awards 2015 (Shital Yadav, I. Manipujitha, Tulika Rastogi).

Manohar Kakunuri wins Best Oral Presentation Award in Department Day, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, IIT Hyderabad on February 14, 2015

Shital Yadav wins Best Poster Presentation Award in Department Day, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, IIT Hyderabad on February 14, 2015

Anindita Laha, Shital Yadav wins RSC Best Poster Prize in International Conference, MACRO 2015 held in Kolkata during January 23-26, 2015.

Srinadh Mattaparthi participates in Power of Shunya: Season 2 on ET Now and awarded as Episode Winner.

Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Awards 2014 with Technological-Edge Award (Srinadh Mattaparthi).

INAE innovative student project award for 2013, for M. Tech thesis (Srinadh Mattaparthi).

Academic Excellence Award 2013-14 for M.Tech. (Chemical Engineering) (Shital Yadav).

Manohar Kakunuri wins Best Oral Presentation Award in Department Day, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, IIT Hyderabad, 2011