Awards & Honors

SPIE Optics and Photonics PhD Scholarship (2026)

Awarded the prestigious SPIE Optics and Photonics PhD Scholarship (USD 3,200) in recognition of outstanding contributions to research in optics, photonics, and related fields.

ANRF International Travel Support (2025)

Received the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) International Travel Support grant to present research at CLEO Europe/EQEC 2025, Munich, Germany.

Outstanding Poster Presentation Award – NLS-33 (2025)

Received the Outstanding Poster Presentation Award for the work: 

"High Repetition Rate Mid-IR Coherent Radiation through 1064 nm CW Pumped OPA, Injection Seeded with Multi-Gigahertz OPO"
presented at the 33rd National Laser Symposium (NLS-33), Indore, India.

Outstanding Poster Presentation Award – NLS-32 (2024)

Received the Outstanding Poster Presentation Award for the work: 

"Experimental Observation of Optical Hilbert's Hotel in Polarization" 

presented at the 32nd National Laser Symposium (NLS-32), RRCAT, Indore, India.

URSI Young Scientist Award (2023)

Recipient of the prestigious Young Scientist Award at the XXXVth URSI General Assembly and Scientific Symposium, Sapporo, Japan, for contributions to photonics and structured light research.

Best Oral Presentation Award (2023)

Received the Best Oral Presentation Award for the work:

"Watt-level ultrafast yellow laser poised to benefit biomedical application" 

presented at the Indo–UK Workshop on Translating Laboratory Astrophysics to Instrumentation for Human Assistance, IIT Hyderabad.

Marie Curie PhD Scholarship Offer (2020)

Awarded the prestigious Marie Curie PhD Scholarship to pursue doctoral research at the University of Stuttgart, Germany (Offer Declined).

DST International Travel Support (2020)

Received the Department of Science & Technology (DST) International Travel Support grant to present research at SPIE Photonics West 2020, San Francisco, USA.

Outstanding Poster Presentation Award – SOAP (2019)

Received the Outstanding Poster Presentation Award for the work:

"Nonlinear Generation of Ultrafast, High-Power, Higher-Order Vector Vortex Beams" 

presented at the Symposium on Advances in Photonics (SOAP 2019), IISc Bangalore.

University First Rank in B.Sc. Physics (2014)

Graduated First in the University in B.Sc. (Honours) Physics, securing the highest rank among 181 students at West Bengal State University.

DST INSPIRE Scholarship (2011–2016)

Recipient of the prestigious Department of Science and Technology (DST) INSPIRE Scholarship, awarded to students ranked among the top 1% of their respective State Boards for undergraduate and postgraduate studies in science.