May 2026: Dr. Akshay Modi received the Springer Nature Editor of Distinction Awards 2026 for editorial contributions to Scientific Reports.
May 2026: A collaborative work with BGU, Israel, has ranked within the top 10% of most-viewed papers published by the Advanced Engineering Materials in 2024
May 2026: Chandan and Pragati demonstrated our work during the National Technology Day celebration organized by the Regional Science Centre, Bhopal
May 2026: Our research work on the design of polymeric hollow fiber membranes for flue gas treatment has been highlighted by Dainik Bhaskar on National Technology Day
February 2026: Awarded a Certificate of Appreciation by the Director and Chairperson, Senate, IISER Bhopal, in recognition of excellent teaching performance in the Statistical Mechanics course during 2025–26-I semester
February 2026: Dr. Akshay Modi received the inaugural IMS Early Career Award from the Indian Membrane Society (IMS) during MDCS & AMTTR-2 held at IIT Bombay, India
December 2025: Dr. Akshay Modi received the Amar Dye-Chem Award for Excellence in Research and Development (<35 Years) for the Year 2025 by the IIChE, India
December 2025: Dr. Akshay Modi received the ISEES Young Scientist Award from Prof. Avinash Agrawal (Director, IIT Jodhpur) during X SEEC held at IIT Jodhpur, India
November 2025: Visit to the Department of Chemical Engineering, MIT, Cambridge, Boston, United States
November 2025: Iconic Main Building, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Boston, United States
November 2025: Dr. Akshay Modi met his M.Tech. thesis supervisor, Prof. Nishith Verma (IIT Kanpur), at the 2025 AIChE Annual Meeting held in Boston, United States
November 2025: Dr. Akshay Modi presented a poster at the 2025 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting held in Boston, United States, from 2 to 6 November
November 2025: Dr. Akshay Modi delivered a talk at the 2025 AIChE Annual Meeting held in Boston, United States, from 2 to 6 November
August 2025: Mahesh received the Proficiency Medal 2025 for the Best Academic Performance in the BS-MS (Chemical Engineering) program at the 12th Convocation Ceremony
With Abeena and her BS degree. She would be receiving the Proficiency Medal 2025 for the Best Academic Performance in the BS (Chemical Engineering) program at the 12th Convocation Ceremony of the Institute.
Glimpses of my invited talk at the Conference on Applied Membrane Technology and Translational Research (AMTTR'25) held at IIT Bombay, India
Group @ 2025 after celebrating my birthday (L2R: Pragati, Animesh, Chandan, Me, Pranav, Mahesh and Abeena)
Felicitation as a Local Organizing Team Member by Dr. Balram Bhargava (then President, NASI) during the 2024 National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI) Annual Meeting held at IISER Bhopal
5 September 2024: Meeting my Ph.D. thesis supervisor, Prof. Jayesh Bellare (IIT Bombay), on Teacher's Day, during his visit as the then General Secretary, NASI.
Group @ 2024 (L2R: Pranav, Pragati, Me, Chandan, Mahesh and Animesh)
Summer Interns @ 2024 Group @ 2024 (L2R: Me, Raihan, Parth, Vanisha and Animesh)
My invited talk at Membrane Science Research for Desalination, Brine Reclamation, and Resource Extraction (MemSci-Brine'24) held at IIT Roorkee, India
Glimpses of my invited talk at the Conference on Desalination, Brine Management and Water Recycling (DeSaltM'23) held at IIT Bombay, India
ICOM 2023 @ Japan: Me with Dr. Richard W. Baker [Founder of Membrane Technology and Research, Inc. (MTR), United States]
My talk at the International Congress on Membranes and Membrane Processes (ICOM) 2023, held in Kobe, Japan, from 9 to 14 July.
Group @ 2023 (L2R: Vijayalakshami, Me, Mahesh, Pranav, and Animesh)