Sept' 2021                    UGA 40 Under 40 

June 2021                    Keynote Speaker, Career Counseling and Higher Education Seminar, BITS-Pilani University, India

April  2021                   Invited Speaker, Academic Postdoc Panel, University of Michigan Medical School, US

April 2021                    Invited Guest Lecturer, Capacity Building Seminar, Shivaji University, Maharashtra, India

Jan'  2021                 Professional Development Award, University of Michigan

Nov' 2021                 Invited Keynote Speaker, Brahma Mindset: Making Good Teacher's Great

Oct' 2021                  Invited Keynote Speaker, Bazigar Mindset: Learning from failures, GB Pant University, India 

Dec’ 2020                 Top 9 finalist in Postdoc 180 Oral presentation competition, University of Michigan

Apr’ 2020                  PI grant awarded by NHLBI 

Apr’ 2019                  President’s Award for Excellence in Research in Professional and Applied Sciences University-wide award given to   

                                  only 3 UGA graduate/year among 250 graduate programs

Mar’2019                   TEDx Speaker, “Advancing Healthcare by saying yes to (N)itric (O)xide”. First- ever TEDx speaker from the College

                                  of Engineering, UGA. Shared stage with NFL Player Mitchell Malcolm

Mar’ 2019                  Senior Judge and Chair of the team of 12 Judges at Georgia Science and Engineering Fair

Feb’ 2019                  Best Engineering Alumni Award, ICFAI University, India

Oct' 2019                  CDC-SBIR Grant (Role: Co-I)

Dec’ 2018                  Valedictorian and Convocation Speaker. College of Engineering. Only 1 student speaker selected (by vote)

Nov’ 2018                  One of the four keynote speakers (along with President and Dean) at the groundbreaking of I-STEM Building, 

                                  University of Georgia (UGA), US

Nov’ 2018                  Idea Showcase Winner at TEDx UGA (Top 3 out of 200 applicants)

Oct’ 2018                  BMES Research and Travel Award by Biomedical Engineering Society, US-top 1%

Oct’ 2018                  Georgia Bio-Innovation Award. Personal Visit by CDC Director Dr. Redfield ($500)

Aug’ 2018                  Research & Travel Grant ($1400), College of Engineering, University of Georgia

Aug’ 2018                  Award for Excellence in Mentorship in Nano REU Program

May 2018                   Travel Grant for best publication record ($1000), University of Georgia, US

Mar’ 2018                  Chair’s Award for Excellence in Graduate Research ($500), UGA (only 2 awards each year)

Mar’ 2018                  Brahma P. Verma Award for Academic and Leadership Excellence, UGA-Best Ph.D. Student in all Engineering

                                  Departments (only 1 awards each year)

Mar’ 2018                  Junior Judge, Georgia Science, and Engineering Foundation (GSEF), US

Feb’ 2018                  Multiple Motivational Seminars featured by 5 leading newspapers in India

Dec’ 2017                  Featured cover-page article in Graduate School Magazine Winter 2018 issue

Nov’2017                   Award for Exceptional Achievement in Communication by Toastmasters

Apr’ 2017                  Top 3 finalist (University-wide), 3-Minute Thesis Competition (3MT), UGA

Aug’ 2017                  Best Graduate Oral Presentation Award, University of Georgia, US

Feb’ 2016                  Multiple invited talks featured by 3 leading newspapers in India

Aug’ 2015                 Graduate Research Assistantantship, UGA College of Engineering

Jan’ 2015                  Fully funded Visiting Scholar (Indo-US), University of Georgia, US-BITS University ($8250)

Apr’ 2014                  GATE Research Fellowship, Ministry of Human Resource and Development, India

May’ 2014                 Research support for researching at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, OH

Sep’ 2013                 Travel Award University of Wurzburg, Germany. Travel award of €2000 = $2230 given to top 3 among 25 global finalists

Jul’ 2012                   Promotion to the Scientist position (from Junior Executive), Biocon

Mar’ 2010                 GATE Research Fellowship, Ministry of Human Resource and Development, India

Jun’ 2009                 All India Rank, 1209, Junior Level, Biotechnology Talent Search Competition