HONORS AND AWARDS

  • 2022 - Nominated as representative of University of Oxford for participation at Global Young Scientists Summit GYSS-2022 (Online)
  • 2018 Glass R&D Director’s Award – Recognition of Exceptional Performance, Vitro Architectural Glass, presented to the team (of 3) developing Sungate® 700 for 2018
  • 2018 Achievement Award for R&D Innovation, Vitro Architectural Glass
  • 2013 3rd Best Poster award at the Young Members’ Night – ASM Pittsburgh Chapter
  • 2009 Carnegie Institute of Technology Dean’s Fellowship
  • 2009 Institute prize for Best student in Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras, India
  • 2008 Summer Research Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bengalooru, India
  • 2007 Selected for and participated in IIT-NUS Student Exchange Program

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS, SERVICE AND ACTIVITIES

  • Reviewed 10+ scholarly articles submitted to Springer Nature (Nature Communications), Wiley (Advanced Functional Materials), Springer (Journal of Electronic Materials) and Elsevier (Scripta Materialia) journals.
  • Member of Materials Research Society (MRS), Electrochemical Society (ECS), American Vacuum Society (AVS), and Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC).
  • Trained First-Aider for Dept. of Materials at University of Oxford; Member of Emergency Medical Response and Ergonomics teams, Vitro Glass Tech. Centre (Pittsburgh).
  • Chair of Vitro R&D Recognition Committee, 2018 – 2019.
  • Invited speaker at Café Scientifique, Carnegie Science Center, Pittsburgh PA, USA – June 2015.
  • President, MRS Student Chapter at CMU, 2012-2013.
  • Head, Internal Communications, CrossLink-CMU – student-run networking organization, 2013-2014.
  • Teach Spoken Sanskrit language classes for adults and high school students as a volunteer for Samskrita Bharati USA and UK, both non-profit organizations.