Awards and Achievements

• Second best student paper, 5^th IFAC–International Conference on Advances in Control and Optimization of Dynamical Systems, Feb.’18
• Research Excellence Award, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, 2018
• One of the 32 Finalists across the world & Participant, Caltech Space Challenge-2015, Pasadena, USA
• One of the only three students across the world to be selected for the “Satellite Futures” scholarship by SSPI/SGAC to attend the 12^th Space Generation congress (IAC)–2013, Beijing, China
• One of the 97 fellows selected out of 3000 applicants for the Young India Fellowship Programme, a one year, multidisciplinary, postgraduate programme, run in collaboration with University of Pennsylvania, Carleton College, USA and Sciences Po, Paris
• “Novel Ideas for Nanosatellite Constellation Missions”, Vol. 1, No. 1, cover illustration by the International Academy of Astronautics, Oct.’12
• Finalists for the Mission Idea Contest organized by Axel Space Inc. for the year 2011 at the 2^nd United Nations Nano–Satellite Symposium, Tokyo, Japan
• One of the only two students across India to be selected for a sponsorship by ISRO/ASI to attend the 60^th International Astronautical Congress (IAC)–2009, Daejeon, South Korea
• Won the IAF – Student Award “Hans von Muldau Team Award” for the best team “STUDSAT” at 59^th International Astronautical Congress (IAC)–2008
• Team lead, Structures Department for “STUDSAT–A Student Pico–Satellite for Imaging” from Nov.’07 to June’09
• Awarded the Academic Excellence Award for the academic years 2005–06, 2006–07

Ph.D Student Placement Coordinator (Nov.'18 - Dec.'2019)

Member, Small Satellites Projects Group (SSPG), Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) (Oct.’12 – Present)

Reporter, KAIST Herald, Monthly newsletter of KAIST (Sept.’11 – Dec.’12)

Student Head, Planetary Society of India (Dec.’07 – May’12)

Head, Promotions Committee, KAIST International Student Association (Jan.’10 – Feb.’12)

Co-founder & Club Head, Doran Doran Bolly Bang, Indian Movie Club, KAIST (June’11 – Feb.’12)

Student Head, Mechanical Engineering Department (Sept.’07 – May’09)

Chapter President of Astronautical Society of India, Student’s Chapter (Dec.’07 – Dec.’08)

Served as National Social Service Volunteer (Sept.’05 – May’07)