Honors, Awards & Professional Service
A snapshot of academic recognitions, awards, fellowships, leadership roles, memberships, invited activities, and professional service contributions across research and outreach.
Honors & Awards
Recognitions received across academic, research, industrial, and scholarly contributions, reflecting sustained excellence in materials science, innovation, and interdisciplinary engagement.
Awards & Recognitions
Selected honors, fellowships, and distinctions
Nominated as representative of the University of Oxford for participation in the Global Young Scientists Summit (GYSS-2022) (Online).
Glass R&D Director’s Award – Recognition of Exceptional Performance, Vitro Architectural Glass, presented to the team of three developing Sungate® 700.
Achievement Award for R&D Innovation, Vitro Architectural Glass.
3rd Best Poster Award at the Young Members’ Night – ASM Pittsburgh Chapter.
Awarded the Carnegie Institute of Technology Dean’s Fellowship.
Received the Institute Prize for Best Student in Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras, India.
Selected as a Summer Research Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bengaluru, India.
Selected for and participated in the IIT–NUS Student Exchange Program.
Professional Memberships, Service & Activities
Academic service, memberships, leadership, outreach and volunteering
Reviewed 10+ scholarly articles submitted to journals from Springer Nature (Nature Communications), Wiley (Advanced Functional Materials), Springer (Journal of Electronic Materials), and Elsevier (Scripta Materialia).
Member of the Materials Research Society (MRS), Electrochemical Society (ECS), American Vacuum Society (AVS), and Society of Vacuum Coaters (SVC).
Served as a Trained First-Aider for the Department of Materials at the University of Oxford; also contributed as a member of the Emergency Medical Response and Ergonomics teams at Vitro Glass Tech. Centre, Pittsburgh.
Served as Chair of the Vitro R&D Recognition Committee.
Invited speaker at Café Scientifique, Carnegie Science Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA – June 2015.
Served as President, MRS Student Chapter at Carnegie Mellon University.
Served as Head, Internal Communications, CrossLink-CMU – a student-run networking organization.
Taught Spoken Sanskrit classes for adults and high school students as a volunteer for Samskrita Bharati USA and UK, both non-profit organizations.