Awards

Awards and Honors:  Click here to see recognitions of students & staffs

• Named in World’s  top 2% scientists list   published by  Stanford University, USA  both in  career long  and   category  (Top 0.5%).   2019 & 2021 lists.  

•  Elected as a Fellow of   National Academy of Sciences (2020)

•  Homi Bhabha Science and technology Award [2016] 

•  Distinguished Faculty award (10 years of excellence), HBNI, Mumbai [2015]

•  MRSI Medal, Materials Research Society of India [2011].

•  Ron Halmshaw Award by British Institute of Non-destructive testing [2010]

•  National NDT Award -Research and Development, ISNT [2009]

•  INS Gold Medal by Indian Nuclear Society [2007].

•  Science & Technology Excellence Award of DAE [2006]

•  Mar Philexinos Gold Medal for the Best M.Sc. Student [1996]

•  Invited Member, American Chemical Society (2015-2018)

•  Work on ferrofluid based sensors was part of   the  movie “Black Magic” in UGC Channel of DD.

•  Chief guest on 15 occasions at National Conferences/Seminars/Symposia.

•  Delivered 22 keynote/Plenary lectures

•  180 Invited talks (National/International Conferences)

•  23 Papers co-authored with students have received the best paper awards

Research Fellowships/Travel grant

• Visiting Professor,  ESPCI, Paris   [2009]

• Research Associate, University of Hull,  UK   (2004-2005)

• Visiting  Associate Professor ,  University of Bordeaux I, France (1995)

• CNRS Research Fellowship  at CRPP-CNRS, Bordeaux(1994)

• Post doctoral Fellow, CIES , France (1993-1994)

• DST full  travel grant  to deliver Plenary Talk   and chairing  a session at  14th International Conference on Magnetic Fluids (ICMF-16),  Ural University,  Ekaterinburg, Russia    (2016)  

• Travel grant from International Program in the Physical sciences, Sweden to attend International workshop on  lasers in Shanghai, China.[1989]

Member- National organizations

• Member, Medical Biotechnology and Nano-Technology Sectional committee, Bureau of Indian standards, Govt. of India (2012 onward)

• Member,  Technical Advisory Group,  International Advanced Research Centre  for Powder Metallurgy & New Materials (ARCI), Hyderabad (2017-2020)

• Member,   Research Council of CSIR-Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute(CSIR-CGCRI), Kolkota (2017-2020)

• Member,   Research Council of CSIR-Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute(CSIR-AMPRI), Bhopal (2018-2021)

• Member, Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) Science & Heritage Research Initiative, DST, Ministry of Science and Technology (2017-2020)

Editorial  Responsibilities

• Editor-in-Chief, Journal of nanofluids, American Scientific Publishers (since 2012)

• Member, Editorial Board, Infrared physics and Technology (Elsevier) since 2018

• Member, Editorial Board, Indian Journal  Engineering & Materials Science, (2015 onwards)

• Member, Editorial Board, Indian Journal of Materials Science, Hindawi Publishing.(2013 -2017)

• Certificate of appreciation from American Chemical Society (2011)  for valuable contributions   and dedicated  service in the peer review of manuscripts submitted to ACS journals.

• Three Year Certificate of Membership(invited), American Chemical Society (2015-2018)

• Outstanding  and Most valued Reviewer  of several journals 

• Reviewer of over 50  International  Journals

Membership

• Invited Member, American Chemical Society (2015-2018)

• Life member, MRSI  (LMB 1059)

• Life member, Indian Laser Association (ILA  LM389)

• Life member, Indian Society for Nondestructive Testing (ISNT LM4606)

• Life member, Indian Physics Association (IPA)

• Life member, Indian Society for Magnetic Fluid (ISMF)

• Life member, Indian Nuclear Society (INS  LM8241 ) 

• Member Association of Asia Pacific Physical societies- Division of condensed matter Physics (DCMP213IP)

• Associate member, Indian Institute of Metals (IIM) 56865