Awards

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AWARDS & HONORS: 

• Honorary Fellow, Indian Society for Analytical Chemists (2022)

• Research.com ranking: #61 in India & #5437 in the world (Materials Science 2022)  

• Highest cited author of IGCAR  (source: IRINS & AD world Ranking 2022)

• Named in World’s top 2% scientists list published by  Stanford University, USA  both in career-long and category  (Top 0.5%) 2019 & 2020 lists.  

•  Elected as a Fellow of the 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 the 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” on the UGC Channel of DD.

•  Chief guest on 16 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

• Wikipedia highlights on nanofluids, ferrofluids, and magnetic nanoparticles 

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]

• Postdoctoral Fellow, CIES, France [1993-1994]

• DST full travel grant to deliver Plenary Talk and chair a session at the 16th International Conference on Magnetic Fluids (ICMF-23), Granada University, Granada, Spain [2023]  

• DST full travel grant to deliver Plenary Talk and chair a session at the 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 the 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

• Associate Editor, Hybrid Advances, Elsevier, Netherland  (2023 - Till date)

• Associate Editor, International Journal of Ceramic Engineering and Science, American Ceramic Society, Wiley Publishers (2022- Till date)    

• Associate Editor, Frontiers in Nanotechnology (Nanomaterials), Frontiers Publishing, UK (2022- Till date)  

• Editorial board member,  Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Elsevier,  Netherland (2023- Till date)  

• Editorial board member,  Smart Materials in Medicine, Elsevier,  Netherland (2022- Till date)  

• Editorial board member,  Materials Futures, Institute of Physics(IOP),  UK (2022- Till date)  

• Chief Scientific Advisor, Journal of nanofluids, American Scientific Publishers (2021- Till date)

• Editorial board member, Infrared Physics and Technology, Elsevier  (2018 - Till date)

• Editorial board member, Indian Journal  Engineering & Materials Science, (2015 - Till date)

• Editor-in-Chief, Journal of nanofluids, American Scientific Publishers (2012-20)

• Editorial board member, Indian Journal of Materials Science, Hindawi Publisher(2013 -2017)

• Invited Member American Nano Society (2009).

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

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

• Outstanding Reviewer  of many journals

• Most valued reviewer  of many  journals

• Reviewer of over 50  International  Journals 

Membership

• Honorary Fellow, Indian Society for Analytical Chemists (2022)

• 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)